Expanding your child’s play
“Mum, I’m BORED. I don’t know what to do!” Please tell me you relate? COVID Lockdown 2.0 probably isn’t helping!
I know this as a Speech Pathologist but I’d forgotten this as a Mum! Sometimes kids just need some ideas laid out to help their play along, rather than us groaning, “Just go and play.”
Thankfully this week I was reminded to try this, thanks to @sound.adventures. So want to know what I did to sustain the kids interest and attention for a LONG time? Setup a PLAY MAT!! 🥳🤩
It took literally 2minutes to set up and my 4 and 6 year old LOVED it. Plus my speechie brain LOVES that this setup promotes a language rich environment AND expands their creativity and play skills.
We included:
🔸 Foam road map to help create a city
🔸 A book with a related theme beside to further their play ideas
🔸 People figurines so they could role play
🔸 Blocks so construction could occur (they decided to build the Eiffel Tower --- love their taste!)
🔸 Lots of random “things” to encourage pretend play and expand that imagination. We included rocks, flowers, material and paper straws.
Any one else tried this?
Lauren is a speech pathologist who has over 15 years experience working with children and teenagers who present with a range of learning and communication difficulties. Lauren is passionate about helping others and loves to find simple and creative ways to make learning fun! The blog posts featured on this site are written on behalf of Remindables and are intended for educational purposes only and to provide general information and an understanding on a particular topic. By using this blog site you must be aware that the information shown is not to be used as a substitute for therapy advice and you should therefore seek the opinion of suitable professionals to assist you. The views expressed here are the author’s views alone and not those of their employer or others, unless clearly stated. 