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[quote=Anonymous]I think like PP's it really depends on what your child is interested in. I don't think there's a guarantee for any toy or activity. I do think that you can do things to work towards your child being able to play independently for longer periods of time. When my daughter was around 2 I would set-up a few "stations" to entice her to play. It was really simple things like putting out some stamps, stamp pads and paper in a tray, another tray with play-doh and loose materials like pipe cleaners, googley eyes and sticky gemstones to make monsters and a simple sensory bin with dried beans and somethings to pour and mix from a kitchen drawer Usually she was most excited by the sensory bin and when she got tired of that would move around trying the other things and then get distracted by her own toys. We worked on her playing by herself for longer periods of time and now, at age 5, she can do it for hours. She colors, does legos and magnatiles, listens to stories on her cd player, does puzzles, etc.

My son is now 2 and its been easier with him because we have a lot more toys available. Even at the age of 2 he is able to get his paper and markers by himself and sit quietly for 15-20 minutes and color. [/quote]

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