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Help Toddlers Learn by Doing Things and Listening to Sounds Around Them

Last Updated: September 14, 2009

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Parenting Tips for Your 29-30 Month Old Toddler

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Toddlers learn in lots of different ways. Here are a few ways you can help them learn:

  • Give your child a sprinkler can or a squeeze bottle to water outdoor plants. Think of other ways he could help outside.
  • Give him his own flashlight. He’ll enjoy turning it on, because he can push the switch forward with his thumb. He probably can’t pull it back. Show him how to turn the flashlight around, so he can push the switch off.
  • Take pictures of special times and write the date on the back of the pictures. Even if you don’t have a baby book for your child, he will like looking at these pictures now and when he’s older.
  • Turn off the radio and television. Listen with your child to sounds around the house, like running water, the refrigerator motor, a ticking clock, or a wind chime. Tell him what they are. Helping him learn to listen will help him learn language.


Learn more about Your Toddler: 29-30 Months from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.


Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.

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