DS2 enjoys these sorts of things...
- Snap circuits
- Magnetic letters and matching pictures we drew together of words for him to spell (bonus: let him colour in the pictures)
- Books, books, books! We easily go through 30 a day, often more.
- Homemade play dough (recipe in this thread:
http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/167772/Favourite_toddler_media.html)
- Virtually any construction vehicle toy
- Playmobil large playsets (e.g. fire truck)
- A children's balance with weights
- Play kitchen utensils and pots; a tea set
- Schleich animals
- Plastic test tubes and beakers for various "experiments"
- The TV shows "Dinosaur Train" and "Between the Lions"
- YouTube clips of the David Attenborough "Planet Earth" show
- Puzzles
- Helping me cook. We have a step ladder in our kitchen for him to stand on, and I have him help me by stirring, washing vegetables and drying them in a salad spinner, measuring ingredients, grinding pepper, etc. In other words, real jobs. I'm trying to build up his fine motor skills with a butter knife when we play with play dough so that he'll be able to begin cutting soft ingredients safely.
- Gardening-- we have a small pitcher, and I have DS weed and water with me. You can easily discuss the water cycle, plant reproduction and life cycles, food chains, etc. while gardening.
