Ipad Fun

The ipad has become such a part of our normal now that I forget to take as many pictures of it in use.
Later today we will be making cookies so I will be sure to have my camera close by so I can get pictures of my little baker giving orders.

Lately he has been doing a lot of coloring with his markers and loves to be able to request(demand) a new color frequently.
This is what happens if I am not paying attention closely enough. That is the face of a kid hollering at me as he tells me what color he wants.
Some jello fun. when I first gave him the jello I asked if he liked it and was told "I don't know". After a few minutes I was told "maybe" and by the end I was being told"yes" followed by "I want to do it myself".(the ipad screen in this pic is only showing 1/3 of his possible responses for that board)
Foam soap fun, one of his new favorite activities.

Treatment Story

A couple days ago I shared about the story making app we had found(story kit). Now that we have played with it a bit I want to share some more.
Junior had an asthma day yesterday thanks to our crazy weather(looks like today is going in that direction as well) so we decided he needed a story about treatment time. He loved creating his story and especially liked it when I added sound to each page. Now he can't wait to share his story with his buddies so they know all about his treatments and why he needs them.
Also a perfect way to share with those non disabled people in his life about his equipment so they realize it is not scary.
Here is a link to his story - Treatment Time With Junior
On Junior's ipad it is in story form where each page takes up the entire screen and you swipe your finger across the screen to turn the page. On the computer when you click the link you are just going to get a grid of pages and there won't be sound. I am going to have to try sharing it with someone who has an ipad/iphone with the same app and see if they can view it from the app.

Story Time App

Things have been so busy and it seems I am constantly behind in the blogging world.
Junior is doing great and I am so happy to see him continue to increase his vocalization. This week he added "o-E"("Naughty" - short o then long e sound) to his list of word approximations.
He is doing really well in school but lately I am finding that keeping him focused on one thing is a big challenge. I am increasing the difficulty in his math and reading since I think some of his problem may be boredom. Especially when I see that he has no problem focusing when we are working on things like science and art. The ipad helps a great deal since it allows him to interact so much more in the learning process.

I wanted to share a new app that we found recently. Junior loves it and it is going to get lots of use. It is an app for making your own stories(it is FREE). This app is called Story Kit and allows you to add your own pictures, text, and voice to each page. You can either import your own photographs to a page or use your finger to draw a picture. Junior was helping me test out the app so we wrote a little story about him. Now he can't wait to have Abby add a story about her recent trip to New York, Boston, and DC.
Here is our 'test' story, I love how easy this app is to work with.
This first page is the menu where you pick which story you want to read(there are a few preloaded stories that come with the app)
I can't wait to try using this app with Junior during school. I think he will really enjoy creating stories about what we are learning. I think we will try to do some stories with words he knows to help encourage him to read and keep him interested.