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This seemingly simple action requires your toddler to use lots of muscles. To be able to pull a toy, your toddler needs to walk, bend and potentially tug at their toy all at once. Let's look at the big muscles used and work down to the small. 

Core muscles are essential when it comes to pulling a toy as they help correct and maintain balance. 

You’ll see your toddler squat as they go about their day. They might spend time squatting while looking at, poking and picking things up. Squatting often occurs when they have time to simply be and when they are igniting their own imagination and creativity. 

Having time to play and explore with no expectations allows your toddler to do things at their own pace. Your toddler will set their own goals and do the things that interest them. 

Toddlers jump for many reasons, and they’ll feel lots of different emotions when doing it. These can vary from day to day, with some jumps being full of confidence and others a little more cautious. Here are some suggestions for helping your toddler just go for it! 

Turning jumping into a game can add excitement and help your toddler prepare mentally for their upcoming jump. 

Your toddler can teach you many valuable life lessons. It doesn't hurt to look to toddlers for inspiration because they are amazing human beings who get a lot of things right. 

Keep on trying, no matter how tough it gets 

Threading is a brilliant activity for boosting fine motor skills. But did you know it has benefits across all of our streams? 

Let’s start with fine motor

All toddlers cry, shout, kick or scream at times. Hopefully, that’s reassuring to know if your toddler is becoming overwhelmed by their emotions at the moment. It’s also useful to know that scientists think there is a link between toddlers struggling with how they feel and talking.  

Talking about toddler’s behaviour – why we don’t talk about tantrums 

Your toddler is taking big steps in their communication and is starting to bring together words, gestures and expressions to make their point. You might have a treasured list of their first words somewhere, but have you thought about looking at the range of gestures they make?  

When we communicate, we give information about what we are saying through our tone of voice, facial expressions and gestures, as well as in what we say.  

You might wonder why your toddler still needs a reminder of the name of a toy but has remembered an expletive having overheard it once. The answer is to do with the link between language, cognitive, social development and emotions – read on to find out more (scroll to the bottom for some tips if your toddler has discovered swearing).  

Learning to talk isn’t just about saying words but also understanding when and where to use them. 

These take a little bit of patience but are totally worth it! They're great for freezing, so you can enjoy them for weeks to come. 

Bedtime can be the most magical of times to read a story (and be read to). The sound of your voice, your presence, your smell and your touch are without doubt some of the best things in the world to your toddler. Let’s have a look at how you can make the most of spending this precious time together... 

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