Apraxia Monday: Reader’s Theater
By Leslie Lindsay It’s been a busy and somewhat challenging 2nd grade year for 8 year old Kate, who suffers from Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). Having been dismissed from speech therapy during her tenure as a full-day kindergartner, we thought we were out of the woods. But, those of you raising a child with CAS know that you may never truly, 100% be completely out of the woods. There will likely be some twigs and branches that obstruct your view. When Kate’s 2nd grade teacher mentioned Kate really enjoys participating in Reader’s Theater in the classroom setting, I cheered. Fluency with reading is one of those “branches,” if you will that may leave your child with CAS lingering in the woods. When the Reader’s Theater Club was forming, I promptly signed my daughter up. But wait–what is Reader’s Theater? Simply stated, Reader’s Theater is practice reading scripts from traditional and well-loved childhood stories. Or, you can choose your own–select stories which are lively in dialogue, have several characters, and can be fun to …