All children in the world are united by a love of games.
Play is a natural need for a child, since it is in the form of play that children learn about the world, understand how it works, and consciously comprehend the experience gained.
Play is important not just as a source of joy and good mood, it develops the brain, imagination, creativity, vocabulary, social skills, the ability to learn and perceive more complex information.
How do 6-7 year old children develop?
At this age, the baby’s thinking abilities enter a new, better stage of development.
By age 6, most children:
- master reading, writing, counting to 20;
- understand the simplest time intervals;
- focus longer on one solution to one logical problem;
- their reasoning becomes more meaningful;
- understand information better by listening.
What games are useful at this age?
For a preschooler, different forms of games will be useful.
Psychologists recommend involving children in the following game formats:
- child-initiated play;
- play initiated by an adult;
- a traditional game when both a child and an adult can take the initiative.
From the point of view of benefits, the most significant games are those offered by adults, since in this case the child finds himself in a learning situation, gets acquainted with new words, concepts and can make this situation manageable.
As for choosing a specific game format, it all depends on the situation. For the street, outdoor games are selected that contain an element of sports. At home, you can play board games or role-playing games, or assemble a construction set.
1. Outdoor games develop coordination, strength, endurance, and reaction speed. At the age of 6-7 years, the game lasts about half an hour.
2. Board games help brighten up your leisure time when the weather is bad outside. With the help of cubes, puzzles, figures, cards, the child improves his skills - logic, spatial thinking, social interaction, speech, concentration, will.
There are a huge number of board games - walkers, puzzles, cubes, mosaics, construction sets, flashcards, strategies.
3. Educational games - in this case we are talking about the targeted development of a specific skill or ability, for example, speech, gross motor skills, intelligence, imagination.
The use of such games prepares fertile ground for the further development of the child’s creative abilities and talents. The training program is structured from simple to complex, but the conditions of each task should be slightly ahead of the child’s developmental level.
Games 30. Plant
First of all, you need to make a plant - a tree, a flower - from any available materials. Then the child composes a fairy tale about him. The main thing is that in the story the child describes in detail how the plant feels - is it comfortable or is something bothering it.
Through these metaphors, an adult can understand what is bothering the child. If there is a cause for concern, ask your child what you can do to help the plant - build a fence, call a fairy, plant other trees. This way the baby will use the example of a fairy tale to cope with his anxieties.
Games 31. Face games
In children who have suffered some unpleasant events in life, a frozen mask may appear on their face and emotions disappear. You can motivate your child in several ways - invite him to play tricks, make funny faces with him, or organize a home theater.
Games 32. Simple holidays
Allow your baby to feel the holiday in your life as often as possible. Try to turn every simple event into something bright and unusual. For example, the festival of making the bed, washing, the festival of lunch. Be sure to record any of your child’s achievements, write them down or draw them - this motivates and builds confidence in yourself and your abilities.
Games 33. Color therapy
If your child often returns to unpleasant events in the past, focus his attention on the current day, for example, come up with a specific color for each day of the week and try to stick to it. For example, let Monday be blue - pick up such clothes, look for blue objects around.
Games 34. Schedule
To stabilize a child’s condition after a stressful situation, it is necessary to structure his daily routine, draw up a schedule, and decorate it. The kid must monitor its implementation. On the one hand, it teaches discipline, and on the other, it distracts from unpleasant thoughts.
Advice! Anxious children prone to stress intuitively choose outdoor games where they need to jump. This helps relieve tension and feel supported. Create an area for your child where he can jump safely and happily.
Conflict situations sometimes occur between children, and here play becomes critically important, since with its help the child relieves stress and relaxes . Of course, games should be appropriate for the child’s age and development, be diverse and useful. This is what we will talk about in our material.
Stages of preparing a children's party
Organizing a children's party is actually not that difficult. To do this you need to perform several steps:
- Decorate the room. Balloons, flags, banners with inscriptions, funny photographs of the birthday boy or images with his favorite fairy-tale/cartoon characters can be used as decoration.
- Set the table. There is no need to prepare roasts, mayonnaise salads and numerous snacks. Children will appreciate the sweet table and fruit selections. Of course, the centerpiece of the table is the birthday cake (necessarily with candles, because blowing them out is a fun tradition that every child looks forward to on their birthday). It is recommended to use festive dishes with cheerful designs. Firstly, this will make the table look more elegant. Secondly, children will not be afraid of breaking a plate or glass. Thirdly, this will save parents from having to wash mountains of dirty dishes after the holiday is over.
