Tammy's Early Childhood
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Tammy developed a variety of interests at a very young age. She very quickly & carefully observed what was happening around her. She was curious & eager to understand what she had encountered, & actively followed everything using all of her senses; she never let go & demanded full answers to her questions. That she started to talk very early helped Tammy in her inquiries. She would carry on a very intense investigation upon encountering a new, unknown &/or bizarre phenomenon. Her rich language & her openness were helpful tools.
Conversations with Tammy required attention & were often challenging & inspiring; real sources of pleasures to us. Before leaving for the US we had no TV in our home & the questions came up more in response to her careful listening to the radio; she provided us with daily analysis of unusual events. Tammy checked us too; she noticed the slightest changes in facial expression & in tone of voice. It seemed as if her ability to notice these kinds of changes further challenged her curiosity, increasing her attempts to learn to figure out even the slightest nuances. Once she started to read, her questions touched on issues that frequently were based upon serious analysis. Tammy would laugh whole hardheartedly and/or feel saddened upon learning about the impact on the characters. She was fully sympathetic.
Tammy loved listening to stories even before she learned to read. She made her own stories often. She tried to express herself in writing a long time before she learned to write - relying on the phonetic distinction of the sounds of each word.
Telling Tammy stories was a pleasure - her close attention, analysis & understanding of what was going on. She would delve into every new/mysterious phenomenon; never giving up until the explanation was fully satisfying to her.
Among the writers Tammy loved most were Miriam Yalan-Shtekelis’ songs & Dvora Omer’s stories. The books written by these women left a big impression on her; she could listen to the readings over & over again.
Tammy expressed in dance/movement the cat’s anger & get all tense when experiencing the story about the upstairs neighbor‘s marching steps, after she called “one minute, please” to the person knocking on her door. These aroused unforgettable waves of laughter when The Nu-Nu-Nu Dog was read to her. Indeed, Dvorah Omer became an admired author even before she wrote volumes of “The pages of Tammar.”
The love of puppies was sweeping Tammy already when she was 3 years old – as she first met with “Where is Pluto” by Leah Goldberg; this was a First Sight Love. Tammy identified with this puppy & often presented herself as Pluto to the other kids in the nursery she attended. She was so convincing in her performance that a mother of a classmate came to the nursery to just check the miracle her daughter kept talking about… --------
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