Last night we went out to dinner (always exciting because it means I didn't have to cook!!) and our little one was playing with the crayons they gave her. She started scribbling little curly cues and saying "circle, circle, circle," quite clearly. We both looked at her in amazement, since we didn't even know she knew what a circle was, let alone know how to draw them!!! Of course then we tried to teach her "square" and "triangle." She liked saying the new words, but couldn't point them out when we asked her, "Which one is the square?" and so forth. So that didn't work as well...after that we stuck with circle.
She is repeating EVERYTHING we're saying now. It's taken a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time to get to this point, it seems, but she's now talking up a storm and saying lots of new words. This has us both very happy. Her biggest thing to say now is "yeah." If you ask her a question she'll answer, "YEAH!" with much enthusiasm. I'd rather have her say "yes," but I realized the other day that I say "yeah" and that's where she got it. Hmmm...maybe I'd better rethink the things I say.
Yesterday when we picked her up from the nursery at church they said that she was talking non stop, saying everything she had in her hand or that someone was playing with. And they understood her! Hooray!
I stumbled upon a couple of preschool games online last night and was trying to see what she could do. There was this game where they put the shadows of different people on the screen and you have to pick out which one is Santa Claus. They're kind of tricky, in that several have on hats similar to Santa's, several are "round and jolly" like Santa, so it's not always clear which one he is. She got them right every time! I was impressed. Later she kept saying "ho ho ho," and pointing to the computer, wanting me to find that site again.
I'd be remiss if I didn't share the less successful games....like the one where they have to point to the correct shape. She got the circle right, but not the other shapes. Oh well! At least she knows one!
She redeemed herself with the color game, and knew all of her colors!
Oh, and I had another shopping "high" yesterday. I did my weekly CVS trip where I get the free stuff using ECBs. It's become a bit of an obsession. Anyway, yesterday I got three bags of stuff (body wash, ibuprofen, face soap....TONS of stuff) for $1.01, and earned back $25 in ECBs for next time.
So that's the news around here.
That's great! I knew she'd be talking your ear off before you knew it. :) And that's very impressive about being able to recognize and draw a circle! I just took Andrew to his 4 year old check-up, and that was one of the tasks they gave him on the developmental assessment for 4 year olds!
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