Henry and I took a quick trip to Florida to attend my grandparents' 65th wedding anniversary. I decided that I wanted to get some travel games for the plane. Here's what we got:
- Magnetic tic-tac-toe
- USA map with cling stickers
- BINGO
- Construction setting with cling stickers
- Travel modeling system
- Spirograph
And although it's not a great game for the airplane, I also bought Hungry, Hungry Hippo because I loved playing that game as a child.
It would be so easy to pacify Henry with a screen. He could literally watch some kind of show or movie for several hours in a nearly-comatose state. But I am so worried about all the things he wouldn't learn if he filled up his time that way. He wouldn't learn how to be a good sport, he wouldn't learn delayed gratification, he wouldn't cultivate patience, he wouldn't develop skills to handle frustration, he wouldn't practice problem-solving. It's hard not to take the easier road, but I'm hoping that it will be worth the investment in the long-run!
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