Growing & Learning in Faith
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: …
Does your baby/toddler ceaselessly open your wipes lids and take every single wipe out of the box? Then this activity is perfect for your little. Things you need: Cardboard cut to required size Chart paper (not absolutely necessary) Wipes lids (I stored them after their actual use over time, with this activity in mind) Textures …
My almost 13-month old loves messy play, so I decided to incorporate more paint activities in his week. Warning: It could get real messy. But that is how babies learn and they have so much time doing it! Setup: You will need the following for this activity: Chart paper Washable paints for kids. Any kind …
This activity was born out of the many Amazon boxes lying around in my house. As I searched online for toddler DIY activities that we could create with these boxes, I found some pretty amazing, yet easy activities I could do for J. My favorites are:* Snowflake drop* Sorting drop box Supplies needed: 2 Amazon …
This is a really good activity to encourage independent play, and also enhances hand-eye coordination. You may need some patience as your little tries to figure it out. We had to do the activity a couple of times, showing him what to do, and he started doing it by himself one fine day! Supplies needed …