last week jacob started going to "speech school". it's actually an early on playgroup (federal funds) designed for 2 year olds who need extra help in lots of different categories. there's a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a behavioral therapist, etc.
jacob loved the idea of going to school. the morning of his first class, he put his backpack on the minute he woke up. he didn't say goodbye to me when i dropped him off. when we got home, he immediately went to our fridge with his craft in hand and demanded that i display it there.
he's only had 2 classes but does seem to really enjoy them.
his speech issues have made me much more aware of the developmental steps in the speech process. with claire and david, i remember really enjoying watching and hearing them developing their speech. but with them, it was effortless. i remember david going from not talking to talking in sentences in what seemed like a matter of days.
with jacob, it's been more frustrating as i've struggled to understand what he's communicating. paying more attention to his speech though has revealed to me the complex ways in which speech does develop. i'm noticing a lot more - new vocabulary words, new sentence structures, new phrasing and i'm really enjoying this too.
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