Kimfin, i normally let her play by herself, she had a few baskets of toys on her play corner in the living while my hubby and i had our lunch. Then when im free, i will read books with her. She will sometimes be impatient to go through each and every page and want to rush to her favourite pages/books, i will just follow that pace.
When she is bored, i will bring her to my room to play with different things. Mostly self-made, like 10 used battery in a box or a few empty containers, different shapes (actually were my finished skinare product) in a nice cosmatic bag. she will take the thing out one by one and i will count "1, 2, 3..." (sometime in mandarin/english or hokkien) and she will like to stack them up..sometimes she will roll with me on my bed and we will sing songs togther with some hand actions. She will start to giggle if i exaggerated the actions and toss the pillow in the air!
Mmm..sometimes weekend i will bring her out in the corrider or downstair to play her bubble gun...she will be very busy chasing all the bubbles, this can keep her occupied for quite a while (45min) as is one of her favourite activity..she had a little potted plant that i bought for her placed outside our door, she will water the plant every morning and enjoy looking at it. (although she always drown the little plant
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If rainy day, we will stay at home, i will let her watch her favourite videos (mostly educational one - elmo, baby i can read or other cds that have songs and dancing). Limited to the most one hour. After that, she can choose her favourite snack (mostly baby biscuits) to keep her occupied...etc..