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One of the best pieces of advice I've received thus far in motherhood is that you don't need expensive toys to occupy a child. I remember my own childhood filled with cardboard boxes, blanket forts, stacking tins of canned goods, and banging on pots and pans with all manner of utensil. And it was fun! I remember those "toys" more fondly than my Barbies or action figures, or Lego (okay, maybe not the Lego). My father told me when my son was born that all you need is a ball and a box, and imagination will follow. I was reminded of these things when I watched this amazing video above, "Sampled Room." While this might be an experiment for older kids, my 5-month-old son watched the video very attentively. Children seem drawn to tones and rhythms at the earliest ages, and this can become a passion for them as they become teenagers, if I am an example. Banging on pots and pans eventually let to my passion for singing and an aptitude for instruments, and I'm all for encouraging the arts in any way through my son's development. So my hat's off to Mateusz Zdziebko for continuing this imaginative music-making into adulthood!
