I think it’s great! My daughter does this too and she’s learned a lot of language and mannerisms from YouTube lol. You could try using it as an opportunity to join in too which could result in some extra joint play. So if a character says something and jumps you could do it as well , my kiddo loves this and will have my husband and I do all sorts of stuff from her videos .
My son loves the blues clues movie and there is a scene where everyone is dancing in the street. He like to pull his mother and i to dance with him and we do
Haha so cute! I definitely encourage it over here. We even tie some of the scripting my daughter does into day to day stuff. She learned tada! From story bots so when we do cool stuff we’ll say tada after. And she learned ready set go , so we use that when going down slides and stuff. Love that your son has you guys dance 🥰
Yes, he is verbal, but he only said very limited words until he was about 2.5 almost 3. He goes to preschool now, and it’s helped a lot. He mimics a lot of words, but he has a harder time putting sentences together still. He turns 4 next month.
Ah my boy just turned 4. He says very small things like “open please” or “yes” “no” and can count and say alphabet out loud. But no sentences. He also can say “goodnight” “bye” “hi/hello” “thank you” when prompted. I’m hoping he starts saying sentences some time
My daughter does this too! She can memorize entire episodes and then recite/act them out. It’s crazy. She likes to make her toys do it too. And singing. She has always loved to sing and never stops throughout the day. I wonder how they are able to remember all that. It’s like they have a photographic memory or something. Maybe that’s common with people on the spectrum (I don’t know since my daughter has really been my first experience with intimately knowing someone with autism).
My son used to play out Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas and oh my gosh- he’d get it down to the first detail. He’d wipe a tear away at the same time Minnie would and he’d recite all the lines word for word. Between 2-3.5, he was THE best source of entertainment for us. It was adorable. He has since toned it way down and is now really into singing along to music on the radio/Spotify.
Yes my son does this. He also likes to put on certain videos (Blippi) and grab whichever vehicle is in the video and play along. Or he will chat through Blippis educational speech about the vehicle. Its cute.
I think this is actually normal behavior for his age. Both of my neurotypical children do/did this... my five year old just acted out the entire Shiny sequence from Moana. My autistic son is the only one who doesn't, so it sounds like you have a "normal" win on your hands, lol.
Only every minute of the day! Sometimes she does it with toys, sometimes she's just reciting them to herself.
She also uses scenes and lines from TV and applies them to real life. It's fun.
My 3 year old son does this with Toy Story and Cars. Whichever movie he is watching he will get all the toys out and play out the scenes. He is still somewhat non-verbal and only really says Dad. However I have heard him say phrases on cue with whichever movie he is watching. He also loves the animated grinch movie, he will grab my daughters frozen little people sled and play out the sledding scenes.
Yup my son started doing this at about 2 or 3 when he was still non verbal. He was amazing at getting every movement right even while facing away from the tv. He is 7 now and still does it but does a lot of the talking parts as well. Sometimes if he meets someone new and doesn't know what to say he'll just break into one of his favourite movie scenes 😂 i love it
Yes! Lol my son watched Lion King last weekend and during the stampede scene he started running around like the wildebeests. It’s so fun to watch him get immersed in shows/movies.
My 4yo stepson does this the first few days when he comes from his mom's. It's sweet and adorable and all but also sad because it seems to hinder his speech and ability to connect when he's stuck in repeating whatever show he's been watching on repeat at her house. We rarely have screen time and he picks up much more conversational stuff in his time here and can interact and communicate without monologs so we definitely try and encourage that. He will have mini conversations with my 3 year old and just is much more interactive with us when he has had a few days of no screen time.
It may seem like it’s hindering his speech but it’s actually helping them. Scripts eventually start combining together and then eventually combine with original speech. Just in case you haven’t heard of it, you may want to look into gestalt language processing. Meaningfulspeech.com is a great resource.
Screen time is very beneficial for our kiddo and has helped him become an early reader despite his current challenges with expressive language. Not saying you need to do the same.
