Entertaining Toddlers and Tykes.

Dangus

[TomGuy]

In the 1970s, after all of the family Christmas packages were opened, etc., I noticed my 3-year-old niece was missing. I walked into the kitchen and found her. She was sitting in a corner of the room playing — not with the $$$ of toys she and the other kids got — but playing with the empty boxes stuff came in.

I thought — she is enjoying the boxes because she is only limited by her own imagination to create whatever she desired.

[mrs. a]

When I was a kid, Play-Doh was something that you extruded through a plastic device. Modeling clay was what you used when you wanted to create something.

But the Play-Doh smelled good!

[jackibutterfly]

"Modeling clay doesn't need to be moistened, doesn't dry out, doesn't have a sheen of muddy slime over it while you use it, comes in a huge array of colors, including very bright ones, doesn't clump off, doesn't get all over your hands... HUGE difference."

Does it smell as good as Play-Doh? I loved the smell of it.

[jackibutterfly]

"Teach your child to read using Phonics, and read read read together. 3 years old is not too young to start."

My niece was actually reading at 2-1/2. We thought maybe she had memorized the story, but no, she could actually read. That was about 30 years ago.

[RegulatorCountry]

Don't be misled. It might smell good, but it doesn't taste good at all (a distinct memory from childhood, I was very disappointed).

[jackibutterfly]

"Don't be misled. It might smell good, but it doesn't taste good at all (a distinct memory from childhood, I was very disappointed)."

:-)

[RegulatorCountry]

... now, unlike Play-Doh, that Elmer’s School Paste glue, it tasted as good as it smelled, lol.

[dangus]

OK, you got me there. It’s pretty scentless. And it doesn’t make your fingers salty.

[Trillian]

We have budgies and the kids have a ton of fun designing and making little play houses with me for them. We use cardboard and construction paper. They love watching them play in them and then tear them up.