Jane is amazing! Yesterday we focused on stimulating lungs & oral-motor, with the specific goal of reducing the amount of screaming Aaron does. The cool things is that we do this with bubbles & straws....what's not to love? Jane is also ordering us a new weighted blanket and a chair for the dining table, all courtesy of First Steps. Ideas and activities:
- Bubbles - big bag of bubble pipes from Walgreens that require different mouth positions, collect all bubble stuff into a dishpan & put towel down for hand wiping, blow bubbles into a bowl of water & bubble liquid with different sizes & shapes of straws (which require different mouth positions and amount of pressure) then "pop! pop!" all of the bubbles with fingers, sustained breaths and little puffs, straws help with motor planning (blow only vs. inhaling), straw bowl for blowing bubbles and for drinking foods of varying thicknesses, have a bathtub bubble day, races blowing little toys across water with straws
- Voice levels using "Daddy voice, Mommy voice, and Baby voice" and also use these terms with bubbles and breath control
- Harmonica & trumpet mouthpiece
- To encourage him to blow bubbles during swimming, take straws then cut them shorter and shorter so mouth is closer to the water
- Giant stretchy fabric - swimsuit material - drag him in it as our train, have him pull toys, and using it as a swing for full body pressure. Also sing while swinging and gently crash onto cushions at the end of the song
- Use the straws to blow pom-poms - targets, races, or catch between 2+ people, and practice vocabulary "all, none, some, most," and suck on the straw to pick up the pom-poms
- Try CD "Sleepy Ocean with Delta Brainwave Patterns" for calming during quiet time and going to sleep http://www.therelaxationcompany.com/ or on Amazon (we're borrowing to see if he likes it)
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