That’s the “Point”!
Jaimie on Mar 24th 2009
One of the things we have been working with Alexa on is pointing at things in books that we ask her. Like, “Where’s the sheep?” and she points at the sheep. Except, she doesn’t. Well, she didn’t. For months and months we have been working on this with her and she just didn’t get it at all.
Until the obsession with Elmo began in earnest. She’s always loved that furry little red guy, but recently she has become downright obsessed with him. And then she started pointing at him. First the stuffed animals, then a little play-plate set we have with Sesame Street characters on them, and then in books. And then she’d make *us* point at Elmo and happily scream “ELMO! ELMO!”.
And that quickly led to her pointing at other things we asked her to. From sheep to cows to bears to mice to balls and more, she points, she identifies, and she “helps” you point. The sweetest thing ever was watching her with her brother this morning looking at a book, and he would ask “Where’s the ball?” and she would point and yell “BAAA!”
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