Toddler Summer Fun

There is a lot of time to be spent with your toddler this summer. Make it memorable, fun and a quality learning experience with these simple activities. Each activity will foster different areas of your toddler's developmental needs.

Activities do not need to be expensive or time consuming. As long as they are fun, then your toddler will greatly benefit. Not only will they benefit from the skills they learn, but also from spending quality time with a parent. This boosts their self-esteem and can set the pattern for a life-long love of learning.

The first activity is really fun and messy. This can be done outdoors or on a hard floor. Get washable paints and a big cardboard box. Collapse the box down to a flat floor of cardboard. You and your toddler can get paint on your feet and hands and decorate the box. Dance in the paint to music to make it more fun!

It is also fun to teach your toddler about how different things have tracks. Use push cars and trucks to make different tracks of paint all over the box. Get creative and use other things around the house to make prints. Different fruits and vegetables can be used, as well as things such as potato mashers, sponges and paintbrushes. When your artwork is done, have fun playing in the sprinkler together to get clean. When the cardboard is dry, tape the edges and cut out a door and window. Now you have a custom painted and built playhouse that your toddler can enjoy for days to come.

Another fun summer project is learning with water. This is fun, simple and practically free. Go into the yard with a bunch of containers from your kitchen. Bring a tea kettle, flower vase, colander, watering can, plastic soda bottles and other items that will be interesting to pour from. Pots or buckets can be used and you can even place targets, such as toys, into the buckets. Teach your toddler how to pour water from each container into the pots and buckets. When they all have water, talk about what sinks and what floats. Divide items into separate pots. You can sort by color, size, texture or whether or not the items sink or float. Use paint brushes, water guns and sponges to paint the fence or side of the house with water. You can have lots of safe water fun in the yard while spending quality learning time with your child.

Spend the summer doing similar activities outdoors. While indoors, take advantage of household chores to spend even more time together. Use stools so that your toddler can throw clothes into the washer or help you mix ingredients while cooking. Teach your toddler how to fold wash cloths and hang their own clothes on childrens clothes hangers. Mimicking adult behaviors helps your toddler to develop a healthy high self-esteem.

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