Lately when Patrick plays, he experiments with opposites. He has been working on in and out for a long time now, using his shape sorter to learn the concepts. He'll put a toy in and then pull it back out (although not through the shapes on the sides very often). For his birthday and Christmas, he got several more toys that can store things, and Patrick claimed them as some of his favorites as soon as he realized what they can do.
Of course, these new toys have lids on them. Patrick had to master the concepts of open and close first. Some days he will just flip the lid open and then back closed for hours (it seems like) at a time. Once his fascination with opening and closing the lids started to wane, he combined the open and close idea with the in and out idea. Now he will open the lid and put in a toy. Then he'll close the lid, only to open it again a minute later to take the toy back out. It looks like a boring and repetitive game to me, but it entertains Patrick, so I guess it's more fun than it looks.
Patrick also likes the on and off game. I think this one started at Christmas when he found willing participants for the pick-it-up game. He would deliberately drop pieces of food or a spoon off the side of his high chair, screaming until someone picked it up to give it back to him. Then he'd drop it again. Since coming home and finding all sorts of neat things to pull up on, he has been practicing dropping things and picking them up himself. He'll take a small toy or a piece of food during snacktime and pull up on the coffee table or end table and carefully place it on the table. He plays with it for a minute there and then drops it on the ground. From there, he will either drop on his rear to a sitting position to grab the toy again or carefully lean down to pick it up, keeping one hand on the table. I love that this last game teaches him balance too. At this rate he'll be standing on his own before I know it. And from there is walking! He'll be a full-fledged toddler before I know it.
Of course, these new toys have lids on them. Patrick had to master the concepts of open and close first. Some days he will just flip the lid open and then back closed for hours (it seems like) at a time. Once his fascination with opening and closing the lids started to wane, he combined the open and close idea with the in and out idea. Now he will open the lid and put in a toy. Then he'll close the lid, only to open it again a minute later to take the toy back out. It looks like a boring and repetitive game to me, but it entertains Patrick, so I guess it's more fun than it looks.
Patrick also likes the on and off game. I think this one started at Christmas when he found willing participants for the pick-it-up game. He would deliberately drop pieces of food or a spoon off the side of his high chair, screaming until someone picked it up to give it back to him. Then he'd drop it again. Since coming home and finding all sorts of neat things to pull up on, he has been practicing dropping things and picking them up himself. He'll take a small toy or a piece of food during snacktime and pull up on the coffee table or end table and carefully place it on the table. He plays with it for a minute there and then drops it on the ground. From there, he will either drop on his rear to a sitting position to grab the toy again or carefully lean down to pick it up, keeping one hand on the table. I love that this last game teaches him balance too. At this rate he'll be standing on his own before I know it. And from there is walking! He'll be a full-fledged toddler before I know it.
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What a smart boy! I can't believe how fast they grow up.
Sounds like he's becoming very analytical in his playtime. Wonder where he gets that??
Isn't this just such a fun age? It's so fun watching their brain growing by leaps and bounds before the terrible twos really set in.
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