Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
Kids coming into care often have no idea to play. They are used to being entertained by the parent. Hand them a toy or worse yet put a pile of 2-3 in front of them and they just look at you. It is really sad when our "lessons" for kids are based on the toy of the day and what it can do.
This is what I find too. They have no idea how to actually play with a toy because mom/dad/gramma whoever always does the entertaining. I have one little one who literally clings to my leg (she's 2) and just stares at the other kids as if they are doing something alien related. I'm a firm believer in imagination so I DON'T show them what the toys do because then that toy only does that one thing...I let them CHOSE what the toy does so then a toy can become so many different things! Parents need to stop being the entertainment source for their children, makes daycare so much harder...