parenting help: What can you do with your 2 year old for fun in the evenings? - Help.com

Read books! Bake cookies and have him hand you things and help stir!

read lots of books, colour, play pretend, build forts out of sheets and cushins and things…so so many things to do.

Maybe it would be fun to have some ongoing projects… where you make a little progress every night together. Then instead of passing the time each evening, you’ll look forward to making more progress together.

- AA Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh stories. A new story each night and ended up with a book

- I’ve worked on puzzles with my girlfriend when she couldn’t walk around

- cooking or baking can be fun… choosing recipes, measuring ingredients, putting dough on pans etc.

My aunt used to teach my cousins sign language and she learned it herself when she had a lot of time to dedicate to my cousins. That’s the age when they are more susceptible to learning. I wish she had taught it to me!

They’re now 12 & 13 and whenever a special needs kids shows up at their school they always get kudos from the teachers or the principal because they always volunteer to help those kids.

i work with children and we have fun with shaving foam just put some on the table , you’s can spread it draw pictures with your fingers , and paint for colour , glitter, oats add texture talk about colour taste smell, also water play you can add paint and different things children really find these activities fun and relaxing

Have a big toy box. Play the guitar and sing ABC’s. Play in the bathtub. Crayons are a miracle from God for a two year old. That’s what we do with the grandkids.

Play peek-a-boo till your heart’s content! :)

Whatever you do, don’t put him in a balloon so he can float away.

What? but that sounds fun nick!

steff wrote:
What? but that sounds fun nick!

You obviously haven’t heard of balloon boy?

I worked alot when my daughter was 2 but when I did have nights off I would read with her, we baked cookies, she helped me carve the pumpkin and clean it out on halloween, we would play silly little games like hide n seek, I would teach her the abc’s 123’s and try to help her learn how to dress herself I would talk to her and get her to talk back to me to improve her vocal skills. There are a million and 1 things you can do. Be creative!!

of course i have! and it sounds fun! :P

steff wrote:
of course i have! and it sounds fun! :P

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