Thursday Thirteen: Thirteen Toddler Activities

Record your child singing and play it back. Finding Colors - Ask your toddler to go around the house and get things of certain color: green, red, blue. Sink or float. Pull together some waterproof toys and a tub of water. Teach your child which things sink and which ones float. Make a Mask – Using paper plates and a piece of elastic Cereal Box Dominoes – save your cereal boxes, line up empty boxes like dominoes and have your child knock them down and line them up again. Paint chip color matching. Go to a local hardware store and pick out paint chips in recognizable colors (2 or 3 for each color). Have your child match colors. Gift bag Drop - Line up some open gift bags and have your child drop cotton balls or marshmallows into the bags. Water Bottle Noise Makers - Put some pennies into used water bottles. Screw the lid on tightly and shake away. Playing Card Fun - Use cards that you don’t mind getting bent. Drop the cards and let your child pick them up. Put them number side up on the floor and have them find the 5 or the 2, etc. Gone Fishin’ - Cut some fish out of craft foam. Get a fish net from your local pet store. Have your child “catch” the fish in the bathtub. Beans - Give you child a bowl full of dried beans. Give them measuring cups and spoons to transfer the beans into different containers. Grocery Store – save empty boxes of cereal, dried pudding mix, any type of boxes or cartons that can be emptied or rinsed out. Tape them closed with packing tape. Let your child go grocery shopping for the ingredients for dinner. Mirror, Mirror – Use erasable markers to write on a mirror. Try drawing a mustache on your child’s image in the mirror.

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