By now she will begin to set goals for herself. She'll have particular ideas about what she wants to get done — like riding her tricycle down the path or fitting all the pieces of a puzzle together. She'll also care about the results — I would realised the moment she's pleased, when she's successful and frustrated,and when she's not. It's all part of her burgeoning independence.:)
And, I have captured some of the skills that she is mastering:)
Skill 1 : Listening
She can combine a couple of words to ask questions or make statements. I always count the number of words she uses to judge whether she's on track because she don't really use long sentence to communicate. She actually understand many more words than what she can say:) Because when she tries to build up sentences, it becomes jargon to me:)
Skill 2: Mimicing
Katun..katun..She'll jump once the katun jumps!!
She has begun to mimic the tone of our speech. The best part is, when I exclaim, "Allahu akbar!" or "nampak dak?" or "Thank you sayang!" she'll repeat it with a similar inflection...:) so cute:)
She'll also enjoy singing arabic songs with her Walid. Even if she can't say all the words, she'll try to repeat some of the song and even attempt to carry the tune:)
Skill 3 : Labelling
If I point to body parts her or a doll and ask her what they are, she should be able to name five or more. If you ask her, "Where is your foot?" or "Where are your ears?" she should be able to point to the right places.
We bought her books...that's her favorite thing to do at the moment..reading! She'll flip it, and read it (even sometimes she came out with a very weird language when reading!!)...And I am so happy that when I say something in the book and ask her to show me, she pointed to the right one. For instance, when I say "which one is chicken?", she'll point her cute fingers to picture of chicken:)
Skill 4: Nimble fingers
She will delight in using her ever-more-dextrous fingers to build towers of blocks, All of the small, precise thumb, finger, hand, and wrist movements involved in these activities support a host of other vital physical and mental skills. For example, to build a tower of blocks,she has to know what to do with the pieces and then come up with a plan for creating the structure.
Skill 5 : Issuing Orders!!
She now would order "Ummi, nak katun" and would hand over to me a tv remote control:)
Now that Widaad can communicate using both words and gestures, I can expect her to become quite bossy. Mostly she's experimenting with how her ability to communicate affects the people around her. For instance, she might say "Ummi, amek nenen" though her bottle is just at her reachable hand. She might also demands us to read books with her, show her pictures of lion, bird, bicycle ..everything in the book and she'll repeat those words. Se may want us to compliment one of her block towers, her reading skills or simply acknowledge that she take off her pants.
The journey does not stop here. There are many more for me to write about my little girl:) Wait for my next entry!!:)
