Do you have a bouncy, always moving toddler? They are a huge delight.
To manage all that energy, ensure that your daily schedule is balanced between short, quiet, sitting activities and long, outdoor, busy activities.
Twenty minutes of high chair activity time (this broken up into two activities like playdoh and drawing) could be followed by sixty to ninety minutes of outside play with balls, bats, a sandpit, bikes, skateboards, scooters, a swing set and a trampoline.
Making mud pies, bush (leaf and twig) stews, gardening, outside painting and 'large' craft projects, constructing spaceships and cubbies out of boxes and left over wood were some messy, fun activities outisde that also provided a creative outlet for this endless energy.
Caleb was quite happy with two outside playtimes each day, but Sam often needed three!
