Competitions for children of different ages: musical, creative, fun

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

Most kids love to fantasize, paint, sculpt animals from plasticine and perform impromptu dances. Creative competitions for children are designed to test their strength, reveal hidden talents. They are held in kindergartens, regular and music schools. Creatively gifted children can take part in city, regional or all-Russian competitions. Do children need it and what nuances should parents take into account?

Benefit or harm?

Psychologists do not approve of creating competition between children. They urge parents and teachers not to compare children with each other, to focus them on cooperation, not on struggle. Nevertheless, drawing competitions for children, sports competitions, competitions of performers are held with enviable constancy in all educational institutions.

As a result, we can observe the proud winner and his upset rivals. For many children, defeat becomes the strongest shock. Does this mean that it is better to protect children from competitions? By doing this, we protect them from problems, we protect them from negative experiences. This leads to the fact that children do not learn to control their emotions,suppress experiences, believe in success, cope with disappointment. Without these skills, it is very difficult to become successful in adulthood.

More on the pros

What are the advantages of competitions indicated by their organizers? We list the main ones:

• Competitions help children express themselves and discover their talents.
• Competitions teach you to go to the goal, to achieve high results.
• Child adopts experience from rivals, there is motivation for further improvement.
• Because parents actively help their kids, competitions help bring families together.
• The experience of defeat teaches you how to adequately cope with negative emotions, not be afraid of problems.
• Communication with other children and adults contributes to the socialization of the child.
• Participation in competitions for elementary school children and teenagers allows you to replenish the school portfolio.
• Competitions are an excellent preparation for the future life, a test of one's own competitiveness.

Together with mom

Even the smallest children can take part in competitions for children and parents. They are regularly held in kindergartens, they can be timed to coincide with the change of seasons (the onset of autumn) or the holiday (March 8). Joint creativity with mom or dad contributes to family rally, well develops the child's imagination, imaginative thinking.

By the age of 3-4, children can make suggestions, give adults the necessary details, stick them in place, knead plasticine, roll balls and sausages. The main thing thatsuch crafts did not turn into the creativity of the parents themselves, as is often the case. Mom and dad can understand. The craft, made with the child, comes out crooked, and more time is spent on it. While other families bring masterpieces to the kindergarten, which obviously have not been touched by a child's hand.

But will a child benefit from a letter earned by the labor of mom or dad? Will he get used to the fact that his parents will do everything for him? The point of any competition is that for the sake of victory, the participants make efforts. Therefore, when preparing for the next craft competition for children, follow the following rules:

• Ask educators at least a week (and preferably even two) to warn about the upcoming event.
• Get together as a family, share your ideas about crafts, materials used. Listen carefully to the opinion of the baby himself.
• Refer to the internet for help. Look for the craft that the child will be most active in making.
• Stock supplies.
• Crafts are best done on weekends, when no one is in a hurry. Speak all actions. The child must take an active part. If he glued the part in the wrong place, drew crooked eyes or a mouth - refrain from comments and corrections.
• When the baby doesn't want to do crafts, don't force them. Let him go to kindergarten without her. In no case do not do all the work instead of him. Ignore pressure from caregivers.
• Preschoolers get offended if they work and don'treceived awards. It is all the more unfair if masterpieces made by activist mothers win the competition for kindergarten children. You can correct the situation yourself by buying a sweet prize for the baby and solemnly presenting it at home to the applause of dad.

Themselves with mustaches

Senior preschoolers are able to come up with simple designs, mold a plasticine figure or draw a picture. For many of them, contests inspire inspiration. Teachers can use this in their work. After going through a certain topic (for example, the beginning of winter) or technique (origami, hand painting), announce a competition for children.

The next day from the very morning, prepare all the necessary materials. To create a mood, read beautiful poems, have a conversation, during which you can throw some interesting ideas to the guys. Work best with music. The educator should not turn into a justice of the peace. It is important to help the kids in time in case of difficulty, to suggest, to cheer. Avoid any criticism so as not to extinguish the first creative impulses.

If some of the kids don't want to participate in the drawing competition for kids, involve them in creating a big picture. Come up with an interesting idea. To summarize, tag each one. May you have many winners in different categories. Prizes can be sweets and homemade medals.

Teach preschoolers to notice the good finds of their comrades. Ask the contestants which entries they liked the most and why. Praise children not only for their talent, but also for their diligence and accuracy. Similar contests can also be held at home if parents manage to gather several kids in the apartment.

Performing in front of an audience

If an artist, singer or dancer grows up in your family, then participation in competitions inevitably entails going on stage. There is a lot of anxiety and fear associated with this. Defeat in a music competition by children is often perceived extremely painfully. Parents should help the child to prepare properly before the competition, as well as to cope with possible disappointment.

Psychologists make the following recommendations:

• Don't let your child get hung up on winning, don't demand prizes from him.
• Explain that the competition for children is a great opportunity to show others what you have learned. And also to see on the example of rivals what else needs to be worked on.
• You must perform not for the jury, but for your own pleasure. It's better to forget that you are being judged from the outside.
• If the child lost, show him that it is not critical. Be sure to have a family holiday with cake eating or a visit to the ice cream parlor.
• After winning or losing, wait a while and then analyze the results. What worked and what didn't? What needs to be worked on? How can you improve "sagging" skills?
• Explain that victory is not always immediate. Most of the time it takes a lot of hard work. Win not onlytalented, but also hardworking children who never give up.

