Some of the most important skills start with the body.

Here are a few exercises we do with our toddler group.

🔹 “The fly”
We say a short rhyme about a fly landing on different parts of the body and children need to point to them.
Then we start to confuse them a little. We say “cheeks” but touch our ears.

At first, they follow the movement.
Then slowly, they begin to listen more carefully.

🔹 “Mirror”
We raise arms, move legs, touch different parts of the body.
Left, right, slowly, together.

Some children copy straight away.
Others need a moment and then it clicks.

🔹 “One or two”
We look for parts of the body. What is single, what comes in pairs.
One nose, two eyes, two hands…

They count, they touch and they check again.

It looks simple but this is where children begin to understand their body, space, and direction.