What to do with a small child: 15 interesting educational games

Features of the development of children 3-6 years

The child develops at an incredible rate, and every year it gets interesting is something new.

• In 3 years he wants to do everything himself. This is the time of independence, which must be respected and cherished, because it allows the child to feel like a stiff upper lip. Choose games in which the kid himself can do something to solve, to think, to choose. And the task of parents - not interfere, if the child wants to act independently, and to help if asking for help.
• In 4 years in a child develops spatial reasoning, and it is already becoming an adult. This time, mazes and puzzles, The easiest board games or card games. At this age, you need to sculpt, build, dream.
• In 5 years, it is already possible write books and build large castles. The child appeared their own passions, and adults should maintain them and to follow them in the game.
• In 6 years, is familiar with the letters, numerals, the first
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  reading syllables, first examples. But no study - only a game! At the same time it is important that the child was not difficult and boring.

15 games on the development of different skills

We develop fine motor skills

Fine motor skills - it's agility fingers, but it is directly linked with the development of the baby language. So the more child works with his hands, the better it will be to talk and to build sentences.

1. Welcome to the kitchen

Fill three or four bowls of different cereals, such as rice, small, large beans, soft porridge. First, the child can touch and fingers to touch each rump with his eyes open. Then tie his eyes and ask him to touch guessing what grits in a bowl.

The same "guessing game" can be arranged, if you put in the bag small toys, baby familiar. First, let him look at them, and then try to blindly find toys from the bag.

2. Laptop with windows and valves

Kids love bright books, and even more love to play with them. Select those books that allow little fingers to work. For example, a series of "find me"(" Animals "," Colors "," Transport "," first words ") - a book-baby, which answers to the mysteries of poetry, hidden under the flap. It must bend, developing agility to see the picture and answer.

For older children different "windows" will be a series of "little explorers». This entertaining encyclopedia, but it is most interesting written here is under the closed window-picture. Opening them, you can learn a lot on "The weather and nature," "Oceans and seas", "On the farm" and "Dinosaurs". And yet there are Laptop-gateWhere on each page of the cardboard should be opened like a curtain in the theater.

Develop spatial thinking

Mathematics starts far from the numbers and bill. First, the child must learn to compare objects: more - less long - shorter than the above - below.

3. Pots, spoons, povaroshki

Kids will love playing in the kitchen, so do not hurry to go there. Take out of the pan and cover. child task - by eye to determine what to cover a pan is the right size.

Now put in front of the child plates and spoons of various sizes (can be more and cups, if any). His task - to pick up a small plate for a small cup and small spoon, medium plate - to the average cup and spoon the middle, a large plate to connect with a large cup and large spoon.

We develop a sense of rhythm

To sing and dance, play musical instruments in the future, to read and to teach poetry, you need to learn to feel the rhythm.

4. drummers

Bring a large pot or bucket and turn it upside down. This will be a drum. Prepare a ladle or large spoon-povaroshku. Suggest my drummer beat a ladle bottom of the bucket or pan, but only in the rhythm. You can clap your hands, you can put the music. Different songs with different rhythms must accompany a child "shock." Want timpani - take two caps.

The same thing you can think of and less crash than publishes the ladle when it hits the pan. For example, ask your child to jump to the beat or just clap her hands to the music. And you can not only with the music, because the rhythm of poems to feel the same. Take a book with children poetry and slam reading: "Our Tanya crying out loud, dropped the ball in the river ..."

Develop visual memory

Visual memory helps to quickly fix any new information. Thanks to her, a person can become competent, if a lot of reading, and well remember the faces of people.

5. Memory

This game is better for the development of memory has not yet been invented. You need to take a card from the paired images (suitable lotto or just a set of cards). Put pair face down. Let your child opens up two cards at a time, and remembers where any. His task - to open in one move at once two identical cards, that is a couple. If you find a pair - left two pictures open and looking for a pair on.

This game is great develops visual memory and attention. By the way, to help parents exist books games Memory with different themes (animals, colors, english the words). Here these same couples hidden behind the cardboard windows, shutters. They do not need to lay out or flip - they just need to move the opening patterns. Very convenient: no detail of the game is not lost.

We develop speech

To correctly pronounce the words to build sentences, retell easily and always be in the spotlight - all this will ensure your child a good speech.

6. Breathe deeply

Do you think that it is beautiful to speak and tell the child just need to learn more words? It is necessary, of course, but still need to train the breath to finish a proposal to end. In this game help with cotton balls.

Build on the table maze of designer or any objects. Put at the beginning of the maze cotton ball. The task of the child - to blow on the ball, moving it through the maze to the finish. Here and breathing will be developed, and thinking, because the kid will have to build a road.

7. What do I see

This game is good to play on the street, although you can at home. The child should be seen and to think of an object, such as a blue car, which is parked in the yard, and describe it. What she (shape, color, size), where there is that close. You can add from myself, who goes on it is that it helps people to do. And your problem - as long as possible to guess the object, to give the child an opportunity to tell us more.

develop independently

The most important stage in the development of the child - it is a growing need for independence. On how many parents let the kid do it yourself, it depends for its success, confidence and determination in the future.

8. Take me Home

Dress yourself - of course. Choose what you want for lunch - very good. But if you can find your own house? When you go for a walk, ask the child to find his way home. And yourself just go wherever you lead the baby.

develop imagination

Imagination is needed not only to artists and actors. It allows to work in any field, to enjoy reading, dream, invent and reinvent.

9. Palm turns ...

Circle on the hand sheets of paper, hands and feet baby. Now let these small circuits artist transforms into different objects. For example, from the palm, receiving a brilliant octopus, and from heels - a bouquet of flowers. Be creative together!

10. album traveler

Most likely, in the summer you will find a whole lot of adventure: you can go to the sea, the village or just be a lot walk outdoors. Use this time to make an album in memory of the brightest summer walks. Have your child gather the little things that he wants to save Tickets, shells, small souvenirs.

11. Search from A to Z

Write on a piece of paper alphabet. Now, start looking for each letter corresponding to the object around. If the home is no longer detected objects - running into the street! After all, there is the D - road P - sandbox and, most importantly, - the sun. The game will help your child remember the letters and get to know the world around them, teach him to care.

12. Local map

This is a game we have found in the book of ideas for kids from 4 to 6 years'101 Idea House». Encourage your child to draw a map of the surroundings of his yard. Note the house in which you live, and other important for the baby's point: that's favorite playground, but the bus stop. And, you can add your own routes, for example in the way children garden or other guests. So in the mind of the child will develop a complete picture place in which he lives.

13. All of the exhibition!

Sure your child has a cherished "exhibits": their own drawings and crafts, or favorite toys. What if put them in a room and call her grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt? So we develop speech and oratorical skills. And your child will certainly be pleased to proudly talk about their favorite little thing.

14. create robot

People make robots that they help them to perform different jobs. And what do you come up with a robot with a toddler? Than it will be useful: will remove all toys or play a game with you at the ball? Now draw it! Such tasks are taught to develop their imagination and think outside the box.

Learning colors

Teach your kid to distinguish between colors in practice.

15. Everything is good!

The dream of parents - laid out in boxes toys. You can turn this into a useful cleaning Educational activities and a fun game.

Arrange the boxes and ask the child to put toys: all red - in a white box, everything is blue - in green. And then you can give and other tasks. All small - in one box, more and more - to another. Or you can speed clean toys. Who will choose from soft toys of all birds?

You know more some fascinating children's games? Share them in the comments!

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