To not know what a 'Schemer' or a 'Sensory Basket' is??

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SIL came over yesterday with her two DDs (18mo and 6mo)

Her DD1 is very lively and got hold of DS2's tool bench (DS2 is 2)

She was pushing it all around the sitting room - into DS2, into the dogs, into the paintwork, into the plasma TV and into my legs.

When DH told her not to, SIL said that she shouldn't be stopped as 'pushing' was one of her 'schemers' Apparently it follows on from building and pulling - it's a developmental stage

She also asked me if she could have one of my wooden curtain rings. Apparently it is one of the 105 key items needed for a 'sensory basket'. This basket is a necessity for a child's development.

AIBU because I don't know or care what these things are? Am I seriosly disadvantaging DS2? Is DS1 (12) destined for failure in life because he was denied these things?

Does the child have SN?

Sounds like your SIL has been reading too many child development books.

I seem to recall sensory baskets are called something like wanky baskets or possibly wnaky baskets on mnet, so you can tell what people here think of them!

Holy shit I've failed. My kids never had a sensory basket. I'm doomed.
& PMSL @ WorraLiberty, that's one of the best deadpan comebacks I've read in ages!

It's a schema I believe.

And substitute 'sensory basket' for 'any old gubbins that's kicking around the house that is safe for a toddler to play with', A.K.A heuristic play.

Unless you are an Early Years Practitioner I don't think your children will be harmed by you not knowing about schemas and heuristic play

105 items? That is a seriously big basket. Sensory laundry hamper maybe?

No SN. Just a fecking nuisance

A sensory basket?

I've got a carrier bag with some old tissues and a half melted twix at the bottom.

Will that do?

Yes, 105 item sensory basket?

That's my house that is.

Sensory baskets aren't a necessity but lots of different materials and textures are good for children's development. That's why there are so many toys with different textures on them. Sensory baskets are a cheaper way of doing this.

Smooth wooden curtain rings, shiny fabrics, smooth satin ribbons, metal spoons, velcro - all good stuff for a sensory basket!

Is your SIL a sensory basket case?

I though schemer looked wrong

Although, I think she might have found a list of 105 ideas and she's interpretted that as essentials!

arf at Sensory Basket Case

Yes she is

Sensory baskets are good for diverting a child's attention for half an hour so you can drink a cup of tea while it's hot. In that sense yes, I'd agree they are essential.

Is <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK286&authuser=0&biw=1060&bih=577&tbm=isch&tbnid=ONR1rChRR-UjzM:&imgrefurl=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cheers-bebe-neuwirth-1.jpg&docid=E7Hwbhw-TYqzaM&imgurl=upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Cheers-bebe-neuwirth-1.jpg&w=540&h=720&ei=p_xdT4X8OY768QOAu9SADw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=97&vpy=185&dur=1836&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=71&ty=180&sig=100700203862466662479&page=3&tbnh=127&tbnw=107&start=45&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:45" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this your SIL?

They are called 'treasure baskets' round these ere parts... I would imagine equally as shit!

My house is a basket of treasures

No Bender - she's far to glamorous.

At DS2's birthday party one of my friends asked if SIL was a Brownie/Rainbow leader. That's how fashion-forward she is

I'll just shove DS in the cupboard under the stairs when he's a bit older.

It is a vertiable treasure trove of shite. I don't even know what's in there.

It'll be like a great big kinder surprise without the chocolate

*too

Note I asked if the child had SN

The Mother sounds like she needs to get out and about a tad more

I have one of those treasure baskets with 105 items - autistic auntie read the same child development books and was convinced that you HAD to have every single one of the suggested items, because it does read that way if you don't apply common sense to the text...

I had to go through and hide all the items which would be fine for just ds to play with but not when dn was also there to be bashed with them! Glass ice cube, for example...

i like the idea of a treasure basket.

i just thought it was a poor person's toy box.

(tin lid, wooden spoon, old corrugated plastic from biscuit tin, ribbon, paper, plastic cup)

Sensory baskets are good for diverting a child's attention for half an hour so you can drink a cup of tea while it's hot. In that sense yes, I'd agree they are essential

Haven't they been known for centuries as a toy box?

I mean if you want a cuppa in peace, you just chuck the child some toys bag of safe household shit that you know will occupy them.

Snap nickel!!