Stacking, sorting, and stringing are fantastic ways to enhance your toddler's fine motor skills. Those little hands that are becoming so adept at things will become even more skilled when stacking building blocks, sorting through coloured rings to put onto a pole, and stringing beads together.
If your toddler is still a little young, those snap-together beads will give him or her hours of pleasure. Once he or she has the hang of those, you can let him or her string together large wooden beads onto a shoelace or thick, strong string. Large buttons, with big eyes, are also fun for toddlers to string together.
To make it even more exciting for your toddler, give then different size, shape, and colour blocks to play with, as well as some other materials that they can build with and manipulate. Although numbered and lettered blocks are for older children, you can let your child sort refrigerator alphabet magnets by colour and size – very fascinating to toddlers!
When your toddler has mastered the art of handling all of the above, you might want to let her make edible jewellery. Coloured pasta shapes and rings of dried fruit are perfect for this.
If your toddler is still a little young, those snap-together beads will give him or her hours of pleasure. Once he or she has the hang of those, you can let him or her string together large wooden beads onto a shoelace or thick, strong string. Large buttons, with big eyes, are also fun for toddlers to string together.
To make it even more exciting for your toddler, give then different size, shape, and colour blocks to play with, as well as some other materials that they can build with and manipulate. Although numbered and lettered blocks are for older children, you can let your child sort refrigerator alphabet magnets by colour and size – very fascinating to toddlers!
When your toddler has mastered the art of handling all of the above, you might want to let her make edible jewellery. Coloured pasta shapes and rings of dried fruit are perfect for this.