how do you encourage an almost 2yrold to play independantly. he is here on his own today and after i did puzzles, played in the sand , pepper pig and popoied with him i thought I would do a bit of his diary and have a well earned cuppa whilst he played by himself for a while but he just sat there with the toys around him not moving, 20mins later he was still sat there not playing but with a very sulky look so we went outside to play and whilst I played with him he intereacted very well and played and shared nicley then we came in and again I left him to it to see what would happen but he just sat there staring at the toys again!
I have now put cbeebies on for a while whilst I type this post, as soon as I put it on he new the what the programe was called (mister maker) and at the end he said time to go at exactly the same time as the bird did on the tv, then the next program came on and he sang along to the song .
I get the feeling that at home the tv is on constantly and mum has said before if she trys to put eastenders on he moans till she turns it back to his programs! he is now watching charly bear and knows the song and is calling the bear like the bloke on the tv before the bloke even does it so he knows whats coming
thing is I think he is so used to watching tv he dosent know how to play withough somone else there to instigate it so how do I change this? I have never know a child of this age to just sit and watch tv like this and not know how to play on his own.
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