50 fantastic things to do with toddlers

Explore, inquire, and experiment alongside young learners using the 50 simple ideas offered in this engaging series. Written specifically for parents, the activities in the books will lead to infectious excitement and enthusiasm for learning. Each activity features easy-to-follow instructions with p...

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Main Author: Featherstone, Sally.
Other Authors: Featherstone, Phill.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Lewisville, NC : Gryphon House, Inc., [2013]
Series: 50 fantastic things series
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Over to you-giving and taking
  • It's your choice-learning to point
  • Squeezy peasy-using hands to explore
  • Strings 'n' things-making a feely string
  • Let's dance-feeling security, showing affection
  • Look who's here-fun with mirrors
  • Smooth operator-feeling hands and faces
  • Splashing out-grabbing, feeling and letting go
  • Look there-distance pointing
  • 1-2-3, clap with me-a counting song
  • Under and over-hiding and finding
  • Hello, goodbye-greetings and farewells
  • Hands together-squeezing and pulling
  • A sight for a song-singing about what you can see
  • It's for you-taking turns with talking
  • A basket full of feelings-a texture treasure basket
  • Hand in glove-making the most of hands
  • Follow that!-following a toy
  • In, out, tip it all out-filling and emptying
  • Fetch-pointing and vocalizing
  • Two's company-matching and pairing objects
  • Material world-in and out
  • Hide and seek-covering and uncovering
  • Hey-ho, here we go!-active play and gestures
  • What a looker!-more mirror fun
  • You and me-simple pretend play
  • Choose me a story-sharing a familiar book
  • Splash or drizzle?-making choices
  • Catch this-passing back and forth
  • My hat!-practicing "give me" gestures
  • What's that?-exploring everyday objects
  • Saucy!-simple food play
  • In a hole-starting on threading
  • Paint it!-exploring paint on a vertical surface
  • In the box-making choices
  • Bendy, stretchy-copying actions
  • Let's hear it for . . .-clapping and patting
  • First you put it in, then you get it out-play with tins and boxes
  • Spread it around-painting around yourself
  • Get it?-following and fetching
  • Dress-up dolly-pointing and choosing
  • Funny bunny-making up rhyming words
  • Here i am, look at me-swinging and singing
  • What's in a name?-playing a story
  • Mine, mine!-making your presence felt
  • This or that?-making simple choices
  • Crawler explorer-tunnels and dens
  • Point and poke-exploring holes
  • Time for a change-a changing mat game
  • A family affair-your child's own treasure box
  • Index.