Parents as Teachers

Maggie had her last Parents as Teachers visit last night. Callie was trying to complete a 3 year screening on Maggie, but she wasn't very interested in cooperating! She was way more interested in all the puzzles, books, toys, and games Callie brought in her bag! Maggie kept reaching in, or going over to the bag wanting to know what else was in there. Although it took some time, Maggie would eventually give Callie the answers she was looking for. All in all, Maggie is right where she needs to be, or above, on each item. The only slight concern was her speech and how it's not always understood from someone unfamiliar with Maggie, but Callie seemed confident that Maggie would be fine and take off quickly now that she's in speech twice a week.

Speaking of speech, Maggie completed her first week of it this week. She goes on Monday and Wednesday mornings for 30 minutes each time. Miss Megan says she's doing really well. I've already seen a vast improvement in Maggie using the s and f in her beginning sounds (ie. fish used to be pronounced pish and snake used to be pronounced nake) now! We are definitely more consistent at home with her, repeating words correctly for her to hear, making her correct herself, and praising her when she says it correctly. I've even noticed she is to the point of saying it correctly on her own, without having to be prompted by us. She will continue with speech until the end of the school year in May. Then, we will reevaluate whether or not to continue speech services once school starts back up again in August.