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I agree with helping do chores. She loves laundry, vacuuming, cleaning windows, doing dishes etc.

We have recently gotten a set of flash cards from target with colors and shapes and she loves those.

@T.H.O.U.: W copies me when I use the steam cleaner. If I wasn't afraid he would somehow burn himself he would happily steam clean the floors, lol.

He has a pop up tent with a tube for the entrance he really enjoys, too.

And he loves playing with the dogs.

@Navy_Mommy: I let her use the swiffer while I steam mop.

We do lots of outings - playground, library, pool, friends houses, bicycle rides, sometimes the store, local gardens, woods

About going to the store, I let LO wander, it takes longer but ah well. Sometimes I direct her to what I need, other times she pushes the cart or she has a baby stroller she can push. There's def been some times where she needed correction or there's almost been a disaster (she took an egg out of a carton at the grocery store and tried to break it on the frying pan display next to the eggs - I was too focused on what type of cheese I should get - luckily she didn't break the egg).

At home - gardening - lots of outside time, chores, music, toys, she loves bubbles right now, and coloring with crayons, chalk, etc.

@mrsjazz: how do you let her play with beans? Do you keep a Tupperware of beans just for her to play with?
they're old enough for megabloks??

LO who is almost 16 months loves playing in the Tupperware drawer or any cabinet for that matter. She loves music so her piano, and a empty metal popcorn container as her drum, we like having fake picnics, shape sorter, singing, her teepee, playing with doggie, running circles around the kitchen with her walkers. I tried crayons the other day and yup right in her mouth. Gonna wait a while more for that one! We also go outside twice a day and she likes me to push her around in her wagon, if it's warm enough I set up her water table and baby pool, she loves riding her coupe, pushing her lawn mower, getting up and down the patio furniture. We go for a walk with the doggie or up the park. And reading, flashcards.

Of course this is all between toddler tantrum meltdowns.

@Freckles: link for crayons??

ahha same with the beans and she will spill water ALL over then inevitably slip and proceed to throw a tantrum.

At 14 months we like to colour with crayons (kind of), read books, wander outside, do some chores. Right now we are foing through a phase where nothing is fun and all we want to do is whine. Ugh!

She loves to copy whatever I'm doing, so if I'm doing chores, I'll give her a safe alternative so she can "help" (example: give her a Swiffer when I'm cleaning the floors). She also loves to open and empty drawers so I'll keep one drawer in the kitchen stocked with safe stuff for her to play with. I rotate it out every so often so she has something new to explore. Kinda like her own version of sensory boxes

We also color, although now that we have hardwood, I think I'm gonna get her a kiddie sized table to color on so she doesn't accidentally get crayon on the floors. She just stopped trying to eat the crayons a couple wks ago (she's now 1.5 years).

@Mrs. Pen: @locavore_mama: She did try to eat them at first. I just kept telling her no eat and she eventually stopped trying. I have some black beans and chickpeas. First we usually pour them into two separate bowls and she likes to run her fingers through them. Then we transfer beans from one bowl to the next using measuring spoons. I try to get her to separate the black and chickpeas but she doesn't do that yet. We also make shake bottles and she likes to put the beans inside and then she has an instrument.