It's sad to see dd so lonely sometimes... 2 Q's for you...

[Canada_Mom]

She's very shy and usually pretty quiet so it can be difficult for her to make new friends. Add to this that most of her friends go to school at least a few days a week and it's making her quite lonely.

She's almost 6-1/2 and I'm at a loss about what to do. She's in choir and dance as well as a sport class so she does see other kids weekly but does not have a lot of friends come over to play.

I have 2 questions about this:

1. What would (or do) you do so that your dc aren't so lonely? I do try to schedule play days for her when I can but it isn't very often as most families I know don't have dd her age or the ones that do are very busy.

2. What do your 6-7 yo dd's play with when they have friends over? What toys/games/activities do they enjoy doing? I could really use some suggestions in this area!! I find that when she does have a friend over they just play w/whatever is around and tend to get bored. I try to make sure she's got interesting toys but am not entirely "up" on what girls her age are playing with.

Thanks for your thoughts.

[Stirsmommy]

My dd's friends use to like to come over and make crafts at that age. Are house is still the house you come to do messy crafts in and she is twelve. We have had the same trouble since moving up here to MN. What I have done is make sure my kids have time to do stuff and have their friends over when the ps and charter kids are out. That way they get the time to play. It is hard. (((Hugs))) to both of you.
Melissa

[Claire]

I think dancing is an activity that children really enjoy. Find some fun music and dance with them around the house (to show them how it's done, of course...). Some of the songs we danced to were old and silly ones -- big hits. It's been awhile, but one of them was about a girlfriend who was called Poison Ivy?