4 May
I have to admit that the toys stacked up a bit after the holidays, but we try hard to limit my son’s gear so that our small house stays uncluttered and his imagination remains unfettered. Here are a few of my favorite images that capture moments of wonder and pretend play.
Here Roscoe informed me that he was “waiting at the bus stop” while standing in the metal supports for our back porch.
When you need snow, just raid the bathroom drawer!
Drawing with Daddy on recycled paper is one of our favorite forms of entertainment.
How do you keep imaginary play alive at your house? We’d love to hear your stories!
3 Responses for "Imaginary Play: One of the Benefits of a Simpler Life with Baby"
drawing on recycled paper is huge at our house too. so is playing with action figures and dinosaurs
Great photos!
When our son was just starting to walk, we got some sort of large package (I forget now what it was) and my husband cut a window (shutter-style, with two flaps) and a door-flap into it. He stood the box on its side so he or I could crawl into it through the flaps that used to be the top, and play peek-a-boo or hide-and-seek with our son. He would open the flaps and find us and giggle happily. Eventually it wore out but I was thinking of making another one and encouraging my son to use it as a little playhouse.
joy, he looks like he’s getting old enough for an invention box! I have a box with a lid in which I throw all the little odds and ends that either can’t be recycled or just look cool and every once in a while I pull it out along with some scissors and glue and let the kids invent. FYI milk jug lids make excellent train (or in Roscoe’s case, school bus) wheels when combined with toothpick axles.
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