Friday 8 June 2007

learning little by little

This week, Simon has been developing his pincer motion (picking things up between his finger and thumb). It’s been fascinating to watch him learn. At the beginning of the week he started getting interested in buttons, and would wave his hand near them but had problems judging depth. Then he got that sorted, and would kind of stroke them with his index and middle finger. Today I watched him as he held a soft toy dog in one hand, and fixed the label with his most concentrated stare. With his other hand he began by stroking the label with his fingers, then managing to catch it between his thumb and the side of his finger. Finally he succeeded in catching it between his thumb and fingertip (and his Mummy cheered him on!).

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