Freya  17.08.11

Freya and Ahliah had a lovely play together this morning while we were waiting for Denzil to arrive for our morning walk. Freya invited Ahliah into the rocking horse with her, they had to synchronise to be able to rock 'n' ride. Freya gave Ahliah lots of hugs, it is lovely to see Freya so comfortable and happy in her surrounds.

Freya was also happy to see Denzil come, we enjoyed a morning walk and came in for baking. Having someone older than Freya helps her to see what she can look forward to. For example we made fruit salad for afternoon tea.

I have done this previously with only Freya who was hesitant to use the butter knife for cutting and only did a couple of cuts before letting me finish it off.

Today Freya saw Denzil persevering and successfully followed his lead to the end. A few times she said 'I can't.' but with encouragement she did very well and even asked for more fruit to cut.

Later in the day we were putting on shoes, Freya said 'I can't.' But with Denzil's encouragement showing her how he could put on his own shoes, Freya tried and succeeded! For the rest of the day she said 'I can put shoes on!' with a big smile.

18.08.11

We enjoyed a beautiful sunny walk this morning. I let Roxy (dog) out and Freya was throwing sticks for her. At first sticks were flying in all directions, but with a bit of focus Freya managed some really good throws much to Roxy's delight.

All day today Freya put on her own shoes and persevered with other self help skills such as coat on – coat off, climb on and off the toilet and wash hands. Freya seems really pleased with herself when she is able to help herself, even if sometimes it takes a little encouragement on my behalf. We have been playing in the sandpit more and more; at first Freya was unsure of what to do. I have been building shapes and castles, digging and cooking all kinds of sands cakes. Today Freya went straight to the sandpit, uncovered it herself and was in building a big snowy mountain and then a bird and then lots of other shapes. She also enjoys balancing around the edge and jumping in from the highest spot. All these activities are great for developing the gross and fine motor skills and sensory integration. Freya has had a very outward going and hands on day, with lots of smiles all the way through.

19.08.11

It was a very rainy day today.... lots of mud to squish in! We saw a White-Necked Egret in the paddock and in the afternoon looked it up in the bird book. Freya likes matching the birds to the eggs and seeing the Kookaburra.

We looked up the Swamp Hen, one picture had only the front half of the bird. Freya asked 'Has it got any legs?' 'Yes' I replied 'They didn't get painted, this bird has legs and a tail.'

Then Freya said 'I have no feet in the squishy mud.' Freya's feet disappear into the mud and I laugh saying 'Oh No! Where have Freya's feet gone?' Freya's comment above shows she able to use past experiences/concepts to help understand new experiences/concepts even if they are in a different light – this ties in with the more developed memory function.

 I had three lovely girls today – all of whom are very social and love to play, but I found most the day they found their own place to play and only met for short intervals. At one moment Ahliah started cooking in the play kitchen, she uses the spoons and folks to stir and pots to cook in. Freya said 'Ahliah is cooking some food for my baby.' She then took her doll over to Ahliah and asked Ahliah to feed her baby. Ahliah used her spoon and fed the baby as Freya held it. Ahliah made an eating sound as she fed the baby. Freya spent most of the day riding. A couple of weeks ago Pony-Horse was always too sick, hurting or tired to ride and had to rest and have medicine. This week however Freya told me 'Pony-Horse is not hurting. She can ride very carefully.' I think this may be the way freya is feeling within herself, as I have seen a much more energetic and smiling Freya. Freya asked me to take a photo of her and baby.

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