OT singing

[Guest guest]

Doesn't OT mean off topic as this is what this is....???

Today I noticed that slowly my 33 mos pdd nos daughter has begun

singing phrases like " Jane in wagon. Jane in wagon. " to the tune of a

nursery rhyme or whatever. She's been doing this off and on, but

during some indep. play today she sang " 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 " several

times to the ABC tune. She can count, but not always get the #s

right. When she sings, it is perfect and smooth. When she talks, it

is always 2 or 3 words and it is very " broken up. " For example,

" Daddy. Eat. Now. " I have always worked with her and explained things

while singing. Driving down the road I might sing " See the man, he's

mowing grass, mowing grass, mowing grass. " Instinctively and then

after reading about ASD after her diagnosis I feel this is a good

thing for me to cont. My question is...

1. Isn't singing typical of Asperger's Disorder?

2. Mommy and Jane's singing is good, right? I'm not refering to

pitch. I have the world's worst singing voice! We should cont.

singing and encourage her when she does, I feel. Anyone know about

this?

[Guest guest]

We do this too. You wouldn't believe the songs I've made up that

have helped us transition (I'm not very creative so most of our songs

are to the tune of " howdy doody time " , for example we have " happy

nappy time " . Hey...it works. LOL

> I have always sang to Dakota too,I think it is a good thing. We

sing a

> special songs just for transitions and it works great-he hears the

song and

> just smoothly trnsitions{well except for water activitys- then he

pretends

> not to hear the song} I also sing Diaper time to the tune of elmos

world and

> he lays down to be changed{as opposed to before running all over

and rubbing

> his bottom against the wall} So I like singing and think it is very

> helpfull. F