about 2 years

Riding Horse

• Ask your child where she wants to go and talk about all the things she wants to see. Get on all fours like a horse and invite your child to get on your back like a rider. Trot around taking your child to all the places you want to see, make sure you keep stopping in case she wants to get off. This game is particularly good to help the imagination.

How Do You….?????? (body movement, concentration, imagination and language development)

• Ask your child “How do you move?” and watch what they do, for example does she start running? Continue to ask, “And how else can you move?” Some ideas for different movements could be: jumping, walking backwards, crawling, rolling around, sliding like a snake… the possibilities are endless.

You could also try “How do you sit?” with crossed legs, bended knees, arms open or “How do you stand?” perhaps on one leg, with eyes closed, bent over etc.