Children probably understand a lot more words than they can say. Certainly e does. Sometimes I think we need to remember that old proverb about little pitchers and speak carefully around e. Her vocabulary grows almost daily, though I can't always understand what she is saying. "Noise" is pretty easy and " outside" (she often points to the door), but she can't do a hard "c" sound yet, so words like "buckle" are interpreted in context, generally. She loves to stand in front of her high chair and fasten the straps, and when she's in the seat in a shopping cart she can buckle herself in, but then she asks for someone to undo things so she can fasten them again...and again.
Yesterday we played a new game using the 30 or so animal picture cards. I spread them in a big circle on the rug and had her find and pick up the lion, the dolphin, and so on. She did very well! She likes to place the cards back in their box, about the size of a VHS tape, which can be a challenge due to the semi-circular cutout on each edge of the box. But she is very persistent and works at it for several minutes, putting cards in, then dumping them out and putting in more.
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