Dominic started walking around saying, "shut up" to us a week or so ago. We don't use that kind of language around here, so I was racking my brain trying to figure out where he would have heard it. After listening to him read his favorite Thomas the Tank Engine book, I realized he got that phrase from one of the stories!! Since he gets a reaction every time he says it, he thinks it's funny to say it. He'll go around saying, "shut up" to all of us, smirk and then laugh. I decided since he can read the Thomas book to himself, I better do something about it. So, I took a pencil, crossed out "shut up" and put "be quiet." Lauren used to love the "Junie B. Jones" series of books when she was in elementary school. It was written the way an elementary school girl spoke (not proper English). I kept wanting to say the sentence the right way, but I guess that was the charm of the book. I'm glad the hubby was the one that used to read that book to her most of the time!! I guess the other thing that bugged me about that book was that the little girl "Junie" could really be quite sassy at times. That's my new favorite word, "sassy." It's not a word you hear all too often. I guess it's a word more from my childhood :) Has anyone read the "Hunger Games?" I read recently that the American Library Association has it number three on the top ten list of "challenged" books for 2011. The classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is also on the list. Do you "censor" what your kids read? If you found a book objectionable, would you go as far as I did and cross a part out and change it? Dominic has not been saying "shut up" to us as much as he was, but he is still saying it. He now says it and then goes, "Dominic, say, "be quiet!!" Basically repeating back to me, what I say to him. Hopefully the phrase, "shut up" is on it's way out the door!!
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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