by Francisca Cahyaningsih

Like another toddler, my thirteenth-month little boy is full of curiosity. He wants to touch anything new and tries to grab it. Even the pattern of the floor makes him nuts as he failed to take it. He has enough toys to play, but daily activities get more portions to imitate. Here are some of my toddler’s daily activities I might share with:

Drive his own “car”

My toddler moves his car using his feet. Once he rides his car faster than usual, then oops… he fell down. So I keep an eye one him to make sure his condition. What about you?

 

Play any wheel or something round

Before he started to walk, my toddler likes to make the wheel of his car moving. He couldn’t ride it, so he just played with the wheel. Now the wheel of his knocked-down stroller becomes his favourite besides a ball of course. Sometimes he tries to make the ring moving like I and his daddy do.

 

Make his own “music”

My toddler looks happy to hold an empty plastic bottle. It is so because he can hear sound after he squeezes it. Besides, he likes to knock it to any other thing around him to produce another sound. As soon as he knocks it, he laughs happily. He repeats it more and more.

 

Feel the texture of a wall / carpet

Most toddlers enjoy feeling the texture and touch a surface of some things like clothes, wall, floor, carpets, etc. My toddler has his favourite carpet in his bedroom and outside wall to touch since it has a bit rough surface. So whenever he is his bedroom, he always touches and feels the texture of the carpet like he does when he sits on a bench.  

 

Knock down puzzles

My toddler and his three-year cousin are great in knocking down the puzzles. They do it willingly and leave them sheltered for me to reconstruct. 

 

Pick up and throwing away his toys

In this world all toddlers enjoy throwing away a thing they hold I guess. Once I read in an article, it is apart of developing stage. It happens to my toddler as well, he likes to take and then throw away his toys, balls, plastic bottles I put in his playing yard box.  

 

Pretend to call or receive a call

He often takes his toy or sometimes just touches his ear as if listening to the phone. When I got a phone call, he will respond it quickly by trying to take it and listen to the speaker.   

 

Push his tricycle

Sometimes my toddler gets bored of sitting in his tricycle and he prefers to push his tricycle. I cannot let him do it by himself since he has just started to walk.

 

Have a nice moment with your great toddler…!

 

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About the author:
Francisca Cahyaningsih is a mother of one toddler and owner of a weblog http://www.toddler-gift.blogspot.com which covers various topics such as toddler toys, games, tips and gift ideas for babies and toddlers.