train set sounds big and space-taking-up.
Not at all. Emmett's entire set (which is fairly extensive) fits in one plastic bin. And the setting up part is what the kid does. The tracks are just wood with little jigsaw cut-out connectors. Got some curvy tracks and some straight ones and some trains that you push around and connect magnetically. It's very zen for them.
Brio starter tracks
Brio zoo train.
The reason I loved Brio is that it was good for kids from about age 3 up through about 7 or 8. It's incredibly durable. It allows for lots of variation in play. You can get more advanced elements (trestles and double deckers and drawbridges) and build fairly complicated sets. It's compatible with Thomas the Train engine sets (a competing company, but they fit together perfectly). It's just a classic toy for that age.
Plus, the Brio trains are adorable.
Emmett was also a huge fan of pattern blocks. He made a lot of spaceships with pattern blocks.
sara - THAT is what I am talkin about. no complaints from downstairs neighbors, no hurt cats, not as many broken things.
I know it will surprise you all, but I was a thrower and so I am planning for a child who express anger in a similar way. silly, I know. given the no shared biology thing, but I can only plan for what I know.
That's a pretty sound plan.
Dad used to take industrial shipping foam (not as common now, but the black/gray stuff) and cut them into blocks of varying shapes. They were a big hit, both with us and the preschool we went to (and mom taught at.)
Emmett was also a huge fan of pattern blocks. He made a lot of spaceships with pattern blocks.
Did they have a flux capacitor?
Did they have a flux capacitor?
Only if you reversed the polarity of the tachyon flow.
I knew I always forget something.
