I'm off with my dd age 3 and 3months 2 days during the week. I love my time with her but really losing my mojo a bit. We play imaginitive games etc and that's the bulk of what she wants to do but (and this might sound daft) the games don't really 'go anywhere'. I try my best to invent storylines for her sylvanian families and we play 'ice cream shop' for example but there's only so many ways I can pretend to want an ice cream lol. I also read lots to her. She sometimes resists this but we tend to get a handful of books in a couple of times a day and at bedtime. We have jigsaws and lego which she quite enjoys and is very good at but has to be in the mood for. She also will draw and colour etc but isn't massively into this yet. She can just about write her name when she concentrates and I haven't especially pushed this she's sortof taught herself. She can count fairly well and definitely understands the concept of adding and subtracting but doesn't have the patience to do sums for example. She recognises most letters and sortof understands how to sound out and read a word but struggles as she is slightly behind with pronounciation and sound recognition so struggles to actually recall the sounds if that makes sense. What I struggle with is incorporating all this into her play. If I try she generally just finds a way of avoiding it and if I try formally teaching it we just tend to get frustrated with each other lol. Playing shops has been great as it's really encouraged her counting as we play with play money. If I catch her out she definitely understands both addition and subtraction. Eg if I give her '4 pounds' but she wanted 3 she'll give me one back. I guess I'm just looking for reassurance that what I'm doing is 'enough'. Although we have fun together she really craves other kids and as much as I try I just feel I'm not stimulating her or meeting that need for play enough. Thanks x