Supporting Your Toddler's Growth with Engaging Activities and Expert Insights
Has your baby spoken their first word yet? What was it? Isn’t it just amazing to watch your little one’s babbles transform into a word?
What to expect?
At around 13 to 15 months you will notice a lot of changes in your little one. Some of the changes are:
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May take their first step
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May try to climb onto furniture
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Experiment opening and closing containers and doors
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May say a few words
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Use gestures such and pointing and waving to communicate
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Expresses a range of emotions such as happiness, frustration and curiosity
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Try feeding themselves independently using spoons or their hands
Is it normal?
Concern: My toddler is a picky eater.
Verdict: Yes, it is normal. Your baby has recently transitioned into a toddler. As they become more aware of their surroundings and themselves, they might reject food to assert their independence. Another reason for picky eating can be the taste, texture or temperature of the food. Your toddler’s taste preferences are still developing so they might reject foods that they are not used to eating yet.
As parents, providing various healthy food options and using colourful plates and fun shapes might encourage your toddler to try new foods.
Concern: My toddler is throwing a lot of tantrums
Verdict: Yes, it is normal. Your toddler is experiencing a lot of emotions but they can’t express it verbally yet and so they throw a tantrum. Most of the tantrums occur because they are either sleepy, hungry, tired or frustrated and cannot verbally communicate their needs yet. Another reason for tantrums can be to assert independence as your toddler craves to be independent.
As parents, you can try to identify the cause of the tantrum and address their needs accordingly.
How can you support your toddler’s development?
As your baby turns into a toddler, you will see them achieve major milestones such as taking their first step, climbing onto furniture and trying to be independent and so much more. As a parent if you see your toddler struggling with something you would want to rush to help them. But, you shouldn’t. Instead, focus on creating an environment that allows your toddler to learn and practice the things they struggle with and master those skills like a champion.
Tinyvers is here to help you to create this healthy, safe and nurturing environment for your toddler that helps them learn and practice their skills. Tinyvers has worked with a team of pediatricians, educators and many more experts from various fields to design activity kits that cater to your child’s developmental needs. Tinyvers activity kit 7 has been designed specially for 13 to 15 month toddlers with developmental tools that foster language skills, problem-solving abilities, and introduce early STEAM concepts seamlessly into their daily activities.These educational kits widen their learning skills with STEAM principles & Montessori inspired approach. The kit also comes with a milestone brochure, activity booklet and DIY activity cards that help you navigate your toddler’s developmental journey with ease.
Let’s take a tiny peek into the developmental toys included in Tinyvers activity kit 7:
1. Butterfly drop:
Have you noticed your baby staring at something really carefully? That is because your baby loves observing how things work. Butterfly drop is a great toy that allows your baby to observe how the butterfly moves from top to bottom. It promotes visual tracking, bilateral coordination and helps your little one enhance their observation skills.
2. Geometric puzzle:
Shapes are everywhere around us, from round balls to the rectangular book. Introducing your baby to shapes early on helps them understand their surroundings better and builds a strong foundation for mathematics, science and art. Geometric puzzle allow your baby to get familiar with the basic shapes. It also helps them to improve their fine motor skills, recognition skills and problem solving skills.
3. Serpentine stack:
As your baby explores their observational skills, the serpentine stack gives them an opportunity to watch the journey of the disc from start to the end. It helps them to polish their problem solving skills and improve their wrist rotations and fine motor skills.
4. Slider with ball:
Your baby loves watching things that move and watching a ball roll down a ramp is exactly that. Slider with a ball is a fun and exciting toy that allows your baby to observe and experiment with rolling a ball down the ramp. It introduces your baby to the concepts of physics such as speed and distance. It helps your baby in developing fine motor skills, observation skills, visual tracking skills, hand eye coordination and also promotes exploration and experimentation.
5. Opposite book:
Reading books to your baby is a really good way of expanding their vocabulary and introducing them to new concepts. The opposite book is one such book that you can use to introduce your baby to the concept of opposites and help them develop, identify and compare objects.
6. Two piece puzzle:
Developing problem-solving abilities is essential for your baby’s overall development. The two piece puzzle challenges your baby’s thinking abilities and helps them to develop problem-solving skills. It also helps them to work on their hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and visual perception.
7. Insect flashcards:
Your baby has already learnt a few words and has been saying that. Why not add a few more new words to their vocabulary? Insect flashcards allow you to teach your baby about insects and help them to identify insects they might see around them. It also helps in developing their language skills, identification skills and memory skills.
As your baby’s babbles turn into words and they begin to take their first step, you cannot help but put on the most beautiful smile on your face. Congratulations! You have done a wonderful job loving, supporting and encouraging your little one. As your baby nears their first birthday, you can support their growth and development further by providing them with toys such as Butterfly drop, Geometric puzzle, Serpentine stack, Slider with ball and two piece puzzle. Going through flashcards such as insect flashcards and books such as Opposites with your baby is a wonderful way to spend some quality time with them. Cherish the beautiful memories you are creating with your baby and enjoy every small and big step that your baby takes.