- Prepare gifts. You can not just give gifts to the birthday boy, but arrange a real quest to find gifts and even involve all the guests in it. If all invited children will participate in the quest, it is worth preparing a small gift for each of them.
- Choose games for children for their birthday.
You need to prepare especially carefully for the last point, because children will quickly get bored of sitting at the table, they will quickly want to move around and have fun.
Don't forget about the prizes for the competition winners. These can be various little things (soap bubbles, funny keychains, stickers, children's stationery, etc.) or sweets.
Where to find time to play with your child
This question is asked by many parents, since modern moms and dads are busy people who have a lot of household responsibilities, work, of course, and a natural desire to take time for themselves and relax. Due to the fact that there is not enough time to spend with the baby, parents often worry and worry. Psychologists assure that you can find time to communicate with your child if you follow simple tips.
Tip 1 – play with your child and mind your own business at the same time.
Games that do not require special training or additional items can be played in the kitchen, bathroom, or on the street. If you don’t feel like playing, involve your child in homework, do something together, for example, make pizza, or just let your child help you.
The main thing is to talk to the child more, explain, praise and support.
Tip 2 – use any free minute.
Transport, queues, the road to somewhere - this time can be used profitably. Tell your child about natural phenomena, make riddles, compose fairy tales, play counting and words.
Tip 3 – games and activities should become a habit.
Of course, we are not talking about classes for an hour or two. Make it a rule to work with your child every day for 15-20 minutes; this will be quite enough for a child aged 6-7 years. For example, read a book to your child before bed.
Tip 4 – try to create a nurturing environment at home.
Use posters, manuals, cards, magnetic games. The more educational objects there are around a child, the faster he will remember information. Please note that developmental aids should be bright and colorful.
Tip 5 – find company for your child.
If this is the case and you cannot play with your baby, try to find children for him with whom he can spend his time.
New Year competitions for kindergarten in the preparatory group
Game "YES or NO"
The children must unanimously approve the items with which they are going to decorate the Christmas tree.
The presenter - Santa Claus or Snow Maiden says:
“The guys and I will play an interesting game: I will tell the kids what we decorate the Christmas tree with. Listen carefully and be sure to answer. If we tell you correctly, say “Yes” in response. Well, if suddenly it’s wrong, boldly say “No!” - Multi-colored firecrackers? — Blankets and pillows? — Folding beds and cribs? — Marmalades, chocolates? — Glass balls? — Are the chairs wooden? - Teddy bears? - Primers and books? - Are the beads multi-colored? — Are the garlands light? - Snow made from white cotton wool? - Satchels and briefcases? - Shoes and boots? — Cups, forks, spoons? — Are the candies shiny? — Are tigers real? — Are the cones golden? — Are the stars radiant?
New Year's box competition
The presenter reads 3 clues to the children, with the help of which they should guess the surprises lying in the elegant box.
The smartest ones receive prizes. Not a Christmas tree, but an elegant one. Not a musician, but loves to play. It’s not the baby, but “mom” who speaks. (Doll)
Not a watermelon, but a round one. Not a hare, but jumping. It's not a bicycle, it's rolling. (Ball)
Not a gnome, but in a cap. It's not a car, it's refueling. Not an artist, but a painter. (Felt pen)
Not a fox, but a red one. Not a waffle, but a crispy one. Not a mole, but sitting underground. (Carrot)
Not a cake, but a sweet one. Not a Negro, but a dark-skinned one. Not an orange, but with slices. (Chocolate)
Not a ladle, but scoops. Not a door, but with a handle. Not a cook, but a feeder. (Spoon)
Not a plate, but a round one. Not a heron, but standing on one leg. Not a wheel, but a spinning one. (Yula)
Not a feather, but light. Not a snowflake, but flying. Not a kidney, but bursting. (Balloon)
Not a ruler, but a thin one. Not a mother, but a caring one. Not a crocodile, but a toothy one. (Comb)
Not cotton wool, but white. Not snow, but cold. Not sugar, but sweet. (Ice cream)
Competition Catch the Snowball
What you will need:
- Several buckets or boxes,
- Artificial snowballs (foil, unbreakable Christmas tree decorations, tennis balls).
Several couples participate.
