Games for preschool children

For children, the game is a whole world, and in it, in essence, is the life of the baby. Adults from the height of their age, it is often difficult to understand and evaluate the children's need for games. To the baby developed harmoniously, his entertainment should be diverse and not boring.

Types of games for preschool children

Since the 18th century, psychologists have established that games are divided into the following types - mobile (motor), visual, tactile and auditory. Nothing has changed since then, except that the games of modern preschool children have transformed themselves, and keep pace with the times, but they develop all the same senses.

Games for preschool children have their own classification:

1. Creative games - occupy the main place in all children's entertainments, they teach the children to think creatively, be savvy and see the beautiful in surrounding objects. In turn, they are subdivided into theatrical-artistic , director , constructive-construction and subject-role (the most popular of all of them). This is all well-known games in the store, doctors, theater mini-productions with finger or ordinary dolls.
2. Games with rules are very important for the development of the child's intellectual abilities and attention. They are subdivided into mobile and didactic. Both of them should equally be present in the life of the child, and the best option is to visit the kindergarten. Domino, lotto, play in the association, develop the child's thinking, and this is very useful for him in school.

Such games can be initiated by both an adult and a child. A special place is occupied by folk games, which instill in the child interest in his ethnos and history in an accessible form. Especially a lot of games with rules in the sporting direction. Various relay races, team games with the ball, hide and seek are pleasant to all children.

We suggest you try some interesting games for kids.

Game "Dragon"

Children stand in line, keeping the previous one at the waist - this will be a long dragon that has a head and a tail. The task of the head is to catch the tail, and you can do it under the merry music. Since the game is quite active, falls are possible, and therefore it should be carried out on soft cover or grass. All the kids take turns to be in the role of the head and tail of the dragon.

"Mom and the Baby"

For the game you will need figures or pictures of animals. The adult tells the kids about how the kitten, the puppy, the foal, the piglet and the others did not obey their mothers and were lost. To find their children mom rushed to chase. In this case, adult animals publish characteristic sounds for them, which the kid needs to know: a cat - meow, a dog - a wow, etc. The task of children is to remember which voices are characteristic of these animals and compose them in pairs, calling, at the same time, a cow with a calf, cat with a kitten.

Adults should direct the child's play activity, otherwise entertainment will be poor and primitive, which will negatively affect the development of the child's thinking and imagination.

Features of the game preschool children - is the variety of such entertainment. An adult mentor can participate in the game process with the smallest, but the older the child becomes, the greater the independence he must show. A suitable game environment and material for development is very important - ensuring their availability is the task of adults.