Parenting Tips for Your 19-20 Month Old Toddler
Block play allows young children to learn about patterns, shapes, and sizes. They learn how to stack things, and they learn what happens when stacks are knocked down. These lightweight building blocks, which cost almost nothing to make, are very popular with children.
Materials
- Milk or cream cartons
- Heavy plastic tape or duct tape
Making the Toy
- Take any two cartons of equal size and cut them to the same height. Turn one over and slip it inside the other so that it makes a block.
- Tape the edges with duct tape or heavy mailing tape, any kind of tape that children can’t peel off and swallow.
- You can cover the blocks with contact paper or you can paste letters, numbers, or pictures on them.
Playing
Lay the blocks on the floor and watch what your child does with them. Build them on top of one another and see what your child does. There is no right or wrong way to play.
Learn more about Your Toddler: 19-20 Months from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.
