A couple of things happened this past week that made me see just how much more S1 is understanding. The first was with S3. S3 had been playing with a group of toys on the kitchen floor and walked away. S1 came in, inspected the lot, and picked up a toy that he wanted. Instantly S3 began to scream. As I stood there trying to help S3 understand that he left the toys and that now S1 could have a turn, S1 looked at S3, looked at the toy in his hand, and then looked back to S3. S1 then reached out his hand and gave S3 the toy! I'm not sure that he's ever made that connection before. I am sure that it was the first time he has willingly given back a toy!
Second, S1 took me out back and walked to a blank stretch of fence. He looked at it, not finding what he was looking for, and continued to drag me along to where the gate was. He then reached up and grabbed the pull cord, which until now he was too short to reach, and dropped my hand and ran out the back gate! Arghhh! Now he can't just play in the backyard by himself. Well, actually he can because I went to the other side of the gate and pulled the cord out so now we can't open the gate from inside the yard, just the outside. I'll have to solve that dilemma once he's back in school.
See what happens when kids are home from school for too much time!
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4 comments:
That is so sweet.
I hope you find a solutions so he can still play outside unsupervised.
Ah, S1! (I almost used his name.) We always knew he was empathetic. He just had a hard time making the links to express it.
This is why kids don't trust parents. You discover something neat. You are proud, you are excited. You show a parent your discovery. And they screw it up! Darn!
Congrats! What a great accomplishment on S1's list. I still remember when he was in my class! It seems like so long ago.
Hey, I think my daughter, who loooooooovvvvvvveeeeesss to eat, figured out how to open the fridge. Yesterday she got the loaf of bread out and pretty much took out every slice of bread. Thank goodness she hasn't figured out how to climb over the gate or get any of the "front" doors open, yet.
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