This is exactly what a child in the age group from 1.5 to 3 years needs to feel, when the baby has already moved from the level of instincts, connects one thing with another well, and shares their experience.
At the age of 1.5 to 3 years, children perceive information through their eyes and even form their own view of the world, testing everything that comes from their surroundings. It is important for babies to feel hard and soft, elastic and jelly-like.
During this time, children develop understanding, the ability to analyze and compare, and parents notice how the child begins to express themselves.
It is important for adults to understand that perception comes not only through the eyes but also through the entire body, through movements and touches. The child begins to understand that they are a part of the world.
This understanding also comes through fairy tales. For example, the Gingerbread Man rolls and rolls, the heavy bear waddles, the fish swims, the bunny hops, and the turtle crawls. The child begins to feel the type of movement: something squishes, someone crawls, waddles, and walks.
During this period, it is also important to give the child the right to choose. Even in a fairy tale, they choose who rolls like the Gingerbread Man and who is the mud on the path where the hero rolled.
Thanks to the variety of fairy tales, the baby immerses themselves in different contexts, experiencing different stories that help them perceive the surrounding world. Even an ordinary puddle, which so enticingly invites all children to splash in its dirty waters, gives the child the opportunity to become part of the world. And when, if not now, can one allow themselves to splash in the mud?
This helps to gain unique experiences, fills the internal baggage, and shows that the world is diverse and if sufficiently filled, one can feel internal support.