Please tell me that I am not the only person with a toddler who refuses to join in 'group activities' like rhyme time, children's party entertainers and song time??
Since he could crawl he has always gone off and done his own thing, leaving me miming the actions to 'the wheels on the bus' on my own (by the way, he can do all the actions to all the common rhymes, and even sing some of the words/tune, but only in private).
We went to a party with 20 other kids yesterday and he was the only one climbing on all the furniture and running around the outside, while the other kids sat in rapt attention listening to the party entertainer.
He has an alright attention span, in that he will look at a book and listen to a story for about 20 minutes. He is also very sociable, and was happy to meet another naughty boy yesterday who he could run around with squealing. I would be so grateful if other people could tell me their experiences of toddler boys and reassure me that this is normal (if it is). He never, and I mean never, joins in any of these activities.
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22 month old won't join in
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partridge · 01/05/2008 09:10
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