We made this because Jessie was zooming with her day program. I like to parallel what they are doing at home. Here’s the link that goes with this.
Simple syrup:
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup of sugar
- blue food coloring, enough to make it turn a dark blue or crush blueberries for their juice.
Lemonade:
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1+ cup lemon juice, fresh is ideal, I like the pulp, bottled is acceptable
- 5 cups of water
Chill the syrup and lemonade.
Most recipes say simple syrup is ready as soon as all the sugar dissolves, however, I prefer to reduce it a little bit to make it thicker. The goal is to layer the colors and you want this heavier than the lemonade.
Dissolve the sugar in the water. I prefer lemonade to have more of a pucker so added another 1/4 cup lemon juice, which gave a more contrasting color.
Put ice in the glass.
Pour 1-2 ounces of the simple syrup (depends on the size of glass, the goal is to make layers of color. Bottom blue, light green, and the top should be pale yellow.
Next, gently pour the lemonade.
Umbrella, optional.
Good afternoon Mary,
My name is Kate. I am from Russia. I have read your diary on this site. I have a daughter. She is 6 years old. At the age of 3 she was diagnosed Angelman Syndrome. We attend the speech therapist 6 days a week, go to the kindergarten and make physiotherapy.
I would like to ask you could you recommend us something to start my daughter`s speech or some kind of clinics where we can get rehabilitation.
thank you in advance,
Kate
Hi Kate,
Where are you living now?
I do not have any suggestions with regard to clinics. What is key is to find a speech system that she can
grow with. From our experience, the lack of speech was the biggest barrier. Not being able to communicate is very isolating.
What I suggest is that when you decide on an AAC device that your whole family be fluent using it. At the same time, maintain
a verbal home. Talk about everything. What it is, what it does, where you are going, who you are seeing, and what you are doing. When our daughter finally got an AAC that was simple and powerful enough and provided a robust fringe language, it was then we realized how much
she had absorbed over the years. Jessie has been using Speak for Yourself for nearly 8 years. She found this four months before she aged out of school. SFY is an app that a parent can support because it is easy to program and there is a FB group that will answer any questions or help problem-solve when needed.
You are at an advantage because your daughter was diagnosed so early and AAC’s have become more affordable and user friendly in recent years.
Finally, the most important thing is to be your daughter’s communication partner.