While Watching Dora Last Night . . .

R says to me, "I love Map!"It's true. Throughout every Dora episode there are at least three or four opportunities for kids to interact with the show, by answering a question or jumping up and down or giving a command or whatever.

The one command R ALWAYS says, even when she ignores a lot of the others, is to yell "Map!"

Every episode has a moment that pretty much goes like this:

Dora: Who do we ask when we don't know where to go?

R: Map!

Dora: That's right, map. You have to say Map.

R: MAP!

Occasionally--not every time--Dora or Boots will say, "You need to say it louder!" and R will positively yell, "MAAAAAAP!"

Relatedly, when I make up Dora stories for R, the part that I can usually get her to contribute to is the part where Map is explaining where Dora has to go. She absolutely loves to make up different stops along the way.