Following the leader (by Daddy)
Corbin and I got to spend a lot of time together this weekend while Angelique was at class. Nothing too exciting to report (trips to Babies R Us and Gymboree) or bad breakdowns.
A game we've started playing over the last couple of weeks is follow the leader, or maybe it would be better to call it monkey see, monkey do. It started a couple weekends ago when Corbin asked for help moving his stool into the middle of the floor. Then he wanted me to stand on it and jump off, and he followed right behind. There are only so many ways you can jump off a stool, so we started making animal sounds before jumping. Corbin does a pretty good monkey, and a great tiger! He never wants to go first, but he sure lets me know if I don't think of the next animal quick enough.
When I saw how well he is starting to imitate, I figured we should expand it to physical gestures to help burn off more energy. So now his favorite game is running circles around the table chasing/being chased by Mommy or preferably Daddy. We'll be airplanes, frogs, kitty cats, doggies, trains . . . We tried red light/green light once, but he seemed to have too much fun running into us after a stop.
He's also singing more and more. This morning on the way to church, we noticed he was mouthing the words to the songs without any prompting. A few he knows better, like Jesus Loves Me, he would join in a little more loudly. When we're at home he wants lots of active songs.
That's enough for a pretty tame weekend. It is fun to watch these new parts of his brain turn on. I just hope we can give him enough stimulation to develop them.
A game we've started playing over the last couple of weeks is follow the leader, or maybe it would be better to call it monkey see, monkey do. It started a couple weekends ago when Corbin asked for help moving his stool into the middle of the floor. Then he wanted me to stand on it and jump off, and he followed right behind. There are only so many ways you can jump off a stool, so we started making animal sounds before jumping. Corbin does a pretty good monkey, and a great tiger! He never wants to go first, but he sure lets me know if I don't think of the next animal quick enough.
When I saw how well he is starting to imitate, I figured we should expand it to physical gestures to help burn off more energy. So now his favorite game is running circles around the table chasing/being chased by Mommy or preferably Daddy. We'll be airplanes, frogs, kitty cats, doggies, trains . . . We tried red light/green light once, but he seemed to have too much fun running into us after a stop.
He's also singing more and more. This morning on the way to church, we noticed he was mouthing the words to the songs without any prompting. A few he knows better, like Jesus Loves Me, he would join in a little more loudly. When we're at home he wants lots of active songs.
That's enough for a pretty tame weekend. It is fun to watch these new parts of his brain turn on. I just hope we can give him enough stimulation to develop them.
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