Monday, April 1, 2013

Jesse's Words

The world according to my 19 month old:

bike
hat
bye
mama
dada
Oscar
go
shoes
bird
meow
why
help me
car
truck
yeah
water
milk
hockey
I love you
more
cookie
hat
open
ball
eyes
nose
boat
no
rock
up
moon
puck
thank you
blanket
bang
goal
window
Elmo.
boat
baby
Jake
apple
hi
hurray

Signs: bear, bus, frog, please, sorry, cat, dog, eat, plane, bath, cereal, cold, horse, duck, cracker, all done, bug, flower... and more that I can't even think of right now.

Sounds: vroom, beep beep, uh-oh, moo, quack, woof-woof, oh-ah-ah (monkey), roar........

His expressive world is all about family, friends, comfort, things of interest in his world. His language is just unfolding. At our mommy-and-me class it is such a  joy to see him standing in the center of the circle signing and signing "Skin-a-marinki-dink".

Just think, in January he had more signs than words.

What a little sponge!