Originally Posted by SilverSabre25:
I don't play with them. Nope. I will eat pretend food...up to a point. I will color or squish playdough if I don't have something else more pressing. I'll seize a learning opportunity and that sometimes looks like "playing" but it's really teaching. I read stories.
I just have too many things to do during the day to spend all morning or afternoon sitting and playing.
This is me too.
Being that I have nothing but all SA kids, they are pretty good at being self amused or playing together. Often they seem to pair up consistently. I still walk around and see what they are up to, maybe ask a question or throw a comment/compliment. I'm always asked questions, told stories, and keeping things relatively calm but I rarely ever sit down. Only if they engage me will I maybe join and its usually the Kindergartens who still do so. But I will also say "I'll pass, but ____ is looking for someone to play with. Why not ask them to join?" or something like that. It usually works 9 times out of 10.