My little daughter understands a real live concept and how to apply it!
We noticed that she was calling one of the dog's chew toys a "ring" which isn't what we call it (we call it "boomerang" for a reason too complex and/or stupid to go into). So I pulled off my ring and showed it to her and she said "ring".
Then she said "circle". I have no idea where she learned that one.
So I did a quick experiment. I pulled the remnant safty seal off a bottle of saline, and asked her what it was, "circle". Holy Cow!
Then I made an Okay sign with my hand and asked her what it was. She didn't say "hand" or "finger", but "CIRCLE".
I'm flabbergasted! That's not a noun or something, it's a shape. A concept applied across multiple and differing circumstances, and *I* didn't teach it to her.
Perhaps she's been reading books on semiotics or something while I wasn't paying attention (I have been working an awful lot lately.
Oh and she also just WALKED up the stairs. She had to use the wall for support, but she did it all standing up. Crazy
Man I've been away too much.
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