6 Ideas to Try Right Now
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#1·15–20 min
Sticker Sorting Game
🛒Materials: Sticker sheets, paper divided into sections
- 1Draw sections on paper (colours, shapes, animals).
- 2Give your child a sticker sheet.
- 3Challenge: put each sticker in the right section.
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#2·5–10 min
Dance Party
🛒Materials: None (just music)
- 1Play your child's favorite upbeat song.
- 2Dance together in the living room.
- 3Pause the music randomly and yell 'Freeze!'
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#3·10–15 min
Pillow Mountain Climber
🛒Materials: Sofa cushions, pillows
- 1Pile sofa cushions and pillows on a soft carpeted floor.
- 2Let your child climb over, jump on, or burrow into the pile.
- 3Encourage crawling and balancing.
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#4·10–15 min
Balloon Tapping
🛒Materials: Balloon, painter's tape
- 1Hang a balloon from a doorway at your toddler's head height.
- 2Show them how to tap it with their hand or a paper tube.
- 3Encourage them to reach and jump.
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#5·15–20 min
Water Tray Pouring
🛒Materials: Shallow tray, cups, small jug of water
- 1Put a towel on the floor and set a shallow tray on it.
- 2Fill one cup with a little water and give a smaller cup.
- 3Let your toddler pour back and forth freely.
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Toddlers can pour for 20+ minutes. It builds fine motor skills.
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#6·20 min
Sticky Wall (Contact Paper)
🛒Materials: Contact paper / sticky-back plastic, torn tissue paper, leaves
- 1Tape a sheet of contact paper sticky-side-out to a low wall.
- 2Give your toddler small bits of tissue paper, leaves, or stickers.
- 3Let them stick things on and peel them off.
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Great for developing pincer grip — a key pre-writing skill.
