Remember How to Pretend

Tip # 4 Don't be afraid to pretend with your grandchildren. Drink pretend tea and eat pretend food. Feed pretend animals and ride on their  pretend trains. Don't worry about looking silly. Ask your grandchild to tell you all about what the pretend animals like to eat or what the pretend train looks like. This helps develop their imaginations and their verbal skills. Tonight our little actress pretended to be a baby bird hatching from an egg, using a blanket as her egg and then later turned the same blanket into a tent for her brother and her to hide in. I had to be the mommy bird that kept her warm under my wings and then grandpa was the center post for the tent. Of course, at bath time we had our nightly serving of bath water tea. Grandpa and I don't care how silly we look. We remember how much fun it is to pretend and we know they will always remember these silly fun times when we pretended with them.