However, the biggest change so for is that he's already learned another vowel. Until yesterday, he only would say one vowel sound--"AH." The only times that he'd say another vowel was when saying the word "No." Now, he's saying the "O" sound frequently. Example: This afternoon, while playing outside, he fell down, and came running to me saying "Boh Boh!" Also, he has some shoes with Diego on them. Until recently, he would have said, "DahDah" for Diego. Today he said "DahDo." These are just a few examples. I know saying the letter "O" may seem like a small accomplishment, but we're pretty excited over here and praise Kevin often for his efforts. I'm actually pretty surprised that we're seeing any improvement at all after only 4 sessions! This is all going to be so good for my son!
As for Sarah, we've been working on trying to improve her Spanish lately. While many of our friends are Hispanic and the kids hear Spanish spoken on several occasions during the week, we don't often speak it at home. It's just so hard sometimes to keep up with everyday life with two kids that we honestly forget to speak in Spanish. So, we're trying to incorporate Spanish just a little bit more at home. What I've done a couple of times recently is keep a pocketful of change. Anytime that Sarah speaks to me in Spanish she gets a penny or a nickle for her allowance savings.
The goal is that one day BOTH of our kids will be able to speak. And hopefully, they'll be able to speak both English AND Spanish! I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see how it all goes!
For some reason, I'm having trouble adding vidoes to this blog. So I'm providing some links to some videos I uploaded today. Enjoy!
(Notice how he's gesturing when attempting the vowel sounds. This is because the "turtle vowel" cards we've been using involve imitating gestures and sounds at the same time.)
oh, those videos are precious. keep up the good work!
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