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Activities w/ 1 Year Old

danslilgrizzlydanslilgrizzly member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

My son is going to be 1 next week, and we are just moving over to this board. It was shocking when it showed up on my page, but skimming through the post, it's so obvious that I should be here now lol!

 Anyway, I'm just wondering if you all are doing any learning activities with your 1 year olds. My son is pretty independent so during the day he does a lot of exploring around the house. He tends to prefer things he finds in cabinets and closets to his actual toys! We also read a lot, listen to music, play outside, etc. I guess I'm looking for more specific age-appropriate activities we can do here at home. Would love to know what your doing with your LO.

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  • blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
    Check out productive parenting website. We don't do any structured learning yet but I am trying to teach him his numbers, body parts and hoping we can learn Spanish together. I am still do baby sign language with him but we started that very early.
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  • danslilgrizzlydanslilgrizzly member

    imageAA0417:
    Learning is through experiencing and playing at that age. We didn't do anything more formal and won't until much later.

    Thanks! This is how I feel too, but you know occasionally the pressure to "do more" kicks in.

    PP, I subscribe to Productive Parenting, and a lot of what I'm currently getting seems a bit too simple for my guy. Thanks for your suggestions! 

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    imagedanslilgrizzly:

    imageAA0417:
    Learning is through experiencing and playing at that age. We didn't do anything more formal and won't until much later.

    Thanks! This is how I feel too, but you know occasionally the pressure to "do more" kicks in.

    PP, I subscribe to Productive Parenting, and a lot of what I'm currently getting seems a bit too simple for my guy. Thanks for your suggestions! 

    you can adjust the age on productive parenting. A lot of the stuff I was getting was too advanced for him. 

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  • danslilgrizzlydanslilgrizzly member
    Thanks for the reassurance guys. Perhaps I just needed to confirm that I'm still doing the right thing!
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  • Netty_3Netty_3 member
    LO goes to a school, and they work on various things.  Animal recognition and noises, how to clean up and pour, gross motor skills, they use the hammer and peg bench for eye hand coordination among other things, sing songs, and read books, they do puzzles, and many other things.  I think a lot of reading, or letting him shadow you will help as well.  I bought a small hand broom and pan and some bowls and plates from the dollar section at Target and made a little cubby in the kitchen for him, so while we're cooking or cleaning in there, he'll typically get those out, and help sweep, or stack his bowls and plates/build towers with them.  I'm sure you have things in your house right now that will help. :)
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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member
    imageLalaMama81:

    Honestly, I don't seek out that kind of stuff. If I see something cute on pinterest or a blog that I think they'd like, great, but I'm not looking for activities. She'll gain the most from reading (to herself and by us), playing independently (and with us) and exploring her world around her. 

    We do plenty of things outside the house - only library story time is structured, but zoo, museums, errands, grocery store, playgrounds, pool, etc. Kids learn way more from that kind of stuff than a little activity. I think it's best if they are learning via exploration and observation - how their little body and self interact w/ the world around them.  

    All of this!  

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