Creative games for preschool children

The leading activity of pre-school children is a game. It is through her that the child gets acquainted with the surrounding world, acquires certain knowledge and skills. In the period from three to six years, children are extremely curious. Before parents and teachers there is an important task - as much as possible at this stage of life of the kid to invest in it knowledge and skills. And in order for the learning process to be interesting and exciting, classes should be conducted in a playful form. The purpose of these activities is not only the child's assimilation of new cognitive information, but the acquisition of new skills, skills and the development of all mental processes. Classes with preschool children are creative games. Specific examples of this type of activity, the rules for preparing and conducting such events are described in this article further. The information presented 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 story-role games, theatrical, constructive construction and didactic. Participation in them stimulates the child to show ingenuity, to reveal their talents, to find ways of the correct decision, to choose from several options one, the most faithful. In creative games, the children's impressions of the surrounding life are displayed. Let us consider specific examples of such exercises.

Story-role games

The program of the kindergarten specifies 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 in a group or house appropriate to the theme of the game.For these games, you need to prepare a set of necessary attributes. , For the game "Family" there should be organized a corner of "Kitchen", where there are dishes, furniture, a model of the stove, and the models of food.The ideal option is the arrangement of a bedroom and a bathroom. , Children learn to manipulate everyday objects, apply them to their destination The creative story-role games assume the presence of several participants, small players develop the plot, spontaneously come up with the development of events, create problems and immediately learn to look for compromises

It's good, when in conditions of kindergarten or at home conditions are created for the children to be able to connect several storylines in one game. For example: school - family - store. The development of the plot can be as follows: the father takes the child to school, goes to the store for shopping, and my mother is preparing dinner at home. The script is invented by the children themselves, the roles of the players are distributed among themselves also independently.

Creative games of preschoolers (it's story-role) can be of all kinds. For example, in the open 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 the psychological processes of the preschooler: thinking, memory, imagination, attention. Participation in games-dramatization of the child brings up such personal qualities as responsiveness, independence, initiative, emotionality. Krokha learns to understand the mood of the hero and pass it, mastering the ways of external expression of feelings with the help of facial expressions and voice. Creative games of children of preschool age dramatized orientation unite children with a common idea, motivate them to work together in a team.

We give examples of this type of activity:

1. Puppet theater: fingered, on the flannel, on the hand, shadow, theater of a living doll.
2. Games-performances.
3. Theatrical performances: holidays and matinees.
4. Dramatization of famous children's works of art.

In order for theatrical creative games to fulfill their goal to the maximum, adults should be given appropriate preliminary training. It includes the acquisition or self-fulfillment of paraphernalia: suits, masks, dolls. By the way, they can be done together with children, which will be another good way to develop the creative abilities of small fidgets.

Structural and construction games

This kind of creative play shapes the child's ability to navigate in space, to establish and correlate the size and proportions of objects (cubes, cylinders, bricks, pebbles), comprehend the simplest laws of physics. Participating in this kind of activity, the kid gets acquainted with the profession of a builder, architect, designer.

Such creative games for children are almost always intertwined with the plot-role game. Children do not just manipulate the casts of building material, but they also play a whole storyline. They distribute roles (driver, builder, foreman), agree on the purpose of the game, play different situations.

Again, in order for the game to be interesting for children and perform their educational and training functions, it is necessary to ensure that it is held with the necessary attributes. This should be a variety of designers, sets of cubes, toy transport of various kinds (trucks, tractors, cranes), tool sets, sand.

Didactic creative games for preschool children

If the previously mentioned activities involve the participation of several children, then one child can participate in the didactic games. Here, assignments are given to the development of artistic abilities, logical thinking, fantasy, the display of wit. Consider examples of similar games for preschool children.

• "Blot". On the sheet dripping paint in the form of a blob. Task: turn the blot into an object. The child paints any elements to make the image acquire features of an imaginary object.
• "Miracle sticks." From the counters on the table, a square or a triangle is laid out. Task: add the sticks so that the figure begins to resemble an object.
• "Pictures from cereals." The child on the leaf painted a sketch of the animal. In the plates different cereals are offered (pasta, vegetable seeds). Assignment: application of the materials that you like. The child selects grains by color, structure and glues them on a sketch.

Conclusion

Creative games, no matter what kind they are, must fulfill their basic function - to develop the child in all directions, including in the creative one. And for their effectiveness to be effective, it is important to organize them taking into account those recommendations that were mentioned in the article. If you have the necessary materials and attributes of the game will be fun and interesting.