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In a message dated 7/7/00 10:16:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
naake1999@... writes:

> For toddlers, he suggests a toy library concept. The child can play with
one
> toy at a time. When he wants another toy, he brings you what he has. You
> trade it for a new one. Nothing gets left out.

We use something like this outside. I have a limit of 2-4 toys that can be
outside at a time. It used to be 2, but ds loves to make "trains" out of
them, so he needs riding truck, tricycle, and wagon for that...

But then if he wants his dump truck and wheel loader, he has to bring two in.

:-) Diane

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In a message dated 7/8/00 12:16:55 AM Central Daylight Time,
naake1999@... writes:

<< toddlers, he suggests a toy library concept. The child can play with one
toy at a time. When he wants another toy, he brings you what he has. You
trade it for a new one. Nothing gets left out.

>>
Are the other toys to choose from out in sight, or are they stored? This
idea sounds ok to me, but with my kids having such short attention spans, I
wonder if I'd be trading off toys every 10 mins. Do you do this? ~Karen

Amy

That's why we settled on the one room at a
> time concept.

This is a great idea! I just talked to my kids about it and they like it
too.
I said you can play with as much as you want in your bedroom, but it has to
be completly picked up before you start playing in the livingroom. They
agreed! Hooray!
Amy






----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Ferguson <crma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] picking up toys


>
>
> Annette Naake wrote:
> >
> > Parenting author John Rosemond suggests that no kid should have more
toys
> > than he or she can put away and take care of. It's unfair to expect a
kid to
> > clean up a room covered wall-to-wall with toys, games, pieces of toys,
etc.
> > He says the right number of toys is probably about 10. That's right, 10
> > toys!
> >
> > For toddlers, he suggests a toy library concept. The child can play with
one
> > toy at a time. When he wants another toy, he brings you what he has. You
> > trade it for a new one. Nothing gets left out.
> >
>
> I thought about that when we were revising things around here. But then I
> watched how they play. They drive their cars up to the dinosaurs and then
> on top of the dinosaurs. They build things with Duplos and then put the
> cars in their structures etc. They can take bins from one room to another
(like the play food
> so the cars and dinosaurs and babies can eat). So far it is working but
> I did consider the one toy at a time concept.
>
> Mine are 5 and 3 in two weeks and 2 days. I'm not sure either one is a
> toddler any longer.
>
> --
>
> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
>
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In a message dated 7/8/00 11:02:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
HPaulson5@... writes:

<< Are the other toys to choose from out in sight, or are they stored? This
idea sounds ok to me, but with my kids having such short attention spans, I
wonder if I'd be trading off toys every 10 mins. Do you do this? ~Karen
>>
once a day or once a week hee hee hee Julie