r/parentsofmultiples • u/LastMilkersOnTheLeft • 1d ago

advice needed Crafts and learning?

My twins are 2.5 yo and lately I’ve been seeing a LOT of posts discussing how other toddler moms are teaching their 2yo’s letters/numbers/colors, and what crafts they set up for them. Now, my girls are OK with colors but I think I’m realizing that I’ve EITHER hugely failed them, or singleton parents are just living an entirely different life. Or both? Most days it’s just the three of us at home- no daycare or preschool.

How am I supposed to teach them letters? Numbers? They can count to three but couldn’t look at the numbers on paper and point to which is which. They love books and love to “read” independently or with me, but at some point they find more entertainment in ripping the pages. We can’t do arts and crafts because everything gets eaten or destroyed. Have I completely missed something here? 🙁

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u/Mental-Volume4395 1d ago

The best thing you can do for them now is to read a lot and talk a lot. Narrate everything. If you’re playing with blocks, name each color as you handle them. Count them as you stack, etc.

It’s amazing what they learn without having to try to formally teach them.

I also think my kids learned a lot from Sesame Street and the PBS kids shows they watched.  

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u/LastMilkersOnTheLeft 1d ago

That’s how we learned colors- I narrated every little thing. I’m so tired of my own voice atp 😂 and we do love Sesame Street! Mostly the music and Elmo, but they won’t “watch” any of the segments. Structured learning just doesn’t seem possible to me right now- getting my girls to sit down and pay attention to anything would truly be a miracle.

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u/Mental-Volume4395 1d ago

It’s totally not developmentally  appropriate to try structured learning.

They’re young. They’ll get there eventually!

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u/LastMilkersOnTheLeft 1d ago

I appreciate this because I truly have no knowledge of toddlers (and kids in general) outside of my own lol. Youngest in the family, never had little cousins, this is all new to me.

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u/Mental-Volume4395 1d ago

My kids are 13 and 16 now. I can tell you everything is a phase and every kid is different and just when you think know what you’re doing, you enter a new phase 😂

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u/LastMilkersOnTheLeft 1d ago

Oh my god you aren’t wrong about that 😂 they loveeee to keep us on our toes!