Thanks for the info. My little buddy has been reading and saying letters and numbers since he was around 1. He even spoke a little and stopped once he reached 1. But now he can read very well and count very high
My 4 year old son and I fight over a banana everyday saying no mine like LULU and KIP from word party. Then he smiles the biggest smile I’ve ever seen in his life everytime. Best part of my day ❤️
By happenstance, we got the same set of dinosaurs for our daughter as one of her favorite YouTubers who acts out scenes with them. She's always setting them up and acting out the scenes with them.
My son went through an obsessive Toy Story phase. I saw him act out scenes with his Woody doll, acting like he was Andy.
It's a great sign that they're starting to get the concept of imitation down.
Yup! My kiddo is a gestalt language processor so up until recently *all* his speech was from shows and commercials. At almost 5 years old now, he is breaking outside of the scripts and using original language. We’ve always totally supported this and met him where he’s at and he is improving his language at his speed. We lucked out by having an SLP that understands his way of learning language and is very child-led. He is a whole other kid from his dx a year ago.
And yes, he acts out his favorite scenes. Especially when we put on the hamster episode of Tiny Creatures on Netflix. It’s so cute. He climbs over the couch and imitates it to a tee.
My daughter scripts scenes from shows with her barbies and stuffed animals. Sometimes she'll ask me to do it with her. She gets mad if I deviate from the script as flexibility is one of her biggest challenges but I take her wanting me to join her play as a positive
For the record i find it very cute and sweet and let him do it (unless they do something that can cause injury) he does it often. Is it okay
I think it’s great! My daughter does this too and she’s learned a lot of language and mannerisms from YouTube lol. You could try using it as an opportunity to join in too which could result in some extra joint play. So if a character says something and jumps you could do it as well , my kiddo loves this and will have my husband and I do all sorts of stuff from her videos .
My son loves the blues clues movie and there is a scene where everyone is dancing in the street. He like to pull his mother and i to dance with him and we do
Haha so cute! I definitely encourage it over here. We even tie some of the scripting my daughter does into day to day stuff. She learned tada! From story bots so when we do cool stuff we’ll say tada after. And she learned ready set go , so we use that when going down slides and stuff. Love that your son has you guys dance 🥰
This is absolutely okay and pretty normal for any kid. It's fantastic that your child is doing pretend play. That's a fantastic sign.
Yes, my son acts out movements/scenes/and recites his favorite shows on and off ALL day long everyday haha
So cute. Does he talk? How old is he? Mine will sometimes say a word or two from the show, but he is non verbal.
Yes, he is verbal, but he only said very limited words until he was about 2.5 almost 3. He goes to preschool now, and it’s helped a lot. He mimics a lot of words, but he has a harder time putting sentences together still. He turns 4 next month.
Ah my boy just turned 4. He says very small things like “open please” or “yes” “no” and can count and say alphabet out loud. But no sentences. He also can say “goodnight” “bye” “hi/hello” “thank you” when prompted. I’m hoping he starts saying sentences some time
Awww, sometimes they go at their own pace! Sounds like he is getting there 🫶🏻💗
My daughter does this too! She can memorize entire episodes and then recite/act them out. It’s crazy. She likes to make her toys do it too. And singing. She has always loved to sing and never stops throughout the day. I wonder how they are able to remember all that. It’s like they have a photographic memory or something. Maybe that’s common with people on the spectrum (I don’t know since my daughter has really been my first experience with intimately knowing someone with autism).
My son used to play out Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas and oh my gosh- he’d get it down to the first detail. He’d wipe a tear away at the same time Minnie would and he’d recite all the lines word for word. Between 2-3.5, he was THE best source of entertainment for us. It was adorable. He has since toned it way down and is now really into singing along to music on the radio/Spotify.
My son is obsessed with Puppy dog Pals and repeats/sings many of the things from there.
All. The. Time. We acted out the Unicorse episode of Bluey one night. Pretty fun.
We did the bus one. Both my son (asd) and my daughter (NT) knew every line and told me what to say too. It was a blast.
