Who can remember how exciting it was to play with a Wendy House or a Play House when you were young?
Dim and very distant memories for me, but I do recall how exciting it was to have doors and window that were child size and clearly not intended for grown-ups. We weren’t lucky enough to have a wooden play house. Ours was more like a tent that had been printed to look vaguely like a house. But our imaginations would take over and we’d happily play with our little Wendy house for hours.
A child’s imagination is wonderfully capable of transporting them from this world to another fantastic place populated by fantasy characters, demons and dragons. A few well chosen props can be enormously stimulating to this form of play which is important in aiding a child’s language and social development. A playhouse, no matter how simple, can provide this valuable stimulation.
Agreed- young minds are highly capable of creating their own excitement if you only provide them something even very simple to work with. Although, if they’re only used to thinking in terms of tv and video games, some children may need some help to get started with their creativity.
It’s a great idea to have an outdoor play house for children- this does so much for their development and they are being active as well as creative which makes it something every parent should be considering. Having said this it’s not something that needs to be expensive really, even cardboard boxes and the like can be used to get the imagination going- and these are usually all Free!
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