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rivkaMichael did some painting this afternoon, and hung out with us afterward in his painting clothes. Alex noticed some paint spots on his knee. "Oh, no, Papa! Red dots."
We told her that it was okay because they were his painting clothes. I showed her some spots of blue.
"Oh, Papa!" she said, in exactly the tone that she tends to hear Oh, Alex. "Colors everywhere!"
She ran into the kitchen and came back with the broom. (Not the whisk broom, but the full-size broom that's much taller than she is.) "Mama sweep!"
At first I didn't get what she wanted me to do. I told her that I didn't want to sweep because I was too tired. So she picked up the broom and applied it to Michael's paint-stained jeans. "Mama sweep on Papa. Sweep the colors."
I've been noticing lately that it seems like Alex has reached a tipping point. She now has enough background knowledge about the world that she can, at least to some extent, understand most of what she encounters - which, in turn, makes those encounters easier to remember and feeds her background knowledge even further.
So, she understands about messes (Me: "Alex, what are you doing?" Alex: "Making a big mess."), and she has an idea about what you should do when you notice one. Next time, she might remember that messy clothes follow a different protocol than messy floors, or that sometimes people don't worry about being messy. Her conversations are taking huge leaps forward every day, as she assimilates more and more information about how things happen. Already, the language development post I made last week seems out-of-date.
We told her that it was okay because they were his painting clothes. I showed her some spots of blue.
"Oh, Papa!" she said, in exactly the tone that she tends to hear Oh, Alex. "Colors everywhere!"
She ran into the kitchen and came back with the broom. (Not the whisk broom, but the full-size broom that's much taller than she is.) "Mama sweep!"
At first I didn't get what she wanted me to do. I told her that I didn't want to sweep because I was too tired. So she picked up the broom and applied it to Michael's paint-stained jeans. "Mama sweep on Papa. Sweep the colors."
I've been noticing lately that it seems like Alex has reached a tipping point. She now has enough background knowledge about the world that she can, at least to some extent, understand most of what she encounters - which, in turn, makes those encounters easier to remember and feeds her background knowledge even further.
So, she understands about messes (Me: "Alex, what are you doing?" Alex: "Making a big mess."), and she has an idea about what you should do when you notice one. Next time, she might remember that messy clothes follow a different protocol than messy floors, or that sometimes people don't worry about being messy. Her conversations are taking huge leaps forward every day, as she assimilates more and more information about how things happen. Already, the language development post I made last week seems out-of-date.
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Date: 2007-02-27 04:24 am (UTC)Already, the language development post I made last week seems out-of-date.
Which illustrates what a good idea the documentation is!
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Date: 2007-02-27 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-27 02:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-27 02:17 pm (UTC)"Yeah!"
So I pulled out his scooter, found some "tool's, took 'em outside and he started "fixing" it.
"Erk-boy" is now 13.
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Date: 2007-02-27 03:51 pm (UTC)