Grendel's Kitchen

Li-Li and Sammi at the gym

Grendel — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:23:10 +0000

Li-Li and Sammi at the gym

Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, flipping around on the rings and across the balancing bar. But you do get to see Li-Li and Sammi’s wonderful TLC teacher Jorie (signing), who stopped by with gymnast daughter Abby (leaping from the rafters).

Li-Li and Cisco napping

Grendel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:53:20 +0000

We think something is interfering with Li-Li’s cochlear implant reception. Something very furry.

The Sound and the Li-Li

Grendel — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:47:14 +0000

Li-Li in the Pews

Grendel — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:57:21 +0000

Li-Li and Daniel: especially “pious” in church during Jillian’s communion

Li-Li, A & K at Lake Sunapee with Zoe & Cisco

Grendel — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:58:31 +0000

Piano lessons at Little Music School

Grendel — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:46:57 +0000

Li-Li’s “report card.”

Cisco’s Snow Day

Grendel — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:17:10 +0000

Piano recital winter 2010: On the verge

Grendel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:47:40 +0000

TLC SLP Report Dec 2009

Grendel — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:08:02 +0000

Update from Laurie, Li-Li’s SLP at TLC:

Wow! Li-Li is doing great!!! She is using sentences of 4-5 words pretty consistently now. I heard these sentences recently: “Look, I ha(ve) brown shoes” “LI-Li has purple glasses (gwassi)” “Daddy has black glasses”.

In structured activities, she can produce the /f/ sound in all positions of words. I have even heard accurate production of the /l/ sound but only once or twice. It seems to be changing now which tells me that she will be able to say that correctly soon. We’re continuing to work on vocabulary-this month has been focused on action words in spoken English. Li-Li has also been enjoying phonemic awareness activities like identifying the letters of the alphabet and learning the sound that each letter makes. She is such a delight to work with! Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. We will probably start on Winter vocabulary soon but it just doesn’t feel appropriate yet given the 60 degree highs yesterday!! See you soon. Laurie

Edward W. Harris: Feb. 2, 1936 – Oct. 4, 2009

Grendel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:16 +0000

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