The last five months

The learning that has happened in our home over the last five months has been fast and furious. When Little Bit was diagnosed, he only had a few words and they really weren't spontaneous. Since attending preschool for 20 hours a week and receiving 10 hours of ABA/DTT therapy every week, he can now say a ton (for him at least) of words and is putting together some sentences.

Yesterday his teacher told me that he said a five word sentence, "I want to jump again." Of course, I asked her to share her magic. Upon using this magic, Little Bit has said, "I want to watch Blue's Clues." The first time he was heavily prompted. The 2nd time, I just had to give him the "I want," but he has said it a few more times completely unprompted! I have a feeling we are going to have a day full of Blue's Clues! This new speech must be rewarded.

Just for the record... since starting school, Little Bit can count to 20'ish (depending on his mood), recognizes numbers 1-9, knows a lot of colors (red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, black, brown), knows a lot of shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, pentagon, octagon, diamond, heart, star), recognizes several letters, and knows most body parts. He can label quite a few objects, but this is a skill that we are definitely working on.