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Encouraging 2yo to try new things

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crazychemist · 04/01/2019 13:24

I'm feeling a bit inadequate at the moment, so may be hugely over-analysing things... do tell me if I'm being silly, but I'm looking for advice rather than reassurance.

My DD is the centre of my world at the moment, and I have heard/read in lots of places that variety of experience is the most important thing to do to support learning at this stage. Also, that it's really important to spend lots of time outside, and to spend time with other children to practice social skills.

However, DD doesn't seem on board with any of this! She absolutely loves doing two things:
Scribbling on her easel with board markers
Carefully posing and piling up her toys (honestly, I don't think I could balance them like she does!)

She will also sit to look at a book with me and her speech is very good, presumably because she used to love books so much, but I think about 80% of her time at home is spent doing the two things I mentioned.

I have no objection to either activity, but I can't get her interested in anything else! How do I provide variety if she doesn't want to?

(I realise I may be being bonkers. Maybe it's just best to leave her scribbling and posing to her hearts content)

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overmydeadbody · 04/01/2019 13:31

Have a read into 'schemas' ( basically obsessions with a fancy word !) It's quite normal at her age, you could harness her obsessions into other things.

To put into perspective, my 2 yr old is stuck in a trajectory schema (he likes throwing thingsGrin) so I plan lots of activities that involve him throwing things if I want him to be interested.

crazychemist · 04/01/2019 13:43

Oooh, that's quite helpful! I had heard of schemas some time ago but had forgotten about them. I'll give that a bit of a go and see if I can connect activities to that.

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crazychemist · 05/01/2019 13:34

Guess I just live with the fact that she has obsessions and go with it!

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