Go, and stop

โฑ๏ธ 5 min๐Ÿ“ฆ nothing needed๐Ÿ  in or out๐Ÿคฒ on the move๐Ÿคธ Motor

A toddler who begins to run can get going long before they can stop, and stopping is the half that keeps them safe near a kerb or a table corner. Making the stop the fun part โ€” rather than the telling-off part โ€” is how it gets practised a hundred times without ever being a rule.

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none โ€” one clear stretch of floor or grass

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Run this well away from roads, drives, water and glass โ€” a game that trains stopping is exactly the game a toddler will start playing somewhere you did not choose. Indoors, clear the corners and hard edges from the stretch first.

Source: AAP โ€” Developmental Milestones: 2 Year Olds

๐Ÿฉบ Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice โ€” for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.

๐Ÿ—ฃ Something not right here?

Go, and stop

Pick one clear stretch, nothing in it

A hallway, a room's long side, a patch of grass โ€” with no corners, kerbs or hard edges anywhere in it.