Keeping a toddler occupied is no small feat. They have severely limited attention spans and grow bored with things quite easily. Few things would keep my son entertained like his blocks and his books until we got a magna doodle.
Back in early November we were at the eye doctors getting our annual exams. When the doctor was finished with me I went to collect my son from my wife so she could go in for her examination.
Our son was in the children’s play area of the office sitting quietly at a table playing with a magna doodle. As I needed to pick out new frames and check out I asked him to come with me while momma went to get her eyes checked.
Without even acknowledging me, he stood up, collected the magna doodle and marched straight into the exam room with his mother. By all accounts he took his place on a chair in the room and intently worked on his magnetic masterpiece.
Since we had yet to buy him anything for Christmas, we quickly scoured the internet (i.e., Amazon) for a magna doodle and procured not only a full sized one for the home, but a travel size one to keep in the swagger wagon. As far as toys goes, they were the best $22 I’ve ever spent.
Now in between playing with books and blocks we spend a good deal of time drawing on the magna doodle. Sometimes he will draw things, other times he will command me to do his bidding. So far we have covered things like his favorites shapes:
A review of ABC’s & 123’s, in no particular order:
He particularly liked it when I showed him how to trace our hands:
As momma’s belly grows one of his favorite things has been for me to draw a baby (that apparently needed to play with a block):
And, finally, no magna doodle lessons would be complete without a little Madden Telestrator. As you can see, this particular offense employs the Wildcat against a 4-3 defense:
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