A photo: Getty ImagesThe techniques of playing palm massage are suitable even for the smallest children, for example, everyone's favorite games in “Raven crow”, “Goat horned” or “Ladushki”. For older children, too, there are a lot of games. "Fist palm" Sit in front of the baby, press your palms to the table. The essence of the game: the kid, repeating after you, alternately squeezes his hands into a fist and unclenches him back, pressing him to the table. An adult sets the pace of the game, saying: “If you want, do the same: Here - palm, but here is a fist!” Watching the child carefully, complicate the game by changing the pace. “Finger-boy” The exercise is performed for each hand separately. Starting from the little finger, all the fingers alternately bend and unbend. "Finger boy, where have you been? He went to the forest with this brother, He cooked soup with this brother, He ate porridge with this brother, He sang songs with this brother!" "Hooks" Little fingers Both hands grapple with each other, like hooks, and stretch, creating tension. Then repeat for the remaining pairs of fingers. "Friends hold tightly, do not unclench their hooks!" Games that develop touch will give the children an incredible pleasure if you pick up interesting textures and volumes. "We are looking for treasure!" Put the beans in a bowl or saucepan rice and peas. Hide inside small toys and ask your baby to find them. If age allows, let the child do it with his eyes closed, guessing by touch what kind of object he took out. "Wrappers" Large beads and buttons are wrapped in candy wrappers made from colored paper. Try to pick up a wrapper of different texture: glossy, matte, velvet, foil, transparent film, napkins and so on. Suggest your child to turn all the “candies”, and then, if age allows, to wrap them back in an arbitrary order. “Snowballs” For this game you will also need paper of different texture. Roll balls of snowballs out of paper. Fold the snowballs in a bag-cloud. It is important that the bag is small in size: then the child, having put his hand in there, will feel well the texture of each snowball with his fingers. Well, now let the baby feel like an assistant to Santa Claus and arrange snowfall, throwing snowballs all over the house! "(Name of the child) smiles, Joyfully plays, Climbs with hands in the bag, And then it snows!" "Drawing in the sand" Pour on a tray layer of sand. Managing the child's finger, show him that in the sand you can draw lines, rectangles, circles. Now let him try it himself. Do not be discouraged if he does not immediately succeed. Well, if the sand is multicolored, then drawing will become even more interesting!
A photo: Getty Images Theatrical games, in which the child’s hands play the main role, will surely cause his delight and will quickly become his favorites. Finger Theater Play some interesting story from a fairy tale with the child, in which the characters will take turns talking to each other. Then it will be a finger puppet theater. "Theater of Shadows" For this game you need only a white wall, twilight and a table lamp. Teach your child to fold out the silhouettes of birds and animals, and play on the wall a real theater of shadows.
