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These fun toddler games below were
taken from the Totline book, TODDLER GAMES.
You'll find over 160 age appropriate games for 1-3 year olds in this
book. Click on the book cover to the right of this article to find
out how to order.
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TIRE TOSS
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Set out a blow-up pool ring on the grass. |
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Have your child try tossing bean bags, rolled-up socks, or
other soft yet heavy items into the ring. |
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Help your child count how many items he threw, landed in the
ring. |
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Repeat the game if interest lasts. |
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TREASURE HUNT
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Collect a number of plastic blocks, balls, or other brightly
colored items. |
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Scatter these "treasures" in your yard. |
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Invite your child on a Treasure Hunt |
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Give your child a pail and set out a laundry basket. |
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Have your child pick up as many treasures as she can hold
in her pail and dump them in the laundry basket. |
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Have her continue until all of the items are found and placed
in the laundry basket. |
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Repeat the game if interest lasts.
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LAWN BOWLING
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Set up a bowling game for your child. |
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You can use milk cartons, shoe boxes, blocks, or yogurt cups
as pins. |
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Set up 1-10 pins and let your child try to knock them down
with a ball. |
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BATTING PRACTICE
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Hang 10 feet of clothesline across an open space, about 5
feet above the ground. |
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Tie 2 feet of string through a whiffle ball and hang it from
the center of the clothesline. |
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Give your child a badmitten racket and let him practice hitting
the ball. |
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