It's DS's 4th birthday on Friday and then Christmas to think about as well.
I'm looking for either some things he can play with alone or with me, at the moment the only thing he plays with by himself is his train set or doing jigsaws, he has a toy kitchen, toy till, happyland, duplo, a little bit of playmobil etc but doesn't seem to want to play alone with them, he just lines up the cars in a row or asks me to set up the town etc and then declares he's bored after 5 minutes playing. He won't build anything himself with the duplo or other construction toys unless I'm also doing it and then he tends to copy what I do rather than thinking up his own things.
He will play pretend game with me or with other adults/children like serving up food in the cafe etc or being the shopkeeper but I get so bored of playing the same games with him over again. I know that's just his age, but I'd like to get something which might add some variety!
I've never really liked the themed playsets, Octonauts or Toy Story or whatever because I think they limit imagination but I'm wondering whether they would be good for him as he doesn't seem to know what to do with the more generic toys and situations?
I've got him some craft stuff, colouring and sticker books and a board game for his birthday, he also had a scooter a couple of months ago which he loves. Again he'll probably only do the craft/arty stuff with me but I don't mind doing that as much. He just wants to play on computer games a lot and I want to limit this or at least increase his choice so that he's not totally obsessed with one thing and has a range of activities he likes to do.
Any suggestions or ideas?
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BertieBotts · 02/10/2012 10:13
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