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Our 2 years (and 2 months) old is ahead of his class at the daycare because he knows his ABC's and 123s very well by now, and is able to form full sentences. We cannot just let him join the 3 year old class because he'll not fit physically. I am looking for ways to "enrich" his learning in some other ways.

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I wouldn’t worry about maximizing learning at that age, it’s much more about physical and social development. Being “ahead” at age 3 is basically irrelevant long term

< Being “ahead” at age 3 is basically irrelevant long term

Not if you want them to be FIRE at age 10

>> I am looking for ways to "enrich" his learning in some other ways.

You parent however you want, but instead of looking for an AP daycare how about let them expand as a toddler and then a child? Must be your first, because I got news for you, no two year old is "ahead of his class", except maybe in how big they are, or how much they eat, sleep and shit.

TBH his daycare teachers brought this up first, based on his interaction with kids older than him.

I've heard good things about Khan Academy's app for little kids. We didn't use it since our kid was older by the time we started, but we've gotten a lot of mileage out of the regular Khan Academy app, starting around age 5. Both are free!

The khan kids app is great! I basically steered him away from Cocomelon and towards khan kids and a few other learning apps.

A comment above suggests infinite set theory and surreal numbers. ;)

Have him play outside in the woods and streams and with other kids.

Currently sheltering in place due to Texas heat.

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