Games in the kitchen - we develop the baby

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

Any mother spends a certain part of her time in the kitchen. And not everyone can boast that her child can play for hours with a designer or cars. As soon as mom leaves, the baby runs after him. Or pulls her into the room to play together. Are you familiar with such a situation? So what kind of activity to come up with for the baby? For these purposes, interesting games in the kitchen are perfect. They will make the process of cooking useful, exciting and fun for the two of you. Below are some examples. Tailor them for the specific child and situation.

Kitchen games

Playing with pots

Give your child pots of different colors and sizes. You can build a tower from them, as well as study the concepts of small, medium, large. Hide some object (a toy, a spoon) in one of the pans. Give your child pot lids and have them choose the right one for each pot. Pour any cereal into the pan, let the baby touch it with his fingers, hide toys in it.

Interesting sounds

There are many different sounds in the kitchen, listen to them:cereal is poured, a spoon rings in an empty glass, water drips in a tap. Tap on different kitchen items. Learn the concepts deafly, loudly, quietly. Play Guess What's Knocking with your child.

Pasta

Excellent material for studying length, shape. String them on a string, color them. Put the resulting beads on the doll.

Grains

All kids love to finger their grains. Give the baby different containers so that he pours the cereal. You can take plates of different colors. Pour beans into them, count - which one has the least, which one has the most. Plant different animals near the plate, match them by color: the frog eats from the green plate because it loves its color, etc. Another option is possible - pour the cereal on a tray and draw on it with your fingers. For older children, mix a few cereals - let them play "Cinderella" - separate one cereal from the other.

Cleaning

You can also add an element of the game to such a routine activity. Cleaning the kitchen can be an operation to save kitchen furniture from dust.

Water

Give your child two plates, one empty and one filled with water. Show your child how to use a small sponge to pour liquid from one container to another. Pay attention to the drops and the flowing trickle. Try launching boats - caps or sponges. It will be possible to put sailors on boats - beans, for example. Throw objects into the water, see what sinks and what floats. Take straws for juice and blow them into the water, so let's gobubbles. They will cheer up your child.

Speech Development

Kitchen games will help expand your baby's vocabulary. Look at what is around - a wardrobe, a table, a chair. Summarize that it's all furniture. Also tell about vegetables, fruits, where they grow. Naming products, describe them: an apple is red, round, sweet. List foods that begin with the letter "K". Name the purpose of the items: table, intended for food, etc.

Dough

Cut shapes out of dough with cookie cutters.

Drawing

For these purposes, you can use jam, boiled beets. Let the baby draw on a plate with a finger, sponge, cotton swab.

Counting

You can count anything: potatoes on a plate, apples in a vase. Give the child instructions: bring two apples, remove three carrots.

Mom's Helper

Not only games can captivate a child in the kitchen. Cooking in the kitchen with his mother will be a real discovery for him. Let's do simple and clear tasks: peel boiled eggs or jacket potatoes, decorate the salad with herbs or sprinkle it with grated cheese.

In order for the games in the kitchen to bring the baby not only fun, but also convenience, get him an apron and a small stool.