Language Boom 2
When we first brought Travis home from China, he made rapid gains in language, learning the sign for just about every object he could see. He learned a few basic concepts such as "soon" and "want." Later, he began retelling stories or books we signed to him. For a while, he plateaued with his expressive language. He would only answer questions if we prompted his answers or gave him choices. He was understanding everything signed to him, but seemed to struggle to know how to answer. Then, earlier this year, we saw a language boom . He started telling us things that had happened in the past. If he had a cut or bruise on his arm, he could explain what happened. He began understanding that an event would happen so many days into the future and he enjoyed counting down the "sleeps." Because he was still catching up his expressive language, we chose to keep him in Kindergarten for one more year. He and Tian are in class together and it has b...