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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our ds only likes to play when there is an adult engaging him/playing with him. This is getting exhausting, and makes me worry about why he can’t play by himself. Did anyone else have a toddler like this and what did you do? What is the best way to get an almost-3 year old to spend time playing alone?[/quote] I find it helps to get him started and then kind of back away- eg say "let's do magna tiles!" and then help start building and then let him do his own thing. I also found this article from the Busy Toddler blog useful when I was trying to get my kid to play with sensory bins- the messaging can be applied to other areas as well. https://busytoddler.com/2016/12/introducing-toddlers-to-sensory-bins/[/quote]
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