Motor Skill Developmental Toys for your Toddler
Toddlers love toys. Admit it, we all do! But toys are also tools for your learning toddler. When they play, they also learn. If you have a toddler, then motor skill developmental toys are what you will want to keep a keen eye out for.
Here are the top toddler toys to strengthen motor skills
Fine Motor Skill Developmental Toys
When considering motor skill development toys, think fine motor skills (like finger dexterity) concentrating on creativity and sensory development. Excellent fine motor skill toys are:
- good old crayons
- markers,
- finger paint
- clay
Yes, they can be messy, so be with your toddler when he’s creating works of art with these materials. My kids love play-doh
Gross Motor Skill Developmental Toys
You will help your toddler develope his gross motor skills by choosing toys which appeal to the cognitive and emotional skills as well. These are wonderful gross motor skill toys for your toddler:
- pedal cars/rollers
- balance board
- simple balls or balloons to toss, catch, kick and run after.
One game my young children especially enjoyed was to first go collect long sticks in the forrest and turning them into an oversized “pick-up sticks” game. Large cardboard blocks, soft building blocks
My children especially loved it if a neighbour got a large appliance delivered: Best toys are the ones you change from a simple refridgerator box into a space rocket! You as a parent get to do the cutting, but the toddlers love to paint and decorate and play for hours days on end.
Other toys that are great for toddler development include simple puzzles, pegboards (large, with large pegs), cups, shovels, buckets and things that they can put items in and dump things out of and start all over again. Small, but not too small, cars and trucks are also good choices!
So you see, it really is not difficult to find motor skill developmental toys for your toddler, most of the best ones will be easily found in and around your home. Enjoy these growing and exploring years!
