Pretend Play

Mimesis. The Lark had fun (very briefly) playing with toy figures. I was acting out a familiar scenario again using four toy figures and a few props. The Lark participated by moving the figures along as if they were driving and by laying them down to go to sleep. But he really got into it when he decided to make two of the figures hit each other. He even used sound effects. We both laughed a lot.

More Pretending. To the tune of "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," we pretended we were riding horses, and the Lark really seemed to enjoy himself. He was holding the reins with one hand and spanking himself on the hip with the other hand, and galloping with great enthusiasm.

Phys Ed. Frog hopping is something that has been really hard for the Lark for a couple of reasons. He as a hard time balancing while squatting and integrating his top half with his bottom half, among other things. Today he really got the frog hopping, and he really knew that he got it, and he seemed pleased about that.