Development of a one-year-old!

Your little one is growing up. It happens so quickly that I for one beg the time to slow down a bit so that I could enjoy every moment with that pretty laughing girl of mine! There are lots of activities we do together every day, some of them have already been described earlier. However each day I look for something new to entertain and develop my younger daughter. Here are some hints given by a psychologist.

Teaching playing! (Neatness)

It`s about bedtime, feeling a bit sleepy I look around and as always realise that the kids` room is in a terrible mess - toys, blocks, dolls and balls are all around. Slightly irritated I start picking them up and putting everything into order. Some 10 minutes after almost angry I undress my girls and take them to the bathroom to take a bath, then comes the bed... at last ... for my daughters ... And I still have got lots of things to do before going to bed with my beloved husband. I am angry, tired and sleepy...
The same thing happens over and over again and being fed up with my mood I dicide that it won`t happen any longer! Want to be happy? - then be happy! What can be better than being a young caring Mom and a nice loving Wife??? Nothing.
Next evening the same about bedtime))) Looking around I understand that the room is still messy... but I am not!!!
'Hey Sweeties, want to play a game?'
'Suuuuure!!!' come my girls laughing.
'Let`s call the game "the Best Detective!"'
'OK. What are we doing???'
'See how many blocks and parts of your pyramids are all around! Lets find each of them to fill every box from the blocks and all the pyramids!!! but to do that it is important to pick up every toy since a block can be under...'
Some two-three minutes later all the boxes and pyramids are at their places and there are some toys left on the floor, but they are also put where they should be in no time. It is time to announce the winner! Certainly, my elder daughter is for the younger is just a year old))) Happy we go to the bathroom.
Next time we will play a game called "the Best Cleaner" or will make up a fairy tale about the sleepy and tired toys which need to be taken "home")))  Cleaning can be a fun!

Children: Toddlers. Let`s play together!

Look what we have found!

In the colourful mood! 

It is a nice game you can play with your toddler to help her learn the colours and differentiate among them. So, let`s get started.

Choose a toy of one colour and place it in front of your toddler or let her hold the toy. Find one or two more toys or any other things of the same colour. Talk to your toddler about what you have found out. For example: "Look! This blue plate is the same colour as your blue ball." or "This table is brown just like your favourite Teddy". 

There is one more way to play this game. Take a basket and walk around the house picking up the things of the same colour. 

You won`t notice how soon your toddler will learn the colours having fun and playing!