Toddler activities with a spoon

Spoons are the first real tool a toddler masters, and they are good for far more than eating. Stirring a bowl of dry rice, carrying a spoonful of cotton balls across the room without dropping them, drumming on an upturned pan. The activities on this page all use a spoon, wooden or metal, as the main prop. They build the wrist control and grip that self-feeding depends on and give a small child the satisfying feeling of doing a grown-up thing. Each one lists what else you need, which is never much.

16 activities

Rice Bin Dig illustration Rice Bin Dig from 12 months · 10-15 min Carry The Cutlery illustration Carry The Cutlery from 16 months · 5-10 min Pom-Pom Water Scoop illustration Pom-Pom Water Scoop from 16 months · 10-15 min Spoon Scoop Pom Transfer illustration Spoon Scoop Pom Transfer from 16 months · 10-15 min Broom Sweep March illustration Broom Sweep March from 18 months · 5-10 min Spoon Transfer illustration Spoon Transfer from 18 months · 5-10 min Doctor Bear Checkup illustration Doctor Bear Checkup from 24 months · 10-15 min Jelly Hands Dig illustration Jelly Hands Dig from 24 months · 10-15 min Set Two Places illustration Set Two Places from 24 months · 5-10 min Teddy Tea Party illustration Teddy Tea Party from 24 months · 10-15 min Ice Cube Melt Race illustration Ice Cube Melt Race from 26 months · 10-15 min Muffin Tray Sort illustration Muffin Tray Sort from 26 months · 10-15 min Rice Scoop And Pour illustration Rice Scoop And Pour from 26 months · 10-15 min Shaving Foam Swirl illustration Shaving Foam Swirl from 26 months · 10-15 min Texture Basket Guess illustration Texture Basket Guess from 26 months · 5-10 min Muddy Garden Pat-A-Cake illustration Muddy Garden Pat-A-Cake from 28 months · 10-15 min

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