Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mini Mother Goose

Lately I've been reciting nursery rhymes to Kylee whenever she is in her swing. She must actually be listening to the words in the rhymes and remembering them, because she is starting to say and sign words from the rhymes before I even get to them. For example, when I say "Hickory dickory dock", she clicks her tongue to make the clock noise. When I say "Jack be nimble", she signs "jump". When I say "Jack and Jill went up the hill", she signs "water". When I say "Hey diddle diddle" she signs cat and makes a "l" sound (which I'm guessing is for "fiddle"). I've never used the signs during the rhymes (my hands are busy pushing the swing), so I'm super impressed that she is recognizing the words from the rhymes and putting them with the signs that she knows.