End of Year Speech Party

Last Wednesday was Eden's end of the year speech party.   She had such a great year in speech and made so much progress with both her articulation and grammar.  We could not have done it without our amazing speech therapist, Mrs. Courtnay. 

Anyone who attends speech at Gerard was invited to the speech party.  With that many kids, I was worried that Eden might get overwhelmed, but she did great!  She was so brave and sat by herself while Mrs. Courtnay read a story to the group.

After the story, it was time for ice cream sundaes!!  Eden enjoyed eating her ice cream with her friend Grace.  Grace was in Eden's preschool class and she came to speech at the same time as Eden.

Once the ice cream was eaten, the kids got a chance to play on the playground.  Mrs. Courtnay also brought some special toys and games for them to play with.  Eden's favorite was the EZ Steppers, which are basically cups that you can walk on.

Finally, Eden received her speech award for working so hard this year.  She has made so much progress this year that she will probably graduate out of speech in kindergarten.  We are so proud of how far she has come and are so thankful for everything Mrs. Courtnay has done for Eden.  It was a fun afternoon celebrating all of her progress!

Aunt Emily has been working part time as a speech therapist in our district the past few months.  Eden was thrilled that   Mrs. Courtnay asked her to come help at the speech party.  She loves her Aunt Emily so much!