Nature. It's hard to beat. N and I are lucky to have a lot of natural spaces to play in - wonderful nearby parks, a great outdoor garden at our local children's museum, the lake at our cabin. But there are rainy days. And really cold days. And days when we need something awesome to do just before lunch.
Enter, our nature box. Right now it has a big shell, some coral (N's favorite, by far), a sawed out section of our Christmas tree, a coconut shell, different colored rocks, and a tile washed up on the beach in Mexico.
N likes to touch each one, carry them on little laps around the living room, and sometimes stack them together. I showed him how to hide items under the coconut shell and the big shell, and he returns to this fairly often.
There is something about this box. N is always interested. And it's fun to be on the lookout for the next addition - a great piece of driftwood, a big pinecone, a seed pod. We've only played with our current box for a week or so, but I plan to keep the contents shifting.
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