So, after a while, don’t interrupt their play and work, but start to model another level: playing with sticks. Play! : Chances are, your wee one is totally engaged in the gathering, moving and piling, and that is great.There is also a lot of good fun and learning in stacking them in piles or putting them into a pillowcase, basket, bucket or other container, especially if that container can, itself, get transported around! Make a pile : For many kids (and for good brain-building reasons) just moving the sticks from point A to point B is highly engaging.Run DMC fan? Just start rapping, “It’s sticky…” as you pick up sticks. ” Or, set a similar, simple phrase to Hi Ho the Dario or other familiar melody. How? Talk as little as you can, but repeat something rhythmic such as, “Pick up sticks. Add some sound : Put out just a touch of repetitive sound, and you will increase kids’ interest in what you are doing without directing their play.Then, move away and let her explore the sticks. Hand her one or two : Without saying any more than “For you!” while looking most pleased, give your child two sticks to hold (one per hand).You are still the most interesting thing around, so your little guy will watch you (even if he runs around and appears not to do so). Rather than telling him what to do, start picking up sticks yourself. If not, they may not think to, so you can plant the seed. Model the gathering : Your child may naturally rove around and pick up sticks.Hang out under trees : Sounds obvious, but pick a spot with a plentiful and varied supply of sticks.Here’s a few tested ways to flip the script and unlock the stick player in your wee explorer. As a parent of a wee one, it’s actually really easy to goof on one or more of these key conditions-we unwittingly do it all the time. However, given sticks’ truly universal appeal, it is largely because some kids are given the necessary access, modeling and space to play while others are not. So, how come some 0-2 year olds get really into stick play while others just pass sticks by? The reason is, in part, that kids just have different interests. And, if you agree with the biophilia hypothesis that we are just wired to dig nature, kids are likely just wired to dig sticks.
There are virtually limitless ways to play with them. They morph easily into swords, stirrers, brooms, wands, antlers.you name it. Why? Reasons include that they are: plentiful, available in a variety of lengths and hefts, easy to gather (half the fun, really), portable, stackable, bang-able, throwable, and great to make things with. Sticks are, arguably, the number one toy of all time.
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