Puzzles & Tracing letters! - December 4th, 2015

Ashley loves when my mom and Tracy come to play with her in the Playroom! Since she was waiting so patiently today I thought I would catch her eagerly waiting!

Sunday

At church she was in a great mood and loved dancing in worship both hours! They have some special sensory toys for Ashley and one of them is a small dog that moves if you touch his back! She loved it!

Once we got home, she said "shoes, juice, want, cheeps (for chips)" at lunch time! In session with me, we played Hungry Hippos, Strawberry Shortcake, rolling balls, spinning balls, and counting activities! She said "chee, cheese, & cheeps" for chips and "want, ball, straw (2 times for strawberry shortcake cards), one, tuh (for two)."

Haley took Ashley to local bounce house and she said "sli (for slide) and juh (for jump)" while there. It was super crowded so she did a lot of rocking. :( She lined up her Petshop again several times today so I thought I would take pictures each time to try find a pattern.

Before dinner, she helped me with the strawberries again and said "strawbe". After dinner, Jeremy got Ashley's help to shut all the blinds and during it she said "shut" 2 times! While they were cuddling on the couch, Jeremy asked her "Do you know I love you?" and she said "yeah". :) At potty time, she said "all done" when finished!

Monday

At school, she said "water & green" and was in a really good mood! In session with Becky, she said "cheeps" 2 times for chips. We got a busybody book with Strawberry Shortcake characters and she loves them! She is matching the 1 inch figurines to the cards and the houses on the map! My mom started being goofing and jumping on one foot. Ashley started imitating her and lasted about 1 minute!

After dinner, she said "water" and "mubbin". I asked her "Can you give me Lemon?" and she gave me the correct one! I went through the other 5 characters and she did them all correct too!

Tuesday

At school, she said "water, trash, beans, yes & teetee" at potty time! In the afternoon, she was very cranky and not focused. She did not have best session with my mom and was very focused on her strawberry shortcake figurines. She did help me later make Mexican casserole! I explained each step and she seemed to really be listening to all of it! When daddy got home, she want to get tickles from him and cuddle. She also grabbed his hand and said "Run, run!" wanting to initiate it!

Wednesday

Today at school, she said "Nemo, water, & swing." She did a great job following directions today especially when walking down the hall with the group.

In session with Tracy, she said "tru (for truck), straw (for strawberry shortcake), yum, want, sn (for snack), want, water, ball & naana" sound a lot today. They tried a new game of Ring Toss and Ashley wanted to participate. They also used bracelets with the game!

In the evening, she said "ath" for bath and sang "watree, watree, watree, watree" (how she says water right now) all the way to the tub! :)



Thursday

At school, she was not really vocal BUT she had an incredible day! She was in a great mood and had NO sensory issues at ALL the entire day! Ashley also pulled off the shelf a new puzzle she has never seen before. She completed a 24 piece Mickey Mouse puzzle independently and without any visual picture aid today at school!!! It is so exciting to see her problem solving skills increase so quickly this year!!!

When we got home she said "water" and got Tracy's picture off the visual schedule! Today she was very patient waiting for Tracy even though she was eager to go up to Playroom! She got her Petshop toys again and lined them up in double row again. However, this time she seemed to babble to each one, move their head while talking to them and then set them in the row! :)

In session with Tracy, she said "tru (for truck), red, sn (for snack), berry (for strawberry), this, A, B, two, moose (for cracker...), boo (for blue)." She tried new activity with Ashley using pipe cleaners to make letters A, B and C which was not too motivating for Ashley. We might try string Twizzlers next time.

After session, she thought it was funny to take my hair tie out several times and made great eye contact! She helped me again with the strawberries for dinner! I help her cut the tops off but then I leave her with dull butter knife to cut strawberries in half while I finish dinner. She really enjoys it! :) After dinner, she said "want, bath, watch & straw" for watching strawberry shortcake.


Friday

Before leaving for school, I turned on Chicken Little and Ashley said "bus" 2 times when it came on the tv!Today at school, she said "first, want, bubbles, one, watching, & Veggie Tales!" She had another super day at school and no challenges! They have been working on tracing letters and today she traced the letter "A" 4 times independently! The one on the upper right was done hand over hand but the others she did all by herself!!!!

In session with me, she said "eat, water, etschul (2 times for pretzel), lemon, want, hi, juh (for jump), balls, drink, one, tree (for three), & tru (for truck)." I was getting a lot of green lights today so I thought I would write her name in orange and see if she would trace it. She traced her name Ashley completely independent with green marker and did AMAZING! Took a picture later so we can see her progress from here.

After I got her help to bake Caramel chocolate cookies using Rolo candies! We like to bake some sweets for our neighbors every Christmas! She enjoyed breaking the eggs, pouring in the oil & cake mix, and trying to stir the batter. By the end she was catching on quickly! She helped make small spoonfuls of batter, push Rolo into center, and then make ball around Rolo! :) She did enjoy a few Rolo candies too!

After dinner, she said "watch, Straw & tv." She was really playful with Noah wanting to climb over the couch with him and then playing with daddy when he got home!