As a parent of 4 really bright kids, I'd like to say that knowing letters and numbers at two is an absurd goal, and is irrelevant to how well they will do later. Our 3rd was hardly even speaking at 3. I mean, he had a 5 word spoken vocabulary. He understood everyone, you could tell, and he could get his ideas across. Then he decided to talk, and hasn't stopped since. Now he is one of the top in his class, just finished 7th grade. Our youngest didn't know his letters when he was "supposed" to start kindergarten. We were homeschooling him, W would introduce the letters, and see what happened, but not push it. He took to it the spring before he started first grade, and went to "outschool". He was probably the top reader in his class, the teacher couldn't believe when she found out when he started. My point is that kids learn at different rates, and generally when they are ready to. And at two, that's not what most of them are ready for. Instead, we try to force it on them, and they end up hating school. Or, we can let them tell us when they are ready, and they can love school. Our youngest just finished 4th grade, and all of his teaches have loved him.
At two they should be playing, starting to learn to share, not worrying about letters and numbers!
