Nolan and I have been attending to Seattle’s Children’s Hospital on every Tuesdays since last July. He goes to playgroup while I take a class that is based on a book called It Takes Two to Talk. This book was written by Jan Pepper and Elaine Weitzman.
It’s an excellent book that focuses on how to develop communication, language, and interaction skills especially with babies, toddlers, and children, who have developmental delays. This book is also excellent for children, who are deaf and hard of hearing.
When we were getting ready to leave for Children’s Hospital, I was stunned when Nolan used words in Children’s Hospital in sign language to me last night. I felt good that I kept on exposing him with different words in sign language. It took a while for him to absorb and really understand of what words mean.
At last, it was worth my time to take It Takes Two to Talk class. It gives me some ideas of how I can assist and expose Nolan by building up his communication, language, and interaction skills.
