Joshua and his 123's

Okay, it's sometimes hard to know what Josh really DOES know, since his communication skills are delayed. But last night after we left our favorite pizza joint, walked to our car, we passed a bunch of numbered spaces. Josh ran off, in the parking lot, to space #3, signed "3" and tried to vocalize it! Then he continued up the line with more numbers. Yeah! He just turned three a couple of months ago, too. :)

His teacher says he's recognizing his letters, too. I think that's something he does better for her at school than he does at home. But it's so cool to see he's getting these things!

I talked to his speech teacher about oral motor exercises, again. He has lower muscle tone, and it's interesting to see his muscles finally get stronger. He couldn't take off his own shoes until his tummy muscles got stronger and he could bend over to reach the shoes. Just like he can't make his "O" sound properly until his mouth muscles strengthen more. His tongue is going side to side better, and down, but up is still hard. She gave me some ideas to work with him on this. I've heard him RARELY play the "lalalala" game with me. And last week when his teacher told him his groundhog painting was wet, she swears she hear him say, "Dry", with the "d", as did the sign for dry. He understands a lot, we just have to keep working to help him express what he knows, feels, hey wait! He seems to have fewer problems expressing what he wants. :)