Toddlers behaviour

 Activities to Improve Your Toddler's Development

• Textures

Toddlers are sensory learners who love to touch, smell, and taste to understand the world around them. For little ones learning to write, their fingers can experiment with the shape of a letter before grasping a writing utensil. Each day, say the letters and numbers out loud as your child runs his fingers over them.extend the activity by creating a poster that spells out his first name. Soon your child will notice these letters on signs, posters, and billboard.

• Try Measuring Up

Using everyday items, teach your child to measure. 

 In the fall, have your child lie down on the grass and then line up apples next to her to measure how many "apples tall" she is at certain ages.

• Label Your Household

Pick just one or two items to label in your house, such as the refrigerator, windows, and chairs, and rotate the labeled objects every few months.  Make labels the same size and use a basic font so kids can identify them easily. labeling allows children to know that everything has a set of common symbols to be written down and identified.  Reinforce the concept daily and over time, your child will be able to identify the words independently.

The experiences children have during their first five years have a tremendous impact on the development of their brains, their health, and their future as adults.

• Introduce Organization

Parents should embrace this quality even though it may slow down activities and chores.Tie in the Label Your Household activity by keeping toys, clothes, dishes, and household items in specific places. As you put things in their labeled bins and drawers, turn the process into a guessing game.these tasks give you a way to begin teaching your young children about responsibilities, helping others, and being part of a family."

• Arrange a Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunts can be created beforehand or invented on the spot. If your child needs assistance, gather three objects for her to choose from while asking, "Which object is red? Which object is a circle?" Expand on the Label Your Household activity by arranging a scavenger hunt for different labeled items, or ask her to search the bookshelves for a specific letter, word, or number. 

• Take on the Town

Get familiar with your town by pointing out the supermarket, fire station, gas station, and other places of interest.This includes who works there, the purpose of your visit, and what items you find inside. The next time you're out with your child, refer to these "neighborhood" cards.Solidify this activity by teaching them the song "The People in Your Neighborhood" 

• Sing Vocabulary Words

Develop this skill by creating funny tunes about rhyming words and counting to ten, or sing easy, classic songs such as the Alphabet SongEncourage singing in the car, while playing at home, and during bathtime. If your child attends day care or preschool, ask the teacher for the class's favorites songs and reinforce them at home. Teach songs to grandparents and babysitters so that all of the important people in your child's life will be involved in this lighthearted activity. Your child will start learning through song as she recites letters, numbers, days of the week, and body parts to melodic tunes.

• Number Your Mornings

On a piece of poster paper, create a calendar grid with 31 boxes and leave space at the top to add signs that represent each month. Write the days of the week across the top and number 31 cards with numbers 1 to 31.Hang the calendar at your child's eye level and on the first day of each month, add a monthly sign and the number 1 card under the correct day of the week. The next day, challenge her to find the number 2 card and figure out the day of the week. Singing the Days of the Week song can also help. You child will begin to understand the calendar and numerical system.