More games for two year olds!

Clothes Pins in a Can  I set clothes pins around the top of an empty tin can and my son can take them off and put them in the can using his thumb and forefinger. This strengthens ...

Sneeze and Blow  Two year olds have difficulty in learning to wipe their noses. We play a game in which 3 or 4 children stand in a line facing the teacher or parent.

Each ...

Find the Bunny  Cut several bunny shapes in different colors.

Place them randomly around the house on a rainy day.

Create a story about the bunnies giving clues ...

Car washing and imaginary games   A pile of clean water and a sponge. The daddy will wash one side and my two year old will wash the other side!

Just a plain car washing time, but it ...

Nishchai is a....Boy  Hey, my son Nishchai really loves this one...

I start off: Nishchai is a...and he completes "Boy"; Mumma is a.....he completes "Girl". This way we continue ...

Flip to Rhyme  Buy or make a flip book with rhyming words such as Moon/Spoon, Shell/Bell, Mat/Cat.

This way he knows the rhyming words, recognizes objects, and is ...

Jack Be Nimble  Sit all the children in a circle.

Put an object in the middle that they can jump over and sing "Jack Be Nimble , Jack be quick , Jack jump over the ...

Little Baker  When baking muffins I lay all ingredients on the table and ask my 2 year old to add them in slowly.

It gives him a thrill as he thinks he is baking!...

Words Everywhere!  We use post-it notes and write the words for whatever we spot in the house i.e door floor wood tv plant cushion, the list is endless!

Then we stick ...

Hidden Numbers Game  Cut out 10 cards with different colors of firm paper and write in each card a number (from 1 to 10).

Hide them in secret corners and ask your child ...

Shopping Helper  After we return from shopping, the child brings the boxed and canned goods from the door to the kitchen, as a help to mom to put away.

This can be used ...

Paper Plate Balloon Game  Take a balloon, 2 paper plates, and 2 empty paper towel rolls.

Tape the paper plate to the paper towel roll making it a racket. Hit the balloon back ...

Shopping Corner  Me and my 2 year old son, we build a shop corner with big blocks or sometimes use a tent, put lots of toys, books, shoes etc.

I ask for different things ...

Playing With Pasta  My 2 year old son loves playing with dry pasta with a selection of different sized and coloured containers/funnel/jug/cup/tin etc.

I give him basic ...

Godzilla!!  We build a tower together using **cardboard** blocks.... don't use wood! And then we take turns acting like a monster (godzilla, sasquatch, dinosaurs, etc....

Playing Clothes  After washing I ask to squeeze wet clothes. It helps in hand co ordination. Getting clips and numbering 123.

And while folding dried ones by naming ...

Family Tree Photo Craft  Cut out figures/faces of immediate family members on both mother and father's sides, laminate them and cut out.

Using plain cardboard, draw and cut ...

This is the Way We .....  Basically I teach children ages 1-3 year olds and one thing I love to do with 2 year olds is have them march around singing,

This is the way we walk ...

Playing at the sink  My son loves playing at the sink. I put him standing on a chair and make sure I stand next to him coz I don't want him falling off lol

I fill a plastic ...

Teddy Bear Game   How about a simple teddy bear game, you can play this with the actions as you say the rhyme:

Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your nose,
Teddy bear, teddy ...