a BIG victory for our Charlie

Charlie

Today you had a BIG victory. HUGE! It is one we have been working on since the beginning of May. So what was your victory?

Yep. Your victory was this puzzle. When we got it in May (it could have been April, it was during a time sleep wasn't happening in the house for many) all you could do was dump the pieces out of the board. It got the job done of getting them out. As Miss Kathi, your Developmental Therapist, would say, "That's partial credit." Since getting the puzzle we have worked on:

-getting the pieces out of the board
-getting them out using the pegs
-signing the names of the animals
-making the animal noises associated with them (The giraffe was easy, we didn't make a noise for it. You loved the elephant noise.)
-saying the names of the animals
-getting you to focus on the puzzle and not crawl/walk off with pieces (You LOVED crawling off with the giraffe for most of the summer.)
-identifying the animal when we said the animal (We started with a field of one, "Charlie where is the giraffe?" with only the giraffe as an option. You can do it from a field of three now.)
-putting the puzzle pieces on the board
-putting the puzzle pieces near where they were supposed to go

Today? Getting the puzzle pieces into their proper spot and in the cutout!!!!!!! Yep. You put together your first puzzle.

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you!

Love
Mama