The game - the most important part of any child's life. Children's games - it's more than just a way to take some time. Children (as, indeed, and animals) play with gusto, gradually getting knowledge about the world and creating the necessary life skills. And adults, watching the plays of the tot, can draw some conclusions about its development and the problems that the child concerned.

In defense of the game

In recent decades, it became fashionable early childhood development. Parents are urged to start developing babies as early as possible, almost from the cradle. It is believed that the school the child should at least be able to read and read, and ideally - and even write, and understand foreign speech.

Responsible mothers and fathers have to devote much time to the development of the child. Constantly busy in the garden, the house and the special development center allows the baby to provide a lot of useful skills. But psychologists are sounding the alarm: children are more likely to feel fatigue, complain of fatigue and suffering from neurosis. And no wonder: the excess of information - a serious stress, even for an adult. Children also have an even harder: in the preschool at every step offers new discoveries. And new lessons can be a burden for the baby because the time for processing the received information is sorely lacking.

Because of the child's mind is still poorly preschoolers are capable of deliberate learning activities. One can endlessly to teach the kid, but the knowledge that has no practical application, quickly forgotten. Increased training leads to mental and emotional exhaustion kids, and sometimes even to a nervous breakdown.

Educational games

Smart parents know that teaching children is possible and necessary only in a playful way. Fortunately, there are a myriad of educational games. Benefits for these games can be found in any store, and those parents who do not know how to play them, happy to train specialists childcare centers. But the big mistake is to think that absolutely all the games that were played by the child should be developing.

It would seem that educational games are extremely useful. They are designed so that the child could have fun and acquire the necessary skills, is it bad? Of course, educational games are useful, but they have serious disadvantages, which is often silent producers and educators in developing centers.

Paradoxically, the children with whom played a lot of educational games, as a result of ... I do not know how to play on their own. As developing games involve joint training of children with adults, children do not learn to play yourself. In between classes such kids can mess around with each other and to run, but the plot-role-playing they seem uninteresting. As a result of their poorly developed imagination and communication skills. And the most unpleasant - such children can read well, but grow up unprepared for life.

Little life

Plot and role-playing games - a game that to a greater or lesser extent simulate real life. Classic "Mothers and Daughters" game "to the doctor", "school" and even "in travelers' allow children to simulate various situations in life and seek a place in them. Such games can be very simple (one year old baby puts a doll to bed) or very complex (with plenty of characters, intricate plot).

Children do not just copy scenes from the life, "try on" them for yourself, but looking so different problems, share with each other experiences, learn to communicate and build relationships. Very often the kids through games "flee" from some traumatic situation, making it less painful. Thus, the game in the hospital can cure the child from fear of doctors. At the same time, for example, no bingo, no computer games for educational benefits do not have a similar effect.

Thus, a preschooler have to be able to play not only in developing but also in the most ordinary game. Although the plot-role-playing games do not carry the proud name of "developing", they also contribute to the development of the child: to stimulate imagination and creativity, teach think outside the box, communicate and follow the rules. And importantly, that the rules established by the children themselves, when even the little man can afford such, but to the game?

Competitions, command and outdoor games

It is very useful for the child's development and various team games and competitions. The main advantage of mobile games is obvious: the child develops physically, it becomes stronger, nimble, fast. But this is not the only advantage of such games. For example, team games teach your baby to act in the interests of the team. This ability certainly come in handy in the future. Even the most desperate individualists such entertainment does not interfere: joint activities improves communication skills and contributes to the emergence of friendly relations.

Games for children are taught the rules to comply with these rules. At first it may be difficult. But over time, the child learns to accept the rules without protest and resentment, and honestly abide by them.

It is important that a variety of competitive games are taught as a child to win and lose. Ability to "save face" in case of defeat and behave with dignity in the event of a victory worth it. And this skill emerges in childhood, when a child is playing in his first game.

Thus, the task of parents - to give children the opportunity to play a variety of games. Let educational games, quizzes and design alternate with plot-role-playing games Role playing: good to feel like someone else ... And mobile entertainments in the company's closest friends, or with a team of like-minded people. And then the child will develop harmoniously.

Maria Bykov

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