Vygotsky Reflection on First Toddler Writing Video

She is forming symbols in her mind as to what a pen and pad are and what they are used for, but she is also conceptually understanding how they interact with one another and how she can be used to accomplish a goal or task.  According to Vygotsky, learning occurs in the zone of proximal development, and it can be seen in this clip that the girl is gaining experiences with a pen and paper, so when she does enter preschool or kindergarten she will already have assimilated these objects into her knowledge base and be able to use them appropriately when the teacher wants to scaffold and further develop the child by having her take the pen and paper and draw and write letters.  The father is also keeping her in the ZPD by the way he suggests that the pen and paper is for writing, and that a common thing to write about is books.  Lastly, while it is not in the video, it can be inferred that her parents must have had demonstrated to her at some point (either passively or indirectly) the way to use a pen and paper, and she then has a chance to try this out herself.