What sorts of things do girls, 18 mos, like to do or play with?

Toddlers learn through exploring their environment. They use their senses to learn about the world around them. They are interested in sound, textures, smell, visual, and taste.

Toddlers like activities such as dancing, jumping, and climbing that they can move their bodies. Throwing, dropping, dumping, stacking are other activities that toddlers enjoy.

They enjoy toys and activities that they can investigate cause and effect. Water play is an example of cause and effect. Puzzles, books, and other manipulative's are good for cognitive development.

Children at this age begin to mimic adult behaviors such as talking on the phone and caring for baby dolls. They are developing their social-emotional skills by taking part in pretend play.

Popular Toys for Toddlers

1.Simple puzzles

2.Stacking blocks

3.Balls

4.Ride-on toys with no pedals

5.Floating toys

6.Toys with turning/unscrewing, and lock-key actions

7.Shape Sorter

8.Soft climbing equipment

9.Musical toys

10.Baby dolls

11.Soft stuffed toys

12.Sturdy books

13.Crayons and paper

14.Push and pull toys

15.Props for dramatic play

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My daughter is 17 months old. She's getting slightly into the imaginary play. She loves to color and listen to music and dance. She's aslo inherited her father's engineering gene so blocks are a big hit. If you're going to be in charge of playtime or just want to get her a little something to play with while she's at your house I'd suggest those big crayons and lots of blank paper or a "my first baby" type of doll. If she visits frequently maybe her mommy could spring for a box of blocks that will live at your house. My daughter has a nice toddler safe baby doll that was around $10 at the local Target/Walmart/Kmart. Another tip....clear one room and make it completely baby proof if you can...or just one section of space if you can't dedicate a whole room so she can just run around in circles or play however she wants without you having a heart attack about her getting hurt or hurting your things. Its usually what I do when we visit relatives houses, for the sake of everyone's sanity. :) Hope this helps and you have a great christmas with your family!!

a good thing for that age is a treasure basket get a shoe box wrap it in pretty wrapping paper then fill it with bits of ribbon, a spoon or two pieces of fabric , pieces of paper, even a pebble, largew enough for her not to swallow and light enough that it wont break her foot if she drops it, also a few crayons the different textures sounds and colours will keep her busy, the pros of a treasure basket is its inexpensive, the activities are endless and you can always add more things /take things away without spoiling the fun, also everywhere she goes she will bring a dolly and also they wioll have a dolly for her so at least this is something different and it encourages her to think and use her imagination, as with anything else you will need to provide supervision

I have a sister she is not 18 mo yet but she is 17mo she loves to play with bowls,pans,spoons,cups she loves to play with dolls too she even has a play house were she has a piano and her dolls and all her play cooking things are in the little sink she also loves to sort shapes and solve 4 piece puzzles or maybe even 8piece.trust me they can have fun with every thing my sister has fun watching barney movies and playing with the vcr and cellphones.she also loves to draw(bunch of scribbles)in her drawing board.kids her age love things that make noise and play music. Oh and my sister likes to read books (or at least she tries)

Leap frog things are perfect for kids this age because they make noise they play music and some even move and they also teach thing like the alphabet and numbers,colors and shapes HOPE THIS HELPS!!!

Children that age have a very short attention span and unlikely to play by themselves for long periods of time. Blocks, fridge magnets, your Tupperware cupboard and your pots and pans will keep them busy for hours. They don't pick up after themselves, love to sit on your lap and look and story books, cardboard books are the best.

They have the ability to make toys out of the darnedest things and store bought is not always it. Good luck

At that age, it's fun to play with pots and pans and wooden or plastic spoons. Stuff that can go in the mouth and then be washed, is unbreakable, etc. Little ones, some of them, like to make "music", read as lots of noise with stuff. Put the glass Christmas ornament up higher than she can reach. My daughter ate one at a friends house at that age! Maybe think more about safety in your hose. Babies play with everyone and everything. Have fun!

I would say.. baby dolls and accessries, Push pull toys, Electronic Learning, Chatter telephone, cassette player, Kitchen, medical kit, country play house .. .. would be great gifts for children in that age range..

Good Luck

my prek classroom adjoins with the 1 year olds and so i get to supervise their playing a lot.

they love the kitchen center. anything to do wtih the pots and pans and spoons, etc.

they love the balls. they fight over the balls all the time.

bubbles

dolls

pocketbooks and bags

strollers or any push toy

adults shoes

baskets and boxes they can climb into...laundry baskets are great fun!

wooden puzzles

board books

scribblings with pens and pencils

have fun!!

They love baby dolls, stollers, pretend play toys such as fake food and pots and pans. Starting at about 18 months they start to do alot of imagination play and like to pretend to be mommy.

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