Monkey Around The Wiggle & Giggle Game

If your toddler is always climbing, jumping or needing to move to stay happy, it's not a lack of focus, it's a need for movement to feel regulated.

Monkey Around gives toddlers a guided, connected way to meet that need, with silly action cards to act out together, from hopping to balancing a bean-bag banana. That shared movement gives the body the input it's looking for, with an adult right there to guide it.

From an OT lens, this kind of play plays a key role in helping children:
- Build gross motor skills and body awareness
- Support motor planning through balance and action tasks
- Strengthen social emotional connection with a caregiver

Its one-adult, one-child format means every round is a shared, connected activity rather than independent play.

You'll often find this most helpful:
- As an active break between quieter activities
- During early intervention or parent child sessions
- As a bonding activity at home
- For toddlers building gross motor confidence

✔ Builds gross motor skills and body awareness
✔ Supports motor planning through balance tasks
✔ Strengthens caregiver-child connection
✔ Encourages turn taking in a guided format
✔ Simple enough for toddlers from age two

It looks like a silly action game… but functions as guided movement practice for toddlers who need to move to feel settled.