| ipt type="text/javascript"> | | | | Your child plays with her favorite toy over and over |
| The single most important thing about playtime is | | | | because it generates activity. So from your |
| that itâs fun. When your child is having fun, | | | | perspective the challenge is to shift your thinking |
| her interest level is at a maximum. | | | | toward activities. Your five year old probably |
| You buy certain toys for your child and she | | | | isnât going to play much with the horn you |
| doesnât want to play with them. Here are | | | | bought her, no matter how much it cost, what color |
| some thoughts on that. First of all, your child | | | | it is, etc. Itâs most likely going to sit in the |
| isnât going to like every toy. Some are just | | | | closet. But if you give her the horn, and you use a |
| too difficult, and others are just too trivial. So be | | | | stick for a flute, and you pretend youâre in |
| aware of age appropriate toys. The great ones your | | | | a parade thatâs marching through the house, |
| child will love and want to play with over and over. | | | | youâll have an activity sheâll want |
| Why is that? The answer to that question will help | | | | to do again and again. |
| guide your strategy about toys in general. | | | | |