The Best Activities for a 1-Year-Old
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- Play with a blanket. Because it is just plain fun.
- Play musical instruments. Learning and playing an instrument increases cognitive abilities.
- Sing songs and have a dance party. You help your child with their language skills and gross and fine motor abilities.
- Blow bubbles. Helps kids develop healthy lungs.
- Play with a ball. Helps your child develop gross and fine motor abilities.
- Play with a balloon. Helps your child develop gross and fine motor abilities.
- Look at photos and paintings. Builds cognitive abilities.
- Play with blocks. Helps your child build spatial awareness.
- Lay out a piece of cardboard on the floor. Let’s see what happens.
- Read books. A twofer. Build your child’s language and literacy skills.
- Water the plants. Helps your child learn the importance of being a steward of the planet.
- Put toys away. Helps your child learn responsibility.
- Finger paint. Creating art builds cognitive skills.
- Color on a piece of paper. Creating art builds cognitive skills.
- Draw with chalk. Builds fine motor and art skills.
- Apply stickers. Helps your child develop fine motor abilities.
- Play with dirt. Helps your child develop gross and fine motor abilities.
- Pour water. Helps your child develop gross and fine motor abilities.
- Squeeze water with a sponge. Helps your child develop gross motor abilities.
- Visit the kid’s play area. Helps your child learn to play well with others and helps build their motor skills.
- Go on a nature stroll. Helps your child learn the importance of being a steward of the planet.
- Go to a children’s museum. Kids learn the connection between science and the natural world.