There was no point in sending her to speech and her other services this morning, not after yesterday's lovely trial for the speech teacher at the hospital, and not after the royal tantrum she threw first thing this morning....
She was in a pretty rough state and completely non-responsive to anything I requested of her. Steve was home and we worked together. One of the things he brought up to her was that as long as she isn't willing to do anything anyone asks she will never make progress in the way other children do. She can't learn to read if she won't cooperate with school work. She'll never get past kindergarten if she isn't willing to follow directions. He basically let her know she isn't keeping up with her friends in anything and it's up to her to decide to go forward and not backwards.
It's really interesting. When she cycles down her speech goes downhill. It's hard to know what she's saying and she allows her tongue to be in the way. She makes a lot more nasal noise and the pronunciation is very indistinct. Basically she goes backwards.
Boot camp started this morning. The twins had a list of things to get done that kept them occupied. They were out with Brianna feeding the animals and cleaning cages, they helped with dishes and cleaned the bathroom, etc... It was great. Actually, Missy did finally get to business on her tasks and she seemed to mellow out some, but I still didn't think there was any point in sending her to speech.
While James was gone, I brought out a little workbook for her to work in. She was combative about doing the parts she didn't want to do. She had to match some shapes. She knew what to do, but was putting up all her walls....
Steve and I prayed with her, and Steve reminded her to go forwards and not backwards....
What a struggle. It was all over her face. She knew exactly what to do, but the war that was waging in her head!! Brother.
I pulled her chin up towards me and said, "You need to give your heart to Jesus. Don't let Satan win this battle!"
.... after a few seconds she picked up her crayon and did it. She was smiling and showed her that I was very happy that she chose to do right. ... after a moment she said, "Pretty soon, I go to primary!'
LOL.
Okay, well, NOT until you learn a few more lessons and we are sure that they stick.
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