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Creating a nurturing and stimulating environment with lasting appeal for children can be a time-consuming task. There is never enough time to do all you would like to do. Just as the needs and demands of children fill every minute of available time, their things flow into every inch of available space like a river overflowing its banks.There simply is never enough space. Creating a stimulating environment is an expensive business. In addition to the materials that are actually used up, wear and tear is comparable to the effects of the Colorado River on the Grand Canyon!
Although engaging children with an adequate number of interesting and inexpensive materials that do not fill up every inch of space can be quite a challenge, it can also be fun and satisfying if you keep in mind the importance of thoughtful selection and organized storage. Understanding what will have the greatest, most lasting appeal to your children will save time, space, dollars, and frustration.
Children come into this world sensory and motor-driven. The more senses an item appeals to and the more you can do with the item, the greater the appeal. Children begin in infancy to modify and adapt things for their own uses. ...