A lot of us moms think keeping a toddler engaged and make them learn a few essential skills requires a lot of fancy equipment, toys and what have you.
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Here is where we go wrong.
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A lot of household items can be used to quickly whip up a creative game and work on important skills like gross motor, fine motor, concentration and creativity. These games are guaranteed to keep your toddler mindfully engaged and engrossed for hours!
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In this video, we use things commonly found around the house and create activities that work on the all-important fine motor skills of your toddler. Tune in and try it at home today!
Activity 1
Materials Needed
- Clothes Pegs
- Oven Grill Rack
Method
- Cut out items of clothing from paper.
- Now using the clothes peg hang these clothes on the rack.
- This can be used to count the number of pegs in each row or to match the colour of the clothes to the colour of the peg.
Activity 2
Materials Needed
- Pipe Cleaners
- Oven Grill Rack
Method
Get your child to wind the pipe cleaners in different ways. This helps their motor skills and concentrations levels.
Write in and tell us how you keep your toddler engaged and what are your go-to activities to work on motor development.
Mansi Zaveri
