Today, a child rarely freely spend time with other children, but with a pot oriented gadgets. Parents convenient - baby buried in a tablet, not a hindrance. And how to play with the baby, and most importantly - what?
Several decades ago, boys and preschool age girls playing all the time. They had free time. They are released into the yard or taken to the village to the grandmother, which could meet the company of her grandchildren. If you grew up in a family one child, instead of the brothers and sisters of his fellow neighbor children were on the games, the guys from the same group of kindergarten, and later - from primary school. Such a mass congestion and developing additional employment, as now, was not there.
Why do children have ceased to play freely
Natural, spontaneous, unpredictable child's play losing ground thoughtful games that are started by adults with specific application purposes. Children's free play often replaced solely involving children in the "gaming activity", invented by adults, various types of game-based learning.
Well, if these adults are open to the initiative of the child. But often mom and dad watching the spontaneous play of the child, making it their adult meanings. The habit to teach life, a sense of responsibility for the mental development and excessive rationality encourage parents to correct the kid who dreams, trying on different roles...
So how do you play with your child?
- The game develops the imagination! Kid creates the fabulous reality that is different from the realities of life.
- The game promotes the development of neural connections, preparing the children for the unpredictability of life situations, promotes self-reliance!
- Free play - this is the snout, where your child is trained to exercise the valuable qualities: craving for creativity, activity and independence.
Types of games with children
- communication games - Unregulated exchange of remarks, jokes, emotions. Such communication is unpredictable, fun. This is how children get to know each other and begin to make friends.
- risky actionsRelated to the internal need to confront your fears, test yourself - it's jumping into the water from a height of jumps, and, on the contrary, trying to climb to a higher altitude.
- creative play - creative work with different materials.
- dramatization, in which children appropriate a certain role, existing in an imaginary situation, and are game for the spectators.
- Game-study in which the child is trying to discover the hidden properties of objects, using these or other materials are not for its intended purpose.
- romp - friendly jostling, without causing physical injuries. Each of these activities meets some needs of the child. And each can taboo adults, because they do not see it as meaningless. But if a child is only "correct" behavior without jostling and jumping in puddles, it grows an adult who is unable to use his powers and instincts.
- Director himself. A child who loves, knows and is able to play a better chance to grow internally prosperous and free. No matter what it is playing! It is important that he has directed his own actions.
- If parents are worried about the game scenes and suggest the kid tactics, moves, in most cases, they simply deny its ability to play a particular situation, to find a solution to the problem that was bothering him. Make baby play "as it should be" possible. But do not make him feel what's inside, not out. Internal experiences can erode from the inside, and very long. A can be expressed externally by means of a socially acceptable game, even if the plot and it seems strange to you.
- Do not release the children on the street alone? Combined into the company: parents with friends who have children and then the children will be the company. Joint attacks on nature walks with active games and jokes can make in the lives of children what it lacks today. In such a company, you can teach games that your children do not know.
- Provide your child with invaluable support, as a friendly witness of his game. Highlight 20 minutes of your time, just to be close to the child. Show that you are interested in what he is doing. Empathize. "Oh wow!", "That's it" - such cues will help him break out, to feel confident.
- Not to guide their children! To do this, there are many other cases. When he is busy with toys or telling stories, do not criticize, to evaluate, to intervene. The game - a language to express baby, but it can not be right or wrong. It is important not to interfere with the comments and guidance! Machine laid to sleep in the crib? Perfectly!
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