Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fall is in the Air!

The summer has come and gone. AnnaSophia started school today and Abigail starts in two weeks. This was a learning summer. We decided not to put Abigail in summer school this year to allow her a break. Since her diagnosis, she has been in therapy up to three times a week with additional therapy time with someone in our home 2-3 times a week. In June she kept asking me when she would be done with school. I toiled about what to do. In the end I wanted her to have a summer where she could mostly just be a kid.

This was good for her I think but difficult too. Our house with all three kids in it is not a picture of structure and organization. These changes and irregularities in her schedule caused some stress for Abigail for sure. She weathered it really well though with the help of our excellent care attendant (Christina. Or as Mia says "TT")!


This summer Christina has used the hooked on phonics program to teach Abby how to read. I am amazed at how well she has done with it. Abigail is so well prepared academically for kindergarten. It's the behavioral aspects I am most worried about. Updates to come!