
Welcome to The Realist Play Kit for months 19-21
Watch Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph introduce the Realist Play Kit for months 19 to 11 of your toddler's life.
Watch Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph introduce the Realist Play Kit for months 19 to 11 of your toddler's life.
Your toddler likely understands more than they can say. Here are 4 ways your toddler is communicating without words.
More than anything, toddler art is a sensory exploration involving fine and gross motor movement. Here are the stages of toddler drawing development.
Learn how to build your child's language skills and comprehension with plenty of rich vocabulary, back-and-forth conversations, narration, and repetition.
We asked some of our favorite early childhood, Montessori, and resilience experts to share some advice with us. Here are their top 10 tips.
Here are 8 ways your toddler is learning language right now, even if they're not saying much yet.
Introducing who, what, where, why, and how in little lessons empowers your toddler to begin explaining what interests them the most.
Kicking, biting, and hitting are common all with toddlers, and knowing what to do can be hard—especially if you’re in public. Here's what you should know.
This DIY project captures your child's first words and builds their vocabulary as their language develops.
Neuroscientist Gillian Starkey shares tips for introducing your toddler to math and why it's beneficial to start now.
Lovevery CEO Jessica Rolph and Montessori Expert Jody Malterre demonstrate how the Montessori Animal Match game helps toddlers link 2D images with 3D figurines.
Pom poms are a fun way for your toddler to develop their fine motor skills. Try these ideas for at home or on the go.
Develop your toddler's fine-motor skills and concentration in a fun new way with items you probably already have at home.
Giving your toddler opportunities to help with household tasks makes them feel independent and valuable. Try these ways to encourage your child to participate.
Children as young as 18 months can start taking on regular household responsibilities. These will be simple and straightforward, like wiping up spills or helping set the table, and will require modeling and patience from you.
Built for the way toddlers play, the Wheel Around Town Bus in The Realist Play Kit taps into your toddler's emerging skills.
Learn nine ways to help your toddler get comfortable with the toilet and noticing their body's signals.
Your child can potty train using a floor potty or a seat that fits on a regular toilet. Learn the pros and cons of each style.
Allowing your toddler to practice each part of a self-care skill with you boosts their confidence and independence.
Some toddlers can pay attention to an activity for several minutes, while others may need more support to stay focused for even a minute.
The average vocabulary at 18 months is about 50 words, but toddlers can say far more or fewer and still be on track.
Studies find that labeling an object as your child handles it can help them connect what they have in their hands to the words you say.
By staying close and being a calm, steady presence, you’re actually helping your toddler learn to become more independent in the future.
Your toddler isn't mature enough to resist their impulses yet, but there are things you can do now to help them develop this skill.
Try these easy tips from language experts to encourage your toddler to say two-word phrases.
Specific verbal feedback can help your toddler tune into their body as they tackle a new physical challenge.
Try these ideas to help your child understand what it means to be a good playmate.
Researchers analyzed how parents taught their 24-month-olds to complete a difficult activity and the children's persistence a year late. This is what they uncovered.
Before the frustration gets to both of you, try this approach to make your toddler feel heard and build their vocabulary in the process.
Destructive play is a powerful learning opportunity for your toddler. Learn how to make it work for both of you.
Acting out simple real-life situations during play gives your toddler a chance to learn about other people’s feelings without their own distress getting in the way.
Tantrums are part of toddler life, but these ideas may help you nip some before they start.
These ideas help your toddler move from a fisted grip to one that uses the strength of their fingers and thumb.
Up to 15% of young children will intentionally bang their head on the wall or floor at some point. Here's what to do when it happens.
Try these six expert tips to make bath time less stressful for your toddler—and you.
Try these four steps to reconnect and teach your toddler how to handle moments that don't go the way we'd hoped.
Learn the timeline of color understanding and 5 fun ways to help your toddler learn colors.
How you respond to mispronunciations can make a difference in your child's language development.
Learn why and how to let your toddler walk instead of ride.
Your toddler may say lots of new words around 18 to 24 months of age—here's why.
Learn which puzzles offer just enough challenge for young toddlers.
Try these 3 simple ways to get more valuable face-to-face time with your toddler.
Many shows and apps targeted at babies and toddlers are marketed as “educational,” but that doesn’t always mean much.
Learn the best phrases to guide your child toward safer choices.
Learn four strategies to help your toddler enjoy—and learn from—parallel play.
Learn six easy ways to add heavy work to your toddler's day.
When hosting a toddler play date, a little planning can go a long way toward minimizing conflict and maximizing opportunities to connect.
Help your toddler explore what it feels and looks like to paint on different surfaces as they build fine motor and language skills.
Research shows that reading can be a powerful way to boost your toddler’s expressive language skills. Try these simple strategies.
Try these ideas to get the wiggles out inside.
Pausing a few seconds can foster your toddler’s communication skills and encourage them to join the conversation.
Help your toddler get better at coordinating the small muscles of their hands and fingers with these activities from a pediatric OT.
As they spin, roll, swing, and slide, your toddler gets feedback from two important sensory systems that are crucial for their developing gross motor skills.
From advance warning to giving your toddler some power over loud noises, discover the best ways to help your child startle less.
A study of 270 toddlers found three key factors that predicted toileting success.
