My daughter just turned 2 in June. She is very smart and catches on to things very fast. I would like to know if anyone has any tricks they used to teach thier toddlers new things. Any suggestions would help. I just want to teach her more because she really seems like she wants to learn more.
2006-07-19 16:04:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Try sign language. I have a 3 year old and a 17 month old and they both know how to sign. My 3 year old has about a 100 word signing vocabulary and can spell all of our names and my 17 month old has about a 25 - 40 word vocabulary. They both love it and beg me to put their DVD's in so they can learn more. Go to www.signingtime.com They have a great selection of videos and DVD's and everything is very reasonably priced. Good Luck! P.S. the sign language comes in real handy when you are somewhere and you don't won't your child to yell out "MOMMY I GOTTA GO PEE/POOP!" They can just sign it.
2006-07-19 18:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter loves the tv show Hi-5. The songs from there are excellent teaching tools. We often "discuss" the program and what the characters are doing and why. Her vocabulary is amazing.
I would also suggest books, books, and more books. Read every night. Let her help you with things around the house... like sorting laundry or putting dishes in the dishwasher and talk while you do it. Believe it or not, they are learning while doing these simple tasks.
Here's a website of children's songs that may be helpful too.
http://www.bussongs.com/
2006-07-20 01:59:03 · answer #2 · answered by treasures320 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you have to ask I suppose you have a big problem. Any person with basic intelligence should be able to figure that one out. You're not going to teach advanced calculus are you? You start from the bottom up being the most basic learning skills and continue from there. There's heaps of learning aids around to help you these days from picture cards and much more. Teach yourself first and then perhaps you'll know where to start. There are heaps of early learning groups and programs available to get you started.
2016-03-27 00:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing I can suggest is to make on up for what you want to teach her. It is more personal and will have more meaning to her
1. Do something unexpected with a familiar toy or household object it will peak their curiosity
2. Rhyming and repetition It get stuck in their head just like a song you hear in the morning stays with you most of the day
3. You can make anything a game. my 3 year old loves to clean and we made it a game.
I hope this helps and good luck
2006-07-19 16:18:51 · answer #4 · answered by Red Yeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many things you can do to encourage learning in your child. Many of my suggestions are things that you can incorperate very easily into your daily routine.
For cognitive development:
Take your child on walks, point out trees, animals, people, the scenery, vehicles etc. Describe what you see, "That is a big red truck....small brown squirell."etc.
Sing the alphabet, get flashcards say the letter. "This is the letter A. A says "Ahh" like apple." Teach her the letters in her name. Show her that letters are everywhere on street signs, in books...
Sing the days of the week song. Point it out to her on the calendar. "Today is Sunday, the first day of the week."
Teach her colours, pointing them out on her clothes, on her plate, outside etc., colour with her, "Here is a nice red crayon..."
Sing number songs and tell her number rhymes like "One, Two, Buckle my shoe..." Tell her the number of things you give to her. "Here is one cup of juice.... There are eight orange slices on your plate."
For physical development:
Do things to help her develop gross motor skills. Encourage physical play with your toddler. A game of kick ball, jumping jacks, how about having her paint with water on the outside of your house.
Continue to work on developing her fine motor skills. Give her modeling clay or play dough. This has double benefits because it's a form of open ended play stimulating her creative side and helps her develop small motor skills at the same time. How about have her learn to use chop sticks, pick up small things like lentils and put them into a jar. There are so many things you can do with her it just takes a little research and creativity on your part.
2006-07-20 04:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have found with our 2 year old that anything she can do to "help" is fun for her and helps her learn - everything is new at this age! So we let her help us feed the cat, set and clear the table (nothing too breakable), sweep and vacuum the floor, go grocery shopping and wash dishes. All of those every day chores have educational aspects built into them - how many scoops of cat food do we give kitty? what color is the ketchup? can you vacuum fast...can you go slow? can you find the yellow bananas? what happens when you eat soap (bleh!)? Have fun!
2006-07-19 17:33:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The books "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" (about the alphabet) and Chicka Chicka 123 (about numbers), have a good rhyme to them. I hear the 123 also comes as a DVD. Both of my kids sway to the words and try to read along.
We also count out loud to 30 when we put on temporary tatoos. (my boys are 2 and 4)
2006-07-19 16:17:11 · answer #7 · answered by Tammie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make up number and alphabet songs. Kids at that age soak up everything. Do things like......
1little, 2little 3 little indians, or you make it dogs or cats.
We used ot make up Dr. Seuse type counting stories
Did you see 1 blue gnu or 2 blue gnu
No I saw 5 live hives!
Just things like that, and before you know it they will be counting and know hteir colors and abc's.
2006-07-19 16:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by suequek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a library, or bookstore, or commercial toy store and just scan the shelves for ideas. Take your little one with you and see what strikes her fancy. Take notes.
You don't necessarily have to borrow or buy anything at these places. You'll just be getting ideas for yourself and reactions from your daughter.
Best wishes from a grand pop of six ranging in age from five to 21.
2006-07-19 16:15:56 · answer #9 · answered by gsrgjr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Play songs in other languages so her ear adapts to different languages and accents. That way, if you want to teach her a new language, it won't be too difficult. I let my daughter hear music in Japanese, Italian, English, Spanish, German, French and Chinese.
2006-07-19 16:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by Baby_latina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