to think that these things are totally appropriate for a 5yo?

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My DD is 5 and a half and in reception. And according to my friend (who's 5yo is apparently 'not into playing', just monster high and drawing )

• Charlie & Lola
• Play Doh
• Tea Sets and Play Food
• Sand Pit
• Books such as Elmer and The Jolly Postman.

AIBU to think that these things are perfectly fine for her age?

My two youngest dgc are 5 and 7. Both still love Peter Rabbit...and Star Wars and superheroes and 7 year old plays Minecraft though less obsessively than some friends. Skylanders passed him by. He made an amazing Moshi Monster world out of paper. They have a treehouse and go camping with their parents. A childhood is so precious op your dd's interests sound perfectly age appropriate to me.

Good god who cares. They like what they like and why would anyone either comment or judge unless she's playing grand theft auto.

Dds 15 and 14 watched frozen tonight, again, they also have pierced belly buttons and are partial to boys.

Don't compare and you won't care. My parenting Moto.

I don't think it really matters as long as your child is happy? I loved playing with beanie babies with my little brother until I was 13.

But, when I was around 4 I didn't know how to play with toys and I wanted to do adult things like my parents did. Nothing wrong with my parent's parenting, they just assumed if you gave a kid a toy they'd know what to do with it. I didn't. My mom got me a nice play mobile house with lots of people and furniture. I just sort of set up my play mobile to pose them and left it at that (I also played with my older cousins who's idea of playing barbies was dressing them up and styling their hair). She had to teach me how to play with them and how to make them have conversations with each other and go on adventures. After that I was quite content to play by myself for hours with my toys.

So these kids that aren't into these young toys may just not know what to do with them. As strange as that sounds.

I still like digging and playing in the mud and am 40! I now call it gardening so it is socially acceptable. Love play doh dream about this www.google.co.jp/search?q=polymer+clay&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=U3p6U4D8JtXq8AWQo4DoCg&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=934&bih=640
Don't have a tea set put want one (stamps foot) I want an art deco silver teapot . I don't get to play dress up nearly enough either but shall for my next wedding anniversary. I will say that i am no longer interested in tiaras and fairy wings but do like a nice hair do dah.

my 13 year old likes to play with sand still

my 5 yr old still plays with sand and water in reception class personally i think if you had her kids over they would play in the sandpit too

my son also loves fireman sam why shouldn't he its for kids he is one

My 7yo DD still likes most of those, except Charlie and Lola. She would only read those books with DS who is 4 but she enjoys reading them out loud to him. I love the fact that she's not growing up too quickly.

My 8 and 10 year olds still love My Little Pony, they make little movies with the figures. They are currently working on an MLP/Malory Towers mash up.

Sand and water play is considered pretty important in reception which was full of 5yo last time I looked.

All our infant classrooms (YrR-Yr2) have role play areas too.

Ds is nearly 7 and has only very recently stopped asking for Elmer. Elmer is ace! Reminds me I must let him have a go at reading The Jolly Postman I think he'd love it. He was complaining today though that someone had put CBeebies on in class last time it was wet break He is nearly 7 though and watches all sorts of unsuitable stuff with his big brothers

There is absolutely no shame in our house about liking things which seem young. We all love picture books and collect them dd1 is 22 and loves all the books we read to dd3 age 2! Everyone looks forward to the Jolly Christmas Postman (Pistman- according to autocorrect which just made me laugh!) being wheeled out on Christmas eve and today my 8 and 2 year old spent over an hour in our sandpit and playing with water giving each other cups of tea with the tea set. I got wine. Enough said.

All of the things you mention OP are more than fine for a five year old and beyond. We are NEVER getting rid of the play doh

Children grow up too fast. Let her be a child for as long as she likes.

Every child is different and likes different things. Don't get into the comparing your child with others, nightmare.

We held a full scale wedding & reception for DD's Build a Bears last year - a month before her 9th birthday!

She also loves Minecraft, The Vamps, nail varnish, Lego, playing spies & basketball!

5 is in now way too old for tea parties & sandpits. Charlie & Lola might be an acquired taste at that aged but so what? My DD still won't part with her 'Daisy' (Nick Sharratt) picture books and listens to Winnie the Pooh on audio book every night .

I even occasionally manage to talk her into snuggling up with me for an episode or 3 of Peppa Pig although she'd be most unimpressed with me for making that public.

some kids are in to some things and some into others and that's totally fine.Also I have found that a child outgrows something and then grows into it again on another more complex level especially 'open ended' free play type things like pretend toys (eg playmobil and plastic food) and playdough.