Stay at home mom...Any ideas??

Question

It's summer time && beside goin swimming. It's to hot to go outside. So i waz wonderin what are sum activties you do with ur 2yr. old. We read books, color, watch a lil tv, but i want ideas of what else i could do with my 2yr. old Daughter. That are fun but also teach her stuff.

Thanx

Answer 1

I take my son to the zoo, museums, aquariums, the library, parks, etc. We bought a membership to the Brookfield Zoo in the Chicago area this year: $80 for me, my wife, and my son to get free admission, parking & discounts for 1 year. Maybe there's something similar for you in your area?

Answer 2

Chores! Toddlers love to copy mom.

Vacuuming - you hold her and she pushes the vacuum

Washing windows - she can draw in the spray and you wipe away the pictures

Cooking - she can count how many scoops of ingredients go in,
she can stir some things and can knead bread.
Some parents make a harness so the kid can sit on the counter and not fall off.

While you're cooking, she can pull out pots for "drums" and lids for "cymbals"

Dishes - she can take the dishes out of the rinse water and put them in the drying rack.

Grocery shopping - she can "get the peanut butter with the blue label" or the "red milk"

Festival Foods stores hav itty bitty shopping carts for little ones to push around.

Gardening - she can pick berries,

pull weeds (probably some good plants too! :) )

poke holes for seeds,

water with a mini-watering can

Tidying- she can pick up her own toys and put them in a box

Laundry - she can "pick up the red clothes" "pick up the dark clothes" etc.

She might be able to fold/roll socks too.

Fingerpainting on the fridge is great for little ones. Easy cleanup!

Soap paints are great for a mid-day bath to cool off on hot days.

Answer 3

Since you have two children the age of two. You can spend
the summer teaching them sign language for baby's.
My daughter taught her son to speak the signs for different
words long before he could speak it. Like food, water, nap,
milk, wet, happy, sad, sick, toy, blanket, spoon ,cup, etc
My wife worked in the library for years, but right now can't
remember the author or the name of the book.
And the best way to remember the sign language is to have
someone else to speak it with. When they
get older, get the more advanced one for children, etc.
When they reach high school. They will easly take sign
language as a second language.
Sign language interperters are well in demand in the job
market for courts, schools, hospitals, airports, border
crossings, etc. It's educational and fun. good Luck. :-})

Answer 4

I take my 2-year old daughter to the mall, and she absolutely loves it. She likes to stroll in her stroller, and look around as I shop. I even let her get out and walk if she feels up to him. I know your child would love the park..my daughter loves the park, and the slides and to get on the swing. All the open space is good for playing with a ball. I buy my little girl bubbles to play with, and even let her blow the bubbles.

I agree with the suggestion of the zoo. Children tend to love the outdoors. My baby also helps to water my plants, and to go outside and play with waterguns.

Answer 5

I'm taking an Intro to Early Childhood Education class, and from reading this book ANYTHING you do is teaching her. any play is teaching her things. Have you thought about trying to start a kids group? It would help with learning social skills and whatnot. Getting other kids her age together. My son goes to one twice a week and absolutely adores it.

Answer 6

Sing, dance, have water play (fill up a pail with water and just splash about), paint (good opportunity to teach colors), fill up a pillow case with a lot of different things like feathers, buttons, some rough things, some smooth things, beads etc and play lucky dip with it (good opp. to teach about textures), play dress ups, cook or make food together (making fruit salad is a good one), play with blocks or lego, play dolls, make music by banging on pots and pans with a wooden spoon while you pretend to be a marching band, do a bit of imaginary play where you pretend to be a tree, or a cat etc...

Answer 7

Don't stay inside all the time. There are parks with trees if you don't happen to have one at home. Your daughter needs exercise every day and running is just perfect. Stay away from the playground areas unless they are tree shaded-stuff gets really hot.

Answer 8

Get a couple of dish pans form the dollar store and some cups and let her play outside with the hose. Make sure that you stay close in case of drowning

Answer 9

get a ball, 4-6 2 liter plastic bottles set up the bottles and let her play bowling.

turn a clothes basket on the side give her a ball and see how far back she can go and still get the ball into the basket

my kids enjoyed these things.

Answer 10

check with your local library for story time. also go to the library two times a week to check Out new books you can maybe even rent videos. My library has a dial a story my children area- always amazed that they are listening to a story over the phone.