The leading activity of preschool children is the game. It is through her that the child gets acquainted with the world around him, acquires certain knowledge and skills. Between three and six years old, children are extremely curious. Parents and teachers face an important task - to invest as much knowledge and skills as possible at this stage of the baby’s life. And in order for the learning process to be interesting and exciting, classes must be conducted in a playful way. The purpose of these events is not only the assimilation of new cognitive information by the child, but the acquisition of new skills, abilities and the development of all mental processes. Classes with preschoolers are creative games. Specific examples of this type of activity, the rules for the preparation and conduct of such events are described in this article below. The information provided is intended for parents and teachers of preschool institutions.
The concept of "creative games": what does it include?
The category of this type of activity includes subject-role-playing games, theatrical, structural and didactic. Participation in them stimulates the child to be smart, to reveal his talents, to look for ways to make the right decision, to choose one of the most correct from several options. In creative games, children’s impressions of life are displayed. Consider specific examples of such activities.
Role-playing games
The program of the kindergarten indicates the subject of compulsory games of this kind. These include "Family", "Kindergarten", "School", "Shop", "Hospital", Hairdresser ". The task of adults is to create an atmosphere corresponding to the game theme in the group or house. For these games you need to prepare a set of necessary attributes. For example , for the game "Family" should be organized corner "Kitchen", where there are dishes, and furniture, and the layout of the stove, and dummies of food. The ideal option is the arrangement of the doll’s bedroom and the bathroom. Taking part in this type of activity , children learn to manipulate household items, use them for their intended purpose Creative role-playing games require the presence of several participants.Little players develop a plot, spontaneously come up with a development of events, create problems and immediately learn to find compromises
It is good when conditions are created in the conditions of a kindergarten or at home so that children can combine several storylines in one game. For example: school - family - shop. The development of the plot can be as follows: dad takes the child to school, goes to the store for shopping, and mother, meanwhile, cooks dinner at home. Children come up with a scenario themselves, players distribute roles among themselves as well.
Creative games of preschoolers (namely, role-playing) can be of various topics. For example, in the fresh air, you can organize such activities as "Construction", "Kitchen Garden", "Farm", "Zoo", "Transport".
Theatrical games
This type of activity contributes to the development of all psychological processes of a preschooler: thinking, memory, imagination, attention. Participation in the games-dramatizations of the baby brings up such personal qualities as responsiveness, independence, initiative, emotionality. Tiny learns to understand the mood of the hero and convey it, masters the ways of external expression of feelings with the help of facial expressions and voices. Creative games for theatricalized preschool children unite kids with a common idea, motivate them to interact together in a team.
We give examples of this type of activity:
- Puppet theater: finger-type, on flannelgraph, on hand, shadow, live puppet theater .
- Game performances.
- Theatrical actions: holidays and matinees.
- Dramatization of famous works of art by children.
In order for the theatrical creative games to fulfill their goal as much as possible, appropriate preliminary training should be carried out by adults. It includes the acquisition or independent performance of attributes: costumes, masks, dolls. By the way, you can do them together with the children, which will be another good way to develop the creative abilities of little fidgets.
Building Games
This kind of creative game forms the child’s ability to navigate in space, to establish and correlate the size and proportions of objects (cubes, cylinders, bricks, stones), to comprehend the simplest laws of physics. Participating in this type of activity, the kid gets acquainted with the profession of builder, architect, designer.
Such creative games for children are almost always intertwined with a role-playing game. Children do not just manipulate dummies of building material, but also play the whole storyline. They distribute the roles (driver, builder, team leader), agree on the purpose of the game, play different situations.
Again, in order for the game to be interesting for children and to fulfill its educational and training functions, it is necessary to maximize its implementation with the necessary attributes. It should be a variety of designers, sets of blocks, toy vehicles of various kinds (trucks, tractors, cranes), tool kits, sand.
Didactic creative games of preschool children.
If the previously mentioned activities involve several children, then one child can participate in didactic games. Here tasks are given to develop artistic abilities, logical thinking, fantasy, and the manifestation of ingenuity. Consider examples of similar games for preschool children.
- "Blot". Paint in the form of a blot drips onto a sheet. Assignment: turn the blot into an object. The child draws some elements so that the image acquires the features of an imaginary object.
- Miracle Wands. From counting sticks, a square or triangle is laid out on the table. Assignment: add sticks so that the figure begins to resemble an object.
- "Pictures of cereals." A child has a sketch of an animal drawn on a leaf. Various cereals (pasta, vegetable seeds) are offered in plates. Assignment: Design an application from the materials that you like. The child selects cereals by color, structure and glues them to the sketch.
Conclusion
Creative games, whatever kind they may be, should fulfill their main function - to develop a child in all directions, including creative. And in order for their effectiveness to be effective, it is important to organize them taking into account the recommendations that were indicated in the article. If you have the necessary materials and attributes, the games will be fun and interesting.