Improve your Child's Hand-Eye Coordination Archives - Wild Edisons https://www.wildedisons.com/category/activities-for-spirited-kids/toddler-learning-activities-by-skill/toddler-motor-skills-activities/toddler-hand-eye-coordination/ Activities for Spirited Children Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:22:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.wildedisons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/wildEdisons-favicon.png Improve your Child's Hand-Eye Coordination Archives - Wild Edisons https://www.wildedisons.com/category/activities-for-spirited-kids/toddler-learning-activities-by-skill/toddler-motor-skills-activities/toddler-hand-eye-coordination/ 32 32 Practice Fine Motor Skills with Wooden Blocks & Cars https://www.wildedisons.com/practice-fine-motor-skills-with-wooden-blocks-cars/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:50:02 +0000 http://wildedisons.com/?p=767 Help your toddler work on their fine motor skills by using wooden blocks to make garages for toy cars.

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]]> Toddler Activity: Wooden Block GaragesI love this activity because every time we do it, I see a noticeable improvement in my toddler’s fine motor skills. We just pull out our toy blocks and build a bunch of garages. He will happily spend 20 minutes (a lifetime for a spirited toddler) driving his toy cars around the structures and parking them in the garages.

From a toddler’s perspective, it is much harder than it sounds. The blocks aren’t very big, so the garages leave little room for error. Since the blocks don’t interlock, it is surprisingly easy to knock them down. My son has to be very careful as he maneuvers the cars around and into the buildings. Inevitably, he will accidentally (or purposefully) knock one down. Then, we just get to build another one. He loves the multi-level garages the best, and the taller the building the better.

Wooden Block Garages in Action
<< My spirited toddler, Edison, happily parking toy cars in his wooden block garages

Building wooden block garages is also a good creative arts activity. On more than one occasion, he has removed blocks from one of my garages and replaced it with others. It is interesting to see what he considers ascetically pleasing. Sometimes, he will place a block somewhere. Then, he will look at it thoughtfully and move it a fraction of an inch for no particular reason. It’s actually pretty cool to watch. Right now, he is pickier about shapes than he is about colors, but I am sure that will change at some point.

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]]> Toddler iPad Apps We Love: FirstWords: Deluxe https://www.wildedisons.com/toddler-ipad-apps-we-love-firstwords/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:55:08 +0000 http://wildedisons.com/?p=1511 This is one of our favorite toddler iPad apps because my toddler has so much fun learning the alphabet and improving his fine motor skills. I love it!

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]]> First Words: Deluxe is one of our favorite toddler iPad apps. My son loves it because it makes sounds and has bright pictures of objects he recognizes. I love it because he has so much fun learning the alphabet, pre-reading skills, and vocabulary. Plus, every time he plays, his fine motor skills improve. I love it! What a great toddler iPad app!

The game is simple. The screen shows a word with a picture and then your toddler drags letters onto the word to spell it. When your toddler is finished, the picture makes a noise and moves so that they know they did it right. I am not doing it justice. You just have to try it out yourself. All I know is that my son can happily spend an hour playing this toddler app, and that is worth its weight in gold.

Toddler iPad Apps We Love: FirstWords

From the Toddler App Developer
The best-selling reading game for kids is now available with more words than ever before! First Words: Deluxe provides endless fun for the toddlers in your life, all while giving your child a head start on learning their letters and learning to spell words.

First Words: Deluxe is toddler-tested and approved, with a user-interface designed specifically for the littlest of fingers. The game includes 147 words, including:

== 44 animals
== 35 vehicles
== 14 colors
== 22 shapes
== 32 words from around the house

A wide range of options let you tune the game to match your child’s current skills and abilities.

If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they’re old enough for First Words: Deluxe!

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