Brief overview of platforms
To make it easier for you to understand, we have selected platforms according to age:
- Online services with game elements and entertainment content for children from 2 years old, 4-5 years old. They are mainly aimed at developing their horizons, getting to know the world around them and the world of letters and numbers.
- Educational sites with numerous tasks for the development of all thinking skills and erudition for preschoolers and primary school children (5-6 and 7-9 years old).
- Educational services for children 10-11 years old with a variety of online simulators, thematic courses and exercises.
MUSICALITY, SENSORY, MOVEMENT
One of the main factors in the proper development of a preschooler at this age remains movement. He must move a lot. This increases his agility, endurance, coordination, develops muscles, and strengthens the skeleton. Therefore, the lesson program should have a lot of space for gymnastics, dancing, exercises, cycling, and all kinds of outdoor games. You can enroll your preschooler in some sports section.
And if motor activity is accompanied by well-chosen melodies, the child will also receive musical development. He will have an improved sense of rhythm, perception of fast and slow music, sad and cheerful.
Advice
At this age, a preschooler can be given to listen not only to children's melodies, but also to classical ones. He already has his favorite tunes, to which he begins to dance or hum.
Sensory perception is, first of all, the development of tactile sensitivity. The baby should have the opportunity to touch a variety of materials and textures: soft, hard, smooth, rough, fluffy, prickly, warm, cold. A good game is to recognize objects by touch without seeing them (for example, by taking them out of a bag).
Improving fine motor skills plays an important role. This helps improve all mental abilities: thinking, speech, memory. In addition, good fine motor skills prepare the hand for writing: the child will hold the pen correctly, the hand will strain and get tired less. Games with small objects and materials are good for this purpose: cubes, construction sets, mosaics, sand, cereals. This also includes finger games, tying shoelaces, fastening zippers, unscrewing corks, drawing, appliqués, and modeling.
Games for children from 3 years old
Omelette. Cut out a circle the size of a plate from yellow colored paper and fold it in half. This is an omelette. We fill it with various little things (for example, old photographs, unexpected pictures, fragrant flower petals, raisins or coins for good luck). We serve the omelette on a plate and treat each other.
We empty our wallet. We pour all the coins from the wallet onto the table and sort them.
Let's hum. One of the players begins to hum a melody. Others should recognize her.
Birds fly high. Players drum their fingers on the edge of the table. Everyone takes turns naming an animal. If it flies, everyone raises their hands; if it doesn’t fly, they continue to drum. If someone makes a mistake, he gives away his forfeit.
We draw on fabric. We use textile paints to paint fabric, for example, an old T-shirt or a sheet.
Blind chicken. With our eyes closed, we try to walk from one room to another without hitting anything.
Laughing is prohibited. We are trying to make our friend laugh by telling him all sorts of nonsense. His job is to stay serious. Who will last longer?
Running with an “egg”. We put a ping pong ball on a teaspoon and run around the entire apartment, trying to keep the ball on the spoon.
Chatterboxes. Let's talk quickly. Who can do it longer?
We glue the collage. We tear newspaper or magazine pages into pieces. From this we glue a colored collage.
Who will blow next? We blow on the bottle caps so that they fly off as far as possible.
Blot pictures. Spray ink onto paper. Fold the paper with the blot inward, then unfold it again. Draw a picture from the prints.
We depict a snake . The more players, the better. We run around the apartment one after another, doing the same movements. The guide tells the players what they should do, such as crawl around the table or tumble around the room.
“Inflating” the pictures. Spray different paints on the paper, adding more water. Blowing through a straw produces multi-colored spots.
We dress up thematically. Prince and princess: We glue crowns from gold paper and put on a cloak. Astronaut: we make a helmet from a cardboard box, an oxygen tank from plastic bottles. Firefighter: colander as a helmet, dad’s jacket and belt, vacuum cleaner hose, etc.
Veterinary hospital. We put soft toys in bed and treat them: bandage them, give medications, measure the temperature, apply compresses, etc.
