If the old saying is true - "An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away" - then Ben should be in good shape! Ben has this love for my bowl of fake display apples. He LOVES to play with them... and not in the way you would think. Since the apples are so motivating, I figured this was the perfect time to work on having Ben use his sign language (Ben has shown us through picture cards that he recognizes the sign for about 60 nouns/verbs, but was only signing two things himself - "more" and "shoes"). So I started working on "sit" and "apples". Both requests he needs to do for apple play. "Sit" is because he needs us to sit him in his highchair first. It is amazing what a little motivation can do. It only took a day or two of hand over hand every time he wanted the apples for Ben to realize that when he signed these two things, he got EXACTLY that. I didn't start taking the video until after he signed "sit" but did get him doing "apple" and "more" and EVEN using them together to request more apples!
6 comments:
I am just laughing so hard here, I am so glad I am not the only one with a child who throws everything on the floor even if she wants them. Great job on signing buddy!!
Hugs,
Crystal and Eva
Love it! So glad you caught it on video too...very very very cute! And impressive! :)
Aunt Jen said...
He is the "apple" man. :) So cute seeing him so excited about apples. I think apple picking next fall will be really fun for you guys.
:)
Great signing, Ben, especially two words together--that's HUGE! It's funny how our kids really have to be motivated for something to get them to sign!
You've got some wicked swiping skills there too, Ben! You're going to be an air hockey pro when you get a little older! :-)
Great signing, I love it! I think I see some baseball in his future, the way he is able to bat those balls away! He definitely seemed to be enjoying himself, glad you caught in on tape, and thanks for sharing!
Ben you are so cute!
God Bless,
Brian, Sarah, and Caleb Hlebiczki
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