Growing & Learning in Faith
My toddler is now 18 months old and I was looking for some crafts that he could do with us to hang on the tree. Most of the activities were rather too involved or complicated for him, so we toned it down and made simple ones to add to our traditions. We are planning to …
Toddlers love books! Being read, turning them and trying to make sounds as they read themselves. My little one spreads all his books around him and jumps from one book to another – my little multi-tasker. We do love his enthusiasm to read and we like to encourage them, even at this early age. Now …
This is a great activity for working on your toddler’s fine motor skills. And if your toddler is at the age like mine(18-month-old), you can start introducing colors. SETUP: I used my baking dish for this activity. Pompoms I got from the Dollar store Some small jars or utensils. measuring cups and tea filter to …
My toddler is currently loving this weather, especially playing with the leaves outside. This activity is born out of his love for throwing leaves. SETUP: A shallow storage box like this one. Leaves collected fresh from outside our house. Some of his favorite trucks. We walked around our house this morning collecting leaves of all …
Toddlers by nature love love Fall! My 18 month old loves to collect leaves, throw collected leaves, and just enjoy all the colors around him. It’s a joy to watch him enjoy this season for the first time. So I’ve been looking for activities that incorporate the beauty of the season. SETUP: I taped two …
We love activities with rice, especially rainbow rice. Lately, my toddler is all about pouring, so we thought this would be a great activity for my 17 mo old. You will need the following for the activity: Funnel set. I got it from here. A shallow long box, like here. Some clear bottles. You can …
This is a great activity for developing your toddler’s cognitive motor skills. And all you need are things you mostly will have at home. You will need the following for this activity: An egg carton Colored craft sticks. I got these in the Dollar store. Washable kid paint. I got it from Amazon. I flipped …
We did this activity this week and this will be some activity we will keep doing it throughout the Fall/Winter season. J is just learning to say a few words and this is a great activity to teach them words like ‘ice’, ‘cold’ and ‘melting’. I even got something like ‘coo’ in the end. It …
Looking for a way to create a Fall activity for the whole family? Fall is new to us, in the sense we did not have Fall in India. So we were looking for a toddler-friendly activity that involves the whole family. Since our bubba loves to mess with colors, we thought that finger painting would …
Around 15 months toddlers become interested in pouring liquids of all kinds. I noticed J showing interest around that same time. I did look at some pouring stations online, but they were way too expensive. So I decided to make a simple one myself. This was my setup: You’ll need the following for the activity: …