Wednesday, June 30, 2010

animals, colors, and shapes - oh my!

Next time you see Cicily you'll have to ask her to demonstrate her vast knowledge for you. She's known animal names for a year or more now, but recently we just discovered she definitely knows all her colors and shapes. Around a year ago she could get the right color or shape about 50% of the time you asked her, but now she can identify them all and sign the correct sign for them. It's not something we've overtly "worked" on. Most of the adults in her life (mom, therapists, etc.) just point them out as she plays and she's officially picked them all up now.
As we've said before, Cicily's mental abilities seem to be right on track. It's nice to have her prove that every once in a while with things like this though.
Other smart things she's demonstrated lately - Cicily can tell you which emotion should go with which situation (ie. happy when you see Sophie). She also can identify some letters. She's also great at remembering books. She'll sign something that's going to happen on the next page when we're reading. If you recite a line from one of her books just randomly as you're playing with her, she'll get a knowing smile on her face and laugh.
It's nice in the midst of all the things she's not doing well to remember all that she can do!

2 comments:

Camille Hammond said...

I think it's so important to focus on what your child CAN do! one of my biggest frustrations with Em was how everyone seemed to only see what she couldn't do. i think it's our jobs as moms to point out all the positives our child is doing, then other people see it, too!

Staci said...

What a SMARTIE!