Indoor Activities to Enhance Motor Skills

Toddler reaching twelve to twenty-four months is quiteand see how happy he is peeling the egg. You may
active and has full of energy exploring the worldalso let him have a plastic fork and smash the egg
around him. Toddler at this age shows enthusiasm andevenly. Add mayonnaise to it and there you have an
always curious with everything that surrounds him. AsEgg Mayonnaise!
he moves about on his own exploring and testing hisTo practice on his large motor skills:
own surroundings, his motor development begins to1. Sorting his favourite toys -Put his favourite toys in
develop and improve. Activities through arts may alsodifferent parts of the room so that he could crawl or
help to create creative thinking and at the samewalk to get them. Next, you may encourage him to
enhance his fine motor skills.place them into boxes or containers and sort them by
Below are indoor activities that you could spend timesizes, shapes or colours.
with your child:2. Have a toy that could be pushed or pulled or a riding
1. Thumb Paintingtoy made of plastic or wood so that he could steer
Have a little amount of colour paint into a palette. Guideand proper with the feet. Safety precautions need to
your child's thumb into the paint and let him dab ittake note in his playing area.
around onto an art paper.3. Throw n Catch the ball -Have a game of you and
Extension: You may draw the outline of any shapes oryour child by either one of you throw or catch the ball
letters that you wish to introduce to your child and letat each other. You may also want him to try throwing
him thumb print onto the letter/shape outlines.the ball into a basket by placing the basket a few
2. Peel an egg shelldistance away from him.
Boil an egg and after let it cool, you may demonstrateAs he develops the skill you may increase the
to your child on how to peel the egg. Next, let him trydistance of the basket away from him.