I had therapy with Chance and his teacher today at school. His teacher was excited because she said that Chance is picking up and using phrases that other kids his age are using. For instance, he says "more faster," when describing how fast his bike can go in relation to his brother's. Sure it's not grammatically correct, but it is phrasing that other kids Chance's age are using.
His teacher said that she is hearing Chance say more and more phrases that other kids his age are using. HEARING kids his age. His teacher says Chance is using more complex sentence structure and more vocabulary. She said that if Chance is telling her something, she can ask "and...." or "but....." and Chance will continue on sharing more information.
Chance also used the word 'between' in a sentence this week. Chance is obviously getting more and more language the old fashion way....listening to others and learning from what other people are saying.
This is a far cry from where we were less than a year ago when we (Chance and us) had to work at just getting Chance to understand what we were saying. Now, Chance is branching out and able to focus on new words, new phrases, new language instead of struggling just to catch what was being said dirctly to him.
Needless to say, this is a happy day for us:)
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