Imaginative Children

[ll80]

My DD1 has always been very imaginative, she can take a couple of mundane objects and play with them for hours, making up scenarios and situations.
She quite often pretends to be a dog, one day she went for 6 hours straight, quite impressive I thought.

Today though she has outdone herself, she has a brand new friend who has beautiful hair but is very shy, she loves to play play-doh and kick the soccer ball outside.
A very quiet girl ------ it's the mop. Yup the mop, her new best friend.

I had a quiet giggle to myself not quite sure if I should be worried or not.

[Ozstar]

How adorable! I dont think it sounds like anything you should be worried about. I was always an imaginative kid.

[AliBaby]

That is absolutely fantastic!!!

Children who have a great imagination are so rare now as too many kids are focused on things like tv, gameboy DS's, wii's, etc.

I would be so proud of your DD and the way you are bringing her up. Just think of the stories she will be able to write and the things she will think she can do!

Just out of curiousity...does she like books and do you read to her alot??

[ll80]

yeah she loves books, she gets a few stories before bed each night and she has a CD player in her room which she will listen to story book CD's on.

I'm not really worried, she is an odd ball lol but a good one

[AliBaby]

They say books develop a childs imagination. I would love to have her in my class at school!

[Jennifer13]

She sounds adorable. I'd love to hear the conversations she has with her new best friend. Get the video camera out!

[Ozstar]

I agree with Jennifer, get out the video camera.

[angelaartsstudent]

But mops make GREAT horses!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I agree, Angela! Mops are horses, not people! Same with brooms. Actually, brooms can be jetpowerpoles too. You stand on the head and the broom bit turns into a rocket and you can fly around the garden.

All DS pretends to be is a train. I have to be the carriages. It gets a bit dull, especially when your only respite from this are Thomas books and a brio train set. Oh, and dancing to the new Bob the Builder CD (anyone else got Never Mind the Breeze Blocks? I quite like the cover versions but as we had it on all afternoon yesterday I'm a bit indoctinated. Big fish little fish CARDBOARD BOX!).

[smiles4u]

Oh Abby sounds so gorgeous

Well, my 2.5yr old DD held a banana long ways up to the sky the other day and said " Look Mummy the moon ", LOL !!

I look forward to her imagination broaden like Abby's.

Won't be the mop in our house as i keep it in the garage, maybe it will be the broom ... hee hee

By the way, my DD's middle name is ELISE after my younger sister ELISE ... a very pretty name

[Arimeh]

Abby is such a gorgeous girl mate - you should be so proud of the job you are doing to let her expand and play with her imagination - and not dampening her spirit.