Body
Movement Intelligence
from 15 Months to 2 Years
from 15 Months to 2 Years
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Large Muscles:
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| Toddlers learn to walk and soon they are running! Learning to use their legs and arms is their most important job now. They need to throw, run and climb. | Toddler Basket Ball: Hold a big plastic laundry basket and “catch” a ball as your child throws it. Empty cardboard grocery boxes are good for climbing in and out of. Time on the swings, slides, and climbing gyms at the playground will help your child develop arm and leg muscles. |
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Small Muscles:
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| Toddlers learn about things by handling them and putting things in their mouths. Their hands are starting to do what their brains tell them. Finger-painting and scribbling with a fat crayons help toddlers develop small muscles. | Let your child finger paint with pudding or a whipped topping on her high-chair tray. Let your child turn on lights, open doors, turn on the faucet to wash hands and play with wind-up toys. |