BizzyBabes Activities Page
Motor skills, co-ordination and rhythm
Educational and fun things to do with your under 3”
Tickle and tumble - Develop confidence and trust
Tickling and rough and tumble games are great for developing confidence and trust. Laughing together teaches your child to relax and enjoy the fun. Just be sure to play in a safe area where there is no risk to you or your little one.
Stacking and sorting - Fine Motor Skills
Choose a range of blocks, stacking shapes, cups, shape sorters and counters. Show your child how to make a tower or other constructions. This will help child to find out about colour sorting, patterns, balance and cause and consequence. Shape sorters are great for developing fine motor skills as they have to place the object into a hole carefully to achieve success.
Swimming - Water Safety and confidence
Do a parent and child swimming class at a gym or local pool. Your toddler will learn water safety and confidence. This is also a great way to start educating your little one about exercise and looking after their bodies.
Singing, dancing and rhyming etc.
Singing, rhyming and moving to music boosts confidence and helps speech development. Talk about what you are doing as you do it to extend your child’s vocabulary and join in…fun and exercise in one!
Activity classes - Movement, balance and self-esteem
Join a group that focuses on exercise and movement. Your child will develop balance, body confidence, self-esteem and the importance of exercise. They will use up all that energy and sleep better for it!
Have a ball and Have Fun!
Use a variety of balls of different colours and sizes and roll, throw, and kick to each other or towards another object. Beach balls are great and come in different sizes especially for the really young as they are light and safe to use indoors too. Look out for cheap balls at your local supermarket.
Dance - Develop Music appreciation and rhythm
Put on some music, dance together or have your toddler dance opposite you. Do shadow dancing; you do an action and your toddler mirrors you. Reverse the role and let them do a movement and you copy them. This is good exercise, great fun and develops music appreciation and rhythm.
