Last night, Eleanor was so thrilled to find that she knew how to draw circles with her crayons. She loves circles. She has a blue tool to sift through sand, which she calls her “blue circle”. She points out that the sand bucket is a circle; She points out the little circle design on the spoon that she uses.
Up until last night, Eleanor had been drawing zigzags with her crayons, but suddenly she started moving her arm in a circular motion and she had circles! She was so happy, she did a little dance every time she drew another circle.
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We think it helps that she’s been holding her crayons like a pencil for a while.