Tag: Term 3

A Good Day

What a fantastic lunchtime today. Nevaeh was listening to ‘Pepeha’, by Six 60, as she bounced on the peanut ball. The song finished. As it did Nevaeh turned to me and said, “It’s finished”. Nevaeh has been saying this in class, Olivia and Jackie were wondering who ‘Phyllis’ was. She repeated this and then moved on to the next song, listening to ‘Don’t’. The video continued. As the song ‘Perfect’ played she repeated “Perfect” several times, at one point she looked in the mirror. How cool, Nevaeh thinks she is perfect, as we all know she is.

Nevaeh’s receptive language continues to improve. You can tell Nevaeh we are going to class for lunch, during our break time. She heads back to her chair in the classroom and gets herself ready for her lunch. She will wait quietly while the I-pad and headphones are organised. Nevaeh will raise her left arm for the backpack strap, and then her right arm when asked.  There is no protesting as we organise this for her.

Here is a video of Jackie and Nevaeh having fun with the balloon.

 

Harold Visited!

Nevaeh had a super exciting visit with her class to see Harold. Kelly, Harold’s teacher, left the star lights on for us today. It was super calm and Nevaeh lasted the whole sessioin with out headphones, or music. It is great to see Nevaeh participating with her class in school curriculum without adaptation. At the end of the session Nevaeh got a special pat with Harold, and Harold got a pinch on the nose .

 

Marilyn, Jackie and Nevaeh had a wonderful music session. Nevaeh was playing tunes independently with Marilyn’ guidance as to where to start. Your musical ability is boundless Nevaeh. We will need to ask Jackie if she has a video we can post to show off how clever you are.

 

On Wednesday Jackie, Sam and Nevaeh went to the library. Nevaeh got the opportunity to listen to stories in a different environment. It is great that Nevaeh is showing us how adaptable she, travelling to familiar places with different people, and familiar people taking her to different spaces.

When Andy asked Nevaeh if she wanted to go to the library on Tuesday Nevaeh used her Go Talk to answer no. It was a very purposeful ‘no’ because she had to search for the symbol on the Go Talk pad.

You surprise us every day Nevaeh with the wonderful things that you can show us you understand.

A rainy day

Well it is so wet today, literally raining cats and dogs! Nevaeh spent the first part of the day in the classroom doing Go Noodle. We are trailing her speech board and using her ‘Go Talk’ communication device.

There was Rock- a- bye Bear with the Wiggles, Greedy Cat from You Tube and lots of looking in the mirror. Nevaeh has been playing with her plait, lifting it up in her hand and placing in over her face. Our other success is that Nevaeh is lifting her left hand independently of her right. She started this when playing the keyboard, it was noticed again last week at RDA where she placed her left hand on the front of the saddle, and then today she was watching herself in the mirror and lifted her arm up to see.

Needless to say that when we went to record that auspicious moment Nevaeh wouldn’t repeat the action. Oh well, next time.

 

We are having success today using the talk board and “Go Talk” communication device. Using the device Nevaeh asked to go to the classroom. Yay!! We are making links between the pictures and Nevaeh communicating her needs. Awesome effort Nevaeh. While this is only a trail we will keep challenging Nevaeh to use her voice and express her needs and desires.

Music with Marilyn

Tinkle, tinkle, plonk, plonk! Nevaeh is getting so much out of her music session with Marilyn. In these lesson we can observe Nevaeh developing her fine motor skills. She is able to independently use finger one and two on her right hand with increasing accuracy. The left hand is being used intermittently and there is careful observation and increasing awareness of her hands on both sides of her body.

 

 

 

We are seeing this at RDA too. Nevaeh at times is holding the front of the saddle as she rides, this makes her side walker feel more relaxed. She is also clutching objects that catch her interest, the stars, planets and little yellow ducks in the water. Bobby was chatting to her about what she was looking at. Nevaeh would bring the object close to her helmet and then gradually lengthen her focus. When she was bored she tossed the object.

Busy days

Last week Nevaeh completed her poetry activity with Olivia. She held her crayon and put pressure on the page to complete this wonderful art.

Nevaeh loves poetry, the rhythm and rhyme are great ways for her absorb new language.

Nevaeh is also working on sorting according to colour and developing fine motor skills with the posting activity that the OT has left for us at school. Her aides extend this sorting activity by counting the coins that Nevaeh successfully posts.

Nevaeh was funny today, she raced back to class on the way to music. Once she got in the door she as happy to Marilyn.  Toward the end of our time Nevaeh lead us in a ‘jam’ session . Marilyn played guitar, Mrs Hickford on the drum and Nevaeh starred on the keyboard.

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Back again

It is so nice to see you back at school Nevaeh! We are setting up some new goals for you around participation and engagement. Wednesday saw you going off to the library with Tui. You lined up with the class and waited to go in with the class. You sat beautifully on the mat with Jackie. Well done. It’s nice to see you following the class expectations.  Although you had your headphones on we did need to play any music for you. You did a fantasitc job of just waiting. You were so happy to share the space with your friends.

                                                 

 

 

Nevaeh is loving her RDA book. I think she thinks it is a picture of her on the horse. She goes through the book but then goes back to find the pictures she likes the best.

                                     

 

We have been mixing up your routine and you did really well spending time in Weka. You were a little grumpy that we are springing surprises on you, but quickly settled. It is good for you to be flexible and feel comfortable in a range of spaces. You are really getting the hang of lining up and are beginning to realise that it can mean something exciting is going to happen, even if yu are not sure about what.

 

During physio today Nevaeh was dancing with dolly. She was clearly enjoying her dance with Jackie and had lots to say. Click on the image below to see Nevaeh dancing.

 

Ahh… the joy of music. Nevaeh enjoyed her session with Marilyn. You are getting so much better at sharing with Marilyn. You rested your hand on hers while she played. We didn’t need to turn the keyboard off. Well done you.The you surprised us all by playing with both hands! Awesome work! It is lovely to see both sides of your body working together to make music.

 

Back at school

Welcome to Term 3, wow the year is going fast! Nevaeh has settled quickly back into her school routine and loves being here. It has been a bit challenging with the wet weather keeping us indoors, but today the sun is shining. There are new Go Noodle songs to dance to in class, we have had dancing with Jackie, counting, sorting colours, reading, music with Marliyn and now it is off to RDA. What a busy day Thursdays are turning out to be!