Teach your child simple songs like Itsy Bitsy Spider, or other cultural childhood rhymes.
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Teach your child simple songs like Itsy Bitsy Spider, or other cultural childhood rhymes. Look for ice outside. Touch the ice and feel how it is cold. Hold some in your hand so your toddler can see it melt. Talk about how the cold turns water into ice. Play in the snow if your toddler likes it. Make snowballs and see how far you can throw them. Make a snowman and dress him. Make snow angels. Try as much as possible to include your toddlers in holiday activities. At this age they like to “help”, and if you include them in what you are doing it often reduces the possibility of temper tantrums. The holidays are a great time to introduce new DVD’s and CD’s to your toddlers. Yes, Elmo has a decent Christmas DVD. It’s a nice change to the other two Elmo movies they watch every day. Ask your child to help you set the Thanksgiving table, showing you value his help. This will help to build his confidence and self-esteem. A popular craft that offers Thanksgiving fun for toddlers is the stenciled hand turkey! Simply trace his or hand on a piece of white or colored paper, and allow your child to color it. You can make a mobile, with dangling turkeys that each have an “I’m thankful for…” message. When preparing for Thanksgiving allow your child to help measure, mash, bake and cook some of the dinner dishes with you. This will help your child develop math and manipulating skills, as well as the knowledge of temperatures. Remember the rule of three: your child can only really hold one thing in each hand; so will be more willing to share the third with others. When planning a toddler party, invite family and the kids your toddler plays with regularly (four or five is plenty). An hour and a half is enough time to play, have a snack, sing, and eat cake. Go for a nature walk – Educational yet lots of fun. Your toddler will love exploring and collecting different treasures to bring home. Encourage your children to join in while you read. Pause to let them fill in a rhyming word or repeating line: “I’ll huff and I’ll puff . . .” Have fun today, play a “color game” by asking your child to find something in the room that is a certain color. Visit your local pet store. Most have impressive collections of dogs, cats, fish, birds, reptiles & hamsters to delight the little ones. For a fun activity, make a plate of bubbles. Take a small plate, plastic drinking straw, dish washing liquid and tap water. Two drops dish soap is all you need. Playgroup activities should be something that will involve all the children and should be kept age-appropriate. Start applying sunscreen BEFORE you even leave the house. This is extremely important as toddler skin is very sensitive and burns easily. Taking the time to apply sunscreen beforehand ensures that you can get their whole body covered and not miss any spots. Make stamp art. Cut a few potatoes in half. Carve a design on the end of each potato. Use the potatoes as stamps. Dip them in finger paints and stamp on paper. Avoid play group meltdowns by keeping the visits short; no more than two hours at once.From: ToddlersToday.com Staying inside all day is a bad, bad idea with this age group and will make time slow until it more or less screeches to a halt. |
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