Posting Box
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Description
Your toddler posts objects through a hole in a box lid and hears them land inside, a satisfying drop-and-find task that builds aim and hand control.
What to prep
- box
- safe_objects
Play guide
- 1Cut or find one hole in a box lid or container that is just big enough for your chosen object to fit through.
- 2Sit on the floor with your toddler and put a few safe objects beside the box.
- 3Show them once how to line one object up with the hole and let it drop in.
- 4Hand over an object and let them try posting it themselves.
- 5When the box is full, open it together, tip everything out, and start again.
Success signals
Your toddler lines an object up with the hole and lets go so it drops in. They look for the object after it disappears or reach to open the box. They ask to fill it again after you tip it out
If it's tricky
The hole is too small: They will give up, so make it clearly bigger than the object. They only want to open and dump rather than post: Follow their lead, as dumping is part of the same schema. They lose interest: Swap in objects that make a sound when they land