What to do next?

nyki06 · March 2013

So my daughter is going to be two on the 7th and I'm having a hard time keeping up with her brain! I stay at home with her and I try to incorporate some learning things into her day and it seems like whatever I teach her she picks up really quickly. It's nice that she's learning so fast but it also leaves me with the feeling of "Crap, what now?" and I want to keep her challenged since she really enjoys it. I promise this isn't just a bragging post, I just really wanted advice on where to go from here so that I don't just quit trying to teach her things which is tempting.

So far she can sing her alphabet and can identify about half of the letters and say what they are when she sees them (this is what we've been working on lately), she can count to 14, she knows animals and body parts, and she knows all of the colors and shapes. Where would you guys go from there? Thanks in advance for the advice! I'm excited to move to this board in a week .

rjeller32 · March 2013

My LO is 2.5 and she can do all of those things as well. IMO, I'd say sticking with those things for awhile is pretty good. At my house we do a daily schedule, similar to being in school. In the mornings we sing our ABC's and count to 20. After lunch we do shape identification and colors and some outdoor time, after dinner we read a book and during the bath we sing nursery songs, animal sounds and then point to all of our body parts. I like to think that keeping it to this for awhile will help her to actually retain the information, you don't want to overload them with stuff. To keep from getting bored, we do two crafts a week (like finger painting or making a crown), and that keeps her pretty entertained.

superned · March 2013

My DD is also generally eager to learn new things. She goes to child care full time, but some of the things we do at home with her are: reading, matching/memory games, puzzles, art projects (painting is a big hit right now), dramatic play (doll house, play kitchen, plastic animals, train set, etc.), cooking/baking, music and dancing, blocks, water play, and gross motor play when we can get outside.

I try to keep things as open-ended as possible so she can be creative and do her own thing. If she encounters something that's new to her, or if there's something she's really interested in, we go to the computer and try to learn more about it. (We encountered the word "trombone" in a book the other night, so I got out my Kindle and we watched a short youtube clip of a man playing a trombone so she could see and hear it.)

I follow her lead and try to build on what she's interested in.

nyki06 · March 2013

Good advice you guys, thanks! It's hard because I still consider her my "baby" so I tend to underestimate what she can learn/do. Maybe we'll try to kick the counting up to 20 and then just stick with what she knows for awhile.

Superned, I love what you said about trying to learn more about things that she's interested in. Now that she's getting more vocal and can put sentences together it's easier to figure out what she likes so looking up videos/books about those things is a great idea.

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