It was just over two weeks from the point at which I was taught the sign in April (and started using it sporadically) to the point at which she demonstrated conclusively that she understood the sign without a spoken word.
After that, I started doing hand-over-hand to have her make the sign as well.
This past weekend, she grabbed JoyDad's hands to have him make the sign.
Then later she made the sign all on her own.
Here's a web site where you can see a demonstration of the sign.
Here's what she's asking for.
Video. Baby Einstein video, to be precise. She's also vocalizing, a little sound halfway between "vuh-voh" and "fuh-foh".
It's all about the motivation, baby!
6 comments:
Yay...go, Joy! I'm doin' a little happy dance over here for you...and her!
WOo hoo
this is awesome
it really is 80% of teaching with R as well
Woot! I'm doing the sign for "WooHoo, that's AWESOME!" over here. You know...the fist pump. :-)
Yay!!!! I'm so excited and happy for you. I know how those moments can send you over the moon!
YAY Joy!!!!!!!!
This is awesome! Go Joy, tell them what you want!
"Motivation" is the word CE teachers like me use (and probably abuse) all the time.
Years ago, a father asked me when his son didn't want to pull himself up onto the bench and his legs were hanging down: 'do you think he'd do it if we put him to the edge of the cliff?' While the suggestion was obviously nonsense, it was also funny; he grabbed the meaning of 'motivation' so well.
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