Laundry Basket Ride & Stack
A simple game using a laundry basket for motor skill development: pulling, pushing, and stacking objects inside the basket.
- Takes
- 15–20 min
- Your setup
- 1 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 1–2
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- Free
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Place the toddler safely inside the basket and slowly pull them across a smooth floor (Supervision is critical).
- 2Next, take the child out and demonstrate filling the basket with soft toys.
- 3Encourage the child to push or pull the loaded basket across the floor.
- 4Challenge them to empty the basket and repeat the filling process.
What they're practising
- Pushing/Pulling Coordination
- Gross Motor Strength
- Containment and Sorting
- Balance while moving