Stacey's Therapeutic Horseback Riding Journal

September 18, 2003

Today Isaiah was again very tired when we arrived at Ready, Set, Ride. He again resisted when we took him out of the car. However, eventually he perked up and seemed to enjoy the horseback riding session.

Harold and I decided that after his 6-week basketball class ended, we would not re-enroll Isaiah. I will try to find another activity that meets on a different day. Currently his Thursday are too exhausting for him.I think basketball is important because it helps with his social skills as well as gross motor skills and coordination. But Isaiah needs the horseback riding as part of his speech therapy.

When we got home, Isaiah went to his room and immediately started to play with his Legos. A few minutes later he came to me and started to say what sounded like, "L" over and over again. I was not sure what he what he was trying to communicate. Then I saw what he had in his hand: he had created a letter "L" out of Legos! I was amazed! Isaiah amazes me almost daily with his knowledge of letters, numbers, shapes, words, etc. Last week we went out to dinner. Isaiah was drawing on the kids' menu. I asked him to write the letter "I". I had never asked him to do that before. To my amazement he wrote an almost perfect capital letter 'I". He also wrote the letters P, S and T.

Isaiah may have a long way to go with speech, but cognitively he is way ahead of the game. I am so proud of him!

Stacey 9/18/03
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