Tips for supporting Play with toddlers

Tips for supporting play with toddlers include providing a room layout that allows easy movement, accessible low-level toys, and offering choices. Toddlers need opportunities for both active indoor and outdoor play using their large muscles, as well as experimenting with natural materials like sand, water, sticks and wood, rather than prescribed activities like coloring pages. Adults should support toddlers as they learn through solitary, parallel and shared play.