Toddler activities with jar lids

Jar lids and bottle tops are perfect toddler-sized objects: safe to hold, satisfying to clink, and they fit through slots and into tins. The activities here all use lids, from a handful of bottle tops to the lids off saucepans, and most need nothing more than a container to post them into. They cover posting and fitting for problem solving, matching for early maths and drumming for rhythm, and they are cheap to set up since the lids are already in a drawer somewhere. Keep the very small ones for older toddlers and stay close in case one goes towards a mouth. Steps, skills and switch-ups for each activity are written out below.

6 activities

Quiet Box Lid Open & Close illustration Quiet Box Lid Open & Close from 12 months · 5-10 min Velcro Strip Pull Apart illustration Velcro Strip Pull Apart from 14 months · 5-10 min Jar Lid Twist & Unscrew illustration Jar Lid Twist & Unscrew from 20 months · 5-10 min Lid Match Stack illustration Lid Match Stack from 20 months · 5-10 min Shape Poster illustration Shape Poster from 24 months · 5-10 min Twist The Lid illustration Twist The Lid from 26 months · 5-10 min

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