I am so PROUD of Bubbie for the great job he did yesterday in Speech Therapy(ST). Let me start off by giving some detail on what ST is all about. Bubbie goes every Tuesday and Thursday for a 25 minute session with Miss Molly at Heartsprings. They usually spend a couple of minutes just playing and showing him signs in play, so he learns to ask for toys, such as ball. Then they sit at a table and look at cards that have either an animal or some object on them and she tries to get him to say what it is. Miss Molly also likes to start with getting him to imitate her movements as a way to improve his motor skills. Though honestly, I never thought his motor skills were an issue, but I think its also a way of getting Bubbie comfortable and build confidence.
Yesterday when they started the usual routine, Bubbie asked to look at the cards with the words and she obliged. Miss Molly pulled out the cards with animals and had Bubbie imitate the sounds and he repeated every sound!! That was a first! Usually he just looks at Miss Molly and then tries to distract her from the task at hand or anything so as not to do what is asked. Bubbie is very stubborn, I think he gets it from his Father, hehe. Anyway, he repeated and imitated everything that was asked of him yesterday and you could just see him fill up with glee as he was sung his praises from Miss Molly. Partly, Bubbie is so shy that it takes him some time to warm up to people and I think he finally has warmed up to Miss Molly. I asked him if he liked her yesterday and he said, "Yea!"
Later that day, we had to pick Daddy up from work and I told Daddy all about what a great job Bubbie did at ST. We decided that because he did so well, he had earned a treat, so we picked up some Klondike bars from the grocery store and let him have one. Talk about a mess!! Totally worth it though to see how proud Bubbie was of himself!
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