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what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« on: August 28, 2012, 13:03:40 pm »
just wondering what your lo's are playing with atm and what is out for them to play with?

Sharing ideas...

M has a small push chair with her mouse in it
stacking boxes
letterbox to post pieces of paper through
books!
puzzle with animal sounds
musical instruments.

I do try to rotate fortnightly if I remember.

She also likes to push Henry's cars and tractors about.

what else???




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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2012, 16:19:34 pm »
Hey Becky
DS is 19 months now but his toys haven't changed much tbh (other than normal rotation that is).
Wooden blocks for building, looking at pictures and letters
Mega blocks for building, colours
cars tractors, trains and trucks and his little people garage
kitchen has been a hit here for a good while.  pots and pans, toy food, shopping basket, tea set etc.
balloons (sometimes helium, sometimes regular)
flash cards he loves because it's like a book to look at pictures but he gets to fill and dump them too.  We also play a fetching game with them.
Arts and crafts stuff (ink pads and stamps, wax crayons, felt tips, foam stickers)
tub of plastic animals
tub of cotton reels (for stacking, rolling, counting and threading)
ride on
stacks of books on rotation
musical instruments are never rotated out of access (we have quite a few things that aren't rotated out now)

He also really loves climbing and throwing himself on a big bean bag and playing tig and balance games and rough housing with me.


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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2012, 17:48:39 pm »
little people
building blocks (duplo)
doll
wooden puzzles
books
but mostly being outside
playing with a blow up ball
and she tried out a trampoline at a friends house and loved it


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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2012, 12:09:37 pm »
This is a great thread!

Love the ideas-

Hamish loves-

Cars
Airoplane
his 'baby'- we have one of the sleeping bags he had as a new born and he loves when i play with himm putting the doll in and zipping it up
his fold out foam lounge- LOVES this
Duplo (pulling it apart mainly)
Blocks
spinning top things
The toilet ::)
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!!
Balls- has just taken to playing with balls lately

he of course also likes exploring and getting into stuff he can't have, and loves being outside!
Katy, Mummy to Hamish!


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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2012, 18:37:10 pm »
tray of gravel or polenta with some diggers
digging in the dirt with a trowel
sandpit
water play
cars
balls
trampoline
climbing frame

spotting a theme  :-X :-[ ::)??! (basically, has no interest in baby toys and only wants to play with Ben's!)
Claire x



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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2012, 18:40:39 pm »
 ;D
sounds SO similar here Claire.....I really think she will be a tomboy  ;)




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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2012, 22:51:02 pm »
B is not really a toy kind of boy but he plays with a few.
A teddy in a little buggy
wooden bricks
balls
balloons
boxes
tents (sleeping bag over chairs etc)
K's scooter
the tramploline in the garden

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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2012, 22:58:18 pm »
shape sorter
putting wooden puzzle pieces into and out of the cloth storage bag
megablocks
books
toy kitchen with pots and pans with lids especially, he loves opening and closing the doors and putting the toy food into and out of the basket
chalk board on the easel. he will draw vertical lines and carry around the little bucket of jumbo chalks
huge soft toys
Vtech Discovery Tree
Little People Noah's Arc figures and Arc
Etchasketch / magnadoodle, especially the stampers
musical instruments especially maracas and drums
Anything you can press a button on to make it play music or make a noise

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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2012, 07:03:16 am »
K's scooter
Is Baligh riding the scooter already?  I've seen really young LOs on scooters (videos on you tube etc), it's amazing.
DS did his first ever proper push just a couple of days ago and pushed himself the full length of our hall way :)


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Re: what are/were your 12-18 month olds enjoying??
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2012, 08:00:10 am »
He tries but really he needs me or k to push him around to get anywhere. Same with the balance bike.