In early December, our early childhood education teacher was visiting the house (as per normal here). She and I were discussing preschools, our local school district after having Gemma run through the checklist of required tasks (flying colors, etc). Gemma had quite enjoyed the attention of having TWO adults playing and cheering her on and was disappointed to find the attention shift away from her.
So, she started singing her ABC's and dancing.
No shift in attention.
She stood between us and we both smiled at her and encouraged her, but we didn't quit our conversation.
Gemma stopped singing and dancing abruptly and shrieked "EVERYONE SING!" and then started her dancing/singing routine.
I started singing along with her, while still listening to our visitor. Gemma, satisfied with me, rounded on our guest. Midway through the song, she stopped and pointed at her and bellowed, "EVERYONE SING!" and repeated it until both of the adults in the room were singing along with her and the attention shifted exactly where she wanted it: on her.
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Fast forward to Christmas time. Almost every house we visited, we had a replay of this scenario. All the attention isn't on Gemma? She starts singing a song and then stops occasionally to demand everyone in the room sing along. And I mean absolutely everyone. No one is exempt from the singing.
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