learning toys for 2 year old?

Question

my neice will be 2 next month .. she is learning to count already and learning her colors

what would be something for her to play with that also will be a teaching agent

Answer 1

I recommend stacking and sorting toys, wooden puzzles and shapesorters. For cheap wooden puzzles try Big Lots, I found some nice ones there. As for the others, I will link you to a couple of inexpensive, tried and true favorites that my daughter loves.

Another unique, traditional and loved toy that we have is a Russian nesting doll which you can find on ebay. There are cute girls and various animals, cat and mouse, pandas, etc. Look for one large enough so that the smallest doll isn't a choking hazard. You can always remove the smallest one(s) also until they are old enough. Also, if you are crafty you can buy them unfinished and make it personalized.

Another really cool idea, if you're tech-savvy and if your neice has any interest in computers is to put together a slideshow of things in her everyday world. I made a powerpoint slideshow for my daughter who just turned two because she loves to sit and look at pictures on my laptop and name them. I got the idea to do this one day because I was googling pictures of things she knew and she loved to identify them and practice words. Well after months of this I finally just formatted the pictures and made several "chapters" which include: family members, pets, colors, numbers, shapes, animals, alphabet, food, things outside, things inside, etc. Now my daughter will click through the presentation on her own and we have a lot of fun with it. It's basically her own personalized picture book.

And if you want to get even crazier, or even as a good Christmas present you can go all out and make a hardcopy picture book or children's story just for her to read and grow up with. You can design it using a really cool website I discovered recently. It's pretty inexpensive for a professionally bound, personalized book, $29.95 ($18.95 for softcover), 20-40 pages, full-color, free software, and as far as I can tell, no hidden bologna.

Answer 2

My 2 & 3 yr old love the books that they can use dry erase markers in. We have a Dora book that works on numbers and colors in English and Spanish. We also have an alphabet book.

We've just started playing Hi-Ho-Cherry-O. It helps with counting, taking turns, etc and is not as long or boring as Candy Land.

There are some great computer games out there. My kids are fond of Dora, Calliou, Madeline, and Dr. Seuss.

The big Legos are fun. My kids have Cinderella sets and Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas was a gift. I'm glad that people are getting my girls toys that aren't always girly.

Answer 3

I have done a lot of research with my 2 year old regarding toys. She's had a lot of electronic learning toys and frankly, they don't do much. You push a button and it says the letter. What does that teach her? Not a thing. She learns the most from simple toys like wooden trains that she can link together, mega blocks that she can build towers with, crayons and notebooks, etc. That's what I would reccomend.

Answer 4

Leap Frog makes a ton of fun educational toys at reasonable prices, also Discovery Toys (a home based business) has a lot too, try there web site my children love their bright builders line

Answer 5

i think of you're able to be careful in case you get something right here and take it out of the U. S.. i think of there are categories of plugs. i think of merchants are distinctive in the U. S. and in different international places. you're able to desire to to get some books, puzzles, or video games that are actually not digital.

Answer 6

wooden puzzles, books, toys that can be taken apart and put back together, toys that help with imagination and creativity.

Answer 7

Anything by LeapFrog

Answer 8

anything "Baby" or "Little Einstein"