Activities ideas for children
Beautiful ideas for games and teaching children
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Children's toys Play is considered one of the necessary and necessary things for children, to strengthen their physical and mental activity, and parents must pay attention when choosing new toys for their children, so that they have an educational aspect in addition to entertainment, and in most cases some toys are destined to be destroyed; Because the child is bored with it, and most children tend and are curious to discover the components of the game and thus destroy it, and accordingly it is good for children to share and develop their love of knowledge by doing fun activities with them.
Puzzle activity ideas for children Puzzle activities combine motor and creative ability, allowing the child to choose any drawing he can draw and then cut it using scissors to ultimately produce a picture puzzle game, then reassemble the picture pieces as they were the first time, and it is possible to use ready-made pictures for the puzzle activity.
Freezing game: It is a game that requires some attention and balance at the same time, as a music clip or video for children is played, while performing some movements such as imitating animals or some cartoon characters, then suddenly stopping the clip and asking the children to stop moving while stopping the sound and holding on. On their movements regardless of the situation, then offering prizes to the winning children، Children also love this type of activity as it contains movement and loud sounds.
Hide and seek game: It is one of the famous and beloved activities for children, where one of the children covers his eyes and counts upwards to reach a certain number, and at that time the rest of them hide around the house or the outdoor courtyard, so that the previously mentioned child searches for them one by one.
Reading: Reading is important for children, as children who spend some time reading at home get higher grades than those who do not, and parents can make their children read by following group reading methods with them or by placing reading content in various parts of the house on Support it with fun drawings.
Smart devices: The use of smart devices develops many skills in the child, including early education, as there are many educational and purposeful programs that can be run on smart devices, but more importantly, a strict plan must be developed to use these devices, as excessive use of smart devices causes Health problems for children, and the content viewed on these devices and websites must be monitored.
Manual activities There are a large number of simple manual activities that children can do, some of which include the following:
_ Playing with small balloons filled with water. _using beads to make bracelets.
_drawing shapes on rocks.
_ Using nail polish in drawing and coloring. _using paper to make shapes, and this is called origami art.
_using paint to decorate and draw on shirts.
Playing with paste: Playing with paste is considered one of the fun activities that children can do during the holidays, and this is done by presenting it to the child and giving him enough space to play with it. He can make shapes of animals, plants, or cartoon characters, then color them using food coloring, and wait until The child finishes preparing it, then puts it in the oven and bakes it according to the instructions attached to it until it hardens.
Planting a garden: The activity of planting a garden is not limited to planting a seed in the soil, but rather it provides the child with a lot of useful information in the field of science, nutrition, and patience as well. Planting a garden can provide the child before school with lessons on how to grow the plant, and it also motivates him to eat vegetables that He planted it, but school-age children can be provided with a gardening magazine that allows them to learn the scientific names of plants، How to plant and care for complex growing plant species.
Create a photo album: A father can help his child engage in a fun and exciting activity by helping him create a photo album that contains all the pictures that bring together the father and his son and show the feelings of love and tenderness between them.
Conducting scientific experiments: Preschool-age children enjoy conducting simple scientific experiments that do not require a lot of effort to conduct, as candy and toothpicks can be used to form different shapes, which will give the child the opportunity to learn many fun things, while school-age children It is possible to involve them in conducting experiments while ensuring that disasters do not occur at home because of them.
Playing with sand: Playing with sand is considered one of the games that provides great benefits to children in addition to fun, as it enhances the skills of feeling, shaping, digging, and building, and it also works to strengthen their muscles while playing, as they can dig trenches, make holes, build mountains, and make cakes, All that is needed to play is an empty space containing sand, making sure it is clean, and close to a water source، There is no harm in some monitoring by an adult who helps in giving new ideas to children.
Group game ideas for children: Looking up and looking down. The game of looking up and looking down is considered one of the group children’s games that children can play while in the park, school, or parties, and it is done by asking the children to form a large circle while leaving a small distance between each one of them. Then look down, then the supervisor asks the players to look up, then look at one of the players immediately، If two players look at each other at the same time, they must scream and leave the circle, so that the rest of the players remain standing in their places while continuing to look at the person they were staring at until the supervisor says (Look down), and the game continues until there are three or two players left in the circle.
Potato bag racing: Potato bag racing, also known as burlap bag racing, gained great popularity during the nineteenth century, and it still maintains its popularity today, and all that is needed to hold these races among children is a large burlap bag for each child that reaches up to his waist, or The face of a pillow is large and sturdy, in addition to providing ample space for children to be able to jump through it to the finish line، If burlap bags are not available, a three-legged race can be held, with adults participating with children.
Other ideas for group games
There are many ideas that can be done to play group games, including the following:
Tug of war: It is a game that does not require any supplies to play.
Barrier track: This game can be implemented by preparing a barrier track in the courtyard of the house or in any large area in the house, and the available tools can be used without the need to purchase them.
Musical chairs: This game depends on arranging a number of chairs in the form of a circle, and it is required that the number of chairs be one less than the number of children, then the music is played, and when it is stopped, the child who did not find a chair to sit on is excluded, and one chair is removed from the group of chairs in the game. The last person on the last chair is the winner of the game.
Memory strengthening games for children
Elephant Memory Game: Parents can strengthen and stimulate their children’s memory by urging them to play the Elephant Memory Game. The principle of this game is that the child tries to remember twenty-five words within one minute, then recognizes these words from a long list full of different words, and helps This game enhances the individual's memory by activating the left temporal lobe of the brain، This part of the brain controls the ability to perceive at a low level, process sound, names, and verbal memory, in addition to many other tasks, so the individual playing this game helps him enhance his ability to remember a lot of news in a short time.
Sudoku game: Parents can strengthen their children’s memory by urging them to play Sudoku, as playing this game depends on memory, because the child needs to follow the sequence of numbers in order to be able to solve the puzzle of this game, so it helps enhance concentration and improves memory in The individual in the short term, Sudoku is considered one of the most popular and widespread brain games, as an individual can play it online, or on cards، There are many sites that offer this game for free, and it can also be downloaded to the phone through many applications, and like the intermittent word game, Sudoku is available in levels of varying difficulty, and the individual can start with the easy levels so that he can learn the rules of the game.
Card card games: Card card games help stimulate and strengthen memory in children, examples of which include Crazy Eights, Uno, Go Fish, and War. These games help strengthen the child’s memory through commitment to maintaining the rules of the game, and remembering the cards that He has it, and the cards that others have played.
Making educational toys for children
Color bottles: Parents can bring a group of empty bottles of any size they want, then color these bottles in different colors by pouring different paints inside them, taking into account that they are tightly closed so that they are safe for children, and it is worth noting that This game, which will teach children different colors, is a game suitable for young children or even older children.
Sensory board: This game, which can be created at home, can be used to teach children how to use the eyes and hands and coordinate between them to feel different things, and this game can be prepared by installing some things on the wall and allowing the child to start feeling these things and playing with them, and it may be installed on The wall includes some clothing buttons, small pieces of carpet, or other things that the child can feel and play with.
Picture groups: Parents who want to make some educational games for their children can make picture groups consisting of envelopes and some different pictures, as these pictures can be parts of greeting cards or even different clippings from old magazines, advertisements, or Any of the pictures that help create collages.
Comic-making :
Parents can follow this method with children between the ages of one year and two years, where they can prepare some pictures of animals or various drawings and then attach them to pages of paper or even cloth by using glue. Then one of the parents reads some stories and makes the child point to the animals mentioned in this story.
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