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Our children often
employ quite different styles of play. Koda loves to play with and
manipulate very big things --
the bigger the better -- so he
is fascinated with these huge water bottles. Since he is just learning to stand up, and they are too heavy for him to move, he's using them as support. He'll be
walking right to them
in no time!
Kaya, on the other hand, enjoys more gentle,
maternal play. She likes to
pretend that her
stuffed tiger is a baby, for example, or that she's a baby
kitty and I'm a mom kitty. She likes to carry dolls and
stuffed animals with her when we go out. Here she is pretending to read a book to her
stuffed poodle. I think she
makes a sweet mother figure.
I wonder if this
has to do with them being a boy and a girl, or if it's just their different personalities? It does seem like typical boy and girl play to me -- probably, it's a little of both.
◆◆◆ Keywords ◆◆◆
- employ / （手段を）用いる、利用する
- manipulate / 巧みに扱う、操る
- the bigger the better / 大きければ大きいほどよい
- be fascinated with / --- に夢中になる
- walk right to / --- に向かってまっすぐ歩く
- in no time / あっという間に、すぐに
- maternal / 母性的な
- pretend / --- ふりをする、--- であるかのように振舞う
- stuffed / ぬいぐるみの
- kitty / 子猫（ちゃん）
- make a sweet mother figure / 優しいお母さんのように見える
- has to do with / --- に関係がある
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