Thomas is "guppy of the week" at his mainstream preschool. A part of this special week is sharing a poster of pictures and items that are "all about Thomas." Yesterday, we went through tons of pictures from his past and talked about his life...it was truly a special time. This morning, we put together his poster and it was all about vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary!
I had him identify each picture, what happened during that special time in his life and then expanded the language even further, using new vocabulary and trying to develop his "theory of mind." I was surprised at how many different synonyms our little man already knows. Here is a list of what vocabulary or concepts we worked on while making the poster:
Straight versus crooked, the back side versus front side, upside down versus right side up
Being born, that everyone was a baby when they were born, hospital, excitement (using his dad and me as the theory of mind people)
Ocean waves crashing, chilly water, tasted salty, California, vacation weekend, our friends from JTC, swimming, sand, surfers, pier, sunset, sunrise, hotel room with balcony, pool, etc.
Family, mother, father, sister, grandparents (not using anyone's names -- just the titles)
Reading books with his father, favorite books right now, what will happen next, how do you think he feels? Why does he feel that way?
First day with hearing aids, how special it was, trying to remember if he was excited and how daddy and I felt on that first hearing day
Remembering Halloween, going door-to-door with our friends, quantifying how much candy he and his sister received, how excited everyone was to go trick-or-treating together
His favorite animals, ocean animals and zoo animals, his pet and how zoo animals are not pets, his favorite activities, soccer, football, baseball, various shapes of these objects
Present tense verbs that end in (s) not (ing), sleeps, plays, gets, goes, sits, jumps, listens, joins, eats, etc.
I wish that I had done this project with Thomas sooner...I'm thinking that this could be an activity for each season making special posters to remember the things that we did during the summer, fall, winter and spring...that way I can incorporate themed units into the poster as well.
Overall, not a bad way to spend "therapy" time with our little man...remembering awesome moments together!
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