Open ended activities for toddlers

Let your kids get creative with these process-oriented art, craft, sensory, and pretend play activities from the Weekly Kids' Co-op!

For stay-home days when the outdoor weather isn't agreeable or we're down with a bug, I provide Reggio Emilia inspired open-ended sensory play activities for my baby to engage in. These are the top 13 open-ended sensory play activities I have tried with my baby, all using nature-based elements, everyday household items repurposed materials. These sensory provocations enable my baby to make new discoveries and learn about the world around her through her senses.

While I am not much of a crafter, I do love process art. We do lots of projects as a family so I thought I would create a round up of our favourite process art activities for kids of different ages. Process Art Activities for Toddlers These activities are ones that even toddlers can get

Open-ended play is so beneficial for your child's development, and luckily there's so many different ways you can encourage it in your home or classroom. One of the main ways to encourage this type of play is by providing your child with toys used for open-ended play. Try wooden blocks, art supplies, sensory play to name a few. This is a great way to encourage pretend play in young children. And read about all the benefits of open-ended play

I am a huge fan of open ended play and toys. But what is open ended play you may ask? Open ended play refers to unstructured, imaginative, and self-directed activities where there are no specific rules,

Try this shape stamp painting for kids. A fun and easy shape art and craft idea for toddlers and preschoolers.

Are you following us on Pinterest? Thanks to a recent heat wave in Melbourne, we've been having lots of fun playing with ice. The other day I thought I'd combine our love of painting by making some frozen paint cubes for the kids to paint with. I wasn't actually sure how well it'd all turn out, but the results speak for themselves. I've since tested it with a variety of different paints and found that whilst the results vary, they all provide a fun, sensory and unique painting experience…

Open-ended art has numerous developmental benefits for children these are my top 3 reasons to try it plus 7 activities for infants and toddlers to get started.

Do you have a kiddo who is working on shape identification? Building them, is one of the best ways to learn about shapes! Click through to see the whole activity and how you can encourage your children to enjoy more independent play with building blocks! Toddler activity - building blocks - shape recognition - open-ended play

6 Montessori friendly open-ended toys that we love