Troy continues to add new words and sounds to his repertoire. He appears to be picking them up more quickly now, sometimes imitating them right after I do the sound or say the word. And with other words, I have been working with him for months, and then all of a sudden, he's doing the sound or saying the word. It's fascinating to watch his mind work.
So, here's a rundown of the latest words, and yes, we've branched out beyond animals.
He can now recognize and imitate an elephant. He does this by wrapping his left arm around his neck, like a scarf, and trumpeting a high "ggggrrrr" sound (hard to describe, but sounds exactly like an elephant trumpet). The arm is supposed to represent the elephant's trunk, which comes from me waving my arm around in front of my face when I was trying to teach him. So, we have not only the sound but the accompanying hand...er, arm gesture as well.
Keeping with the theme of gestures, he now makes a airplane engine noise every time he sees an airplane in the sky. He also moves his hand around in front of him to imitate the plane flying around. Again, this comes from me doing this with him when I was trying to associate the Greek word with the same object in the sky. So, he put two and two together, and we now have a waving hand for an airplane.
He can clearly say "wheel" when he sees one, and he's able to discern that wheels come in all shapes in sizes, pointing to them on cars, toys, his stroller, and golf carts.
He will say "bow" for "boat." He yells it out enthusiastically whenever he sees one during our walks.
He will say "na-na" for "banana." And on a funny side note, he must be part monkey, because he will attempt to eat the entire banana, peel and all!
And his most recent and favorite noise to make next to a car "vroom, vroom" sound is a crow caw. He associates this noise to every bird, but really gets enthusiastic when he sees an actual crow. It's a perfect imitation of a crow, complete with a gurgly trilling in his throat while doing the "caw, caw."
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