Find tips for planning a successful video chat as well as five activities for better video chats with toddlers.
Help your toddler work through feelings of disappointment, sadness, and frustration when their skills don't quite match their ambitions.
Even before your toddler is ready to start using the potty, reading books about the experience can help them understand what the process is all about.
Using real materials is a common Montessori practice. It can teach toddlers how to handle things with care, building independence and confidence.
When your toddler looks through their legs or climbs up or down stairs, they're exploring the "orientation" schema. Offer these activities to support their curiosity.
When your toddler crawls into a cardboard box or places a cup inside a bigger container, they’re exploring the “enclosing” schema.
Children learn so much about the physical world by throwing, dropping, rolling, and flinging things—including their own body.
Toddlers love discovering how objects fit together and come apart. Discover 5 ways to support this type of play.
Discover 4 ways to support your toddler’s developing rotation schema, a form of play that involves twirling their body, rolling cars, and more.
Does your toddler love hiding under a blanket or stuffing little toys between the couch cushions? Covering up and hiding objects is a type of schema play known as “enveloping.”
Instilling a love and understanding of language, reading, and writing in toddlers has little to do with memorizing the ABCs. Learn the skills to reinforce instead.
Grabbing at this toddler stage isn’t malicious and doesn’t need a consequence or any form of discipline. Learn what to do instead.
Discover lesser-known tips and facts about teaching your child to use the toilet from Lovevery's senior child development expert.
Learn the signs your child may be ready to potty train and expert tips for introducing the concept.
Learn how to create an effective toddler bedtime routine from our certified sleep consultant, Lauren Lappen.
Studies show that a child’s sleep environment can strongly impact their sleep quality. Try these research-backed strategies tonight.
They way your child plays make-believe changes as they grow. At each stage, pretend play offers cognitive and social-emotional benefits.
Patterns are an important element of math. Learn the stages to learning patterns and 4 ways to help your toddler recognize patterns.
Help your toddler learn to take others’ perspectives and solve complex problems with these expert tips to encourage creative and divergent thinking.
Having their nails cut is a little bit scary for your child. Here are some adjustments that might make the process a little easier for both of you.
Logical consequences are about helping your toddler regulate their emotions and their body. They're meant as a reset—not punishment.
Read our three steps to setting toddler limits with empathy and understand what empathetic boundaries teach children.
Giving your child opportunities to focus on a task uninterrupted and get into a “zone of concentration'' is an important part of the Montessori approach.
Some toddlers are less soothed by close physical contact than they were as babies. Learn what to do when a hug won't work.
When children are enjoying an activity, they just want to keep doing it. Read our 6 steps to help your toddler transition.
Separation anxiety doesn't happen only to children—it affects parents, too. Read 4 tips to help you deal with your separation anxiety.
All toddlers have temper tantrums. Learn the dos and don'ts to help you and your child through public and private meltdowns.
Toddlers understand that they can make things happen with simple actions. Here are 4 ways to deepen their understanding of cause and effect.
Co-regulation is the process of showing your toddler how to manage emotions by doing it together. Try these expert tips the next time your child gets upset.
Learn why crawling is so important for toddlers and how to encourage it with simple play tunnel games.
Are you eager for your toddler to play longer with a toy? Learn what you can do to help them get the most out of their playthings.
Big feelings are a sign of your toddler's healthy social-emotional development. Learn three ways to help you and your child manage them.
Knowing when your toddler is ready to drop their morning nap can be tricky. Understand the signs to look for and the best ways to drop to one nap.
As your toddler becomes more independent, you have an opportunity to help them cultivate healthy self-esteem. Here are 4 ways to help your toddler develop it.
If your toddler dislikes certain clothes, it may be a sensory issue. Learn five simple adjustments from a pediatric occupational therapist.
At 12 months old, your toddler is more mobile and curious than ever. The best toys support mobility, fine motor skills, language, and independence. See our best Montessori toys for 1-year-olds.
Wooden toys are a staple of Montessori learning. They're durable, beautiful, and inspire wonder for a child's budding imagination.
After play studies, weeks of in-home testing, and thousands of customer surveys, we are excited to announce our updated Play Kits for one-year-olds.
Your toddler’s brain loves to grapple with opposites. A great way to involve your toddler in learning about opposites is by exploring the idea of dirty vs clean
This water painting activity boosts gross and fine motor skills and is incredibly simple. All you need are paint brushes and a bucket of water.
Twisting caps to loosen and tighten them takes concentration and coordination, and can be done over and over again. This activity reuses disposable baby food pouches to allow your child to practice.
"Posting” is a term used to describe fitting objects into an opening of corresponding size. In this activity, colorful, bendable pipe cleaners fit into Wiffle balls for all kinds of posting fun.
This DIY craft activity has can be taken on car trips and stored easily for future use—and it supports multiple developmental skills as well.
In this activity, your child will push toy cars, trains, planes, and other small vehicles through DIY tunnels, creating a world of pretend play to get lost in.
This simple DIY is a great source of entertainment and helps develop gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination. All it takes is a paper plate, popsicle sticks, and a balloon.
Some of the best craft materials can be found in the recycling bin. Here are 3 crafts you can do with your toddler using toilet paper rolls.