Teach your Toddler Basic Concepts Archives - Wild Edisons https://www.wildedisons.com/category/activities-for-spirited-kids/toddler-learning-activities-by-skill/cognitive-development-activities/teach-your-toddler-basic-concepts/ Activities for Spirited Children Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.wildedisons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/wildEdisons-favicon.png Teach your Toddler Basic Concepts Archives - Wild Edisons https://www.wildedisons.com/category/activities-for-spirited-kids/toddler-learning-activities-by-skill/cognitive-development-activities/teach-your-toddler-basic-concepts/ 32 32 Closer and Farther Toddler Activity https://www.wildedisons.com/closer-and-farther-toddler-activity/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:47:55 +0000 http://wildedisons.com/?p=274 Teach your Toddler the Concept of Closer and Farther

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]]> Teach your Toddler the Concept of Closer and FartherThis is one of Little Dude’s favorite activities right now (at 2 years-old). He gets to run around and hunt for something while learning the concepts of closer and farther. (I thought about using “hot” and “cold”, but it seemed more useful to use real concepts.)

To do this activity…
Pick a small toy or stuffed animal and explain that you are going to hide it. The trick is to hide it without them watching. Then, have them find it. As they get farther, make your voice quieter as you say, “Farther…farther…farther”. As they get closer, speak louder as you say, “Closer…CLOSER…CLOSER!!!”.

Your volume will give them clues as they learn the concepts of closer and farther.

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]]> Teach your Toddler Start and Stop https://www.wildedisons.com/teach-your-toddler-the-concept-of-start-and-stop/ Sun, 29 May 2011 11:56:20 +0000 http://wildedisons.com/?p=290 Teach your toddler the basic concept of Start and Stop by creating a masking tape maze for toy cars with movable start and stop signs.

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]]> Toddler Car Maze ActivityTo be honest, this activity took a bit of a different turn once I got into it. It started off with me putting masking tape on the carpet to create a path for Edison to follow. As I put the tape down, he pointed to where he wanted the next road to go.

Then, I realized a few things. First, it would take ungodly amounts of masking tape to make the road that Edison obviously had in his head. Second, the tape was about the same width as a toy car.

So,I got out some green and red construction paper and made a little green sign for Start and a red sign for Stop. The directions are so obvious, that I don’t feel like I need to write them out.

After a couple of times, Edison moved the signs around to different parts of the maze and made his own little game.

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