Toddler Activities & Tips

Toddler activities for kids to do at home, indoors, outdoors, or craft ideas. Ideas, support and tips for kids under 2, or 3 years old.
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Easy Tips to Encourage Straw Use for Toddlers
Occupational and feeding therapist recommendations for teaching babies and toddlers to use a straw. Strategies for transitioning from a bottle to a straw, plus the best sippy cups to use for kids.
5 Giveaways Your Child is Anxious
It can be easy to miss signs of childhood anxiety in toddlers, kids, and teens. Occupational therapist and mom of 3 shares 5 signs that a child is anxious, and how to help calm, regulate, and decrease anxiety in kids.
The Best Feeding Schedule for 1 Year Olds
Having a feeding schedule for your 11, 12, 13 month old (or older) is important to prevent picky eating and establish a mealtime routine. Follow these flexible toddler feeding schedules to ensure your child is hungry and has the opportunity to eat a range of foods throughout the day. Great for transitioning babies and toddlers to solids and weaning from milk and bottles
How to Make a Visual Schedule for Kids
Visual schedules can be helpful for getting kids to complete a daily routine. Learn how to make a visual schedule, how to use one, and what kids would benefit from using a visual schedule. Learn about what types of visual schedules there are, and how to use one with kids with Autism, SPD, and ADHD.
How to Help a Child Having a Sensory Meltdown
Knowing if your child is having a sensory meltdown or a tantrum can help you understand how to help them using sensory activities. Learn sensory meltdown symptoms and how to help kids who are dysregulated and having a meltdown vs. a behavioral tantrum. Helpful for kids with Autism, SPD, and ADHD
How to Use the Division of Responsibility for Picky Eaters
The Division of Responsibility is regarded by feeding therapists and professionals as the best picky eating strategy. Learn what it is and why a no pressure approach to eating is the best way to decrease picky eating in kids, whether they are babies, toddlers, kids, or teens.
What Executive Functioning Skills Should You Expect By Age?
Executive function skills are something that kids can improve over time. Learn activities to improve executive function skills as well as what to executive functioning skills by age to expect from your kids. Learn strategies for kids with ADHD, sensory processing disorder, and those with cognitive impairments.
Sensory Toe Walking in Kids: Everything You Need to Know
Toe walking in kids is often a big sign that sensory processing difficulties exist. Learn from an occupational therapist how to work on sensory toe walking behavior, ways to work on the tactile system, and what to do when your child continues to walk on their toes past the toddler years.
5 Tips to Strengthen Your Child’s Immune System During Cold and Flu Season
How do you know if your child’s immune system is strong? Learn these 5 ways to boost your kid’s immune system and know how to fight cold, flu, and sick season for toddlers and kids. Fight germs and strengthen your child’s immune system so they stay healthy this winter.
Feeding Red Flags and How to Help Your Baby or Toddler Eat
Is your baby or toddler gagging on foods, spitting out foods, or won’t put solid food in their mouth at all? Learn about this and other feeding red flags for babies and toddlers from an occupational therapist and feeding expert.
5 Winter Sensory Activities You Can Have Kids Do Inside
Too cold to play outside? Try these 5 indoor winter sensory activities that will get kids moving and make them feel calm and regulated. These fun activities will help with sensory processing behaviors like sensory seeking, and are great for toddlers, kids, and teens. Easy to set up, and fun!
8 Tips to Calm and Regulate a Sensory Seeker
8 fun and easy occupational therapy activities for sensory seeking kids who love vestibular and proprioceptive sensory input. These kids can be called hyperactive or “wild” but they are sensory seeking, and the right sensory strategies can help to calm and regulate. Great for kids with autism, sensory processing disorder, and ADHD.
How to Help Your Child Stop Spitting Out Their Food
Why is your baby or toddler spitting out their food? Learn the common reasons kids spit out food instead of chewing and swallowing, and how to help them eat without spitting out food. Great for transitioning to solids, baby led weaning, and eating table foods.
What is the Right Amount of Milk for a Toddler to Drink?
How much milk is too much for a toddler? Learn recommendations for drinking milk at toddler age, how it can impact eating, and how to decrease milk if your toddler is drinking too much milk. These tips from a feeding therapist can help with babies and toddlers who only want to drink milk.
6 Reasons Some Toddlers and Kids Cry Constantly
Does your toddler or child cry all the time, over everything from school drop off, to crowds, or seemingly no reason at all? It can be stressful, but there might be more to why your child is crying everyday. These 6 reasons why toddlers and kids become overwhelmed and cry all the time may help! Plus tips to help your sensitive child!