Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Our Little Talker

Kellen has quite the vocabulary. A few people have mentioned that I should write down all of the words he knew at one year of age. We're one month past that, but close enough.
Here's a list:
His first word was "Mama"
Followed closely by "Ball"

Then here are the rest in no particular order:
Dada
Hi (and waves)
Bye Bye
Car
Bubble
Flower
Blankey
Baba (Bottle)
More (and signs more)
Elmo
Cookie (Cookie Monster)
Mote (remote)
Football
Head (and touches head)
Baby
Truck
Bus
Apple
Bana (Banana)
Gogurt (Yogurt)
Yay (and claps)
Book
Star
Balloon
Moon
Box
Spoon
Wawa (Water)
Sock
Uh-Oh! (One of his favorites)

Then, here are sounds he uses in lieu of words:
Elephant (trumpeting sound)
Tiger (rrrrrrr)
Tractor (rrrr rrrr rrrr)
Duck (Quack Quack Quack)
I'm hungry (mmmmmmm)
Cat (meow)
Train (tooooooot)
Dog (woof woof)
Monkey (hoo hoo)
Cow (Mooo)

Actions he does when asked:
How old are you? (Points out index finger)
All done! (He signs this)
Where's your belly?
Where's your head?
Where's your ear?
Where's Mama's nose?
Where's your mouth, tongue, teeth?
Where are your toes/foot?
Dance!
Arms up!
Arms Down!
Clap!
Fish (opens and closes mouth)

Lastly, Kellen can actually read a few words. Without pictures or sounds, we can hold up cards & he'll either say the word or make the sound for that corresponding word:
Elephant (makes sound)
Arms up (action)
Baby (says)
Bubble (says)
Monkey (makes sound)
Hi (says and waves)
Tiger (makes sound)

There are a few other words that are "maybes." Like, we think he's got it, but it could have been just a fluke or he still needs more practice. I'd say he's off to a GREAT start!

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