17 activities
Hide and Seek Toy
Hide a toy and let your toddler find it by searching.
1. While your child watches, place a favorite toy under a blanket. "Where did teddy go?"
2. Encourage your child to pull the blanket off and find it. "You found teddy!"
3. Now hide the toy behind a pillow or inside a box — somewhere they saw you put it but can't immediately see it.
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Favorite toyBlanket or pillow
Easy
Little Scientist
Experiment with dropping, pouring, and rolling to discover how things work.
1. Give your child a few safe objects of different weights — a soft ball, a wooden block, a scarf.
2. Sit together next to a couch or highchair and drop each one. "Watch! The ball bounces! The scarf floats!"
3. Let your child try dropping each object. They'll want to do it again and again — that's the experiment.
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Soft ballWooden blockScarfRamp (cutting board)
Moderate
Shape Sorter Fun
Match shapes to their openings in a simple shape sorter.
1. Start with a shape sorter that has just 3-4 large, distinct shapes — circle, square, triangle.
2. Pick up a shape and name it: "This is a circle. Let's find where it goes!"
3. Guide your child's hand to try the circle on different openings. When it drops in, celebrate: "It fits!"
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Simple shape sorter with 3-4 large shapes
Moderate
Pretend Tea Party
Have a simple pretend tea party with cups and spoons.
1. Set out 2-3 cups, a spoon, and a plate on the floor or low table.
2. Model pretend actions: pick up a cup and pretend to drink. "Mmmm, yummy tea!"
3. Offer a cup to your child: "Would you like some tea?" Wait for them to pretend-drink.
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2-3 cupsSpoonPlateStuffed animal
Moderate
Follow My Words
Give simple one-step directions for your toddler to follow.
1. Start with directions paired with gestures: point to a ball and say "Get the ball!"
2. When your child retrieves it, celebrate: "You did it! You got the ball!"
3. Gradually remove the gesture: just say "Get the ball" without pointing. Can they follow with words alone?
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Easy
Picture Point
Find named pictures in a book to build word-object connections.
1. Open a board book with clear, simple pictures — one showing a dog, a ball, a baby, a car.
2. Ask your child: "Where's the dog?" and wait for them to look at or point to the right picture.
3. If they find it, light up: "Yes! That's the dog! Woof woof!"
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Board book with clear simple pictures
Easy
Tool Time
Use one object as a tool to reach or move another object.
1. Place a favorite toy just out of your child's reach on a blanket.
2. Show them they can pull the blanket toward themselves to get the toy: "Pull! The toy is coming closer!"
3. Try a different setup: put a toy at the end of a long scarf and let your child reel it in by pulling the scarf.
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Blanket or scarfSmall toyLong spoon
Moderate
What Goes Where?
Sort everyday objects by where they belong.
1. Gather 6-8 familiar objects from around the house — a spoon, a sock, a cup, a shoe, a washcloth, a toy.
2. Set up two containers labeled with a picture: one for "kitchen things" and one for "clothing."
3. Hold up a spoon: "Where does this go? The kitchen! Let's put it in." Place it in the right container.
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6-8 familiar household objects2-3 containers
Advanced
Puzzle Start
Try a simple 2-3 piece wooden puzzle together.
1. Choose a puzzle with 2-3 large pieces and knobs (animals or shapes work well).
2. Remove one piece and hand it to your child: "Where does this go?"
3. Point to the empty space: "Does it fit here?"
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simple wooden knob puzzle
Easy
Match Pairs
Find matching objects around the house — two spoons, two socks, two blocks of the same color.
1. Gather 3 pairs of matching objects: two spoons, two red blocks, two socks.
2. Mix them up on the floor.
3. Hold up one spoon: "Can you find the OTHER spoon? The one that looks the same?"
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3 pairs of matching household objects
Moderate
Banana Phone
Use everyday objects as pretend versions of something else — a banana as a phone, a block as a car.
1. Pick up a banana (or wooden block, shoe, anything handy).
2. Hold it to your ear: "Ring ring! Hello? Oh hi Grandma!"
3. Offer it to your child: "It's for you! Say hello!"
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Moderate
Cause Chain
Set up simple chain reactions — push a ball that knocks over a tower — to explore cause and effect.
1. Build a small tower of 3-4 blocks.
2. Place a ball nearby and show your child: "Watch! If I push the ball..." Roll the ball into the tower. "The blocks fall down! Crash!"
3. Build the tower again: "Your turn! Can you push the ball?"
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blocksball
Advanced
Where Did I Put It?
Hide a toy while your toddler watches and wait for them to find it from memory.
1. Show your child a small toy they like.
2. While they watch, put it behind a pillow (or under a blanket, in a box).
3. Distract your child briefly — sing a short verse or count to 10.
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small toypillow or blanket
Advanced
Fix It Together
Break something simple on purpose (take apart a tower, unsnap a lid) and ask your toddler to fix it.
1. Build a small tower, then knock it over: "Oh no! It broke! Can you fix it?"
2. Hand your child the blocks and encourage them to rebuild.
3. Put a lid on a container, then take it off: "The lid came off! Can you put it back?"
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blockscontainers with lids
Advanced
Big and Small Sort
Sort objects into groups by size — big things in the big bowl, small things in the small bowl.
1. Set out two containers: one large bowl and one small bowl (or box).
2. Gather 6-8 safe objects in two clear sizes: 3-4 big items (large ball, big block, large spoon) and 3-4 small items (small ball, small block, small cup).
3. Demonstrate: put a big item in the big bowl: "This is BIG! It goes in the BIG bowl!"
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two different-sized bowlsbig and small objects
Advanced
Two Step Problem
Give your toddler a simple two-step challenge — get the stool, then reach the toy.
1. Place a desired toy on a surface just above your child's reach.
2. Place a small, safe step stool or sturdy box nearby (but not directly below the toy).
3. Point to the toy: "Can you get it? It's up high!"
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step stool or sturdy boxdesired toy
Advanced
Shape Match
Match shapes to their outlines on paper
1. Trace simple shapes (circle, square, triangle) onto paper.
2. Cut out matching shapes from cardboard.
3. Show your child how to place each shape on its outline.
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paper with traced shapescardboard cutout shapes
Moderate