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To hate take home Ted

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MadamMMA · 10/06/2019 16:20

Arggh I DONT want him Angry none of our printers work and apparently a hand drawn picture of DS and THT just won’t cut it

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alltheteainchinajustisntenough · 10/06/2019 20:45

Here’s a tip for anyone who’s never had the Ted. When you get him for the first time (or any time that isn’t likely your last time, even) take a series of photographs of the bloody thing doing variants of the following:

  • playing hide and seek
  • playing cards
  • reading a book
  • drawing a picture
  • sitting down for dinner
  • watching a movie

And so on.... (your child does not need to be in any of these photos by the way). Then for ONE TIME ONLY print out a selection of different photos, stash them away and use a different one each time the Ted comes home with the guise of ‘we had such fun playing/doing x with Ted last night’ etc.... choose the picture in advance and then just make DC okay whatever game/activity is in the photo.

If you need more, then just get your DC to draw something that resembles absolutely anything at all.

alltheteainchinajustisntenough · 10/06/2019 20:48

play not okay

Rainbowknickers · 10/06/2019 20:49

We had this with polly pig
We deffo did not leave her at the pub (coughs)
And we deffo had a healthy dinner (not a bowl of cereal)
She did have a bath tho-in the washer
I dreaded them asking my son if any of the crap I wrote was true!xxx

CocoDeMoll · 10/06/2019 21:09

@AngelOfDeathNix

What was your Dad doing with the class badger Grin 😂?

CocoDeMoll · 10/06/2019 21:11

We’ve had the bear twice now. Once when dd has just got a newborn brother... THT watched Mummy lactate and cry.

notso · 10/06/2019 21:18

Are there any teachers around who can explain what these take home toys are supposed to achieve?
As a TA I was never sure but I do know that we (inwardly) groaned and skimmed through incredibly lengthy diary entries.
Short and sweet with hand drawn pictures were welcomed.

checkingforballoons · 10/06/2019 21:27

I gave the class bear a DIY spa day and took pictures 😁

MadamMMA · 10/06/2019 21:34

My Ds is in year 1, in his school even year 2 has a bloody THT 😭😭😭

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FrownPrincess · 10/06/2019 22:22

CuckooSings that made me laugh!

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