Although our lives are more hectic than ever, it's paying off big time. You wouldn't believe the progress Waylon is making! He has officially moved on from the picture exchange system to WORDS.
Yes you heard me right- he is coming up with WORDS. On his own!
He is getting SO good at answering the question- "What do you want?" He can almost always come up with a one-word answer to help us understand what he wants/needs. And a lot of times, the results will surprise us. Last week, he was in his carseat whining, and I assumed he wanted the McDonald's cup in my cupholder from our lunch that day. Still, though, even if we think we know what he wants, we ask him "What do you want?" to encourage him to form a word. I was expecting him to sign and say "drink" but instead out came... "FRENCH FRIES."
Seriously! Turns out he wanted the left over fries from lunch!
What I find truly amazing is that "french fry" is not a word he is getting drilled into his head at school, unlike "drink" or "help." This is a word he has heard us saying and he stored it inside his little head until the time was right to use it.
Truly amazing.
Within just a few weeks (maybe even less) he has learned his colors (red, orange, blue, yellow, green, and purple so far) and he is occasionally wandering around the house counting to three.
At school they are working on getting him to say two words at a time now- and last week he said "on bubbles" to request that his teacher turn the bubble machine on.
So, from my post a month or so ago, he was repeating lines from Dora, which was music to our ears.
Now, he is coming up with single words, and sometimes two, completely on his own, and we are ecstatic.
Wonder what next month will bring?
Just awesome results Lindy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy! We think so too! =)
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