Thursday, September 29, 2011

Pin-curl clips and an Argentine teacup

At Dillon's 9 and 12 month check-ups, the nurse asked if he puts objects into containers.

No.

Does he dump the contents of containers? Yes. Does he wait patiently for someone to refill the container so it can be re-dumped? Yes. Does he occasionally remove each item of a container individually and carefully examine the most interesting items? Yes.

But, the nurse didn't ask any of those questions.

When we got back from Ohio, Dillon was oddly motivated by a box of pin-curl clips and an Argentine teacup. In went the clips, out came the clips...in...out...in...for thirty minutes, at least.


Since then, Dillon has stumbled across several other motivators for the development the "things in a container" skill. It's had me wondering. What did it for me? What did it for you?

Scrambled eggs in a cup-holder?
Lids in a bucket?
Bath toys in a potty?
Pin-curl clips in an Argentine teacup?

2 comments:

Laus said...

I don't think I even remember it's been so long but about to be again. I do remember her loving to take old credit/debit and other such cards putting them in an old puffs container and then dumping them. Those cards are also how I got her to learn how to count to ten and on.

Jennifer said...

Does the bath tub count as a container? If so, anything and everything into the bath tub.