Activities to Enhance Large Motor Skills: 12-18 Months
Your toddler is starting to walk and beginning to master her large motor skills. Jamie Loehr, M.D. and Jen Meyers, authors of "Raising Your Child," suggest these activities in order to help her develop these skills.
By Jamie Loehr, M.D. and Jen Meyers
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Kathryn Gamble
Boxes Make Great Toys
Save large boxes for your child to play with and in. Cut holes in the sides for windows and doors. He'll love crawling in and out of the boxes, and it's a great hiding place.
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Kathryn Gamble
Throw and Kick a Ball
Show your toddler how to throw and kick a ball. Play with small and large balls.
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Push and Pull
Provide your child with push or pull toys. He's at the right age for pulling something along with him as he walks, and he'll also love pushing around large cars and trucks, other push toys, and even some of your furniture.
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Kathryn Gamble
Use Riding Toys
Have ride-on toys for your child to play with: little cars that are powered the Fred Flintstone way (with feet on the ground), tricycles, or rocking horses.
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Kathryn Gamble
Dance With Him
Dance with your child. Put on some music you love to dance to and boogie!
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Encourage Exploration
Turn your home into a space for exploration. Position enticing objects in various safe locations for your child to discover. Put them at various heights so he will see different objects when crawling, sitting, standing, or walking. These objects don't have to be fancy or exotic, just big enough for him to notice -- and not choke on.
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Raising Your Child
Raising Your Child: The Complete Illustrated Guide is an information-packed guide that leads parents through the ever changing maze of new behaviors, developments, and challenges present in a child's first six years. It is filled with essential information, expert advice, practical solutions, and key choices to ensure a child's healthy development for their first six years -- and set them up for success in later developmental stages. In addition to understanding their child's stage of development, readers are given parenting techniques and activities they can use with their child to maximize physical, emotional, intellectual, and behavioral development at every age and stage.
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Get the Look & Buy the Toys
Love the adorable products and toys we used for this photo shoot? Use the buying guide below to find the products for your toddler.
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More Activities for 12-18 Month Toddlers
Get more ideas from Raising Your Child: The Complete Illustrated Guide to help with your toddler's development.
- Activities to Encourage Emotional & Social Development
- Activities to Boost Fine Motor Skills
- Activities to Enhance Cognitive Development
- Activities for Language Development
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