Lately I have been watching my one year old learn to explore, something he does very well I must add! Well the past couple of days the best entertainment he has is a plastic water jug, lol! We keep a few of them beside our fridge and go to a local spring to get drinking water, he just loves playing with the empty ones, he takes the lid off and attempts to put it back on and just carries it around for hours! And we spend all this money on the latest toys, why? LOL.
Then my 8 yr. old...the boy always has a pen and paper in his hand, drawing and writing his own stories or making maps of these towns he makes up. I have spent money buying him scetch books etc, nope not interested, just wants the paper tablet and pens!
Now the 6 yr. old is following in his footsteps too...he watches something and he immediately asks for pen and paper, draws what he just watched! All the toys laying around and they never play with them, the will play with action figures, after they make a cardboard box into a house for them or play with hot wheels after they draw a detailed city on a huge piece of construction paper, lol!
Then there is my 11yr. old who still loves to play with her dolls, now mind you I have to buy the dolls, but she is so content with using her brothers hand me downs to dress her babies, we never buy clothes or diapers at the store for the dolls, she just uses whatever I will give her.
It's so nice to see kids that are fascinated with the little things instead of so wrapped up in the big ticket items out there!
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2006-Jan-31 - Untitled Comment
Posted by OurLittleHomestead
ABSOLUTELY--that is wonderful!
I am all for dollies, paper, pens, BOOKS, dirt, rocks and sticks....
IMAGINATION is lost these days as are the days of innocent childhood.....
I hope to keep both going strong for my children as long as possible.... ;)
Lisa