Celie Speaks

Bob and Kelly are really on the look out about what they are saying in front of Ms. Celie. She has learned to pick up on words that Bob and Kelly say and be able to mimick them in the correct circumstances. Celie has definitely increased her vocabulary and does some wonderful animal impressions.

Currently, she says ball, dog, no, oh no, wow, oh wow, hello, bbye, up, down, kk(cat), dada, mama.

If you ask her what the following animals say, she responds with the following:
dog= wuf wuf
cat= neow
chicken = bawk bawk
rooster = ooo ooo oodle ooo
pig = she crinkles her nose and tries to snort
duck = kak kak
bird = wee wee (tweet tweet)
monkey = ooo ooo
cow = mmmmmmmmmoooooo
elephant = she raises her arm (like a trunk) and will try to make the elephant sound

Bob and Kelly believe they are lucky because Cecilia knows a lot more language than she is able to vocalize. They can tell her it is time to eat and she goes directly to the table to sit at her seat. She knows when the family is going outside (she loves to go outside and play). She knows when she needs to sit to get her shoes on or when to go into her room to get her diaper changed. She also knows when it is nap time and bedtime and hasn't really wanted to conform to those two events, but she is slowly getting the hang of it.

Bob and Kelly are looking forward to hearing more and more words come out of Cecilia's mouth. Hopefully, Bob and Kelly can spare themselves the embarrassment of any swear words for quite some time.