Week Three: Timeline for Training

This week was great! It was about identifying what skills Fiora (at 26 months) had mastered and offered naturally; what skills she had at least partially mastered (in my mind) but didn't offer yet; and what skills she had yet to learn (which could, indeed, be very long!).

So...
skills mastered and offered naturally: waking up! putting on a subset of her shoes. Getting food out of the refridgerator. Cleaning with a rag (herself, furniture, floors). Sweeping (NOT mastered, but she's working on it!). Helping to take clean dishes from the dish washer. Brushing teeth (loves it, definitely still working on it).

Skills mastered and can be requested: bringing a bowl if she wants a snack; getting a cup if she's thirsty; recognizing if its cold outside; getting food out of the refridgerator (in a non-raiding fashion!); putting books away after reading them; washing dishes (she LOVES this!). Taking a bath (HATES it).

Skills to work on (in the near future): putting on her clothes; putting on the difficult shoes; taking off her clothes; getting her own utensils; bringing her dirty dishes to the kitchen; helping clean the dinner table; putting dirty clothes away; using her change bank without taking it apart (impossible?); brushing her hair; recognizing when she's tired

How to get these? Well, for better or worse, I haven't been asking her to do much besides the first list. So, first step will be to ask her to do it - she tends to like that. Second step will be to show her, or assist her, if she's confused; at least once, maybe a few times. Third step will be to give her the space to do it (really recognized this during week Five, when I was sick one day and hadn't the energy to help her much, Or to pack the day with activities - so I wasn't stressed with any timeline, and she did SO much new stuff, gads!)