Let's keep our balance. With arms extended to the sides, we walk, like a tightrope walker, along the very edge of the carpet or a jump rope stretched out on the floor.
We score goals. Place the pan on the floor. Or we use bottles to mark gates on the floor. From a certain distance we throw ping-pong balls. Each hit earns a point.
Forfeit. We collect forfeits from the players. We ask others: “What should the player who owns this forfeit do?”
Let's play ice cream parlor . Fill a yogurt cup with fruit juice, yogurt, etc. and freeze it. Decorate the ice cream and serve.
Ping pong in the room. We sit on the floor. Using cardboard, hit the ping pong ball against the wall.
Games for children from 5 years old
Stringing hearts. Cut out hearts from colored paper. We make a hole in each heart and string it on a cord. We hang the chain.
Outline the hand. We place our hand on the paper. Draw along the outline with a pencil. Cut out and paint with colorful patterns.
Let's draw little people. We wet our finger. Then we dip it in ink and press it to the paper. We draw a little man from the print: we finish drawing the face, arms and legs.
We put up gates from bottle caps. We install a corridor of several gates. To do this, we put two caps together. We push the coins through the gate with our finger.
We count cars. We look out the window. We make a bet on how many cars (or how many cars of a certain color or model) will pass by the house over a period of time.
Guessing the animals . Each one depicts an animal. Others must guess which one.
Game of steps. We climb the stairs step by step. We come up with a name for each new step.
Toy money. We put the coins under the paper. Using a soft pencil, rub over the coin. We cut out paper money.
Swing. One lies down on the blanket, the others lift it higher and swing it.
A room out of a box . We make a room out of a cardboard shoe box. We draw furniture on paper, cut it out and paste it into the box.
Matchbox beds . We make cribs from matchboxes, and cut out suitable size pillows and blankets from paper. We draw little people on paper, cut them out and put them in bed.
We make paper animals. We draw any animals on thick paper. Cut it out. Glue a strip of cardboard as a stand.
Mosaic . Cut out a rectangle from paper. Then cut it into 10 pieces of different shapes. Mix the pieces. You need to make a rectangle out of the pieces again.
Games for children from 2 years old
Hiding the candy . All but one player leaves the room. The remaining one hides a few candies, then calls the others again. The one who finds the most candies wins.
We make boats . We make boats from walnut shells: a little plasticine inside, stick a toothpick in, and glue triangular sails from paper onto it. We let the boats float in a basin or in a bathtub. We blow on them in different directions.
Mother and child (father and child). With a reversal of roles: adults play children and vice versa.
Domino ribbon . We arrange the dominoes one after another into a long ribbon, placing them on a short edge. When the tape is ready, we push the first domino and all the dominoes fall, overturning one after another.
We look at the photographs . We take out old albums. We come up with and tell stories to accompany the photographs.
We destroy the tower . We build a tower from boxes or cubes. From some distance we try to destroy it with a ping pong ball.
Horse racing . We ride on a tightly inflated balloon until it bursts.
Skittles . We place cubes or skittles on the carpet and knock them down with a tennis ball.
We are building a house . Cover the table with a large tablecloth or blanket. We climb under the table. The main thing is not to forget provisions.
Speedwalking competition . Everyone puts on very large shoes and runs a race through the entire apartment.
We sort the cubes (can/bottle lids) . We sort all the cubes by color and shape.
We are looking for pictures . The participant in the game looks for a picture in an illustrated book. Names one of its characteristics. Others have to guess.
Witch game . We lay out a circle from the rope. This is a witch's house, in which one of the players - a witch - lies in wait for prey. The rest are crawling around the witch's house. When the witch comes out, everyone runs away very quickly.
Dog game . One player is chosen as a dog. Others lead him on a leash throughout the apartment.
We give names . We come up with some funny name for each finger. We come up with short stories about them.
Sitting football . Two players sit opposite each other and play with a ping pong ball with their feet.
Let's play traffic . Using a thick brush and paints, we draw streets on a large sheet of paper. When the paints are dry, we begin driving the toy car around the roads.
