Here’s a fun activity we tried – creating a road maze! All you need is some masking tape. The kids taped the masking tape all over the floor, making roads that intersect and form a fun maze. You can even add buildings along the sides of the roads. And, of course, we had cars driving through the maze. It was a blast!
Bath time isn’t just about getting clean; it’s an opportunity for imaginative play, sensory exploration, and quality bonding with your child. We wanted to add some excitement to our bath time and tried out some of these bath play ideas.
First, we decided to add the fun of a ball pit right into our bathtub. We took colorful plastic balls to transform bath time into a playful adventure. I also set up a small bucket at one corner of the tub and showed my son how to aim and toss the balls into the bucket, celebrating with cheers and applause every time he scored. This interactive and engaging activity not only adds an element of fun to bath time but also improves hand-eye coordination and gross motor skills.
Spending time outdoors with your toddler is a great way to break the monotony of your everyday routine. Kids get more physical activity and encounter new things that help them learn more about the world.
An article from Nature Sustainability found that children exposed to green spaces, like parks or the woods, are actually benefitting developmentally as well. Kids who frequently spent time outdoors scored higher for cognitive development and were 17% less likely to experience emotional and behavioral risks.
Of course, not all kids enjoy being outside, especially in the age of TV and smartphones. Whether you’re having trouble keeping your child entertained outdoors or simply want to find more exciting ways to experience being outside, some of these ideas can help.
My daughter loves pretend play, and even if we don’t bring any toys with us outdoors, there are always nature items that can be used for pretend play. Sticks, rocks, leaves, and pine cones can be used to make pretend food. My daughter likes to create a large pretend meal with nature items: she likes to make a soup with water and grass (if water is available nearby), a sandwich (two rocks with grass in between), and always a dessert (sand, dirt, leaves, plants, rocks). If we have any toys with us, we like to feed this food to them, otherwise, we pretend to feed each other.
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Scarlett loves this activity because it involves matching and animals. I got her a small world map that has illustrations of animals around the world. Then we take one of our animal figures and see if we can find it on the map so we can place it there. This map is not big, so it easily fits on the table, but because of its size it’s easier to fit smaller animal figures on it. We have a large collection of Schleich animal figures that we decided to invest in because of their beautiful quality – but since this map is not too big, only a few of them can fit on the same continent. I’ll probably get a bigger map like this for this activity since we both like it so much.
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