Today Cutie Pie actually initiated playing some of the ‘games’ I’ve printed for him in the past (he used to spend hours reading so I thought he’d be interested in tot paks and lap-books and printed pieces with trucks and dinosaurs). We matched dinosaur halves, dino colors, and ended up talking about a PBS show called Dinosaur Train. Cutie Pie then surprised me by wanting me to help him write some of the dino names from that show. He’s never asked to write before!
There were two challenges, however. First, Sweet Pea was stealing a lot of the puzzle pieces and crawling all over me while Cutie Pie and I concentrated on matching halves. I think this might have been why Cutie Pie switched gears and wanted to write on the chalk board. Second, Cutie Pie is showing a strong tendency towards a dominant left hand and I’m right handed. This experience made me realize I’ve got to figure out how to help him write/draw by holding his hand in a way that he can still see what he’s accomplishing. I’ve thought about how to actually help him before, but seeing him stretch and bend to see what we were doing really brought home how important it is for me to figure out how to help him best.
The rest of the day was spent enjoying the sunshine and warmer weather. Sweet Pea seems to be learning more and more every day. Today he was sitting on a ‘big boy’ swing and asking for me to push him. He was also bent over it swaying back and forth like an older child does. He’s speaking more and more clearly and his vocab is growing by leaps and bounds! I love it!
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