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Activities for just turned 2 year olds

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Poodloo · 10/02/2019 22:13

Can you all help me with some fun activities to do at home with a just turned 2 year old.
I feel like we're in a bit of a rut at the moment doing the same things a lot of the time. I'd love some inspiration! Cheaper the better.

We do play doh, cornflour and water, painting. But any variations of those would be great too! Thanks :)

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SnowsInWater · 13/02/2019 06:35

Baking/cooking? I think if you get young kids involved in food prep they are less likely to be fussy about food in the future and it's fun.

Her0utdoors · 13/02/2019 06:51

At my sons nursery this month they seem to be: Putting small things in big things/big things in small things, do they fit? Using the word big/small, little /large to describe what's happening. Talking about the weather and how it makes you wet/warm/blows your hair. I thought nannies followed the Early Years curriculum and would have sessions planned out?

Ricekrispie22 · 13/02/2019 07:01

Chalk drawing on paving slabs or pavements
Have fun playing with shaving foam in an empty bath tub!
Make dens and tunnels and tents with sheets and furniture
Blowing bubbles
At that age, my dc loved printing - hand printing, potato printing etc..
Make a drum kit with upturned pots and pans and wooden spoons!
Roll balls down ramps!
Hide small objects (we used to use clothes pegs) round the house and go hunting for them.
Make a washing line indoors and hang up anything you can find - pieces of paper, hats, gloves, empty cereal boxes!
Stack and unstack paper cups
Stepping stones in the garden

Poodloo · 13/02/2019 07:30

Thanks all :) we are yet to bake together so that's a good idea.
Making a washing line sounds fun too!

We do a lot of the above activities too.

heroutdoors we go out every day and talk about the weather / shadows. And he's obsessed with things fitting in other things.
I was just hoping to get some inspiration for new activities that I may not have done before/ done in a while.
Nannies do not follow the early years curriculum, no. We are not regulated in the same way. Which I prefer. I'm personally not a fan of formal education until necessary to be honest. I prefer child led learning and following their lead. There's plenty of time for kids to be following a plan where they are 'ticking boxes' for Ofsted. And that is one of the many reasons people go for nannies :)

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Poodloo · 13/02/2019 07:35

That's not to say they aren't learning by the way. They learn everything they need to, just all at their own pace and without ticking boxes IYSWIM. I'm not against nurseries per se, we are just a different form of childcare. The kids are fully happy but sometimes it's nice to help each other out on here to spark other ideas so that I myself get less bored 😉

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NabooThatsWho · 13/02/2019 07:37

Glueing and sticking.
Sticker books.
Water play in the sink.
Sandpit?

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