one of dd1's absolute fav songs is wheels on the bus and they make sure we sing it every week at playgroup - she just dances and claps and stomps her feet with delight when it comes on...
today we got to the verse about the people stand up sit down etc and she stood up in the middle of the circle and walked by herself to me and dd2 who were sitting over the other side.... I almost cried and she lunged at us and hugged me and kissed dd2 then clapped very pleased with herself.
Our playgroup has seen so many breakthroughs with the kids lately - one little boy (on teh autism spectrum - i think) who would not touch anything - has real sensory issues - we did some finger/sponge painting... he did not really do any but on his way past the craft table he lent over, dipped his finger in the paint and dabbed it on his chin..... another little boy (ASD i think from memory) who has speech and language issues did sounds for the animals that were on the stencils we were using - his mum was so stunned.