Time With Toddlers
Oh how I love being “Aunt
Becca.”
This past month I had the
chance to spend time with two of
my nieces, one who is two years
old and another who just cele
brated her first birthday. We play
ed and played. Isn’t that what
aunts and nieces are supposed to
do?
Well fall is a wonderful time to
explore the world with a toddler
who is close to you. Now that the
older children are back in school,
you may find a bit more time on
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your hands to spend with those
who are busy cruising around the
coffee tables and stepping on your
heels in the kitchen.
Toddlers are inquisitive. They
thrive when they are given
chances to explore the world
around them. Tlie youngest tod
dlers are just beginning to walk in
dependently, but they love to prac
tice this new-found skill. They are
naming objects and beginning to
combine words. A toddler is still
not ready to group play. She is
more contented playing independ
ently around other children.
As you explore (he world with
the toddlers in your life, help them
to develop their physical and so
cial skills. Encourage their
curiosity. Talk with them so that
their language skills increase.
Here’s a simple exercise that
accomplishes many of these goals.
Allow your toddler to take his
shoes off and run in the grass. Be
sure that the area is free of debris
before starting. Then chant this
poem together, “Up to the sky,
down to the grass; Up to the sky,
down to the grass; Turn around,
now fall down. Boom!” As you
say the poem stretch your arms
high, bend to touch the grass. As
you finish the poem, circle around
and tumble on the grass. Toddlers
may take a few practices to get the
hang of this, but once they do,
they’ll want to do* it again and
again.
Each time you go outside to
play, take along a small basket or
lunch bag to collect nature “trea
sures.” As your toddler spies
things, have her pick them up and
place them in the basket Be sure
to give each item a name and des-
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cribe it “Wow. That’s a long,
brown stick. It has bumps on it It
fell from this tree.”
When you sit down for a break,
take each treasure out of the bask
et and rename them. Ask your tod
dler for one of the treasures by
name. See if she can remember its
name and pick it out of the crowd.
This builds a child’s language and
observation skills. It also teaches
an early appreciation of nature.
Toddlers love sensory experi
ences. After your next neighbor
hood birthday party or shower,
save the crepe paper streamers.
These are wonderful outside toys
for youngsters. Urge your toddler
to run with a streamer in his hand.
They will love the sensation of
feeling the paper ripple in the air.
By holding two or three different
colored strips together, you add to
the visual excitement. For those
tots who are less mobile, simply
stand and twirl a short streamer
around your hand. For the really
coordinated ones, hold the stream
ers high (or tie them to a branch),
and challenge the children to jump
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and hit the paper. On a windy day,
it*s fun to simply stand near a
porch railing, holding the streamer
and watch it twist and twirl in the
breeze.
If you’re up for a workout with
your two-year-old, try this jump
ing game. It requires strength, bal
ance, and coordination (both
yours and your toddler’s). Find a
box or block that is strong enough
to support your child’s weight.
Stand her on the box and take both
her hands in yours. Then call,
“Ready, set, GO!” and help her
jump off the box. You want your
arms to be at her shoulder height
so that when she lands, she’s real
ly supporting her own weight and
you’re just steadying her. Like
most toddler fun, this one they’ll
want to do again and again.
When you finally come back in
side and need to calm down (or for
those grayer days) be sure to have
lots of toddler friendly toys
around like push-pull toys, stack
ing blocks, large spools, simple
puzzles, sturday picture books, a
pounding bench, and a play tele
phone. With these supplies and
quick ideas, your time with tod
dlers is sure to be rewarding.
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