Last Tuesday, we were back to our normal routine. There wasn't a snow delay or snow day, so that meant that Tuesday was after school speech. SJ wasn't as resistant as he usually is. He knew we would be going to Target after and he had some birthday money to spend.
His speech appointment went well. He told his therapist all about his party and his birthday weekend. First, they worked on identifying verbs. SJ had to identify the correct verb from the listed definition. For example: to close your eyes and rest all night. SJ had to answer with the verb sleep. His therapist said he did fairly well with this activity. He got 8 out of 10 correct. She assigned the remainder of the worksheet for homework.
Next, she went over the homework from the previous week on identifying words from definitions. She said the ones that he had trouble with before were a little bit easier for him.
She knows how much he likes jokes. She worked on a knock knock joke with him. He had some difficulty with the joke because he didn't know what one of the words was. The word was fig. The joke was: Knock, knock. Who's there? Figs. Figs who? Figs the doorbell, it's broken. Once she explain what figs are, he thought the joke was incredibly funny.
He told her that Mrs. Valentine used an idiom in class. She said "I put my foot in my mouth." SJ raised his hand and told Mrs. Valentine he knew what that meant. She said he was the first student that knew what that idiom meant. He was very proud that he knew that. I am proud that he was able to use something that he learned in speech in another area of his education. Great job, SJ.
His therapist assigned him a comprehending verbal instruction exercise and to finish identifying key elements in sentences for homework. I told her that we would not be there the following week, since we were going to be on Easter break.
We left speech and drove to Target. We returned a birthday gift that he already had and walked back to the Lego/K'nex aisle. SJ looked and looked for something to get. After 30 plus minutes, SJ settled on a new K'nex toy. While he was browsing and complaining that "his brain isn't working when it comes to making choices", my phone rang. I pulled it out of my purse to see who was calling and it dropped out of my hand. My screen wasn't cracked, but it had crazy lights streaming on it and the icons were shaking.
We left Target and drove to the Verizon outlet. Unfortunately, they couldn't do anything there, so we drove home. SJ happily built his K'nex toy and ate his McDonald's. I am glad someone was happy, because I certainly wasn't. Oh to be 11 again!
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