Play with your food!

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Spread vanilla pudding on the tray of your toddler’s high chair and let her explore the texture with her fingers.

You'll Need

Your baby's high chair
Vanilla pudding (or other squishy food)

Time

30 minutes

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By Melissa Catalano

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Melissa Catalano is a schoolteacher and runs My Play Place, a play-based parent-participation toddler program where kids learn, create and socialize in a fun and safe setting. She holds a B.A. in Human Biology and an M.A. in Education from Stanford University. In a day filled with teaching and running a business, parenting is the job that still provides the most challenges and rewards.

Spread vanilla pudding on the tray of your toddler’s high chair and let her explore the texture with her fingers.

Toddlers learn about their world through their sense of touch. Allow your child time to really get into it! It might look like it’s just a mess, but your child is learning about the world and the way things feel and move.