We had a 'treasure bag' which we would use to keep Miss M entertained on the toilet. It contained books, puppets, marraccas (sic), small toys etc. We only had to use it for a few weeks to get her use to sitting on the toilet then once she was trained (which really only took a few days) we could get rid of it as she was only interested in doing her 'thing' and getting out to play! We also used a book for the potty but she usually uses the toilet now.