Toddler Skills: Ladders, Timing and Activities · page 2
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33 pages in 5 groups: Fine motor (5), Social-emotional (7), Practical life (9), Creativity & pretend (6), Early concepts (6).
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Fine motor
- Squeezing and rolling 14–36 months · 7 activities Squeezing and rolling in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Pokes and pats” to “Pinches with fingertips”. Timing, 7 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Tearing and peeling 14–36 months · 3 activities Tearing and peeling in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Crumples and pulls” to “Tears with a plan”. Timing, 3 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Knob puzzles 15–36 months · 4 activities Knob puzzles in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Lifts pieces out” to “Finishes a small puzzle”. Timing, 4 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Shape sorting 15–36 months · 3 activities Shape sorting in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Posts through an open top” to “Chooses by looking”. Timing, 3 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Twisting lids and knobs 18–36 months · 4 activities Twisting lids and knobs in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Tugs and bangs” to “Twists everywhere”. Timing, 4 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
Practical life
- Drinking from an open cup 12–24 months · 4 activities Drinking from an open cup in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Sips while you hold” to “Drinks from different cups”. Typical timing and 4 activities to practise it.
- Finger feeding 12–20 months · 7 activities Finger feeding in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Rakes food” to “Feeds in new places”. Typical timing, 7 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Helping with dressing 12–36 months · 4 activities Helping with dressing in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Cooperates” to “Puts on simple clothes”. Timing, 4 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Using a spoon 12–30 months · 4 activities Using a spoon in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Holds and waves” to “Spoon away from home”. Timing, 4 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Household helping 14–36 months · 14 activities Household helping in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Watches jobs” to “Offers help”. Typical timing, 14 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Tidying up 14–36 months · 7 activities Tidying up in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Drops one toy in” to “Tidies on their own”. Typical timing, 7 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Hand washing 15–36 months · 5 activities Hand washing in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Holds hands out” to “Starts it alone”. Typical timing, 5 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Potty awareness 15–36 months · 7 activities Potty awareness in toddlers: 6 steps, from “Knows the word” to “Joins the whole routine”. Timing, 7 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Using a fork 18–36 months · 3 activities Using a fork in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Holds the fork” to “Chooses the fork”. Typical timing, 3 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
Creativity & pretend
- Action songs 12–36 months · 8 activities Action songs in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Watches and smiles” to “Leads the song”. Typical timing, 8 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Making music 12–36 months · 6 activities Making music in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Bangs for sound” to “Sings bits of songs”. Timing, 6 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Simple pretend play 12–36 months · 19 activities Simple pretend play in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Pretends on self” to “Pretends with a partner”. Timing, 19 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Painting 15–36 months · 5 activities Painting in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Explores the paint” to “Paints with a plan”. Typical timing, 5 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Building and constructing 18–36 months · 5 activities Building and constructing in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Stacks a few” to “Builds for a story”. Timing, 5 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Pretend sequences 18–36 months · 8 activities Pretend sequences in toddlers: 5 steps, from “One pretend action” to “Gives roles”. Timing, 8 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
Early concepts
- Spatial words 15–36 months · 20 activities Spatial words in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Hears place words” to “Describes where”. Timing, 20 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Colors and shapes 18–36 months · 13 activities Colors and shapes in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Notices bright colors” to “Notices shapes”. Timing, 13 activities and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Counting 18–36 months · 11 activities Counting in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Hears counting” to “Counts a small set”. Typical timing, 11 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Matching 18–36 months · 14 activities Matching in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Notices sameness” to “Matches in real life”. Typical timing, 14 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Size words 18–36 months · 10 activities Size words in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Hears size words” to “Compares”. Typical timing, 10 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
- Sorting 20–36 months · 8 activities Sorting in toddlers: 5 steps, from “Collects one kind” to “Sorts real things”. Typical timing, 8 activities to practise it and when to ask the pediatrician.
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