Learning Activities for Two
You can encourage your child's cognitive development simply by playing with him/her. Plus, it's pretty nice for you too. Whatever you do, let him/her know that you're proud of him/her, and that it's okay to make mistakes.
Read aloud every day.
Even for 5 or 10 minutes. He's/she’s learning words by hearing you say them. Name objects in the books and let him/her point to them.
Explain things as they're happening.
Make it a conversation, and listen when he talks.
Play Peek-a-boo.
He truly believes he's/she’s invisible when he/she holds his/her hands over his/her eyes. How fun is that?
Ask him/her to find things.
You'll be surprised how much he/she knows.
Expand on his/her words.
If he/she says "car," make it into a sentence.
Put faces to voices.
When friends and family call on the phone, put pictures near the phone so he/she can see who's talking to him/her.
Sing songs.
Play "Name The Body Parts."
Play with blocks.
An excellent study in cause-and-effect.
Introduce new environments.
New playgrounds. The grocery store.The children's room at the library.
Experiment with chunky crayons.
Help him/her colour on paper with them, and learn NOT to eat them!
Give him choices.
But not too many!
