Today was a good day for Henry, despite his allergies being terrible. After Rosie went to bed, we were able to do a few activities together. I also tried to facilitate a game with Rosie - though i'm not sure how good of an idea that is at this point. We have this stuffed animal frog who's mouth zips open. Rosie would hand me the frog and i would fill it with some "surprise", then zip it back up and she would carry it to Henry. We would make a big deal about the anticipation, saying "boy, i wonder what the frog ate?" Henry would get really excited and then unzip and exclaim what he ate - i tried to throw in some funny things like the phone and Rosie's bottle. It was kinda a neat game, though not sure how RDIish it was - any suggestions on expanding on it?
Cutting strawberries - we did this in the activity room (i guess that's the name i'll use for the room we cleared out and made distraction-less.) This was cool, b/c it was a revision on the carrot-peeling activity...this time i brought in two bowls - one for the tops and one for the rest of the berries. Henry was great with this, understood his role right away, did a lot of referencing and wasn't thrown off at all when i did something weird, like hand him the strawberry and top in a different order, or hand them to him both at the same time. Once in awhile he threw it in the wrong dish, and i would make a surprised sound and he would immediately know that something was amiss, and he would fix it. This game went well.
Building a mountain - He was really into this game tonight. After we had built the mountain, i did the "jumping on the mountain" part. This became a critical part of the game, because i used this to see how "in sync" we were. After we had jumped once and high-fived for the good job we did together, i walked back over to the other side of the room quietly and put my hands out to see if he would join me. it took about a minute, but he finally got it (without any words from me) and came over. we jumped again. i would pause for effect on the "ready set...go" part and he was right there with me looking in my eyes for the go...it was great! The third time i walked very slowly toward the other side of the room...saying nothing but looking for him out of my peripheral vision. He walked along-side me! we did this about two more times with our motions in sync...it was so cool. When we had first started building the mountain, he was rushing ahead of me and still jumping on the bed too soon - but it was amazing with a little patience and his defined role, how he finally fell into sync.
i'll be traveling for work for the next three days so won't be able to write again til the weekend.
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from missy: I am so happy to hear that you were able to include Rosie into your play. That sounded like everything worked out really well. Although siblings aren't typically included into play until stage 4ish, I really like this game and I would encourage it as a family fun activity because it was such a pleasant experience. As far as expanding, does he have other stuffed animals that would allow for "Eating" things? :o) You can turn this into all kind of fun things, hiding things and seeking them out (not so much hide and seek) but you're looking for things together, such as a scavenger hunt??? where you guys can have a picture and find that object in the house, only to find another picture... and then a surprise. I love the element of anticipation that you introducing into the scenario definitely get creative with this, I really think it's going to allow for a lot of fun and a real master apprentice relationship as he looks to you to help him find elements and eventually realizes that you (as his guide) will guide him through this adventure and he will gradually become more and more confident in his abilities and you as his guide. Very excited about this!
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