Schema: Opening and Shutting.

[Shoshe]

I have a little boy who doesn't matter what is out will make for the doors in a room, and open and shut them, even at M&T with everything going on he did.

When I moved him into the middle of the room, h found a rid in car and proceeded to open and shut the door of that, not attempting to gt in just playing with the door.

I know this comes under one of the Schema's but cant decide which one, I think it is Transporting, but not sure.

Can anyone help more?

No idea hun but bumping for you x

More likely Rotation than Transporting in my view. When a door opens, the hinge rotates.

He may of course just like Doors!

I am not sure that it is transporting, either. Now, if I could find my notes from the course I missed 2 weeks ago, I may be able to help.

Shoshe, got a couple of things to do then will haul out my notes and let you know.

I had an NCT friend who had a son who did this, when he came to my house for a coffee morning he opened and closed the doors incessantly, to such extent it drove me mad.

I hissed in his ear, if you open or close that door one more time, I will close our head in it!

Fast forward 20 years, DD brings home a young man.........he says on meeting me, to my DD, I remember your mum, she said to me.........

I call it a bl**dy pain in the neck!

And I am a childminder

will look tomorrow, sorry shoshe...

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Thank You all,

Ali I know what you mean it dos tend to drive you mad in a small room,

Have tried to get him to do other things, got the big dolls house out today, he opened and closed the doors incessantly on that

he is the most wonderful happy little boy, who laughs at the drop of a hat.babbles all the time is standing (14 months BTW) not quite walking, saying about a dozen words, doing all the things he should be, apart from preferring the doors rather than playing with anything I put out.

So I am not worried about him, just wondering what he gets out of it, and what I can do to incorporate it into more play.

Found my notes: i wonder if it is Trajectory or Positioning / Orientation?

Trajectory because of the movement of the door, pushing things, making arc shape.

Positioning / Orientation because of him putting the door in a particular position.

chuckle at allibubbles story!

Does it matter what you call it? The child likes doors, so find more doors. Could cut out a door in a cardboard box.

there is a toy letter box in early learning that has a door on it my dd use to do the same thing but she loved this toy

Ah but I wanted to write it in his observations and look all clever like Nick

tried the box thing, got to be a proper door, (dolls house one no good now, he pulled them off!)

My ds also does this - and is known as the bouncer because when mindees are going he will wave, say goodbye and then shut the door after them! He is 23 months and is becoming a bloomin pain as he will also shut doors in shops, other peoples houses and even car doors as we found today!

Toys like dolls houses he will open and close doors on, but apart from that he is a bright thing, with lots of speech and makaton (he is a Mr Tumble fan, and signs everything he knows while he says the word as well).

I am just hoping he grows out of it!