What are some fun learning activities to do with my daughter who is almost 2?

Answer 1

Everything they do at this age can be a time to learn.. they learn something in almost everything they do. You can get coloring books that have the alphabet and while coloring with her have her tell you what letter she is coloring.. same with numbers. I taught my daughter the alpabet by teaching her a song called "A your adorable.." A your adorable, B your so beautiful, C your a cutie full of charm... I can email you the rest of teh words if you want. You can get fingerpaints and teach her colors and textures. Hope these help some.

Answer 2

The best learning activity for any toddler is being with someone like her mother and being talked to about whatever is going on, whether that's just doing laundry, setting a table, or feeding the cat.

In addtion to regularly talking about anything, though, if you give her some toddler blocks and play with her and talk about things like, "Let's put all the yellow ones over here and all the red ones over here" that kind of thing teaches. So does "playing people" (some kind of little dolls), and having the people "set four plates" because "there are four people in the family" teaches. The "people" can also do all kinds of things in make-believe, so the child can learn that way as well.

Playing word games like, "Milk starts with an "mm" sound. Let's thinkg of other "mm" sound words - mat, mommy, Mathew,..."
A child as young as yours won't be all that interested to do this type of thing for two long, but if you do it once in a while she'll get used to word games and play more as she's another year or so older.

Doing things like building something and saying, "Which one is taller?" or talking about what is hot and cold helps build their vocubulary. Talking about how some things are breakable gives them the concept that things aren't just hot or cold or wet or dry but have other characteristics.

Talking about being hungry and wanting to have some lunch helps them make the connection between what "hungry" means.

Those all the classics, the magnetic letters that go on the refrigerator, are good to build a few simple words with and help show what the purpose of letters is.

Learning activities may more be a way of life than an "activity", although I know what you're aiming at in terms of specific activities. If you stop your car mention, "Oh, oh. A Stop sign. I need to stop and look for other cars." or when you're going into a store say, "We'll go through this door because - see? - there's the sign that says, 'enter'".

Imagine she's a little alien creature from another planet, and you are giving her a tour and explaining our world to her. She may not understand all of what you're saying, but she'll pick up more than you will think; and she'll appreciate your efforts in explaining the world to her; and she'll become someone who has a great enthusiasm in learning new things and takes pleasure in it.

Answer 3

All the suggestions so far (save the first) are really great. One thing I saw once that was really good was a mother with a little one at a teacher's supply store. They had a section with all sorts of learning games and puzzles for toddlers. The mother took the baby there and showed him different things and then bought the one that he was most occupied by. I thought that was a neat thing to do. I don't know if all teacher supply stores have a section like that but it could be fun for both of you.

Answer 4

I have a two year old too:)

I've set up inexpensive, fun, indoor learning stations for her. A few of her favorite stations are the Play dough station with a mini rolling pin and a variety of cookie cutters, a stamping station with large stamp pads and toddler friendly foam rubber stamps, a puzzle station with several puzzles I've purchased from yard sales and thrift stores, and a pouring station (large storage container filled with 20 pounds of rice and a variety of scoops and cups) enclosed in a kiddie pool to contain the rice.

She also enjoys the dress-up box I've created. This includes a variety of hats, shirts, ties, dresses, and accessories. You can change the items inside the box, so there's always something "new" to try on. Once dressed, make up stories for your little one to act out in costume or dress up like characters from the books you read together at home.

Also, check out www.enchantedlearning.com. They have tons of activities for little ones.

Best wishes:)

Answer 5

my son is almost 2 and when we go to walk our dog i point out different things such as the trees, the sky, flowers and now if you ask him where a tree is he will point. When we cross the road i get him to look both ways to see if there are cars and ask him if we can get across safely. He likes to read and he likes animals. We read stories about animals and he likes to make animal sounds "snakes say ssssssssss" and he copies the noise.

Answer 6

hand and finger puppets, store-bought or hand made
simple wooden puzzles or blocks
a balance beam you can make yourself
sandbox and toys
alphabet blocks or magnets
number games,
pegboards
all sorts of musical toys,
books with more words
beads and spool to string
play dough and finger paints
shape sorters
also home schooling catalogs have a variety of toddler learning toys they are really incredible

Answer 7

My son will be 2 on March 4th and he LOVES to make beds and "clean" around the house. I just give him a paper towel and he "dusts" everything he can reach. It's hilarious. Also, he just started coloring and doing the aquadoodle so that is something you might try.

Answer 8

2 year olds are still developing coordination. Work on colors and shapes. You can bend wire hangers into shapes and blow bubbles out of them. Different colors of play-doh is good for learning colors coordination and sensory. Matching animals and sounds. Fingerpainting for color and sensory.

Answer 9

Play mommy and baby with stuffed animals (a bigger bear is a mommy and a smaller is a baby).