Friday 25 January 2008

Vastly under valued art of playdough!!!

This morning, a friend of mine dropped her 3 year old daughter off at my house full of boys..... If you know anything about us at all, then you will know that they are what one could call 'proper' boys!! Go karts, pen knives, bows and arrows, rope swings to name but a few!

So this morning, I opted for making playdough and digging out the box with all the cutters and bits and pieces in. My eldest son took the opportunity to spend some time undisturbed in his room with a Land Rover magazine, and the other 3 all joined in at the table with the playdough. The age range was almost 2, 3 and a half, 7 and a half and 11. What other activity could you provide for such a wide age range where they could all play together, interacting and helping in such a way? They made mince pies, sausages, cakes, insects!!, dogs, sheep and they were all occupied for nearly 2 hours!!!

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