My daughter wanted the arcade machine turned on the other day. It's one of those stand up machines, much like were in arcades all around the world starting in the eighties, although this one is a newer version with a whole collection of games.
I pulled over a chair and she stood on it looking at the controls. I showed her how the joystick moved the selection up and down on the screen. She watched me show her that and then must have decided she wanted to make a selection because she leaned all the way forward and tried to touch the screen with her finger.
She doesn't have any experience with non-touch screen interfaces. Touching what you want seems normal and natural to her. I remember the first time we put on the television upstairs in our bonus room and had the same problem with my son. The television was low down and he could walk up to it and touch it. He delighted in trying to interact with Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Pluto, only to find they moved of their own accord, regardless of how hard he pushed on the screen with his finger.
The Big Boy Update: "Where's where's where's where's where's..." While he's trying to formulate a sentence of late, he will get stuck on the first word until he figures out where he's going with his question. Sometimes this can result in the first word being repeated seven or eight times. We just wait and he finally figures it out.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: The most flexible girl in school. She has been called this by more than one teacher and I don't doubt it. Not only does she still sleep with her head on her feet in pike position, she does other uncomfortable body bending when sitting or climbing.
Fitness Update: Off to do a run in the dark this morning and it started to rain, But hey, no worries nowadays because we can just go over to the fitness room and workout there.
Someone Once Said: A fact has no ‘why.’ There it stands, self-demonstrating.
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