Identify indoor and outdoor spaces where your toddler can have opportunities to walk, run, jump and climb.
At this stage, most toddlers are attaining the developmental milestone of walking up and down the stairs.
During the walking transition, babies’ interactions with caregivers became more passive, particularly when sitting and standing, but they are also engaged in greater gross motor activity while continuing to use squatting/kneeling postures for fine motor manipulations.
The time spent outdoors is an essential determining factor of children’s physical activity and independent mobility. Schaefer, L., Plotnikoff, R. C., Majumdar, S. R., Mollard, R., Woo, M., Sadman, R., . . . Ball, G. D. (2014). Outdoor time is associated with physical activity, sedentary time, and cardiorespiratory fitness in youth. The Journal of Pediatrics, 165(3), 516–521. Wen, L. M., Kite, J., Merom, D., & Rissel, C. (2009). Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: A cross-sectional survey of children aged 10–12 years in Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6(1), 15.