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Play Time Helps Toddlers Share Love and Learn Cooperation

Last Updated: September 14, 2009

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Parenting Tips for Your 21-22 Month Old Toddler

This newsletter talks a lot about play and toys. We do this because parents and children enjoy play so much. Playing times are special. They help you and your child to share love.

Play is not just a way to have fun. It is also one of the best ways to help children learn. When they play, toddlers learn how to use their bodies. They learn about the way things look, feel, stack, fall, and fit together.

Playing games helps them to figure things out and later helps them to share and cooperate. All this will help your child to become the happy person you want him to be. Set things up so your child can play. Keep a drawer of safe things for your child to play with in rooms you use a lot so he can play and be near you.

Keep a box of tub toys in the bathroom for bath-time play. Change the things you let your toddler play with from time to time. The best toys can be things you already have around the house like plastic containers, wooden spoons, pans, empty cardboard cartons, pillows, and old magazines.


Learn more about Your Toddler: 21-22 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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