If you have more than one primary aged kid

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How often do they play together and what kinds of things do they play with each other?

I have 4 primary aged dc and they play together every day. Not necessarily all together, my 2 ds are closest in age and play together all the time, be it cars, nerf guns, lego or building dens in our garden. 6 year gap between 2 dds so probably play together less, but do crafts together and stuff like set up Sylvanian families. When they all play together it is normally building tents inside, hide and seek, lego or board games. They do argue as well though...! They do play all together when we are swimming or at pool etc.

Depends what mood they are in really. I suppose because there are 4 of them they can generally tend to find someone who wants to do the same thing. My eldest dd is, however, getting to an age she doesn't want to play as much though ☹

My 6 and 8 yr old ( soon to be 9yrs) play together like they are attached at the hip. They play imagination type stuff still mostly - making a store, a fort, a ship, a school, dress up. Some toy play - Playmobil, Lego, Star Wars figures. It's lovely though I think they could probably benefit from learning to play independently tbh. I do worry that I treat them too much like they are the same age by holding back eldest a bit and pushing forward youngest a bit IYKWIM

@FixItUpChappie those are the same ages as my eldest two who really struggle to play together. are yours boys or girls if you dont mind me asking?

I have 2 girls with a 3 year gap. They play together loads - they play with their dolls or teddies, they do colouring or drawing challenges, they do Lego, or they watch YouTube or play on the WiiU. They are really good pals. I hope they always share the friendship and bond they have now, although I expect things will change a bit once puberty hits.

I have three primary aged children. 9, 8 and 5 (almost 6). They all play together every day, always have. sometimes they split off 2/1 but for the most part, they all stock together. What they play varies. Sometimes it's board games/chess, sometimes outdoor games football, tag etc.. Sometimes my DD gets the boys to agree to 'teachers' or 'café ' type games and on the flip side, she agrees to playing 'power rangers' or 'harry potter' :) sometimes they all play on the switch. They even seek each other out at school break, which at first, i thought it was odd, but all their friends get along and team up dispite year group difference.

I have an 8 ,7 & 5 year old. They play together all day. The oldest two are currently playing top trumps with each other (littlest still in bed) Lego, imaginative play, games outside, bike rides , uno , dobble lots of usual stuff I guess. I wouldn't get hung up on it though just because they are siblings doesn't mean they are going to be best friends. My eldest and youngest dont generally play together without my middle as they dont get on as much.

My 5&7 year old are joined at the hip. Absolutely inseparable and play constantly to the point I don’t even both arranging play dates as they ignore the poor friend and play together still (even if it’s a best friend it’s just given the choice NOBODY can beat their sibling)

They play board games a lot, or Lego, colouring together, the trampoline for hours, bikes in the garden or just lie together and read favourite books.

Both boys.

Mine are G-B-G they can argue and play nicely I equal measure.

However sister and I hated each other for our entire childhood and literally have nothing in common interest wise.

I don’t know how many kids you have but at least with 3, if one wants alone time then the other 2 usually pair up. Whereas when I was younger I was always expected to play with my little sister and share everything with her. Hated hated hated it. Probably half the problem.

Mine are 4 and 6 so only just at the start of primary. They do have similar interests and tend to play together about 75% of the time. It's mainly my eldest's decision to play on his own.

I was one of 4 and we were quite close in primary. But then by high school, my older brother especially drifted off into doing his own thing. My sisters and I still spent most weekends together.

Mine are 7&9(although some learning disability, so closer to 7-8 in behaviour).

They play every day together either with brio or Lego or playmobil Dragons, rarely dolls. Or role play where one is usually an animal, or acting out fighting from games/films. They occasionally play board games with rules of their own. Laser maze and snap circuits.

Outdoor is more difficult as youngest is very sporty and eldest is very anti sport so won't even play football or catch.

Oh, things my two play together are lego, playmobil, dinosaurs, cars, figures like superheros and transformers. Although their favourite is running around and jumping off the furniture like a pair of idiots. They both have great imaginations and do a lot of pretend/role type play together. They were out in the back garden catching pokémon last night.

7 & 10, boy & girl, play together a lot, they will say they are best friends.
They play lego & playmobil small world stuff a lot, and also play together on Minecraft or watch you tube together, some imaginative dress up play as well. Their play has changed as my oldest grows up and sometimes they do separate things now, this makes the younger one sad but I imagine they will grow apart a bit through adolescence nd then maybe become closer again? Who knows!

I have 3 primary aged boys. 9,8 &4.

They play together every day and often include the 1year old (also boy).

They make camps. They do role play games. They play board games. They play outside. Lego. Hot wheels. Hide and seek. All sorts really.

It's not all rainbows and unicorns though they fight like cat and dog too 😂

Mine play together or bicker together constantly - but they're very very close in age (10 1/2 months between them)

I have 2 boys 8&10 and a girl nearly 2.
The 10yo has asd & adhd so he has never played imaginatively he is very sporty but my 8yo is not, he loves his Lego and play mobil and plays for hours imaginatively, he also loves crafts - I often feel sorry for both of them as they have a brother close in age but they don't have much in common.... that said on days out/holidays they do play together and have a great time! They do play board games together and PS4 together quite a bit too.

My daughter is becoming very imaginative with small world toys so my 8yo has started playing with her which is really sweet to watch and they did painting and play dough for hours yesterday together! And all 3 played for hours in the paddling pool the other day!

Next week I will have 2 primary aged kids as DD2 starts school then. There is a 3.5 year age gap. They play together everyday. They play with Lego, Playmobil, Sylvanian Families, LOL dolls, anything they can find, collect up various plastic characters and make up imaginary games in various toy houses (we have Sylvanian houses, Happyland houses, a Peppa Pig house, cardboard boxes that they have made into houses), they construct things out of recycling, they play board games (junior monopoly is a favourite). This all sounds lovely, but generally within a few minutes they are shouting and screeching at each other because DD2 wants the 1 toy DD1 is using, or they can't share, or one of them is somehow 'ruining the game', not doing exactly what the other one wants.

I have 2 primary school boys..both now juniors... . They play together a lot.. Rarely apart. However there are spats and occasional fights.
They play outside a lot ... Trampoline, football, catch, cricket...
Inside : Xbox, films on TV, board games....
Before that there was lots of games with cars, dinosaurs, power rangers and a keen favourite... Superhero imaginex
Little role play
They don't play lego at all. So we've given it to school for wet play,

My brother and I have a two year age gap and it was rare we played together to be honest! We used to fight constantly! Closer as adults but we are polar opposites with our views and interests.

DSs 8&6. A lot of overlap in interests, although one is more sporty than the other.
Lego, minecraft, dens, brother-baiting

Beginning to play board type games more although DS1 needs to learn that if he stays a filthy-rotten-cheat, no one will bother playing with him!

These are making me envious. My two (ages 8 and 5) just can't seem to play together at all without it turning into a huge fight within minutes. It makes me so sad. Luckily they have a baby sibling as well so maybe, maybe when he's a bit older one of them . might get on well with him. We can only hope.

8 and 5 yo

They play together with lego, on the trampoline, on the wii, making stuff and colouring. Occasionally they'll play schools or spy club, imagination type play.

They play better when they've had a bit of time apart beforehand. Mainly they get on well but I've had to put them in their own rooms for 10 mins to simmer down after minor disagreements a few times. 8yo has never been great at playing aline, she will watch TV but seeks out a parent to entertain her a lot still. 5yo is much more laid back and will bumble around amusing himself quite a bit.

They always seem to start playing nicely just as I need to get out of the house with them, though!

Sorry OP, I'm in a different time zone so just saw your question - my two are boys.