1st, 2nd and 3rd person
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
OK, just a quick little post to keep records. This morning, as usual, both Jared and Ben came to our room and starting playing and beginning their day. A while ago they learned the fun game of No Thanks / Yes Please and play it regularly.
(For those that don't know what I'm talking about: One person begins the game usually by asking the other for something and the other answers No Thank-you. The first then begins the game by asking again Yes Please, with the response No Please. This goes on and on till one or both get tired. The game gets interesting when they get the idea of trying to trick the other by changing their statement. For example Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, *** YES, No, Yes, No... and the other has to respond in the opposite of the first.
Ben is very good at this and totally got the game part early on. Jared kinda gets it and plays along.) < Back to the story >
They were playing a bit and Jared got confused and began to repeat everything that Ben was saying. EVERY WORD! Yeah, the parrot game is a genetic thing for kids because they don't need to be taught. Jared tossed something off the bed and Ben reported it and Jared repeated the report, then Ben said "You, go down and grab it." Almost immediately Jared repeated "Me go down and grab it."
I mean, not a crazy thing, but he was repeating exactly (to the best of his pronunciation) every word, and then to jump out for the first time into first person mode was pretty cool. Mom and I both looked at each other and just smiled in amazement.
A 1st person statement from our 2nd child from a 3rd person request.
posted by Jesse @ 8:22 AM,
