Entertaining the 5 year old!
My little lady is pretty easily entertained. She has become so used to playing whilst I work with the older children. She is also very good at making a really big mess which can take a very long time to sort out. She is a bright little cookie and she wants to be learning all the time. So in an attempt to kill two birds with one stone, I have packed a basket with activities that she can pick and choose from. The idea is that she can self select as she wants to and each activity has some educational value. Armed with a stack of ziploc bags and the laminator, off I go!
She needed a bit of help with this:-)
The idea here is that she can start with a few items and then go off and select some more. The collecting took her a while and she really enjoyed it! She did need me to keep a sidewards watch on her as she tried to sink a couple of items that would not have recovered!!
At the end it can all go back in the bag for her to play with as she wants. I am building up quite a good little supply of activities. Some require assistance and need sibling help, but she can sort most of them out on her own.
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