Children stand opposite each other at a distance of approximately 4 meters. One child has an empty bucket, the other has a bag with a certain number of snowballs. At a signal, the child throws snowballs, and the partner tries to catch them with a bucket. The first couple to finish the game and collect the most snowballs wins.
Fun starts
What you will need:
- Linen bags,
- Box with unbreakable Christmas tree decorations.
Physical education competitions are interesting and exciting, but they are suitable for a large room in which children can easily run and jump. Examples of competitions for a spacious room for the New Year 2022: Sack running (bunnies jump to the Christmas tree and back).
Running in bags with a complication (you need to jump to the Christmas tree, take a toy from the box and hang it on the Christmas tree)
Relay race to Santa Claus (say hello to Santa Claus - run, shake hands and run back).
Relay race “Hare-Wolf” (jump to the tree like bunnies jump, run back on all fours like a wolf).
New Year's garland
What you will need:
- Dense balloon of bright color - 2 pieces.
Children are divided into two teams and stand in two columns, one after another. A bright balloon can act as a New Year's light. Participants pass the ball over their heads (the last one runs and stands at the beginning of the column). The team whose ball does not fall to the floor wins.
The twelve Chairs
What you will need:
12 chairs
A classic game of skill. Children will love running around in circles. Twelve chairs are arranged in a circle, with their backs facing each other. Thirteen participants are called and will begin to run around a group of chairs when the music starts. As soon as the music stops, everyone should sit down on their chairs. Whoever doesn't get a chair is eliminated. And one chair is removed. The game continues until there is a winner - the one who occupied the last chair.
Festive disco
Children of all ages love to dance. But preschool children are not able to move independently for a long time to music. To turn an ordinary disco into fun, you need to diversify it. Magic hat.
Santa Claus or the presenter picks up a hat and, to the music, puts it on the children’s heads one by one. When the hat is on a participant’s head, he actively dances, and the rest simply clap their hands.
We dance like...
The host of the matinee loudly announces that now everyone is dancing like bunnies, foxes, bears, and so on. Children jump like hares or limp like bears. Games and competitions on New Year's themes in the senior group of kindergarten
Grabbed - won
What you will need:
- A large number of toys: dolls, bears, balls, etc.
Toys are scattered in a chaotic manner in the center of the hall. Children walk in a circle while music plays. When the music stops, each participant must grab two toys. The one who manages to take one toy is eliminated from the game.
Ice cream
What you will need:
- Ice cream cones made of paper (roll the paper),
- Ice cream - lumps of cotton wool with PVA glue.
Two teams of children. After a dance competition or performance. The Snow Maiden and Father Frost say that they are very hot, and to cool down they need to eat ice cream. They take a paper cone in their hands, and the children apply cotton wool ice cream. The team that does this the fastest will win.
Race in felt boots
What you will need:
- The felt boots are very large.
Children are divided into two teams. The task of those competing in felt boots is to run to the Christmas tree and back. Pass the boots to the next person. The team that completes the relay the fastest will win.
Musical hat
What you will need:
- Hat,
- Notes with New Year's paraphernalia (Christmas tree, snowman, toys, etc.).
Children pull a note out of a hat and will have to read a poem or sing a song with the word that is written.
Memory
This game trains memory and attentiveness. Children take turns approaching the Christmas tree and try to remember in 30 seconds what toys and decorations are hanging on it. Then they turn away and try to remember what they saw.
Intelligence of a child aged 6-7 years
At this age, children have already formed personalities and have their own views on the world around them and what is happening in it. The child understands his position both in the children's team and among adults, and accordingly builds a line of behavior and forms a certain attitude towards the people who surround him.
The level of emotional development in children 6-7 years old is also quite high. They show sympathy , empathize, feel the mood of other people, and offer help.
- We are talking about children who are almost first graders, they can control their mood, follow the instructions and requests of adults, and take part in group and individual activities.
Advice! Since children 6-7 years old easily navigate circumstances, parents can give their child the basics of personal safety and teach them to find a way out of difficult situations.
2. At 6-7 years old, children show an active interest in new knowledge, since at this age the memory capacity increases, the child’s attention becomes more concentrated, and the vocabulary expands (up to 6 thousand words).
3. Parents need to continue classes on the development of children’s speech, familiarize children with the structure of language, in addition, develop fine motor skills, logic, and the ability to systematize objects by characteristics.
