12 home games with a child

- Again a cold, - complained to me friend. "I do not know what to do with my son!" Do not put in front of the TV for the whole day. Such complaints I hear all the time. At me the most senior, to whom four years and which in a garden walks in pauses between colds. I have to entertain at home from morning till night. Himself, he does not like to play with the TV, and really do not sit down with the TV. And I decided to share the experience: all the children are different - from temperament to stiletto, but maybe someone and our entertainment will also seem interesting to someone.Photo: GettyImages1. KindergartenMama cat brings her son to the kindergarten, the tutor takes him, takes her hands off, sets her breakfast, etc. In our version, I'm usually for my mother and child, and my son is for the caregiver. It happens that the roles are changing. For a shot: in conversations you can learn a lot of interesting things that happen in the kindergarten - how the educator communicates with the children, what they do. In addition, losing some situations, the child solves internal problems. We, for example, slew this game to the loss of heart rate during the adaptation period in the kindergarten. 2. Family of animals In our case, this is a family of bears, where there is a mother, father and son. They get up in the morning, have breakfast, go to work / kindergarten, condominium supper together, then communicate, play. And so every game day. Honestly, once the thirteenth becomes boring, and on the one hundred and thirteenth you are simply asleep. But here the main thing is to show imagination. For a shot: we have a bear son, coming back from the kindergarten, reading poetry and singing songs that he recognized. Or he taught letters of the alphabet, or read a book, or was engaged in mathematics. It seems like playing and at the same time developing a child. 3. School All soft toys in the house are collected and go to school, where the teacher is your child. He shows letters, adds words from them and "teaches" animals to read. Then you change roles. For a shot: the point is that in whatever role the child - a teacher or a student - is, he in any case absorbs information and new knowledge in small portions. 4. Cafe or the kitchenOur baby is a cook. If there is a toy kitchen, it's cool, if not - no problem! It can be made from improvised materials (earlier we had tables and a stove were cubes), and you can use this kitchen, my mother's. Why not, if under your supervision? I love this game for the fact that in it I always play the role of visitors, which means that while I'm waiting for my "dinner", I can calmly pat clothes, dust, make manicure, etc. For a shot: develops fantasy, fine motor skills, skills socialization. Dr.Special set should be in every family, in my opinion. With roles here all is clear: the doctor and the patient. You can attract other family members or limit toys. For a shot: the most important plus in our case is the fear of doctors. Well, the manipulation of all sorts of medical instruments is just as curious! 6. Phone the two phones and call each other. We talk absolutely on any topic. At one time we even recited the same poem by Chukovsky. Then the child realized that this is not a game, but some kind of occupation, and flatly refused this wonderful variant. For a shot: the development of speech, the establishment of emotional contact. For example, my child is not one who is willing to conduct dialogues on some serious topics. But in the game we often discussed how I love him and his younger sister, how I would like them to be friends.Photo: GettyImages7. ShootingRules are simple - to run after each other around the apartment and "shoot." The son still falls, but generously allows me not to rub myself with the floor. For a shot: a change of activity, activity. It helps a lot and tones up when the child begins to toil, to be bored. Variations are possible. We used to throw each other a balloon, and while the first one was catching it, the second one was running away. 8. Hit the target The options are also weight. Our such: get a soft little ball in the vertical rattles, get them in the same capacity, for example, a box; To shoot from a pistol with foam rubber bullets in the same rattles. For a shot: development of small and large motility, purposefulness. It also includes a game of tennis with large plastic rackets and a soft ball. 9. Five instruments. The ball is all the musical instruments that we have (there are more than five of them, but for some reason this name has traditionally become fixed), and in turn each plays on them, passing on to the next one. All this under some kind of favorite and energetic music, so that it was not really boring. For a shot: the game turns out to be dynamic, if you still dance, musical ear, rhythm develops. I was even lucky to learn to play on the ukulele. In addition, it's just fun!Photo: GettyImages10.ClipAnother of my favorite games, where I participate minimally. All sorts of animals come to my son's concert, and he shows them clips that he has watched several times before. And again, there can be variations - the child can read poems, sing songs, put on a short performance, tell a fairy tale, etc. It's just that mine loves music videos of foreign stars. At the moment, our favorite is Michael Jackson.Behind the scenes: Mom frees up time in portions (the audience must come and go). Watching clips, my child learned a few English words, copies dance elements. And he's doing pretty well! 11. Creating beautyPlasticine, kinetic sand, finger paints, watercolors, all sorts of educational notebooks with labyrinths and stickers - all this also takes place in our game life, but, unfortunately, they attract my son for a very short time.Behind the scenes: their advantages are obvious - the development of fine motor skills, logic. 12. CarsWhere would a boy be without them? But I can't count them among his favorite games either, the child quickly gets bored with them. If you suddenly get the impression that I'm such a good mother - I constantly play with my child, I'm in a hurry to disappoint you. Like any normal person, I also get bored with everything, and the phrases "Let's play" or "Mom, come on, think of something" make my eye twitch. So I'll be grateful for new ideas. Share them in the comments! Read also: