Thanks for the encouragement.
chrfath816
I guess that was what I was really looking for regarding my DD with
down syndrome.
I started out feeling overwhelmed with the therapists and their lists
and what she wasn't doing. I should just stay away from those things.
I guess I just wanted to hear someone else agree that she will
progress and learn without being pushed. Even though I already know
she has been.
Anyway, thanks. I had a moment of seeing an opportunity to use
something she loves to do. She loves to page through my 3-ring binder
of recipes. Well, I am makeing her a binder to day with printouts and
pictures of things she likes to look at and can add to her experience
of page turning.
Thanks again.
Christi
Wheatley(8) and Veronica(2)
down syndrome.
I started out feeling overwhelmed with the therapists and their lists
and what she wasn't doing. I should just stay away from those things.
I guess I just wanted to hear someone else agree that she will
progress and learn without being pushed. Even though I already know
she has been.
Anyway, thanks. I had a moment of seeing an opportunity to use
something she loves to do. She loves to page through my 3-ring binder
of recipes. Well, I am makeing her a binder to day with printouts and
pictures of things she likes to look at and can add to her experience
of page turning.
Thanks again.
Christi
Wheatley(8) and Veronica(2)
Melissa
Hi,
Just wanted to add encouragement. Even though we don't have a child
with downs, we do have a child with autism, and I imagine you would
go through what we went through. Years of intruding therapies and
therapists, making everyone increasingly miserable.
Once we started unschooling, we started living again!! Breanna has
thrived more than anyone could have imagined, she's happy and not
stressed. She still has bad days, but at least it isn't one day after
another. WIthout any type of us teaching her, she has learned how to
cook, she can clean, she's figuring out all kinds of reading, writing
and math. All we do is allow her to live :-)
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
Just wanted to add encouragement. Even though we don't have a child
with downs, we do have a child with autism, and I imagine you would
go through what we went through. Years of intruding therapies and
therapists, making everyone increasingly miserable.
Once we started unschooling, we started living again!! Breanna has
thrived more than anyone could have imagined, she's happy and not
stressed. She still has bad days, but at least it isn't one day after
another. WIthout any type of us teaching her, she has learned how to
cook, she can clean, she's figuring out all kinds of reading, writing
and math. All we do is allow her to live :-)
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
On Mar 20, 2006, at 8:23 AM, chrfath816 wrote:
> I guess that was what I was really looking for regarding my DD with
> down syndrome.
>
> I started out feeling overwhelmed with the therapists and their lists
> and what she wasn't doing. I should just stay away from those things.
>
> I guess I just wanted to hear someone else agree that she will
> progress and learn without being pushed. Even though I already know
> she has been.
>
> Anyway, thanks. I had a moment of seeing an opportunity to use
> something she loves to do. She loves to page through my 3-ring binder
> of recipes. Well, I am makeing her a binder to day with printouts and
> pictures of things she likes to look at and can add to her experience
> of page turning.
>
> Thanks again.
> Christi
> Wheatley(8) and Veronica(2)
>
>
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--- In [email protected], "chrfath816" <chrfath@...>
wrote:
pertained to my son. Keon falls into that "autistic spectrum." I
used to torment myself because he wasn't "on track" with the things
he "should" be doing. Then one day I decided that Keon was doing
the things that he "should" be doing because those were the things
that he needed to be doing at that time. He's almost 8 and still
can't tie his shoe laces. So I buy him velcro, slip on and
sandals. Sure he "should" be able to tie shoes (according to "the
lists"), but it is a series of steps that has confounded him. One
day when he has the need to tie shoes he'll be able to. He was that
way with reading. He "should" have been able to read at a certain
level according to some list. But he had no need to read. Then he
started playing video games and his sisters got tired of reading him
the instructions and scenarios. Now he reads at a much higher level
(I suppose) than most of his almost 8yo counterparts. I say "I
suppose" because in reality I don't know, but I presume that most
kids his age are daunted by many of the words he uses in his
vocabulary and his "unfear" of any word. (He believes that now
because he knows how to read he knows how to read *every* word and
for the most part will, although I did have to tell him how to
correctly pronounce Porsche and that maybe just because he knows how
to read doesn't mean he understands French.)
Michelle
wrote:
>with
> I guess that was what I was really looking for regarding my DD
> down syndrome.lists
>
> I started out feeling overwhelmed with the therapists and their
> and what she wasn't doing. I should just stay away from thosethings.
>I abandoned lists of "shoulds" a long time ago, especially when it
pertained to my son. Keon falls into that "autistic spectrum." I
used to torment myself because he wasn't "on track" with the things
he "should" be doing. Then one day I decided that Keon was doing
the things that he "should" be doing because those were the things
that he needed to be doing at that time. He's almost 8 and still
can't tie his shoe laces. So I buy him velcro, slip on and
sandals. Sure he "should" be able to tie shoes (according to "the
lists"), but it is a series of steps that has confounded him. One
day when he has the need to tie shoes he'll be able to. He was that
way with reading. He "should" have been able to read at a certain
level according to some list. But he had no need to read. Then he
started playing video games and his sisters got tired of reading him
the instructions and scenarios. Now he reads at a much higher level
(I suppose) than most of his almost 8yo counterparts. I say "I
suppose" because in reality I don't know, but I presume that most
kids his age are daunted by many of the words he uses in his
vocabulary and his "unfear" of any word. (He believes that now
because he knows how to read he knows how to read *every* word and
for the most part will, although I did have to tell him how to
correctly pronounce Porsche and that maybe just because he knows how
to read doesn't mean he understands French.)
Michelle