How Can I Improve My Toddler’s Balance?

In this article we will be looking at ‘how can I improve my toddler’s balance’. If you have a toddler, you probably will be well practiced in putting plasters on little scrapes and cuts that are totally unavoidable. You can try and ensure you make their environment as safe as possible. However, when little ones are finding their feet and exploring they will usually end up with a few bumps from tumbles.

If you are asking a few things to help improve your toddler’s balance can help them develop important physical skills. Balance is a learned skill that requires both physical and mental effort.

We will discuss below a few great ways to improve your toddler’s balance. Making it fun is paramount. We’ll list a few fun balance games for toddlers, to encourage their overall physical development and suggest some mother and toddler groups. We will be looking at some practical things we can do. We’ll also look at where you can find “Mother and Toddler groups” and gymnastics or more physical classes for your toddler. If we haven’t covered your area, you can always search on our directory.

• Improve my Toddler’s Balance idea 1 – Play surfing!

Here is a great activity to improve your toddler’s balance. If you have a skateboard this game can be done by using a skateboard and putting weight on the one side then the other.

Alternatively, pick a flat and sturdy surface, like a wooden board, that’s wide enough to stand on with legs spread stance. Place a large cylinder tub underneath, for example a bubble bath container or empty water bottle. Ask your toddler to stand with feet wide. Balance backwards and forward trying to keep the board on the cylinder. To make it even more fun put some music on or wave sound effects. This is a great way to improve your toddler’s balance.

• Improve my Toddler’s Balance idea 2- Indoor hopscotch!

This is a really simple idea to improve your toddler’s balance. If you have some chalk, draw a hopscotch and show your child how to hop from one square to the next. You can also take this activity inside. Get some tape to create nine squares for the hopscotch course on the floor surface.  Get a soft ball, beanbag or even cuddle toy to throw. Throw the object to the coin into the first square without allowing it to touch the lines or bounce outside the box. Then your toddler can hop one foot on the squares until they reach the top box.

• Improve my Toddler’s Balance idea 3- freeze game!

Pop on some of your toddlers favourite  music and have a dance party. Then, stop the music and freeze! If you have a few children playing, the winner is the child who can stay the most still for the longest. However you can just play with you and your little one too. This challenges your toddler body’s ability to move freely and suddenly stop, helping your child develop balance.

• Improve my Toddler’s Balance idea 4- Walk a tightrope!

This is another simple idea to improve your toddler’s balance. Grab a rope or piece of string to create a line that your toddler has to walk as if it were a balance beam. You can even use sticky tape. Ask your toddler to place the heel of one foot in front of the toes of the other foot, step by step. Add toys on the line as obstacles, and challenge them to walk backwards. To make this game really fun, award your child with a medal. You could make this from string and cardboard as if they were a professional gymnast.

• Improve my Toddler’s Balance idea 5- Create an obstacle course

A great way to improve your toddler’s balance is to get out in nature and get them walking on tree trunks. Jumping from log to log, creating little stepping stones, and setting up a fun nature obstacle course can will help aid their physical development.

Toddler Groups

Preschool classes and toddler groups are a great way to bond with your little one. They are also a great way to improve your toddler’s balance. Here are a few classes listed on the Club Hub directory that you may want to try out.

• Hartbeeps are the original multi-award winning musical story tellers and creators of multi-sensory classes for babies and young children, making magic happen since 2003. Find a class near you on our directory.
• Beebops is as similar sort of class. It is a Preschool Sensory, Music and Dance classes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. 45 minutes of fun interaction with your child, including props, instruments, sensory free play, dancing and having some energetic fun with lots of great songs. From nursery rhymes, classical music and modern days pop tunes and everything in-between!
• Drama/action classes are great mother and toddler groups such as Amanda’s Action Club in London or Toni Tots Drama in Birmingham
• There are also some fantastic music classes for toddlers such as Boogie Beat Music and Movement. These classes are full of traditional fairy tales and nursery rhymes with an active dance twist. Let your child’s imagination come alive. To find out more about Boogie Beat Music and Movement baby and toddler groups in your area visit boogiebeat.co.uk

Toddler Yoga

Yoga is another really good way to improve your toddler’s balance.

Here are a few you might find near you:

• Mitchy Titch Yoga, Liverpool – https://clubhubuk.co.uk/clubs/mitchy-titch-baby-yoga-fun-fitness-liverpool-2/
• Parent and child yoga, Bilingshurts – https://clubhubuk.co.uk/clubs/parent-and-child-yoga/
• calma mamma and bubba – https://clubhubuk.co.uk/clubs/calma-mama-bubba/

Gymnastics Classes

Mini monkey gym is listed on our directory and has unique soft obstacle courses to explore which support a weekly movement theme and physical skill. Mini Monkeys enjoy jumping off blocks, balancing on beams, rolling down slopes, sliding on tummies, moving backwards, crawling through tunnels, climbing in, out, up and over and more.

You can also take a look at our ‘Toddler Gymnastics’ here – https://clubhubuk.co.uk/toddler-gymnastics-when-should-a-child-start-gymnastics/

Visit the Club Hub directory and Book your class today!

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