Activities to help 2 year old follow instructions

[Misskmw]

My nearly 2 and half year old daughter is quite poor at following instructions. She scored quite low in this area in her recent health visitor questionnaire. She will usually just stare at me if I am asking her a simple instruction such as get shoes, pick up toy etc. Her speech is good and she can say most things I ask her. She understands routine so socks then shoes and she will pick out her younger sisters shoes.

I was wondering if anyone has any games or role play ideas that could aid her to better follow instructions. Or if anyone had anything similar that can help.

Do you feel that she doesn't understand instructions? Maybe she just doesn't feel like cooperating! Most 2 year olds aren't particularly compliant... would she enjoy action songs like heads shoulders knees and toes?

What about playing games like Simon Says? Or, if she has a play kitchen and play food, pretending you're in a cafe and asking her to bring you a drink and then an apple (depending on what food you have)? DC1 was 2.5 when DC2 was born and, when I was feeding him, we used to play a game when she had 30 seconds to bring me one doll, two toy cars and three blocks of Duplo or something like that. And then you can make it more challenging by it being one red block, one blue block and one yellow block or something. I used to do a lot of commentary on it "and DD is running into the play room now, ten seconds to go, will she make it" etc. I never actually used a clock so the length of time and countdown varied depending on if I'd made it too hard!

I think 80% of the time she's choosing not to and likes things done her way. I think just like most kiddies her age. She does do action songs but not sure if she understands or it's repition. If I ask her to point to her head she wouldn't do it.

Thank you. She really would have no idea if I tried to do Simon says but I'm sure worth a try. Her cousin is 4 and remember him at her age was completely different and those things he would have loved. There is only 14 months between my girls which everyone says is the issue.

She has toy kitchen with food and toy pop up tent shop with lots of food and till etc. But hard finding time where her sister doesn't just throw everything.

Those are really good ideas though thank you I will try that.