It's so weird...

[conuly]

Ana never used to be a joiner. I even posted about it. When other children her age were sitting in a circle for storytime, Ana was still running around. (Of course, unlike many people, I couldn't be bothered to chase her down and enforce storytime, but that's a different story.)

And then, one day, I realized - Ana can sit for storytime! She likes to! She likes to sit for the song, and everything! I was stunned, moreso when I realized she'd been doing this for a while.

She still didn't participate, though - she sat through the story or song or whatever, but that was it. Or she stood up during it, which was worse.

And just today, I realized - she participates! She sings along! She claps her hands! She shouts out the answer to questions! It's amazing.

While I was marveling at the change, I realized she does something else - she watches other people to find out what she should do. She doesn't know how to put together her paper bag spider? That's all right, no need to ask for help - she can just watch the kid next to her! She doesn't know the hand motions to this new song? It's okay, she can figure it out All By Her Self, just by watching everyone else!

This is a big change. And it came on fast.

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[mayna.livejournal.com]

How old is Ana? That's what Maylie used to do when I'd take her to storytime. All the other kids would sit in the circle and listen to the story. Maylie would wander off and pull books off the shelves to "read" (or ask me to read).

Even now, if we go to a playgroup where there's a bunch of kids running around together, she hangs back and talks to the grown ups. "You have earrings??? You have a necklace??? You are a girl!?! What are you eating? What's your name?" etc. She'll go sit on another mom's lap (who she doesn't even know) and ignore the other kids. Except her brother who she will fight with over something.

I'd like to enroll her in a dance class but I keep thinking she would probably go and watch but not participate. I did notice something new the other week that she was actually talking to the tv (Blues Clues). She's always been very passive with the tv, like Wiggles would be on and she wouldn't dance or show any emotion. Her brother is all about the dancing. (We hardly watch any tv, which is why it was an all of a sudden revelation sort of thing)

[conuly]

Not quite three yet - she'll be three mid-May.

She'll go sit on another mom's lap (who she doesn't even know) and ignore the other kids.

Oh, Ana's always played with the other kids. She just didn't do the participation thing. And I know about her sitting on everybody's lap but mine. 'twas embarassing!

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Oh she sits on mine too. It's like she wants to sit and watch the other kids running around but she's too prissy to join in. BUT kids that she knows really well, she will play with them no problem. Usually at these playgroups we go to she doesn't know the kids real well (and she won't since she won't go play with them). But she plays well with Osha because his mom watched Maylie while I worked for about 9 months. And at her daycare/preschool (she goes 3 full days/week) she plays babies and dolls and stuff with the other girls her teachers tell me.

I taught her to play candyland today. it was cute. She's still kind of ehhhhhhh on making her piece go in the right direction (if it was a straight line it'd probably be easier for her), and she does not understand the concept of winning or losing a game (she did beat me twice despite that).

Hi Mayna!

[duponthumanite.livejournal.com]

It's not how you win or lose,

it's how you play the game

(the inventor of the modern Olympics).

Adelaide

[mayna.livejournal.com]

How old is Ana? That's what Maylie used to do when I'd take her to storytime. All the other kids would sit in the circle and listen to the story. Maylie would wander off and pull books off the shelves to "read" (or ask me to read).

Even now, if we go to a playgroup where there's a bunch of kids running around together, she hangs back and talks to the grown ups. "You have earrings??? You have a necklace??? You are a girl!?! What are you eating? What's your name?" etc. She'll go sit on another mom's lap (who she doesn't even know) and ignore the other kids. Except her brother who she will fight with over something.

I'd like to enroll her in a dance class but I keep thinking she would probably go and watch but not participate. I did notice something new the other week that she was actually talking to the tv (Blues Clues). She's always been very passive with the tv, like Wiggles would be on and she wouldn't dance or show any emotion. Her brother is all about the dancing. (We hardly watch any tv, which is why it was an all of a sudden revelation sort of thing)

[conuly]

Not quite three yet - she'll be three mid-May.

She'll go sit on another mom's lap (who she doesn't even know) and ignore the other kids.

Oh, Ana's always played with the other kids. She just didn't do the participation thing. And I know about her sitting on everybody's lap but mine. 'twas embarassing!

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Oh she sits on mine too. It's like she wants to sit and watch the other kids running around but she's too prissy to join in. BUT kids that she knows really well, she will play with them no problem. Usually at these playgroups we go to she doesn't know the kids real well (and she won't since she won't go play with them). But she plays well with Osha because his mom watched Maylie while I worked for about 9 months. And at her daycare/preschool (she goes 3 full days/week) she plays babies and dolls and stuff with the other girls her teachers tell me.

I taught her to play candyland today. it was cute. She's still kind of ehhhhhhh on making her piece go in the right direction (if it was a straight line it'd probably be easier for her), and she does not understand the concept of winning or losing a game (she did beat me twice despite that).

Hi Mayna!

[duponthumanite.livejournal.com]

It's not how you win or lose,

it's how you play the game

(the inventor of the modern Olympics).

Adelaide