Creative games for preschool children

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

The leading activity of preschool children is the game. It is through her that the child gets acquainted with the outside world, acquires certain knowledge and skills. Between the ages of three and six, children are extremely inquisitive. Parents and teachers are faced with an important task - to invest in the child's knowledge and skills as much as possible at this stage of a child's life. And in order for the learning process to be interesting and exciting, classes must be conducted in a playful way. The purpose of these activities is not only the assimilation of new cognitive information by the child, but the acquisition of new skills, abilities and the development of all mental processes. Classes with preschoolers are creative games. Specific examples of this type of activity, the rules for preparing and holding such events are described in this article below. The information provided is intended for parents and teachers of preschool institutions.

The concept of "creative games": whatdoes it include?

The category of this type of activity includes role-playing games, theatrical, constructive and didactic. Participation in them stimulates the child to be smart, reveal their talents, look for ways to make the right decision, choose from several options one, the most correct one. In creative games, children's impressions of the life around them are displayed. Consider specific examples of such activities.

Role-playing games

The theme of compulsory games of this type is indicated in the kindergarten program. These include "Family", "Kindergarten", "School", "Shop", "Hospital", Hairdresser's. The task of adults is to create an atmosphere corresponding to the theme of the game in a group or house. For these games, you need to prepare a set of necessary attributes. For example, for the game "Family" a corner "Kitchen" should be organized, where there are dishes, and furniture, and a model of the stove, and models of food. The ideal option is to arrange also a doll bedroom and a bathroom. Taking part in this type of activity, children learn to manipulate household items, use them for their intended purpose. Creative role-playing games involve the presence of several participants. Little players develop the plot, spontaneously come up with a development of events, create problems and immediately learn to find compromises

It's good when in a kindergarten or at home conditions are created so that the guys can connect in one gamemultiple storylines. For example: school - family - shop. The development of the plot may be as follows: dad takes the child to school, goes to the store for shopping, and meanwhile mom cooks dinner at home. The children come up with the scenario themselves, the players distribute the roles among themselves also on their own.

Creative games for preschoolers (namely role-playing games) can be of a variety of topics. For example, outdoors, you can organize such an activity as "Construction", "Garden", "Farm", "Zoo", "Transport".

Theatrical games

This type of activity contributes to the development of all psychological processes of a preschooler: thinking, memory, imagination, attention. Participation in dramatization games in a child develops such personal qualities as responsiveness, independence, initiative, and emotionality. The baby learns to understand the mood of the hero and convey it, masters the ways of external expression of feelings with the help of facial expressions and voice. Creative games of preschool children of theatrical orientation unite kids with a common idea, motivate them to interact together in a team.

We give examples of this type of activity:

1. Puppet theater: finger, flannelograph, arm, shadow, live puppet theater.
2. Games-performances.
3. Theatrical performances: holidays and matinees.
4. Dramatizations based on works of art known to children.

In order for theatrical creative games to fulfill their purpose as much as possible, adults must beappropriate preliminary preparations have been made. It includes the acquisition or independent implementation of paraphernalia: costumes, masks, dolls. By the way, you can make them with your children, which will be another good way to develop the creative abilities of little fidgets.

Constructive building games

This kind of creative game forms the child's ability to navigate in space, to establish and correlate the size and proportions of objects (cubes, cylinders, bricks, pebbles), to comprehend the simplest laws of physics. By participating in this type of activity, the kid gets acquainted with the profession of a builder, architect, designer.

Such creative games for children are almost always intertwined with a role-playing game. Children do not just manipulate models of building material, but also play out a whole storyline. They distribute roles (driver, builder, foreman), agree on the goal of the game, play out different situations.

Again, in order for the game to be interesting for kids and to fulfill its educational and educational functions, it is necessary to provide it with the necessary paraphernalia as much as possible. It should be a variety of designers, sets of cubes, toy vehicles of various types (trucks, tractors, cranes), tool kits, sand.

Didactic creative games for preschool children

If the previously named activities involve the participation of several children, then in didactic gamesone child can participate. Here, tasks are given for the development of artistic abilities, logical thinking, fantasy, and the manifestation of ingenuity. Consider examples of similar games for preschool children.

• "Blob". Paint drips onto the sheet in the form of a blot. Task: turn the blot into an object. The child draws some elements so that the image acquires the features of an imaginary object.
• "Wonder Wands". A square or triangle is laid out of counting sticks on the table. Task: add sticks so that the figure resembles an object.
• "Grain paintings". The child has a sketch of an animal on a piece of paper. The plates offer different cereals (pasta, vegetable seeds). Task: design an application from those materials that you like. The child selects cereals by color, structure and sticks them on the sketch.

Conclusion

Creative games, no matter what kind they are, should fulfill their main function - to develop the child in all directions, including creative ones. And in order for their effectiveness to be effective, it is important to organize them taking into account the recommendations that were indicated in the article. With the necessary materials and attributes, the games will be fun and interesting.