Puppet

This series of photos captures the AB's delight with this puppet. All the children LOVE this puppet and we suspect that it may be due to his pronounced features. We know that babies love to look at faces and this puppet has a huge face (similar to Jim Henson's puppets)! Whenever the puppet was close to his face and shaking back and forth, AB would give a belly laugh. He reached up with both hands and focused intently on the puppet for almost 15 minutes. This is a great example of how very young children can maintain focus over longer periods of time than many people realize. I felt very connected to AD after this interaction and put my own face near his, mimicking the puppet's moves (he didn't find that quite as funny! : )). It is interesting for us to observe anthropomorphism in action (ascribing human like traits on inanimate objects or animals).