The G + P vocabulary list explained
Someone asked me: "HOW do you know this is their vocab???"
Well, these are actual tried and tested words, sometimes commands, we use with G + P, which actually result in certain required actions. A word doesn't make it onto the vocabulary list until we've used it a few times and gauged some sort of positive reaction.
For example, "Ready?" signifies the start of a game. So if they heard READY when we were going to play ball, they'd be in their "downward dog" doga position, waiting to launch after the ball.
They can also differentiate between "Piggy", their pink fluffy pig toy and "Birdie", their yellow chick toy. How do I know this? Put it to the test, of course! I hid both toys and told them to "Find Birdie". They found Piggy first but then I said "No, that's Piggy", they dropped Piggy and continued to look until they found Birdie.
"Birdie", poster child for domestic violence, after major reconstructive surgery
And the best thing about all this is: once they recognise a few words and commands, you can mix and match the words to form whole sentences! When they refuse to walk DOWN the Peak, we try "If we GO HOME, we can have FISH for LUNCH and WATERMELON afterwards!" and that sort of quickens the pace downhill.
Not convinced?
Well, I guess it doesn't really matter to anyone but us, does it?
Well, these are actual tried and tested words, sometimes commands, we use with G + P, which actually result in certain required actions. A word doesn't make it onto the vocabulary list until we've used it a few times and gauged some sort of positive reaction.
For example, "Ready?" signifies the start of a game. So if they heard READY when we were going to play ball, they'd be in their "downward dog" doga position, waiting to launch after the ball.
They can also differentiate between "Piggy", their pink fluffy pig toy and "Birdie", their yellow chick toy. How do I know this? Put it to the test, of course! I hid both toys and told them to "Find Birdie". They found Piggy first but then I said "No, that's Piggy", they dropped Piggy and continued to look until they found Birdie.
"Birdie", poster child for domestic violence, after major reconstructive surgery
And the best thing about all this is: once they recognise a few words and commands, you can mix and match the words to form whole sentences! When they refuse to walk DOWN the Peak, we try "If we GO HOME, we can have FISH for LUNCH and WATERMELON afterwards!" and that sort of quickens the pace downhill.
Not convinced?
Well, I guess it doesn't really matter to anyone but us, does it?
posted by geraldine at 10:58 AM
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