How Do You Make Games For A Toddler Or Pre-Schooler From Household And Natural Items?
Toddlers and preschool age children will play with most things and do not require expensive toys or games to make them happy. Playing games and exploring things with your young child is an experience that can be both fun and educational. The house and yard are full of items you can turn into games and activities to share with your child. Place the small objects with simple shapes into a cloth or canvas bag and have your child feel them and then tell you what each thing is before they get it out of the sack to see if they are right. Touching and picking each item up is great for small motor skill development and having a sensory experience. Go outdoors and gather natural things out of the yard or on a short walk in a park or down the street with your child. These items can represent any season, like a dried cicada skin, a leaf, flowers, twigs, empty insect cocoons or pretty rocks. Take a fish bowl or gallon jug and let your child place the items they collected outdoors inside in any ord
