Growing up I don’t really remember having a lot of electronic toys. Yes we did have our game console but most things were not battery operated I had crayons, markers and coloring books. We had dolls and slip and slides. Kids of today are surrounded by soo many technological toys. It amazes me how young a child can figure out an electronic device like a smart phone or iPad.
I see kids in the grocery store playing on hand held devices whether it be made particularly for children or if it’s just their parent’s cell phone. I’m grateful for our technological advances that we have but I don’t want our kids to miss out on all of the fun they can have without technology. I try to encourage their imagination with dress up clothes, lots of materials to build castles and forts to let their minds go wild.
I love seeing the light in my kids’ eyes when they create something. They look like they have the biggest sense of accomplishment. It warms my heart to see all of the new things they make. Just yesterday my daughter had me put a skirt on one of her dinosaur toys because she wanted a dinosaur princess. That takes imagination if I do say so. She’s a genius.