Kira, 20 months, is busy with her shape sorter. When her dad, Marcus, sees that she is starting to get frustrated, he gives a little help by putting his hand on hers. “Let’s turn the yellow square this way.” In it goes. “Yea!” says Kira as she claps her hands, clearly pleased with her accomplishment. Marcus encourages her to try some more, “One blue circle and one green triangle to go.” Kira picks up a square, shows it to her dad, and says “boo.” Marcus agrees, “Yes, that’s the blue circle.” Kira successfully drops it in. “Good job,” says Marcus, “how about a triangle?” But, Kira is ready for something new. She leaves the shape sorter and gets a book.
“Are we done playing with shapes?” asks Marcus. “Okay, let’s read about animals.” Kira cuddles up with her dad and opens the book