SOCIAL PLAY: APRIL 25th

Today, we got into Sammie's world and encouraged him to engage in social play:

We played face to face when we:

• When playing with his truck, his puzzle, and his crayons, Daddy played face to face. Sammie still showed a tendency to play with his back to him or beside him, but he did continue to encourage it.  

We encouraged eye contact when we:

•  Played at the park. Mommy made sure that Sammie looked in her eyes before talking to him about crossing the street and "stopping". 
•  Mommy also used a song to encourage eye when changing his diaper. 
•  Daddy encouraged eye contact when using the pictures and encouraging Sammie to choose his drink option. 

We played "the same way" by:

• Playing with the crayons- Sammie wanted to stack them instead of colouring with them. We played along with him. 
• Mommy played the same way at the park, by following Sammie's lead on which activities to engage in.  
•  Mommy also did a short "copy me" session in the parlour. She spun when Sammie spun, ran when Sammie ran, and fell when Sammie fell. When he noticed what she was doing, he took her hand and wanted her to run with him and spin with him. 

We considered how to "make sense" of Sammie's world when he:

• Stacked the crayons together. Sometimes he stacked crayons on top of the pile, and sometimes on the bottom. He accepted us adding to the stack, but preferred when we handed him the crayon and let him do it himself. He was not overly interested in using the crayons to colour this morning, despite knowing that that is their purpose. 

Our reflections lead us to consider:

• Sammie doesn't need to play things the way they are necessarily intended to be played with. He likes to discover different uses for things, and makes them interesting to himself. He also displays an affinity for things to be either a) in order, or b) connected. He likes to observe how items work together.