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September 07, 2005
harry rabbit
I am so bad...I didn't even take photos of the first day of school. And it was yesterday, and I didn't even post about it. Miranda went in well yesterday and not so well this morning. We have to figure out how to get into the room. She does fine once school is on. Today she learned about cubes and even had to find cubes when she got home. Unfortunately, her "cw" and "u" sounds aren't quite right. I thought she wanted to find clues. It sounded too odd for her teacher to ask us to find clues. So we wandered through the words it might be...and she said "not rectangles" and I said, "cubes!" And she thought, "well, duh, that's what I've been saying."
Miranda has called Henry "Harry" almost from the beginning. I can see how the nickname evolved. And today Henry was being awfully bad. Grandma said, "Henry Robert!" And Miranda said, "Harry Rabbit!" And I laughed, even if I probably shouldn't.
I am gearing up to try again to get Miranda into speech therapy at school. She has articulation issues. She may outgrow them; she may not. I am swayed by the medical view of speech therapy that one should try to fix problems earlier. Of course, with budget concerns, the school district is probably hoping she will outgrow them. I am not trying to mock Miranda so at some future date she reads these archives and thinks what a cruddy thing to do. She'll hate me for all new teenage issues by then, right :) I understand most of what Miranda says...and I can figure out 99%. Today with the word "cubes" I saw that especially when I can't see her speak (we were in the car) I don't get it all. And if I don't get it all, then most other adults miss most of what she says. They don't get to hear her say "wrap him up in toilet paper and throw him down the elevator" when we wonder aloud what to do with naughty Henry. And they might not understand her songs or jokes or funny stories. And that's a shame. Because Miranda has quite a sense of humor and loves talking.
And so if I were organized, I'd probably make a handy blog category for speech issues. Like "piss" instead of "purse." Which makes me giggle. Instead I'll add them as I think of them. And I will note her mounting frustration. And that she gets louder when you don't understand--like the stereotypes of the unilingual American who shouts English louder and louder at foreigners to make them understand.
Posted by sarah at September 7, 2005 08:14 PM