In the last week or so Benji has become quite interested in shape sorting. He has several sorting toys (different shaped blocks with some sort of bucket or box with matching shaped holes) and used to just play with them by eating the blocks. Recently, however, he figured out how to get the circle shape in the round hole. Sometimes he tries to stick other shapes in the round holes to no avail. But mostly he plays with the circles. I keep working on the word circle when we play with them and point out other circles in books, toys, the house, etc. Sometimes it seems like he understands when I ask "where's the circle" but I'm not completely sure if it's understanding or accidental.
He's also started playing more with his stacking/nesting cups. He's not very into stacking them, but he likes putting them inside each other. He also likes putting the circle from one of his sorting toys inside the round cups. And he sometimes puts the balls from yet another toy in the cups. Unfortunately, when he puts the ball in the smallest cup it gets stuck in there until we can work it free. It's pretty amazing to watch him starting to understand the similarities among many round items!
And speaking of round things, he also likes wheels. He was really more interested in wheels about 2-3 weeks ago (now it's shapes in general) but he still likes wheels. He'll turn his cars upside down and spin the wheels. Or he'll push the button on his train to make the wheels turn and put his fingers on the wheels to feel them turn. He doesn't seem to get too much out of rolling toys across the floor, but I'm sure that will come with time. In the meantime, his cars get thrown off the high chair tray, just like all his other toys in the high chair (incidentally, he seems to prefer when his toys land on the floor more than when an adult catches them).
It's so much fun to watch Benjamin learn about basic concepts -- shapes, wheels, gravity.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
