My 8 year old son wrote a story

[hoolign]

Hi this is Jacob talking :lightsabe Did`nt I tell you that Sea Monkeys were brime shrimp? From Jacob
Hey Jacob!..Hoolign here ( you can call me Jeff ...don't listen to your mom on this one)
Great job on your story!
I had those sea monkeys when I was your age too.. but mine didn't last to long after I put them in with the oscars!
So what's your ***boat name going to be?? If you have any ideas.you make sure you run them by Tom and myself..( we''ll surprise your mom!....or not )
So your going to be famous! if there's one thing in life you'll need to remember ..Jeff gets half fine...25 % it is
When is the next story due for release?
Good luck and have fun!
Jeff.

[Kim Hanson]

Hi this is Jacob talking :lightsabe Did`nt I tell you that Sea Monkeys were brime shrimp? From Jacob
That was a great story Jacob, your mom knows me--sort of ........( . )( . ).........Computers are the chit Jacob, master them and its free wheeling from there!

[FMluvswater]

Congrats FM!!
That is great, my friend at school has an autistic child, she can't get him off the computer, LOVEs computer games...one day I was his "shadow", where I follow him around during lunch, play with him if he wishes, sometimes he acknowledges me, and sometimes not, refers to me as "him" lol
Thanks Deb. :smile: Jacob is very into the computer also but he is limited to only one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. He recently purchased a computer game with his own money and he was showing me how good he has gotten at it. I was duly impressed cuz I'm certain I'd suck at the game. I kept telling him he was amazing and he kept saying, "I know."
Hoolign and Sugar - Jacob is now in bed but I'll be sure to show him your posts later. :smile:
The first time I tried to show Jacob this thread he wouldn't pay attention. It was only when I showed it to my ex that Jacob get curious enough and ended up reading over his Dad's shoulder. First post that got a reaction from Jacob was the one he replied to and that's pretty darn close to what he actually said out loud - he was laughing when he said it. I prompted him to identify himself but other than that the post was written by him. Does he ever love the smileys! Halfway through posting he started testing them all to see what the text command was for each, lol. He also was very interested in knowing how the "member is online/offline/invisible" indicator worked and I explained it. Then he wanted to see what happened if I went invisible so I did that too. Didn't stay that way though (unlike certain stalkees). :wink:
I couldn't get him to post any of his other reactions so I'll mention a few I recall:
barbigirl - Jacob LOVES your current sig line "I'll make ya famous!"
Tom - Jacob laughed hard at the idea of a cat named Rice Boy. He approves (and no he doesn't know from whence the term comes but it still amused him, lol) and he believes he'll name a cat of his that someday - only if it's a boy cat but if it's a female he said he'll name it Rice Lady instead! He wasn't too sure about the keeping me out of trouble comment so I asked him if I was a trouble maker and he started to giggle and said "No!" (so there says I!)

[~FM]

I'm very proud of my son. He's an amazing child. He was diagnosed with autism at 19 months old.
He didn't start talking until he was 3 (39 months according to our journal entry). There were times
I despaired he'd ever communicate socially or creatively. He's come a long way. :smile: Many people
are surprised to learn he is autistic, because he presents on first impression as a typical 8 year old boy.
He still has a few challenges but he's really doing great. :smile:
He's in an integrated classroom in third grade and has a special student assistant to help him throughout
his day at school with any difficulties that arise. Jacob also has a developmental co-ordination disorder.
The combination of the two challenges has made handwritten work a very frustrating task for him. He
labors so much over the formation of each individual letter that he loses his creative train of thought. As a
result, much of his handwritten works have been short, terse sentences, often unrelated to each other and
bearing no indication of inner thought processes. Recently, Jacob has been granted the occasional use of a
computer to complete some of his written work. The difference between what he wrote at a keyboard compared
to what he typically writes with paper and pencil floored us all! :supp:
I'm so impressed I wanted to share his story with you all. :smile:
Jacob okayed that idea (his goal in life is to be famous, lol! ) He's on his way to that already too; his story
appeared in his school's June newsletter as a space filler. One of only two stories that did.
The following note (from Jacob's in-class student assistant) was stapled to Jacob's printed out story and sent
home with him.
Take a look at Jacob's writing. I think it's terrific! Jacob definitely finds it easier to do written work on the computer.
Jay
Wed May 18 '05
Here is the story transcribed exactly as it was written by my son ...
Jacob's Zoo of Fabulous Amazing Animals
I have 4 animals I take care of. I have one set of Sea Monkeys (brime shrimp), 2 cats, Samantha and
Gordie and six snails in 1 container (only the snails are in the container I was talking about). Here are the
profiles about the four pets I have:
The Sea Monkeys:
The sea monkeys start breeding at 3 to 5 weeks old. Right now they are 4 weeks old but are small. I know
that they will problarery grow a little big.
Samantha:
Samantha is a bit of a nasty cat. Although she is a bit of a nasty cat she is rather a sweet cat as long as you
don't follow her around and/or pick her up(else she will hiss and scratch at you(she always hisses at you
least 11 times before). She is all black and has yellow eyes.
Gordie:
Gordie is nice cat. He doesn't like being picked up, although all he'll do about it is minow at my zia. Gordie
has long, vanilla white fur. He always looses his fur and leaves it behind wherever he goes. Gordie is a bit
skinny. He loves dry and wet cat treats, the wet ones come in small cans(the treats in them are all fixed
together in one) and the dry ones come in medium sized bags of little treats.
The Six Snails:
I have six garden snails. They are milti colored: black, yellow and brown are the main colors. the snails
feed on grass and clovers. They live in a small container ( big compaired to them) that sits in my bedroom
on top of my bookshelf. The cats do not get at them.
All in all my most favorite animal is Gordie. Gordie is so nice, he will let me pick him up and put him on
my stomach. I do enjoy all my animals but Gordie by far is my most favorite pet. That is it, my zoo is
complete.
Jacob, age 8 1/2, Grade 3
FYI : minow is Jacob's phonetic interpretation of "meow" and
zia is what he calls his step-mom.
Here are the two cats.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...samantha-1.jpg
Here's Jacob & Gordie
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...ie01142005.jpg
Did I mention I'm proud of him?
Unfortunately, Gordie passed away two years ago. Jacob still talks about him with love. He does still have some snails (just different ones).

[Cheap Thrills]

How did I miss this back on 05 :idea:
I loved the story. Wonderful detail and a great creative effort.
Two thumbs up for Jacob
T.