Toddler Growth and Development

This easy outdoor activity provides a fun way to learn about feet and the length of a stride.

Your toddler will love to move her feet when motivated by the sound of a jingle bell sewn onto her socks.

This activity will teach your child how to control his limbs in an enclosed space.

This checklist can help you explore your child's unique sensory portrait and identify sensitivities, triggers, and patterns underlying any worrisome behaviors.

This game teaches young children when and how to move their body in order to toss objects into a large laundry basket.

This activity provides the kind of visual cues that get most children moving at top speed.

It's backwards day! Have fun with your child doing everything in your day backwards.

The fun activity helps young children learn about colors by using food coloring.

Growing muscles make young children feel powerful. This is the perfect age for racing you across the yard.

Set up a running obstacle course that requires quick movements and precision. This will help your child master rapid shifts of the body.

Here's a simple way to reinforce and reward your toddler's cooperation and kindness.

Give your toddler clothespins and a coffee can, and suddenly he's busy!

If your toddler is curious about sounds, the clothespin drop is a great rainy-day activity for her.

This activity will give your toddler's large muscles – and his imagination – a workout.

Shake the soda bottle, and your toddler will be amazed by the glittery waves that are produced.

Build your child's vocabulary. This toddler rhyme activity pairs actions with words.

Your toddler will love playing with the homemade block sorter. Here's how to make it.

Asking "What would happen if...?" is a great activity that promotes creative thinking in toddlers.