Learning activities for toddlers are pretty much as basic as it gets when it comes to intentional learning activities.
These learning activities are more to introduce a concept to the toddler, then to test his knowledge on it.
Some basic things an older toddler will start to learn are:
- Differentiating colors
- Differentiating shapes
- Recognizing letters
- Recognizing numbers
I’ve collected a few activities to get your wheels turning on how to help a toddler start to recognize these.
14 Learning Activities Geared Toward Toddlers:
Toddler Activities for Learning Colors & Shapes: |
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| Make a Rainbow with Toys | Color Wheel Hunt with Toys Toddler Approved |
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| Match Colors & Patterns with Paper | Color Sort with Pom Poms [or other balls] 1+1+1=1 |
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| Color Sort with Crayons | Make Shapes with Velcro Sticks For the Love of Learning |
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| Sort Blocks by Shape & Color |
Fit Blocks Together to Make a Puzzle |
Toddlers Activities to Learn ABCs and 123s: |
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| Fizzy Spraying Letters | Go on a Letter Hunt Playdough to Plato |
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| Letter and Name String Hunt | Disappearing Letters No Time For Flash Cards |
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| Number Sensory Art | Sponge Number Art Rockabye Butterfly |
Don’t forget to check out these other toddler resources!
- 50 Activities Just for your Toddler
- 30 Creative Toddler Craft & Art Projects
- 10 Indoor Activities for Toddlers
If your toddler already has a good start at his ABCs and 123s, check out these additional resources for more advanced kids activities:
- 40 Awesome Number Activities for Preschoolers
- 50 Incredible Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers
- 35 Name Activities for Preschoolers
I’ve been trying to brainstorm all the areas that toddlers are learning. Obviously, they’re learning all the time and any activity is a learning activity to them. But I’m curious what specific areas does a toddler learn in besides the ones I mentioned above?
What is your toddler learning?
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Some really fab ideas here, have shared- thank you!
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Great collection of ideas…thanks for sharing!
When my children were young, I ran an in-home day-care. One of the things that the children always loved was being involved in the food. I baked all the bread for the day-care children. They loved helping! They also liked having thier own little section of the garden. And starting plants in the window. Picking and eating what they grew was wonderful for them too.
Now I provide day-care for my grandson, can’t wait till he can eat peanut butter!
We also made snack time an activity; round and square crackers, raisins, grapes, carrot slices, banana slices, peanut butter, sunflowerseeds, just to mention a few. A little dab of peanut butter for glue and anything will stick to a cracker. Decorate like an ornament or faces and eat yummy. Sometimes you can get them to try new foods, just because it looked good on their cracker artwork.