2 year old Preschool Curriculum at home?

[Anonymous]

Looking for recommendations for a at home pre-school curriculum for a 2 year old.

He's stuck at home with a nanny after going to daycare Pre-COVID. Don't feel we can send him back to daycare as parents are both in healthcare and it's a risk for everyone.

Any recommendations of where to find a reasonable home school curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Play, play, play

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP. Just play. No need to formally teach anything.

[Anonymous]

Don’t bother

Shapes, numbers, colors - repeat for the next couple years because developmentally it takes a while for a child to grasp the concepts beyond simply repeating. That’s why preschool and K curriculum are a constant repeat of each other

[Anonymous]

Does the Nanny have him on a rough schedule? What does she do with him now?

[Anonymous]

OP, look up preschool standards lists. You'll find: socio-emotional, gross and fine motor skills, life skills, academic (pre-reading, sequencing), etc. All of these can be taught through storytelling/singing, investigation and play. Good nannies should be able to do all of these.

[Anonymous]

One thing that my 2-3 year old really liked doing was tracing. Kumon has a good tracing book. He also liked puzzles with large pieces.

[Anonymous]

Preschool teacher here: I would recommend setting up a loose schedule that included outdoor play, reading time, music and art. Have her do a color a day if your child doesn’t know colors yet (collect all blue toys and put them in a pile, for example) do shapes, letters and numbers in a fun way during play.

Have your nanny take turns with him in games.

There a couple preschool curriculums that I’ve seen on Facebook but they are honestly crap.


Read, engage, sing and play.

[Anonymous]

Hahaha. It’s called play, snack, read, play outside. Repeat as many times as necessary.

[Anonymous]

Curriculum??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Preschool teacher here: I would recommend setting up a loose schedule that included outdoor play, reading time, music and art. Have her do a color a day if your child doesn’t know colors yet (collect all blue toys and put them in a pile, for example) do shapes, letters and numbers in a fun way during play.

Have your nanny take turns with him in games.

There a couple preschool curriculums that I’ve seen on Facebook but they are honestly crap.


Read, engage, sing and play.

+1

Introducing a curriculum at this point will take the fun out of it all at this age. He is so fortunate to have a full-time caregiver! As long as she is talking to him, reading to him, singing songs, and he is getting outdoor time and some art time, he is ahead of the game.

Honestly, even actual PKs mess this up sometimes. My DD was in a program at a PK at 2 and they were more interested in sending kids home with finished art projects, for instance, than just letting them color and experiment, which is much more important. We pulled her out. I don't kneed 200 finger paint handprints for every day of school, but I do want my kid to be able to just sit around a draw for an hour at school. The latter is so much more important.

[Anonymous]

Busy Toddler is a great account to follow on Instagram (even if you’re not looking for curriculum but just thoughtful, easy ways to keep older babies and toddlers busy.) She also has a curriculum on her website called Playing Preschool that we’ve been casually using and my 3 year old loves it. Each day can be done in about one 45 minute session or can be broken down into 10-15 minute activities that you spread throughout the day. It has themed units (Ex. apples, colors, nursery rhymes) but follows a very predictable daily routine of songs and poems, reading and predicting books, counting and sorting related items, arts and crafts and learning a weekly letter. It’s play-based, repetitive and slow-moving but it’s perfect for giving structure to long, isolated days at home with toddlers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hahaha. It’s called play, snack, read, play outside. Repeat as many times as necessary.

+1. What is wrong with people????? Where does anyone get the idea that a 2 yo needs a curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Mother Goose is great!

[Anonymous]

I do some more structured play with my twins (age 2). I’m a SAHM.

We do loads and loads of free time, outside time, paging through a books and reading, arts and crafts and physical activities. But I also spend time with them each day going through flashcards, sorting colors, lining up stuffed animals and having them decide which are bigger or smaller than the one next to it.

So not a curriculum in general, just trying to do a mix of physical things, creative things, more focused learning things.