fine motor skills (here are 50+ fine motor activities for toddlers and preschoolers)
child development
creative expression
sensory activities
Indoor Activities for Toddlers
There are a lot of different activities we love to bring forth.
Here are a list of toddler activities for young kids.
Educational activities we love:
Toddler Activities Book Printable
Easy Alphabet Sensory Bottle
Pretend play
Color Sorting Printable
Fun Rainy Day Toddler Activity
Sensory Play Ideas:
Easy Sensory Bottle
Simple Sensory Bag
Shape Toddler Ideas
Fun Sensory Bin
We love setting up an easy sensory bin.
Here are some of the ingredients we use within a simple sensory activity:
measuring cup
different objects
different color items (for a color learning activity)
a base
Check out our Preschool Activity Book Printable Below
Perfect Toddler Activities
Sometimes we’ll use food coloring to color our base (uncooked rice..)
For an added bonus, include a sensory bin with a small amount of warm water and bubbles.
Add their favorite squishy bath toys for an easy activity.
Little hands will enjoy exploring and have extra fun with this simple play setup.
Adult supervision is always advised.
A safe environment is a must.
Toddlers have short attention spans so a simple sensory setup is filled with so many benefits (stimulates the senses, learning is improved..) and takes up a good chunk of time.
What are some of your favorite things to add within a sensory bin?
Do you have some great ideas we can incorporate into simple activities to try at home?
Share with me a fun way to go about setting up a new sensory bin in the comments below. 🙂
I love learning your easy home activities and setups!
We love putting together a simple homemade sensory bottle.
I’ll use a hot glue gun (adult-use only) to glue the top to the bottle.
This allows for the bottle to be extra shut.
It’s the simple things, right?
Sensory bottles are a great activity for little kids and for older kids.
It allows littles to explore while everything is contained.
Outdoor Activities for Kids (Tap Below)
What are good activities for 2 year olds?
I like to incorporate activities that involve a little bit of:
Fine motor skills
Sensory play
Crafts for kids
Those are my 3 main and then I will work around themes and ideas for different seasons and such.
This is a wonderful way to go about bringing forth an activity for 2 year olds making sure that the items are not small and that they are well supervised when attempting any of these activities.
I’ll be sharing below many different activity ideas for toddlers, so stay tuned!
Related: Looking for fun things to do with a toddler? Check out this Duck and Frog Sensory Bin!
Shape Activities for 2 Year olds and up:
How do I entertain my 2 year old indoors?
Entertaining a toddler indoors is so much fun!
You can set up so many fun ideas by incorporating a bit of open ended play.
For example, do you have a blue towel?
This can be a pretend ocean.
Then, add all of their ocean toy figures to it and pretend the sea animals are swimming in the ocean!
If you are looking for more open ended toys, here are some ideas of ones we own and truly love:
Poster Board Preschool Printable Bundle Below
How can I stimulate my 2 year old at home?
You can stimulate toddlers at home by bringing forth engaging activities such as:
Open ended play
Sensory play
Crafts for toddlers and for kids
Fine motor skills
DIY cardboard activities
Montessori activities
Many of these allow for the stimulation of the brain by bringing forth play to learn activities which are so important for the stimulation of toddlers!
Best part: They are gaining benefits and learning at the exact same time.
Share with me your best activity for young children in the comments below.
I love following ideas and learning a great way to bring forth a popular activity of yours in our home.
It makes me so happy and I think it is the best thing ever to add new and exciting ideas for the summer months or any time of the year.
200+ Easy and Fun Toddler Activity Ideas
Easy Toddler Activities
Toddler Busy Book – Active Littles
Easy Rubber Band Fine Motor Activity – Active Littles
Easy Shape Sorting Activity – Active Littles
Pouring Water Activity for Toddlers – Active Littles
Water Play for Toddlers – Active Littles
Learning Shapes Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Apple Washing Activity for Toddlers – Active Littles
Being bored can be good for kids by helping them develop planning strategies, problem-solving skills, flexibility, and creativity. It also helps kids build tolerance for not-so-fun experiences, preparing them for life.
18 Months to 3 Years: Most children can tolerate up to an hour or more at this age. Like with the previous stage, start with smaller chunks of time throughout the day and build up their tolerance.
A baby is generally considered a toddler beginning around 1 year (12 months) of age. There's no official "upper limit" of toddlerhood, but most people consider the end of the toddler age to be around the time a child transitions into preschool.
Providing them with sensory play activities such as playing with play-dough, sand, or water can keep them occupied for an extended period of time. Art activities: Toddlers enjoy being creative and expressing themselves through art.
At 6 months, a child may be content playing by themselves for 5 minutes. At 12 months, they can handle about 15 minutes of solo play. At 18 months, they might play alone for 15 to 20 minutes. At 2 years, they should last around 30 minutes.
More than just a chance to have fun, play is how babies and toddlers learn about and interact with the world around them. So they need lots of time to do it — every single day.
Introduction: My name is Nicola Considine CPA, I am a determined, witty, powerful, brainy, open, smiling, proud person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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