We have been stuck in the cabin all day, so we couldn't get out and take Mom anyplace. Probably just as well because we are all tired after a hard couple of days.
Missy and I have been trying different things just to see how Mom does. Today she was counting to 20 pretty well. We also got her to sing her ABC's and to say her ABC's, in stages (A-G, H-L, M+) Missy then tried getting her to count backwards, which she did well. She was also able to count to 50 by 5's and to 100 by 10's.
I set up some flashcards in Powerpoint. I did one set with names of people we know. We have about 20 names, and she'll get 80-90% of them when we go through them. The more we do it, the less interested she gets. But when we pull it up fresh, she flies through it. We also did numbers (written out, not numerals) and she does 1-10 very well. We also added some random words like beach, diet coke, breakfast etc. which she did well with.
She came in earlier with her shoes and said "I'm putting on my shoes too". When Missy walked over to the sofa by Mom, Mom scooted over to make a space for her to sit. These are small things, but new for Mom.
Hopefully tomorrow we can get out of the cabin, walk around, and do some normal things to see how she responds.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Sounds good! SHe has a shorter attention span is my guess and loves novelty and that makes her restive with going over the same material. Her communication sounds much better.
ReplyDeleteChecked the weather and yall have a good week ahead with nice cool temps.
I wonder if she would watch a rerun of one of those shows she was hooked on,,was it Murder she Wrote? Pat
I'm sending all the positive vibes I can conger up in my feeble brain. It sounds good so far.
ReplyDeleteGirls: you have to know that I tried to point your dad to Santa Monica instead of the mountains but you know how he is.