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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 190329" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We've still got a toy cash register of difficult child 3's. Now with my oldest three all getting married within a 12 month period, I'm going to keep it handy.</p><p></p><p>I love the idea. And my pantry is easily accessible, with all the cans etc in the bottom cupboards. I often send kids looking through the lower cupboards to find tins of things I need. With hyperlexia running through the kids, this means I was getting them to do this while they were still toddlers.</p><p></p><p>I've never understood why people would by all those toy groceries - expensive, and surely it's just as easy to use fewer, REAL groceries? And allowing the fake stuff also allows them to "buy" large quantities, encourages consumerism. Unhealthy. Besides, little kids cope with fewer items, it's less stressful.</p><p></p><p>About the coffee - I keep a small jar of coffee permanently out on the bench. The large jar is kept in the pantry, I use it to top up my small jar. So I'm never without coffee - when I empty the large jar by topping up my little bottle, coffee goes back on the shopping list and I buy another big jar at the first opportunity.</p><p></p><p>We're having fun with the Nintendo DS Cooking Guide - it's really hooking difficult child 3 into cooking an entire meal. And even tonight, when I was cooking something not in the cooking guide - difficult child 3 was looking up recipes and talking them through with me, while helping me with the meal. </p><p></p><p>Any game that kids play, that teaches them about life and gives them skills - it's a great idea. And if you're getting fun out of it too, that's even better.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 190329, member: 1991"] We've still got a toy cash register of difficult child 3's. Now with my oldest three all getting married within a 12 month period, I'm going to keep it handy. I love the idea. And my pantry is easily accessible, with all the cans etc in the bottom cupboards. I often send kids looking through the lower cupboards to find tins of things I need. With hyperlexia running through the kids, this means I was getting them to do this while they were still toddlers. I've never understood why people would by all those toy groceries - expensive, and surely it's just as easy to use fewer, REAL groceries? And allowing the fake stuff also allows them to "buy" large quantities, encourages consumerism. Unhealthy. Besides, little kids cope with fewer items, it's less stressful. About the coffee - I keep a small jar of coffee permanently out on the bench. The large jar is kept in the pantry, I use it to top up my small jar. So I'm never without coffee - when I empty the large jar by topping up my little bottle, coffee goes back on the shopping list and I buy another big jar at the first opportunity. We're having fun with the Nintendo DS Cooking Guide - it's really hooking difficult child 3 into cooking an entire meal. And even tonight, when I was cooking something not in the cooking guide - difficult child 3 was looking up recipes and talking them through with me, while helping me with the meal. Any game that kids play, that teaches them about life and gives them skills - it's a great idea. And if you're getting fun out of it too, that's even better. Marg [/QUOTE]
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