11 Simple Activities for 2-to-3-Year-Olds

Watch as two toddlers play learning activities that will develop a wide range of motor, cognitive, and social skills.

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Activity Tips: Anette Plays with Ball
Practice rolling a ball to develop one-on-one interaction, counting skills, and exercise.
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Activity Tips: Anette Builds a Tower

Stacking wooden blocks helps improve grasping skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Activity Tips: Anette Uses Hammer
Kids love to hit things, so using a hammer to hit pegs is another way to improve hand-eye coordination.
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Activity Tips: Anette Plays with Puttingbox

A shape-sorting box teaches kids the concepts of matching different shapes and colors.

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Activity Tips: Mia Does a Puzzle
Simple puzzles, also shape-sorting ones, also reinforce your child's ability to learn colors.
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Activity Tips: Anette Blowing Bubbles
Blowing bubbles is not only fun, it further enhances hand-eye and hand-mouth coordination.
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Activity Tips: Anette Plays Doctor
Playing pretend can expand social skills and relieve anxiety about unfamiliar situations.
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Activity Tips: Anette Sharing a Book

Make reading interactive by collecting books with flaps and asking questions about the story.

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Activity Tips: Anette Reads a Book
Set aside time to increase vocabulary by looking at photo albums and identifying faces.
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Activity Tips: Mia Using Scissors

When your child has enough muscle control, use safe scissors to practice accuracy and coordination.

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Activity Tips: Getting Dressed
Letting an older child get dressed and undressed teaches planning and different motor skills.

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