A 15 Month Old’s Understanding of Technology
Margaret has always been interested in technology. Why not. Liz and I love it. She sees it all the time. It's amazing how well she understands it, though. I'm sure you've already seen her unlock the iPhone, which she's been doing since about 12 months.
So we have an Xbox that we originally got watch Netflix streaming content on our TV. Once we got it, we accidentally got hooked on Call of Duty 4. So Margaret sees us playing games on occasion, as well as watching some kid shows on netflix. The one she likes the most has a CG dog on the cover, which she refers to by saying "puppy". She'll say it either as a request, or just as a statement of fact.
So the other day, she walked into the living room while I was playing CoD. She immediately, and cheerfully blurts out "Puppy!" I'm 100% sure that this means she recognizes that both CoD and puppy are housed on the same device. Maybe because she recognizes the main xbox menu, and knows it can lead to either CoD or puppy, or maybe because we have the controller in our hand for both. Either way, it's just impressive to me that she's about to connect all the little dots and know that CoD means puppy, where a Little Einstein dvd would not.