Moving and Shaking Body Blast Break What to do: Children are not meant to be still for long periods. Energy needs to be released to optimize growth and learning. To keep a toddler’s mental health balanced with their physical body, toddlers should ‘reset’ to allow them to channel their focuses where needed. When you notice…
Family Connections for Toddlers What could you do? Toddler emotions can be large and intense. But no matter how little they are, their feelings are valid and significant to their small world. One thing us big people often forget is that these children haven’t gained the skills to appropriately navigate their behaviours and expressions in…
Social-Emotional Development Who’s In My Family? Book Create a photo album, Binder Book to show your toddler who is their family. You can include pages for immediate and extended, grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends who are like family. The possibilities are endless! Have your toddler colour a title page or the background, glue…
Social-Emotional Development How Do I Feel Today Print out a Feelings Chart. Go through the main feelings your toddler experiences on the chart. Label emotions, talk about how the faces look and practice them together. Use a mirror to allow your toddler to see how they look. Talk about what makes you feel those emotions…
Social-Emotional Development Breathing Walk Deep breathing can help your child relieve stress and manage emotions. Take a breathing walk with your child. Take a few steps and inhale. Take a few more steps and exhale. Continue until you have taken five or six deep breaths. Cognitive Development Counting Wheels Go around your home with your…
Social-Emotional Development Itsy Bitsy Monkey Tell your child that the lion is the “king of the jungle”. Many animals are afraid of him because he is so big and fast. Discuss things your child might be afraid of. Sing this song and then discuss the monkey’s decision to climb back up the tree. Itsy Bitsy…