Contests for children on the street

It is not necessary to wait for city or regional reviews to show your abilities. Parents can regularly arrange creative games at home. Kids love it when several people take part in them. The easiest way to organize fun competitions for children is during a walk together.

It can be familiar drawings with crayons on asph alt or modeling snowmen. And you can show your imagination and surprise the kids with the following entertainment:

• Bracelets. Put duct tape bracelets on the participants' hands. The sticky sides should be on top. Give the kids time to decorate with all sorts of natural materials.
• Application. Give the kids colored sheets of cardboard and glue. It is necessary to find leaves, twigs, flowers on the site and create a beautiful pattern.
• Mosaic. Invite the children to collect many beautiful pebbles. In the sandbox, make funny animals or unusual flowers out of them.
• Playing with crayons. On a sunny day, trace the shadows of the children on the pavement and color them. You can also draw the outlines of various objects, toys, hands and feet, and then turn them into something fun.
• Color the snow in winter by pouring tinted water into spray bottles.
• In addition to the usual snowmen, fashion snow cakes, geometric shapes, caterpillars, cats or other animals. They can also be tinted with colored water.

Christmas contests for kids

Funny creative competitionyou can offer the kids who came to you for the holiday. Just take care of props and prizes for all participants in advance. Try to make the entertainment varied, and each kid could show off his talents. Preschoolers, for example, will enjoy the following Christmas contests for kids:

• "Dress up the Christmas tree". Divide the little guests into teams, give out two artificial Christmas trees, as well as unbreakable toys and tinsel. Whose forest beauty will be more elegant?
• "Best suit". Provide the kids with a bunch of old clothes, masks, beads, tinsel, hats, funny ears, noses and other attributes. Invite them to dress up and arrange a show of the most unusual New Year's costumes.
• "Festive panel". In a bucket, put finely chopped tinsel, rain, pieces of fabric, buttons, spruce and pine branches, confetti, beautiful lace. Give the teams sheets of whatman paper, pencils, colored paper, glue. Offer to create a beautiful Christmas picture.
• "Everybody dance". Encourage preschoolers to dance snowflakes, bunnies, clumsy bear cubs, funny snowmen.
• "Composers". Give the children all the musical instruments in the house, as well as whistles, pots with lids, spoons, glass water bottles. Offer to compose and perform a New Year's melody. You can divide the children into teams. Let some compose happy music, while others compose sad music.

Music Testing Games

Very oftenthe talents of the child become noticeable while participating in various fun competitions for children. Therefore, both teachers and parents should hold them regularly, adding them to every holiday program or friendly party.

Kids aged 5-9 will enjoy the following activities:

• Use children's musical instruments to represent the sound of rain, wind, the rustle of leaves, thunder or other natural phenomena.
• To a cheerful composition, perform an animal dance so that others guess it.
• Come up with a fabulous plot for classical music that would convey its mood.
• Repeat a simple tune after an adult.
• Come up with a continuation of a ditty or a song. Execute it.

Younger teens can take part in more challenging music competitions for kids. Offer them:

• Sing the alphabet to a given tune.
• Compose a melody to a famous children's poem and sing it.
• Teams sing two different songs at the same time, trying not to be out of tune. Covering the ears with hands is prohibited. Who can't get out of tune?
• Create musical instruments from improvised means and perform a given song to their accompaniment.
• Dance an impromptu dance to constantly changing music, trying to get in the rhythm.

Let's have some fun

Teenagers love fun competitions that give them opportunities to express themselves. It is participation in home and class activities that allows children toliberate yourself, get rid of fears and learn how to adequately respond to defeat. Sometimes fun competitions for kids help reveal hidden talents that no one suspected.

You can run the following contests for teens:

• "Biography". Invite everyone to pull out a piece of paper on which a fairy-tale hero is indicated. The task of the players is to come up with an interesting biography for him.
• "Portrait". Give the children paper and crayons. Have them draw a portrait of the leader. Choose the best painter and cartoonist.
• "Staging". Teams must portray well-known folk tales using pantomime. The task of the opponents is to guess them.
• "Recitation". Have the contestants recite a nursery rhyme on behalf of a small child, a factory manager, a DJ, an old grandmother, a stuttering student, a heavily accented Chinese, etc.
• "Sculpture". From all the team members, propose to build a sculpture dedicated to the victims of the test, a happy break into the cafeteria, or other significant events.

Game of Fortune

Often winning a competition is determined by chance. The following competitions for children will help to visually show this:

• "Magical animal". Children receive a sheet of paper, draw the head of an animal on it. Fold the sheet so that only the end of the neck is visible, and pass it on. The second participant draws the torso to the waist, the third - the stomach and hips, the last - the legs. Whichcharacter funnier?
• "Nonsense". In the same way, stories can be written. Children write down the answer to the questions of the presenter, fold the sheet and pass it around. The order of questions is as follows: "who/what", "with whom", "when", "where", "what did you do", "why", "how did it end", "what did people say".
• "I can't see anything." Blindfolded, you can hold competitions for the best drawing. And you can do hairstyles for your partner, trying to use all the ribbons and rubber bands. Another option is a competition for the best costume. Moreover, you will have to put on things in complete darkness. The result in each case is unpredictable!

Creative competitions will help children diversify their usual leisure time, and parents will better study the individual characteristics of the child. In a competitive environment, character is brought up, adequate self-esteem is developed and the ability to control one's emotions develops. And it also wakes up the desire to prove oneself, the desire for constant self-improvement.