Observation

On 9/23/13
7:40pm  I was feeding Ajani his dinner (he is able to feed himself). he was sitting on the couch watching a DVD Barney on the farm. There was a book beside him  and he took it up and began turning the flipping the pages, and naming the animals, as he name the animals out loud I had to pause the spoon in mid -air  as he said the names he glanced at the T.V.
He is now finish with the book and proceed to take the contents of the spoon. As I take the spoon to his mouth he opened it but with is eyes focused on the show.

The  DVD has Barney visiting a farm and feeding the animals and just doing activities on the farm.
This is also literacy as he is learning  new vocabulary for example ( wagon). He would not see a wagon in the city but watching the farm DVD he   will able to identify a wagon when he sees it in a different context. This is how you build your infant/toddler schema.

In This observation this two year old is  developing a number of skills
Multitasking
Language skills
Literacy skills
How to form a sentence
Identify animals
vocabulary
focusing
self-disciple (sitting and eating)
Routine
Sensory(using all your senses at once)
Brain development takes place silmutaneously . Remember that you are giving your infant/toddler life skills .