Ben's sign language has really taken off these past few weeks. He has always been pretty good identifying the proper picture card when given two choices and shown the "sign" for it, but he rarely signed anything to us. The only sign he would ever use was "more" and that one he used all the time. But recently in school, he is trying to copy everything they sign to him... which is AMAZING and I'm so proud of him. He is able to sign one and five when shown the number card only, tries to sign about 6 letters of the alphabet when we sign it with him and is trying to copy us signing about 30 other basic words (table, cat, bear, stand, swing, etc). It is like it finally clicked for him and he wants to learn how to do the signs instead of just knowing what they are when we sign to him. Hopefully after learning the signs, he will be able to use them independently without prompting... but that is a BIG next step.
Below is a picture of Ben signing "bear". He was signing it during Mickey Mouse clubhouse because he thinks Pete (the cat) is a bear. Can't say I blame him, I think he looks more like a bear than a cat... and I'm sure our other Mickey fans out there can attest to that!
8 comments:
Ben, the signing progress is awesome! Way to go! That is so exciting! Keep up the great work!
God Bless,
Brian, Sarah, and Caleb
Great job, Ben! :-)
Amy, this may be something that you do already, but I wondered... do you ever sit Ben in front of a large mirror so he can watch himself sign? Gracie has always loved this! Even when watching "Signing Time" we used to put a standing mirror off to the side of her a bit so she could see the TV and also see herself in the mirror. She would go to town signing with herself in the mirror! :-) Just a thought if you haven't already tried it.
Congrats on huge leaps for Ben!
Kristi
This is so exciting! We are so proud and excited for you, Ben (and Amy and Mike!)
I just love this photo of Ben signing bear...
With all the obstacles that Ben has to navigate he is seems determined to learn. He is amazing to watch at school and it is exciting to see every new day what he has remembered. Mason City Schools is such an awesome place to be to learn, everyone works so intently on every students success. Way to go Ben, keep up the good work!!!! Have a great weekend.
Kim
Way to sign Ben!! Now if we could just get stuborn Eva to do more signing...LOL!
Hugs,
Crystal and Eva
WOO HOO! This is wonderful news Amy! Congratulations to all three of you! And that is a perfect bear sign! YAY!
YAY! YAY! YAY!
This is so exciting, Amy!! It's so wonderful when you see it finally "click" for them!
I second Kristi's suggestion about the mirror. We bought a large bathroom mirror at Home Depot when Katie was younger and sat it on the floor in our family room. She would sit and sign to herself sometimes for hours! In fact, she still likes to use it sometimes.
Congratulations!
Ben, I'm SO proud of you! Keep up the great work. Miss you!!
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