Saturday, August 26, 2023

These are these and those are those

These are these...
Categorization emerges in a three-year old…
Robert: Have you noticed when he’s playing with toy cars, he organizes them into groups of cars, trucks and buses? 
Laura: Yes. He says, "Leaz are leaz and loze are loze."
RobertHis categorization system. A cognitive skill.
LauraTrying to make sense of the world in his own way. That’s our little organizer.
RobertHe's starting to notice the differences between cars, trucks, and buses.
Laura: Seems our job is to encourage his curiosity and help him learn and grow. Our responsibility as parents.
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Voice-over
Some kids succeed in life without any parents or even much in the way of parental management. But mostly nudging by parents is a plus.

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