What should I be teaching my 2 year old

[Rebeccaandoliver1]

Hi I want to make sure my little one is on track with learning new things, and if any one has any ideas please let me know.

My little one has just turned 2 in July and so far knows how to count to 20. He also can read the letters up to 10 and recognise each number out of sequence. We read door number, flash cards, books and he has a jigsaw.

He knows his basic colours (grey, Brown, black, red, pink, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple and white) we read books, he has a puzzle to match colour with the right one and he also likes telling me the colours of cars and doors as well as other objects.

Where working on shapes and so far knows Square, circle, rectangle, Oval, star, heart and triangle.

He loves to read and we read about 60 books a day lol 😂 not even kidding

He's a good little speaker and loves talking in fact he never shuts up, but I feel like I'm not meeting his needs he loves to learn and pick things up easy what else could I be doing?

I think just keep doing what you are doing. Lots of talk about day to day stuff and chatting and reading.
Mine loved mixing stuff at that age - standing at the sink and pouring water. My father in law was brilliant - he would put lots of kitchen stuff on the table and help ds make volcanoes (baking powder and vingear!).

Oh that sounds fun I bet he'd love that

He is doing very well in terms of language and numeracy but actually plenty of other things to think about, but at 2 it should all be learning through play.

Practical skills - toilet training, hand washing, shoes and socks on and off, coat on and off

Turn taking

He sounds like he is more than on track and you have nothing to worry about. I am assuming you are in U.K.? If so be aware that when he starts reception he will still be on the EYFS and the new national curriculum doesn't allow teachers to teach more advanced than what they should cover for that particular year group. They can go into more depth with them but not teach Year above things.
If I was you I would maybe try other things alongside the 'academics' you have mentioned....can he interact with other children without your help? Can he sit and listen to a book without being on your lap? Does he share and take turns with others who are not in his family?
I would also try physical skills such as dressing/undressing, putting on shoes and coat, riding a bike etc.
It sounds like you are doing a good job but learning isn't all numbers and letters (sorry if this comes across strange but I have worked in childcare for many years and it's shocking how many kids can recite an alphabet but can't share or play with another child)

To get ready for school?

How to wash his hands
How to use the toilet (potentially starting with a potty as he's only 2)
To eat with knife and fork
Blowing nose
Dressing and undressing (buttons!)
Shoes on and off
Hanging things on pegs
Tidying up

Sharing books together is great too . Don't focus on learning to recognise whole words (except his first name), as this is not how reading is taught at school.

Counting stuff is great.

What about singing?

Great minds PandaG

Also big physical skills -climbing and balancing. Very important. Spend time at the playground, later on with scooters/balance bike/tricycle to learn to pedal.

From 3yrs things like playdough, then plasticine, playing with hama beads etc are very good for developing fine motor skills that are needed later for learning to write.

Your ds will be learning just by following you around doing your normal activities round the house. Pairing socks, pegging out washing, baking/cooking, gardening. All those activities can be learning opportunities for little ones.
Add in some mark making (drawing, colouring, painting), some play dough maybe. Lots of outside play, either in the garden or at the park, exercise and learning to control their bodies is really important for children, it will help so many areas of development.
What you are doing sounds great though, a love of books is so important and it sounds like your ds has that.

2anddone - think we are both in Early years :). On the same wavelength.

Thank you for all of your ideas love them. We go to all the play groups in my area about 2 a week and I meet up with other parents once a weeks and he also sees his cousin who's 17 months 4 / 5 times a week, he loves to play with kids and is great with them, he is not a shy in anyway and is know as the cheeky one amongst other mams as he is always smiling and laughing. He knows if he has to take turns (even if he wants the toy bad,) and will wait his turn. He he's great on his balance bike and can eat with knife and fork and drink from a cupand brush his teeth etc. He is amazing taking his clothes off and can put a shoe on and a coat, where working on trousers and tops now. He loves to help clean and hover. I only do lessons for 20 minuets a day and the rest of the time we play and tidy up and go on new adventures such as the zoo, play park and farm etc.

Think the OP may be looking for praise more than tips

Sorry I actually giggled at 60 books per day ?!

Is this every day ? How do you manage to fit anything else into your day ?

Does he sit still to read the 60 books every day ?

How do you store 60 books for each day !!! Do you have entire rooms for his books ?

Sorry I am just really curious

I can only imagine these must be digital books ?

In which case how many hours do you and child spend staring at a screen to read the 60 books daily...?

I have a book shelf to store the books on. the books are toddler books like, That's not my hedgehog, wow said the owl and I wrote to the zoo etc He loves reading some times he will sit on my knee, some times opposite me, I do all the funny voices and he ask for more or he will say 1 more book please read it mammy. He hads books next to his bed and when he gets up, he ask me to read him them and at nap time and bed time and then several times during the day. We can read the same book 5 times aday (he has around 100 books) I am genuinely asking for help here I'm not bragging or any thing like that but I'm not going to dumb down my kid all I want is new ideas like the ones who have come up with great ones like pouring water from bottles making volcanos, play doh, hanging things with pegs and threading beads, thank you very much ladies for all your tips these are great ideas

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Maybe longer books. The 'that's not my...' series doesn't really do it for my 2 year old anymore. He likes longer picture books e.g. the snail and the whale, the gruffalo things like that

Does he speak any other languages? I know a few 2 yo's who can at least object name in a second language, they pick it up quote easily at this age.

Yes to longer books, they'll have more complex language in them too. Anything by the author of the gruffalo is generally brilliant. There's a few David Walliams books for younger ones too that my 2 yo loves