Age range
1 year old
Development benefits
- Physical Development: Builds balance and hand-eye coordination.
- Cognitive Development: Introduces size and color sequencing.
Take place in
Indoors (floor or crib-side).
How to play
- Hold the post upright in front of your child.
- Hand your child one ring at a time, starting with the largest.
- Guide their hand to thread the ring onto the post.
- Celebrate each ring added, then let them remove and repeat.
Perfect for
- Motor: threading
- Cognitive: size order
Expert tip
Don't worry about the "correct" size order at first - the goal at this age is simply threading and removing; sequencing skill comes a few months later.