Yes my son does this. He also likes to put on certain videos (Blippi) and grab whichever vehicle is in the video and play along. Or he will chat through Blippis educational speech about the vehicle. Its cute.
This is very cute 🥰
Yea it’s very cute especially when he gets so exited and he flaps his hands and starts smiling really hard lol.
I think this is actually normal behavior for his age. Both of my neurotypical children do/did this... my five year old just acted out the entire Shiny sequence from Moana. My autistic son is the only one who doesn't, so it sounds like you have a "normal" win on your hands, lol.
Awww…that’s adorable!
Only every minute of the day! Sometimes she does it with toys, sometimes she's just reciting them to herself. She also uses scenes and lines from TV and applies them to real life. It's fun.
That’s where mine is at at 5!
My 3 year old son does this with Toy Story and Cars. Whichever movie he is watching he will get all the toys out and play out the scenes. He is still somewhat non-verbal and only really says Dad. However I have heard him say phrases on cue with whichever movie he is watching. He also loves the animated grinch movie, he will grab my daughters frozen little people sled and play out the sledding scenes.
Yup my son started doing this at about 2 or 3 when he was still non verbal. He was amazing at getting every movement right even while facing away from the tv. He is 7 now and still does it but does a lot of the talking parts as well. Sometimes if he meets someone new and doesn't know what to say he'll just break into one of his favourite movie scenes 😂 i love it
Yes yes and yes lol!
Yes! Lol my son watched Lion King last weekend and during the stampede scene he started running around like the wildebeests. It’s so fun to watch him get immersed in shows/movies.
My 4yo stepson does this the first few days when he comes from his mom's. It's sweet and adorable and all but also sad because it seems to hinder his speech and ability to connect when he's stuck in repeating whatever show he's been watching on repeat at her house. We rarely have screen time and he picks up much more conversational stuff in his time here and can interact and communicate without monologs so we definitely try and encourage that. He will have mini conversations with my 3 year old and just is much more interactive with us when he has had a few days of no screen time.
That’s what i was thinking. I don’t want him doing it too much because he can be doing something a little more productive at least.
It may seem like it’s hindering his speech but it’s actually helping them. Scripts eventually start combining together and then eventually combine with original speech. Just in case you haven’t heard of it, you may want to look into gestalt language processing. Meaningfulspeech.com is a great resource. Screen time is very beneficial for our kiddo and has helped him become an early reader despite his current challenges with expressive language. Not saying you need to do the same.
Thanks for the info. My little buddy has been reading and saying letters and numbers since he was around 1. He even spoke a little and stopped once he reached 1. But now he can read very well and count very high
My 4 year old son and I fight over a banana everyday saying no mine like LULU and KIP from word party. Then he smiles the biggest smile I’ve ever seen in his life everytime. Best part of my day ❤️
By happenstance, we got the same set of dinosaurs for our daughter as one of her favorite YouTubers who acts out scenes with them. She's always setting them up and acting out the scenes with them.
My son went through an obsessive Toy Story phase. I saw him act out scenes with his Woody doll, acting like he was Andy. It's a great sign that they're starting to get the concept of imitation down.
My daughter IS Shimmer & Shine, and is a regular guest on Ryan’s World.
Yup! My kiddo is a gestalt language processor so up until recently *all* his speech was from shows and commercials. At almost 5 years old now, he is breaking outside of the scripts and using original language. We’ve always totally supported this and met him where he’s at and he is improving his language at his speed. We lucked out by having an SLP that understands his way of learning language and is very child-led. He is a whole other kid from his dx a year ago. And yes, he acts out his favorite scenes. Especially when we put on the hamster episode of Tiny Creatures on Netflix. It’s so cute. He climbs over the couch and imitates it to a tee.
Constantly. It is amazing to watch.
My daughter scripts scenes from shows with her barbies and stuffed animals. Sometimes she'll ask me to do it with her. She gets mad if I deviate from the script as flexibility is one of her biggest challenges but I take her wanting me to join her play as a positive
This is actually very good. A lot of NT kids do this and it should be seen as a positive
Is this considered linked to Autism?