But QUACK is a big deal is this household, or atleast it was tonight.
I'm sure ducks take their "speech" for granted but in this house, tonight, any duck would have been proud of my 4 year old who until now has not ever been able to form her mouth into K.
We have sat in front of the mirror repeating it over & over again so that she can see how I form my mouth & then how she forms her mouth to try the same sound. I have tried to hold the front of her tongue down while she attempts the sound. I have tried to explain how to make the sound (give it a try some time, it is extremely hard).
But for some reason it just clicked with QUACK this evening (& only this word). Then she lost it again for about 5 minutes, so we pushed on & she gave up so I pushed some more & then it returned.
Smarties were handed out & many praises sung. The fact that it was at the end of the word was the icing on the cake. For the last 5 months we have been concentrating on sounds at the start of words but in the last 2 weeks we have moved on to the end of words.
So for her to get this sound at the end of the word is well deserving of a little happy dance & a smartie.
2 comments:
it's this kind of reminder that helps the rest of us keep things in perspective.
congratulations olivia!
love you all so much.
Ingy, when I read this I am amazed at your love and patience and I can feel your heart soar when you reached success. Keep it up doll, you are doing an awesome job. I had this thought...Quacker Crumbs with one leading into the other. Of course it Cracker Crumbs!!! It was the K-K sound that came to me.... I am just a silly old lady who loves to read all your blogs and enjoy what you are all up to. You are such a good mother. I love you dearly xoxoxox A/di
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