On goes the lid
⏱️ 10 min📦 things you have🏠 indoor🤲 sitting🧠 Cognitive🤸 Motor
Opening and closing things to see how they work is the same investigation as filling and dumping, run on a hinge instead of an opening. A lid gives a toddler a small mechanism they can operate completely, and being able to cause the whole thing is what holds them there.
🧺 You need
- three or four containers with easy lids — saucepan, plastic tub, shoebox
🛡️ Nothing that latches, locks or traps a finger, and no lid a hand could get stuck under. Skip anything with a battery compartment — a lid is exactly what invites opening.
Source: ZeroToThree — From Baby to Big Kid: Month 18
🩺 Vuila shares play ideas, not medical advice — for questions about your child's development, talk to your pediatrician.
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