Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Welcome back Florence! Have you tried taking her favorite books and making symbols for them to help her visually remember the words? Carol Trishasmom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always gotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hi Florence good to hear from you, it's been a really long time. Glad Olivia is full of jelly beans! That's too cute - Isn't it funny how opposite kids can be, is fully addicted to the tv - I'm ready to unplug it and throw it out of a 9 story building after Christmas break! And Olivia doensn't watch tv! Have you tried making a book with photos of her doing/using things she likes? Foods, places she likes to go, things she likes to do? You could make an ABC book with her as the star doing or using things that start with the letters, Example : J is for Jellybeans! O is for Olivia F is for Family, French Fries D is for the family dog if you have one B is for Burger King if she likes that. Just an idea. Does she like the computer? Have you tried www.starfall.com ? absolutely loves that website. Explore the abc section, 's favorite. How have things been with the amazing triplets? Did they enjoy their Christmas? Happy New Year to you and your family and it's good to hear from you. Take care, Jayne 's Mom researchmail@... wrote: Happy New Year all, It is good to be up and running on the computer again. It is Florence, mom to Olivia, triplet, 8year old and in her words, " full of jelly beans. " We live near polis, MD. I have a great class room tool that we bought at Radio Shack a couple years ago and use often. It is a small amplifier that just helps Olivia concentrate on the teacher when she is talking. (She has very little control over her eyes) We use headphones and put it on her desk and it really helps to keep her focus. It has adjustments for what background noises are prevelent. Olivia is doing o.k. learning to read, but she really dose'nt like to. Any reading motivators? She has never watched videos (except home movies) and dose'nt appreciate stories much in general. I have tried to make books with her family and friends in them, but there is little interest of the finished thought. We did see Dr. Greenspan and got some advice with his Floortime methods, with which we agree. I just was looking for any sparks that have worked for your families. Thanks, Florence -------------- Original message -------------- Mic has just begun to rock in a different way he bangs his back against the back of the chairs and sooner or later hes going to go backwards on him and hes gonna get hurt. I think hes in need of some input.Mic used to spin in circles it lasted a couple of years and he doesnt do it anymore more than once a month and he stops spinning in a matter of seconds not 30 minutes. ...He does not seem to require the input anymore. I have an indoor swing that I use to reroute Mics behaviors like rocking and spinning. My dh drilled swival hook in our ceiling and I bought one of those out door swings and we take it up and down because its in the middle of my dining room.We used Mics swing 4 or 5 times a day for about 10 minutes. I do not have to do it anymore, Now I use it as needed or just for fun.As needed might be 2x a month.Mic does not eat food but if hes swinging I can get some food down him. Amazing what that swing does for us.I will say that Mic picks up different ways to supply himself the input he needs and it changes as he grows like the spinning. Mic still dangles alot but not half as much as he did a year ago.Mic spent almost all of his awake time dangling something. Now hes 5 he still dangles but puts it down and engages in other activities.Sometimes for me finding a way to reroute is the hardest to figure out, that trusty swing has done alot for Mic. Laurie -------------------------------------------------- Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 on that idea. I had a friend when was around 2, who would buy those paper back books you get at the store that are on a spining rack and really inexpensive. Like Sesame Street, Blues Clues, etc... they have a sturdy cover but paper pages. Anyway, she would buy 2 copies of the book and cut the main photos out of one book and laminate them and then velcro them onto the other book for matching, etc... You could match words that way too. Just an idea... Take care, Jayne Csvillars@... wrote: Welcome back Florence! Have you tried taking her favorite books and making symbols for them to help her visually remember the words? Carol Trishasmom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always gotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 also, if she loves home movies, i take this means of the family, i would make your own books of these same videos, eg: our christmas, etc, you can add words or more to each story as she learns. shawna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Hi Florence, Nice to hear from you again and happy new year. I think all struggling readers need incentives. I still use a reward system for Zeb. He hates to read too. At Olivia's age we would break the work into increments of 10 min. Zeb could choose to play a game, swing, blow bubbles, take a walk etc. Hope this helps. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 13 DS/OCD/ASD? researchmail@... wrote: Happy New Year all, It is good to be up and running on the computer again. It is Florence, mom to Olivia, triplet, 8year old and in her words, " full of jelly beans. " We live near polis, MD. I have a great class room tool that we bought at Radio Shack a couple years ago and use often. It is a small amplifier that just helps Olivia concentrate on the teacher when she is talking. (She has very little control over her eyes) We use headphones and put it on her desk and it really helps to keep her focus. It has adjustments for what background noises are prevelent. Olivia is doing o.k. learning to read, but she really dose'nt like to. Any reading motivators? She has never watched videos (except home movies) and dose'nt appreciate stories much in general. I have tried to make books with her family and friends in them, but there is little interest of the finished thought. We did see Dr. Greenspan and got some advice with his Floortime methods, with which we agree. I just was looking for any sparks that have worked for your families. Thanks, Florence -------------- Original message -------------- From: nolan Mic has just begun to rock in a different way he bangs his back against the back of the chairs and sooner or later hes going to go backwards on him and hes gonna get hurt. I think hes in need of some input.Mic used to spin in circles it lasted a couple of years and he doesnt do it anymore more than once a month and he stops spinning in a matter of seconds not 30 minutes. ...He does not seem to require the input anymore. I have an indoor swing that I use to reroute Mics behaviors like rocking and spinning. My dh drilled swival hook in our ceiling and I bought one of those out door swings and we take it up and down because its in the middle of my dining room.We used Mics swing 4 or 5 times a day for about 10 minutes. I do not have to do it anymore, Now I use it as needed or just for fun.As needed might be 2x a month.Mic does not eat food but if hes swinging I can get some food down him. Amazing what that swing does for us.I will say that Mic picks up different ways to supply himself the input he needs and it changes as he grows like the spinning. Mic still dangles alot but not half as much as he did a year ago.Mic spent almost all of his awake time dangling something. Now hes 5 he still dangles but puts it down and engages in other activities.Sometimes for me finding a way to reroute is the hardest to figure out, that trusty swing has done alot for Mic. Laurie -------------------------------------------------- Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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