Activity
Little helper
Toddlers love to "help" their caregivers with mundane tasks like laundry and sweeping. Here's why it's important to let them pitch in.
Personal & Social Skills
Toy families
Play a sorting game with your child’s toys. Start with familiar categories—dogs, cats, farm animals and those exciting jungle animals (wow, an elephant!).
Logic & Problem Solving
Sorting for toddlers
Play a sorting game with your child’s own toys. Familiar categories might be dogs, cats, farm animals and exciting jungle animals.
Logic & Problem Solving
ArticleWhat makes a puppy a puppy?
By helping your child identify the shared attributes of familiar objects (or furry friends), you're building key classification skills.
Logic & Problem Solving
Printable
Same or different?
Try this puppy printable to see if your toddler can “spot” what’s different.
Logic & Problem Solving
TipSort the socks
Help your toddler learn colors, shapes and sizes while getting a little "help" yourself.
Logic & Problem Solving
Cause and effect
Discover which kinds of toys are best for building logical connections.
Logic & Problem Solving
Sorting showtime!
When it's time to pick up the toys, encourage your child to create a toy display.
Logic & Problem Solving
Supermarket sort
Supermarkets can be educational places, full of learning games to play with your child.
Logic & Problem Solving
DiscussionHow can I make cleaning fun?
Cleaning up can be fun when it’s a shared experience, when it’s accompanied by a song (“Clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere…”), and when there’s a goal in mind. Make the clean-up process a fun activity by incorporating a challenge, such as trying to fit all the toys into a specific basket, or attempting to clean up all the blocks...
Logic & Problem Solving
Part of the group
Your child may already be a super sorter when it comes to items he or she knows well.
Logic & Problem Solving