Crib children discover their world. Go looking for stones. This can be on the roadside or in their own garden. Finding stones is a great occupation for the little ones, for example, while you work in the garden, pluck weeds, take a picnic or enjoy the sun.
Observe your little explorers as they look around the garden, what they are dealing with and what things they are proud of. What do they show you? What do they bring?
Give the child a bowl, plate or a small bucket. Motivates the children to look for more stones and collect them on the plate.
When the plate is filled, you can think about what you're doing with the stones!
The stones provide an incentive for further employment, such as:
Sorting the stones (it doesn't always have to look great... for children they are all!) e.g. by size or by color or after how smooth they are, etc.
You can also show your child what it can put out of the stones, be faces, figures or patterns.
On a bench (or chair, children's table, stairwell, sandpit) you give the child another vessel or plate, so it can replenish the stones.
If it's warm outside, why not wash the stones?
Give your child a bowl of water, possibly a small sponge or a small rag and an old towel.
You'll be amazed at how long your child is busy with the stones!