Your child will master scouting down the stairs backward, and will get better at climbing up onto furniture.

They will learn to move a chair so they can climb up to get things. It’s a big accomplishment in thinking skills. They identify a goal (I want something up there) and a problem (I can’t reach it). They identify a solution (I can move the chair and climb up to get it) and then take action to reach the goal.

Today’s activity: Act as a spotter as your child practices climbing in appropriate places, like on the playground. Encourage them to use solve a problem to reach a goal—like push their chair to the table so they can have dinner.

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