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larryhammerTBD is five years and seven months old.
Achievements unlocked in the past two months: changing paper orientation to make coloring to boundaries easier, drawing extra details on a coloring page (such as adding spots to a blank animal), drawing stars, shooting hoops at the park’s lowest basket, leapfrogging the bollards in front of Target, overhand knots, snapping
Achievements leveled up: addition by succession of any one-digit number to an arbitrary higher number (with decreasing accuracy for larger one-digit numbers), sounding out word spellings, LEGO assembly, yo-yoing, frequency of complaints about travel times (“When are we there yet?”)
I have far fewer notes than I thought I had -- or I wasn’t jotting them down. The one concrete developmental observation (aside from the short takes above) was from the start of last month: TBD glanced at 7 objects and count them in under a second because could see groups of 3+3+1 and knew that was 7. Subitizing is expanding!
I’ve lost count of the number of Christmas wish-lists that have been written out over the last five (!) months.
I also have only a few talking, talking bits, none as excellent as the woman who married a cheese:
Me: (reading) “... he joined the Space Canine Patrol.”
TBD: “dum da-da DUM!”
(4-page book written and illustrated on a trimmed manila folder, with grown-up spelling assistance; all pictures have two smiling humans the same size)
“The Camping Book | $realname //
They set up a tent. They find a trail. //
A tree was cut down on the trail. //
While walking on the trail for a long time they find a bear and a cat eating berries together.”
(singing)
“Twinkle, twinkle, little smash
How I wonder what you mash”
“I read scary stories, but just when it’s day or I get scary dreams.”
(breathtaking level of self-awareness, offered unprompted)
“I don’t know how to wash myself. I just came to this town.”
To which last -- Uh huh. Nice try, kid. We’re still doing bathtime.
---L.
Subject quote from I Would Die 4 U, Prince.
Achievements unlocked in the past two months: changing paper orientation to make coloring to boundaries easier, drawing extra details on a coloring page (such as adding spots to a blank animal), drawing stars, shooting hoops at the park’s lowest basket, leapfrogging the bollards in front of Target, overhand knots, snapping
Achievements leveled up: addition by succession of any one-digit number to an arbitrary higher number (with decreasing accuracy for larger one-digit numbers), sounding out word spellings, LEGO assembly, yo-yoing, frequency of complaints about travel times (“When are we there yet?”)
I have far fewer notes than I thought I had -- or I wasn’t jotting them down. The one concrete developmental observation (aside from the short takes above) was from the start of last month: TBD glanced at 7 objects and count them in under a second because could see groups of 3+3+1 and knew that was 7. Subitizing is expanding!
I’ve lost count of the number of Christmas wish-lists that have been written out over the last five (!) months.
I also have only a few talking, talking bits, none as excellent as the woman who married a cheese:
Me: (reading) “... he joined the Space Canine Patrol.”
TBD: “dum da-da DUM!”
(4-page book written and illustrated on a trimmed manila folder, with grown-up spelling assistance; all pictures have two smiling humans the same size)
“The Camping Book | $realname //
They set up a tent. They find a trail. //
A tree was cut down on the trail. //
While walking on the trail for a long time they find a bear and a cat eating berries together.”
(singing)
“Twinkle, twinkle, little smash
How I wonder what you mash”
“I read scary stories, but just when it’s day or I get scary dreams.”
(breathtaking level of self-awareness, offered unprompted)
“I don’t know how to wash myself. I just came to this town.”
To which last -- Uh huh. Nice try, kid. We’re still doing bathtime.
---L.
Subject quote from I Would Die 4 U, Prince.