What an amazing resource YouTube is! I love being able to elaborate on a subject with my (almost 2 year old) son with a quick and easy clip on YouTube. It makes things come alive in a way that is thrilling to watch and can be a great distraction to get a quick diaper change done without getting poop EVERYWHERE! Below I've included links to some of our favorite YouTube videos.
Ivan's progression of entertainment started with his LOVE of ELMO ... There are great videos that are only a few minutes long of the Elmo and friends singing. I usually start with Elmo's Got the Moves and find great suggestions from there.
Hey, gingers stick together!! Sesame Street LIVE Spring 2014
On vacation, Ivan started honing his love of the steering wheel and Daddy's "vroom" car! We then progressed to Disney's Car's and Car's 2 movies. As his love of motors started blossoming, MOTORCYCLES were the next item of interest. We often visit our downtown area and walk up and down High Street watching the buses, motorcycles, and bicycles pass. Now add in trains! This YouTube video has the same effect as Baby Einstein on my lil'Einstein and the historic train engines are quite beautiful!
Earlier this week, we took Ivan to the first pre-season NHL Columbus Bluejackets game and while walking to the arena saw a train under the foot bridge. That was obviously pretty LOUD and of course COOL! Tonight we were in the same area and Ivan remembered the tracks. He ran to the railing and couldn't understand where the "choochoo, choochoo, choochoo ... " was. Not long after, we heard a train on a nearby track that we could not see. The entire ride home, "choochoo, choochoo, choochoo ... " until I couldn't take it any longer! I searched YouTube for train noises and found some pretty fun clips with amazing audio and video! I can't believe it took me until tonight to really realize how amazing YouTube can be!
Until our YouTube adventure this evening, Ivan has really only seen 1, maybe 2 real trains since he's been paying attention to them ... with the YouTube videos I can show him all kinds of trains (old and new) faster than we could sit an wait for the next train to pass. I'm just loving watching the world unfold in his eyes ... !!
We have also found some video's that are great for learning ABC's, numbers, and colors. The Pete the Cat book series is also a fun dance to get dressed to in the morning!