Activities for 2-3 year olds

Give your child the time and space they need in a conversation.

As your child begins to name objects, turn what they say into full sentences.

Support your child by taking turns and building full sentences.

A fun trip to the park is a great chance for your child to learn action words.

Pairing socks together will help your child recognise different colours and patters.

Pretending to do the washing up helps your child learn coordination and communication skills.

Learning more than one language has lots of benefits for your little one.

Why getting ready to go out is a brilliant opportunity to chat with your little ones.

Make the laundry into an interactive and chatty activity.

Chat with your child while you change their baby brother of sister's nappy.

Turn getting ready to leave the house into a fun learning activity for your child.

How to have great chats with your child about what's outside the window.

Singing songs with actions helps improve your child's coordination and expands their vocabulary.

Playing this hide the toy game is a fun way for your child to learn position words.

Encouraging your child to copy your words and actions is a great way for them to build confidence in taking turns.

Try making homemade skittles out of household objects to help improve your child's coordination.

Playing the traffic light game helps your toddler to understand simple instructions.

A great way to introduce colours to your toddler is by making a rainbow out of household objects.

Learn about similarities and differences with a game of pairs.

Role playing as a superhero can be great imaginative fun for little ones.

This easy memory game is a fun way to develop memory skills and requires no preparation of special items.

Why not set aside some time to explore faces with your grandchild and learn lots of new words along the way?

Making faces helps your child learn how to express their moods with words and actions.

Try playing with sock puppets and making up different characters to help build your child's conversation skills.

Playing pretend animals helps boost your child's imagination and communication skills.

Try pretend role play with your child to help expand their imagination and develop their communication skills.

Have fun with your toddler hosting a Teddy Bear's Picnic with their favourite toys.

How playing chefs is a chance to chat and interact.

Make this easy cardboard telescope in just a few minutes and have hours of fun with your grandchild.

Making homemade playdough is a fun way to help your child learn new words and boost their imagination.

Try finger painting with your toddler and talking about shapes, colours, and textures.

Try using cold teabags to create a unique painting with your toddler.

Pulling mystery items out of a bag is a fun way for your child to learn new words.

Exploring nature and collecting items is a fantastic way of getting your little one to use new words.

How to have great chats with your child about what's outside the window.

Why talking about sounds with your child is a great way to interact and build their conversation.

Have hours of musical fun with this simple and easy cardboard guitar make.

These binoculars for kids are really easy and you can make them from things lying around your home.

Here's a super easy and fun DIY ball run for you and your toddler to try at home.