My DS turns 5 in a couple of weeks and I’m at lose for gifts. I need a few bits, grandparents are asking and there is usually a class gift from friends (around £100). My son adores animals, practical play (experiments, rock excavating, drawing etc) but has never played well with toys - he’ll tinker for 5 mins with a transformer, or a train set if it’s all set up for him, but otherwise has no sense of imagination or interest in emerging himself. He is not able to hold his concentration long enough to play a board game. He’s confident, bright and beautiful but like my shadow and needs a lot of scaffolding in his play. If you have a similar child, what are your stand out gifts? To help;
Things we have; train set, hot wheels, tonnes of games, jigsaws etc, magnatiles, duplo, footballs, yoto, soft and rubber animals etc
Things on the list already; stamp rockets, more books, a rock excavation set, a Velcro dart board, laser tag.