The long awaited SURPRISE PARTY!!!

Head over to my Raising Cat and Bug Blog to read about the SURPRISE PARTY we threw for the girls for all their hard work during Alli's therapy.

Alli's Journal

I just wanted to take a moment to share an entry in Alli's journal.   If you know Alli's story then you can see the significance of me wanting to share this.  If not, follow this link  

THEN AND NOW.

So, trampoline is spelled pretty odd....but, 6 months ago Alli could not spell WAS or UP, so I bet in 6 months she will be able to spell trampoline too!!  

LIFE CHANGING.....that is all I can say.....LIFE CHANGING....

SPELLING TEST

PERFECT SCORE - 100%

Who knew this was where we would be only 5 weeks into the school year.  I can tell you this would NEVER have been possible without Vision Therapy.

During the summer I bought the workbook BUILDING SPELLING SKILLS for Alli.  I wanted to help her catch up on her word recognition and her ability to spell while allowing her to be SUCCESSFUL so she did not become frustrated.  The 1st grade workbook was a great fit for that.  Considering that last year she was 2 or 3 grade levels behind, I am pretty excited to be nearly done with this Grade 1 book.  

In 3 weeks we will start the Grade 2 workbook which is her actual grade level.  I cannot emphasize enough that these changes are 100% due to the fact that Alli's EYES ARE FIXED!!!!

It has been so wonderful to see her transition from a non-reader to this kid who says, 

"THAT WAS MY SPELLING TEST?  THAT WAS EASY!"

THE CHANGES KEEP COMING

The girls after building their first ever Lego structure!!

Alli has never in her life wanted to play with LEGOS.  Yesterday was Jill's 6th birthday and she got a Friends Lego Set.  Alli has been putting this set together for the last 3 hours (Jill is happy to share - thank goodness!)  Now I see why she never liked them before.  All these teeny tiny pieces are hard to look through, but she is  LOVING it!!   She said, "You know what I want for a present for finishing my eye stuff?  MORE LEGOS!"

  She has always loved to draw, but never in detail.  She loves using her block crayons or markers to create pictures like this

Below is a picture Alli drew a few days ago.

One last picture I have to include....this weekend Alli worked on a puzzle for over an hour, she's almost done.  Another miracle..... about 12 weeks into VT she started liking puzzles, and she has progressively gotten better at smaller and smaller puzzles.  YAY!!!