So Bella's Unit 1 room is ground level and is beside a beautiful garden area with trees, bushes, walking bridge and basically a cute little spot for a pair of bunnies to hang out. So we named them. Gus Gus is right beside Bella's window every morning, so they have tea together! Stinker is the bigger one, and hops around all over eating many twigs n bushes. 
Need I explain that picture? Haha
Music Therapy.
Unit 1 has Musicians come in and play instruments and sing to patients. They also have the patients partake in making music! Bella loves music therapy time. She shakes the maracas and pats the drums! She also loves the chimes and touching the guitar strings. She lights up every time.
SLP/ Language/Games
Bella is a ham and she is always so happy. She initiates her own games and the SLP is very impressed with her expressive and receptive language. Bella is advanced in these areas for her age! Yay! Love that report. The SLP said she doesn't work with kids that are advanced, she works with kids to catch them up. But she told me she was so intrigued with how advanced Bella is that she wants to work with Bella and I to keep up her advanced level.
Bella's words:
Momma, daddy, dad, dada, Bye bye, baba, all done ("aah- da"), grandpa ("papa"), grandma ("bah-ma"), balloon ("baa-oon"), Apple ("ap-oh")
And many other sounds and babbles.
Bella's sign language/motions:
She signs for: more, up, pointing for 'wants', down, waiting, waves hi n bye, dances to music in many ways, claps, blows kisses. I love catching her dancing to the music when her favorite cartoons come on.
Games:
Bella's favorite is initating peekaboo. She plays peekaboo behind whatever is available like a book she's holding, her own hands, crib rail or even her blanky corner. She loves to copy cat with blinking, clapping, stepping, jumping, smacking lips, and making funny "chin up" faces. Oh and she loves that Big Bird (the puppet) takes her soosoo, so when she sees him she offers her soother... But only to Big Bird. Oh, and moms tickle fingers get her so excited. She is a tickelish girl!
I loved reading this post! It's so good to hear how she is playing and happy! Music is awesome and I love how much kids just love the sounds of all kinds of music and want to get involved in creating it! Praying that that 10/10 match is confirmed soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks Melissa! Ya she is in a huge discovery stage right now and loving it. She's also saying, "toons" (and points to tv for cartoons) and "up" (really clearly). Before she'd just be frustrated and throw her hands in the air when she wanted up. Lyle would laugh and say, "Touch Down!" Then Bella got really mad. Haha
ReplyDeleteWe also have a new bunny this week and we call her Nibbles! Haha