Comments on: To tell, or not to tell? http://kathleenbasi.com/2009/01/23/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/ Life at the intersection of faith, parenting and the written word Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Diane http://kathleenbasi.com/2009/01/23/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/#comment-295 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:55:28 +0000 http://kathleenbasi.com/?p=582#comment-295 My mom laughs that she was in England, walking through the subway tunnel and had the Signing Times theme song come to mind. One of the side effects from babysitting at our house I guess. Signing Times has a CD for adults called Shine that has become one of my absolute favorites.

Also, since Julianna loves to read, check out the literacy program at Gigi’s Playhouse, http://www.gigisplayhouse.org. We’ve had such great success with Erin using it, I started a satellite program in our home town. Erin loves it and will follow me around the house with her literacy bag until I sit down and do it with her.

]]> By: ckbasi http://kathleenbasi.com/2009/01/23/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/#comment-291 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:53:41 +0000 http://kathleenbasi.com/?p=582#comment-291 I’m glad to hear your thoughts on Signing Times. I’m a musician by training and I get music stuck in my head…very deep, complex music…so you can imagine how “It’s time to eat, eat, what a treat!” goes round in my head. I’ll wake up 5 times in the middle of the night going, “AAAACHK! GO AWAY!” :) But Julianna and Alex both love it. We only have the first one right now but I expect to get some more shortly.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on “telling”!

]]> By: Diane http://kathleenbasi.com/2009/01/23/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/#comment-288 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:15:37 +0000 http://kathleenbasi.com/?p=582#comment-288 Saw your post on signing Time and just had to say hi. We have 3 children, our youngest is 4 and has DS. I coordinate a literacy program for children with DS, and I can say, without doubt, that Signing Times is one of the best gifts you can give your daughter. I see the long term results almost every day at the literacy program.

We, too, struggle with whether to “tell.” As you said, it’s like hanging out with a movie star in public. One of our greatest fears when we first found out was that people would stare at us. Now I know Erin would not want it any other way. I always just try to use every moment as a teaching moment. Best of luck to you and your family!

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