What will help my toddler with gross motor development? This post is very similar to my locomotor skills post, so I’ll try to make it short. Basically, having your toddler walk on a line is a wonderful skill for gross motor development. The simple act of having to watch where their feet are going, not… Continue reading Walk the Line: Gross Motor Development for Toddlers
Category: Toddler
Walk on Pillows for Gross Motor Development
Do you need a great game that will improve your toddler’s gross motor development? Smiley Man absolutely loved this gross motor development game, which you can tell from the title, is walking on pillows. At first, this was very difficult for him and he was getting frustrated. However, I turned on some music and that… Continue reading Walk on Pillows for Gross Motor Development
Throw and Roll a Ball to Improve Gross Motor Skills
What is a fun activity for toddlers that will help improve gross motor skills? Just for some background, Smiley Man’s first word was ball. He loves balls. In fact, I’m pretty sure the only reason he ever got around to crawling was because he would push a ball, then go crawl to it. Every once… Continue reading Throw and Roll a Ball to Improve Gross Motor Skills
Dance to Music – Gross Motor Activity for Toddlers
How can I get my kids moving to develop some gross motor skills? Toddler gross motor skills are highly important for your child’s development, but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Dancing to music is a favorite activity at my house and we do it frequently. It’s so easy to dance to music,… Continue reading Dance to Music – Gross Motor Activity for Toddlers
Homemade Lightsabers for Gross Motor Development
What is a super fun toy I can make for my toddler that will help with gross motor skills development? It’s time for a new toddler series and this one is perfect for my Smiley Man. If you’ve been following my blog for a long time, you may recall that Smiley Man had a gross… Continue reading Homemade Lightsabers for Gross Motor Development
Learning Notebook and New Schedule
What schedule should I use for tot school or school for my toddler? At the beginning of July I started a new tot school schedule with Smiley Man and I wanted to give a little bit more explanation about our new schedule. We still do tot trays every day, but instead of having Smiley Man… Continue reading Learning Notebook and New Schedule
Toddler Music Activities: Tap the Beat
What is a music lesson I can do with my toddler that will teach him rhythm? Today is the last post for toddler music activities and I am a little sad to see this series end. I have had a fun time doing these music activities with my kids. Many of them I do frequently,… Continue reading Toddler Music Activities: Tap the Beat
Toddler Music Activities: Draw to Music
I have been waiting to do this toddler music activity for a few weeks now, so when it was time to finally put this post together, I was so excited. The idea behind it is really simple, but it is a fabulous way to get children to express themselves and to listen carefully to music.… Continue reading Toddler Music Activities: Draw to Music
Toddler Music Activity: Homemade Instruments
How can I make and use homemade musical instruments for my toddler’s music lesson? Today I am going to talk more about toddler music and movement activities. The activity is playing with homemade musical instruments. This is honestly one of the easiest toddler music activities you can do. It takes a tiny bit of prep… Continue reading Toddler Music Activity: Homemade Instruments
Toddler Music Activities: Hand Signals
I am so excited about this new series of posts for toddlers! It is also about music and movement activities for toddlers and of course it can be for preschoolers too. I am very passionate about the power of music. In fact, I have even written a long research paper on that very topic. Music… Continue reading Toddler Music Activities: Hand Signals
