Faith's favourite book and her new reading skills

Faith's favourite book
Originally uploaded by mr brown.

Faith has developed an interest in books, and is now able to flip to pages that she likes by herself.

She would pull my arm, to ask me to read something, and she flips the pages by herself, then if she finds the page she wants, she would direct my hand or finger to the item on the page, to make me read it out loud.

This is one of her favourites; a cloth book of farm animals, with lots of sensory stuff like wool, crinkly pages, and sound makers.

Faith likes the page with the sheep and duck, especially the duck that quakes when you squeeze its wing, and she also likes touching the furry sheep, and making me say the animal name and sound when she points my hand at it.

Faith also likes the page with the cow and horse. She would not just direct my fingers at the cow and horse, but also at the flowers in the cow page, to hear me say "flower".

It is a good sign, I think. Not only is she initiating communication, she is able to get the book she wants, flip to the page she wants, and then direct me to speak the items on the page.

This means she is probably able to do PECs or at least some basic level of picture exchange.

According to Wanhua, Faith has been displaying this behaviour with her for two weeks now. I just found out over the weekend.

It was a good step of progress to see.

On a side note, Isaac can go "baaa... baaa... baaa" when he sees the sheep page. It is very amusing to watch.