Activity = Reading his new book
Therapeutic Value = Language Skills
(It should be noted that I am promoting a MULTI-lingual curriculum)
Activity = Typing at the computer
Therapeutic Value = Small Motor Skills & Hand/Eye Coordination
Activity = Getting ready for his ballroom dancing class (gotta love the bare chest, huh? ;-)
Therapeutic Value = Umm... Promoting security in his masculinity?
Activity = Thumb-sucking
Therapeutic Value = Also Hand/Eye Coordination & Self-Soothing
Activity = Bonding with a new "friend"
Therapeutic Value = Social skills
Activity = Tummy Time
Therapeutic Value = Strength Training
(It's not easy holding your head up when it weighs more than YOU do!)
Activity = Wearing his "Country Boy" outfit
Therapeutic Value = Exposure to different ways of life (as Monkey is a "City Boy")
Activity = Sitting in his bumbo
Therapeutic Value = Motor Skills & Discovering New Things (aka. his feet!)
Activity = Practicing his version of the "Bitter Beer Face"
Therapeutic Value = Communication Skills & Learning Cause & Effect (seeing as how Mama ALWAYS reacts to the "Bitter Beer Face" :-)
Activity = Getting ready to rip a fistful of fur out of Kitty Cat Tommie's backside
Therapeutic Value = Learning Cause & Effect
I wish I had taken a picture of him playing in his own poop when he had that diaper blowout the other morning. I was too busy gagging and trying to get him cleaned up. He, on the other hand, was having a grand old time! Creative expression and all... :)
Yep! I think I might be onto something with this photo diary idea! I wonder how this would go over at the agency... Hmmm... :-)
lol, looks perfect to me
ReplyDeleteOMGosh, I would pay you a quarter to do that & 100.00 to watch the SW read it!!
ReplyDeleteI just pray that you and I aren't licensed through the same agency. I don't have the time for that level of creativity. With six kids their recreation is usually "driving Mamma crazy". Therapeutic value: Cause and effect (Push this far and Mamma will dance around the kitchen hollering at the top of her lungs. It's fun to watch the big people go nuts I guess.)
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures! Sometimes it's such a bummer that we can't show their faces. I'm sure Monkey is absolutely adorable all around!! (I am grateful that you didn't have a camera around for Creative Expression though. I get enough of that at my house.)
I've been gone house-hunting out-of-state and haven't read ANYTHING yet. But I'm so excited to go back and read all about your exciting time!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm an idiot.
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd clicked on my friend's blog. She's waiting for her first placement. I was floored to think she'd gotten it so soon. ;>
I like your photo log! I think another copy should be kept for each child to have when they leave.
ps Came back to warn you off your brilliant idea. I bet, if you did this, they'd take it seriously and REQUIRE it. And what fun would that be?
ReplyDeleteI know! Right, Kate?!? It's no fun being brilliant sometimes. ;P
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