What do your 4/5 year olds do for fun?

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  • January 23, 2013 at 2:40 am
    dmccall3
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    (particularly boys)

    Thanks!

    Dana

    January 23, 2013 at 2:45 am
    Heather
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    Legos, blocks, trucks and climbing trees! Smile

    January 23, 2013 at 2:59 am
    missceegee
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    puzzles, draw, sports (any), ride bike

    January 23, 2013 at 4:43 am
    Kristen
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    Bristle blocks, transformers with his older brother, coloring and being read to. It used to be trains too.

    January 23, 2013 at 5:52 am
    curlywhirly
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    Cars, wooden trains, big wheel bike and blocks.

    January 23, 2013 at 12:37 pm
    MamaSnow
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    Cars. Cars. Cars. Trucks. Cars. Trains. Cars. 😉

    Also puzzles, sometimes coloring, looking at books/being read to, playing outside, or playing with his sisters (depending on what they are doing.)

    But my son isn’t really a typical rough-and-tumble boy…he’s a lot quieter/less active.

    For what it’s worth. =)

    Jen

    January 23, 2013 at 1:00 pm
    Monica
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    When my younger son was 4/5 he played outside almost all day. He was always on a hunt for bugs or other creatures. He liked to climb trees, too.

    Indoor fun – he liked building his train set and building forts.

    January 23, 2013 at 1:23 pm
    Tristan
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    I have had several 4/5 year olds (currently on my 4th and 5th, both of which are boys). Favorites here:

    Duplo

    Lego

    Yahtzee Jr. (we have a Toy Story 3 version)

    Playing outside

    Wooden trains

    Magnetics or Magneatos

    Candyland

    Chutes and Ladders

    Basketball (we bought a Fisher Price hoop that adjusts between 4-6 feet tall and have it in the boys’ bedroom, plus we have an old one outside too).

    Magnetic puzzles with a fishing pole (Melissa and Doug has some)

    Perplexus Jr.

    Coloring

    Scissors and Glue Sticks with lots of paper

    Gardening (aka digging in the dirt)

    January 23, 2013 at 7:02 pm
    beloved
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    my 4 year old loves to scavange through our recycling bin to make things…just giving him a pile of junk will keep him busy for hours.

    helping in the kitchen

    working with dad on a house project

    Legos

    audio books

    playdough

    I find watercolor paints are much easier to manage/clean up than poster paints

    Cut a door in a small cardboard box and let him make a home for a favorite toy

    January 23, 2013 at 7:15 pm
    OHmomIO
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    Cardboard. My 5yo is obsessed with cardboard. Cutting it into shapes (with help, of course), drawing on it, building with it, pretending things, etc. So whenever we go to a big box store that has those giant bins of free boxes, he makes a beeline to it and carefully inspects each box to see which is the best one for his purposes. When we bring it home, he gets out his markers, and I don’t see him for a couple of hours.

    January 23, 2013 at 7:21 pm
    eawerner
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    Cars, trucks, all ball games, some pretend play with sister involving forts and fire rescues, puzzles and games, and all video game stuff he can get his hands on. (not very much)

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