Your toddler is now building important pre-reading skills: listening and speaking. These activities and games are fun and help build on those skills.
Activities by Age for 12 to 17 Months
- Beginning Writing
- Letter Knowledge
- Oral Language
- Phonological Awareness
Body Art
Finger painting is a fun activity, and it helps your toddler strengthen the muscles in her hands and fingers.
Chalk It Up
Try this simple, self-directed drawing activity to support early writing skills.
Crumple and Tear
Help your child work on the fine motor muscles needed for writing and drawing, by tearing up magazines and paper.
Drop! Plop!
Help your toddler develop the fine motor skills he will need for writing someday with this fun activity!
Making Marks
Offer your toddler markers and crayons and let them explore, making marks and scribbling on paper.
Paper Towel Beading
Here is an opportunity to engage your child in a two-part activity that will strengthen those fine motor muscles of the hands and fingers.
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
Help your toddler develop motor skills by rolling a ball back and forth with him.
Stuck On Fun
Help your toddler develop motor coordination skills of their fingers and hands with this fun activity!
Touch the Page
Read and explore books with your child and encourage them to use their fingers to point to pictures, lift flaps and push buttons.
Water Painting Fun
Give your toddler a chance to try out a new writing tool on a new surface — by painting with water.
Where, Oh Where Is Baby?
Help your toddler develop fine motor skills with a game that lets her open flaps and find her photo!