Brennan is involved in a program, due to his hearing loss, which is offered through the school district. It is called the Early Start Program. We wish we would have found out about it earlier in Brennan's life, but we are so thankful that we know about it now! It's a free program funded by the state that offers therapy, one-on-one time, group classes etc... for orthopedic, vision and hearing issues for kids age birth - 3 years old. Brennan does some one-on-one sessions with the speech therapist twice a month and we go to classes twice a week.
On Wednesday mornings there is a support group for the parents. We start the day bringing our kids to a classroom where we do circle time. We sing songs that start the morning and then the parents go to the room next door to talk while teachers do activities with our kids. We discuss anything from issues we are dealing with as parents to issues we are dealing with that apply to our kid's specific needs. After an hour or so, we go next door and pick up our kids. We do circle time again that includes a "good bye" song.
On Friday mornings we go to a Deaf and Hard of Hearing class. This is a "mommy and me" class where we do different activities with our kids. It's such a fun time for Brennan because he gets to interact with other kids and do a bunch of fun crafts and activities that I wouldn't normally think about doing at home. Here are some pictures from a Friday class.
Brennan is always very excited about starting class...
Lesson Plan for the day...
Brennan gets to put his picture on the board during circle time...
Holiday Craft
Slide time... B's favorite
Learning gross motor control...
Time to JUMP...JUMP...JUMP
Making clouds out of cotton...
Making a necklace out of cereal and pretzels...
(Yum...Yum...)
Playing with Rice...
Mr. Potato Head of course
14 years ago
3 comments:
What a cool thing to be able to participate in! It looks like you two are having a blast!
that is so fun! where do you guys do that at?
I can't believe you only a couple more months left! Brennan is going to have so much fun with a little sis:) I love all the stuff you are doing with him:) How is your Bible Study going?
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