For today's 3 on the 21st Blog Hop, hosed this month by With a Little Moxie, we are asked to post the following:
One truth (about Ds/our lives with Ds)
One tip (- information on something related to Ds/raising a child with Ds/or just parenting in general)
One photo
This is my first blog hop in a while so here goes:
One truth: Kids with Down syndrome generally have a receptive knowledge that far surpasses their expressive communication skills.
One Tip: Sign Language and teaching reading as soon as a child understands 50 words, can help parents and educators have a more accurate way of measuring a child's receptive knowledge.
One Photo:
Happy Blog Hop Everyone!
That's funny about the phone book! My Owen would probably do the same.....he even loves the hymnal at Mass. Ben is a cutie.
ReplyDeleteI wish everyone knew that one truth. Russell is easily underestimated because of his lack of speech, even by me at times :(
ReplyDeleteYes, sign & read---reading teaches sentence structure & non verbal kids read with ASL. Sooo important. ASL & reading are visual prompts of language and easier then speaking until language comes along. Technology will help but we aren't there yet! Needs ASL apps & reading / ASL combo apps. Teach us parents & teachers.
ReplyDeleteMakes me so frustrated that our school is anti-ASL well they don't use it.