Pop-up 3D ABC
It’s taken some years, a lot of flashcards, and a lot of pointing to words in books, train station signs, STOP signs, cartons of McDonald’s fries (although those golden arches look less and less like an M somtimes and more like four mega-large fries; guess I’ve passed too many orders into the back seat): Charlie is now able to identify the letters of the alphabet verbally, more or less. I have to say “more or less” because he still confuses some of the letters ( i, l, L, t, T are all often referred to as “l”). I suspect that he’s known what the letters are since he was younger but has had to learn, very slowly, how to match the right sound to the right shape (the differences among b, d, g, p, q, were painstakingly learned by Charlie, and the fact that those letters all rhyme with c, e, z did not help—-Charlie was not able to pronounce a lot of consonant sounds until he was 7 and older and some days just called everything “e”).
So this 3D ABC pop-up book looks like it might be a nice way to review the ABC’s, in a textural/visual/sensory format. Or you can just enjoy the video.
Tags: abc, asd, asperger, autism, book, Education, Parenting, pdd-nos, pop-up, video, youtube
6 opinions for Pop-up 3D ABC
Autismville
Mar 25, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Thanks for this Dr. Chew.
At 4 1/2 Jack still is basically nonverbal. He completely shocked us a couple of years ago while in the bathtub with his sister, he spontaneously started naming all the letters of the alphabet. (We had those foam kind that you play with in the bathtub.) I called my husband Andy into the bathroom to see it. It was just completely out of the blue. We hadn’t been working on letters with him at all.
Since then, the letter recognition has come and gone. I still believe he recognizes them, but just has difficulty expressing the recognition. My hope is that letters will lead to words, which will lead to sentences …
It’s slow going, but that’s okay. The bathtub moments are nice though … :)
Daisy
Mar 25, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Cute book! When Amigo was young, we bought an alphabet puzzle. We weren’t sure yet if he would be a Braille or large print reader, but we thought he might enjoy the tactile nature of the wood puzzle.
Kristina Chew, PhD
Mar 25, 2008 at 4:22 pm
@Daisy,
Charlie has always preferred wood puzzles—plastic much less so.
@Autismville,
Has Jack done sign language and PECS? At some point when Charlie was still not able to say more than a few sounds we stopped emphasizing talking so much and just communicating. Learning to sign helped get him started. When he was about Jack’s age we also started to teach him using Verbal Behavior and this also seemed to help.
Occasionally there are those “alphabet bathtub” moments when Charlie says a longer sentence or phrase and so clearly. That tends to happen when I suspect he’s no trying too hard. Keep at it!
Autismville
Mar 25, 2008 at 11:08 pm
We are just starting PECS at Jack’s new school and he’s doing really really well with it. I think you’re right — focusing on communicating in whatever form works is what we need to do.
I love following Charlie through your blog. My crystal ball …. :)
Kristina Chew, PhD
Mar 26, 2008 at 7:05 am
Sometimes therapists who use PECS are not so sure about sign language used in tandem, but it was the signing that got Charlie started communicating more. PECS were sort of helpful for him, but he liked the signing better because it was fast.
Autismville
Mar 26, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Thanks for that. Jack’s clinical director mentioned signing to me as a possibility when he first started school a couple of months ago. I’ll follow up with her on that.
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