Here’s a spate of videos from early 2012.
Joseph reads letters.
Joseph admires Grossvater’s Duplo tower.
Joseph says it as it is, with learnèd commentary from the grownups.
And it wasn’t even intentional.
Joseph playing with his Christmas present.
Joseph likes to help with laundry. And he misses Dad-o.
Not too sure what to make of all the changes.
But he loves to “kikh” her.
More evidence.
Joseph loves the Noon reading from the Book of Common Prayer. We’ll try to get another video where more of his face is visible.
Joseph and the US States.
Joseph loves anything with letters…
…and his new chalkboard, a gift “from Vivienne.”
And the US States again, showing them to Dad-o.
Joseph’s counting square.
Joseph counting. It’s fun watching these videos because even now he’s already changed and they feel nostalgic.
What he means with his “a doh, a dee” we don’t know.
He knows the way of the modern world: quick soundbites and done.
The gift is from my co-workers for Vivienne, but right now Joseph is the one to enjoy it.
Joseph’s attempt at “Fleisch” sounds a little fishy in German.
He usually gets tired after lunch, but rarely this tired. He just barely manages to sign his desire to play.
One example of Joseph’s expanding communication skills.
Joseph plays Great Gobble Gobble with Mommy.
Joseph helps Mommy massage Vivienne.
Joseph rocks back and forth on the wagon for the building blocks. I keep expecting the wagon to break.
Just to prove he can say more complex sentences in both languages – IF you can parse them. Dad-o should watch until the end.
I hope you enjoy them, even if there are a-plenty.
These were great. Thank you!
I did notice that all the states appeared to be blue.
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My fault, S. Red seems to run out faster with my printer.
I assure you, Joseph is even more amazing in person than on video. He reminds me a lot of T and his dinosaurs. 🙂
You can’t really tell that he’s naming the states without knowing that what he says is consistent — he always says the same sound for Wyoming, Mississippi, Indiana, Connecticut, etc. even though it is not recognizable as the state name, except for Maine.
What struck me about the blackboard videos was that I could see what I couldn’t see from my vantage point behind him: his careful, consistent study of the words before lowering his eyes and asking for more. Also that you can judge how much he was enjoying the exercise by the fact that after Janet wrote “spin” he asked for more words, rather than to be spun around in Janet’s desk chair.
Note that when he says letter names he is often signing them at the same time. (That’s how you can tell K from J, which sound alike.) I have a suspicion that his alphabet signing book was a not insignificant contributor to his love of letters.
And yes, we enjoyed them very much, thank you!
What’s he saying at the end of the Cuisenaire rod video?
Glad you enjoyed them!
I think you’re right: the signing book caught his attention very early on. But even then, the heavy use of that book was largely his preference.
He says “First rods… Ah wee ah wee ah wee … first mess then play.”
Way cool! That’s a four-word sentence. “First [clean up the] mess, then play.” He wasn’t even putting two words together by the time I left less than a month ago. (He would say “blue” and “ring,” for example, when playing with his diving rings, but wouldn’t put them together as “blue ring.”)
I’m pretty sure “Ah wee ah wee ah wee” is “Away, away, away.” When we were putting the rods away, I almost always sang him the first line of “Away, Away! My Heart’s on Fire.” It wasn’t long before he was joining me.
We all enjoyed them here. Though Joy was concerned when Vivienne cried.
How did the world survive before these babies? Life is so new and precious to them, it’s like they help recreate it for others.
Glad everyone enjoys them. Thanks, Stephan for putting them up! I don’t know if it’s clear, but toward the end of the last video Joseph says “Bappe” (Stephan), “in” (Vivienne) and “jisi” (Joseph). When I try to get him to say Mommy he says “no” (nose).