Act Out the Book
After reading a favourite story, act it out together — your child becomes the main character and relives the plot.
Activities for 3 Year Olds
Play ideas for toddlers aged 36–47 months — when pretend play, storytelling, and social skills take off. These activities stretch growing minds while keeping things fun and manageable.
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Category Sorting Chat
Sort a jumbled pile of objects into groups — food, animals, clothes, vehicles — and explain why each one belongs there.
Opposite Hunt
Race around the house finding opposite pairs — big and small, hot and cold, heavy and light — building vocabulary through physical discovery.
Rhyming Washing Line
Peg picture cards onto a string and match pairs that rhyme — a hands-on way to hear sound patterns in words.
Sign Spotter Walk
Go for a walk and spot real words in the wild — shop signs, road names, and bus numbers become a reading adventure.
Sound Swap Silliness
Swap the first sound of familiar words to make silly nonsense — 'banana' becomes 'ganana' and giggles follow.
What Comes First?
Put daily routine steps in the right order — wake up, eat breakfast, brush teeth, get dressed — building the narrative sequencing that underpins reading.
Word Collector Jar
Collect interesting new words on slips of paper throughout the day and drop them in a special jar to revisit at bedtime.
Back-to-Back Drawing
Siblings sit back to back and describe what they're drawing for the other to copy — building listening, communication, and giggly cooperation.
Beanbag Balance
Balance a beanbag on different body parts while moving.
Big Sister Brother Promise Book
Make a tiny home-stitched book together — each page is one thing your toddler can do as a big sister or brother. Builds the proud identity that protects against the regression to come.
Brave Phrases Practice
Teach your toddler three simple sentences they can say to themselves when they wake up scared in the night — short, calm, repeatable phrases that fit in their head when nothing else does.
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