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Gross motor skills
Safe Independent Climbing
A climbing triangle, a foam block, or just a grassy hill at the park, and one single rule: never lift your child up. They climb what their body can handle, get down on their own, and you stay close—ready to help, with calm confidence.
- Age
- 18 to 36 months
- Duration
- 20-30 min
- Materials
- Climbing triangle or foam blocks (or a natural grassy slope)
- Supervision
- Supervisé en continu
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Step by step
- A climbing triangle, soft foam blocks, or a gentle grassy slope at the park.
- Put down a mat or use soft grass, keeping anything hard out of the way.
- Never lift them up. They only climb as high as their body knows how to. If they ask to be placed at the top, hold your ground gently.
- Keep your hands ready but not reaching, offering a calm, reassuring look.
- Guide with words if needed (“your foot is looking for the bar below”) without doing it for them.
- Let them climb down on their own: climbing down is half the learning. Praise the whole effort, not just the height reached.
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