Experts say Parents should play with their kids. What are the reasons behind playing with your kids?
Some years back a toy company conducted a survey among children under the age of five. “What do you want as your Christmas gift?” This was the question they were trying to crack.
What is the gift wanted by most children?
“Parents should spend more time playing with us.”
Before judging it as a foreign country problem, we have to turn our head toward our home. What are the benefits of spending time with children every day?
Playing with kids is an important part of growth and learning. It brings both happiness and joy.
Various games make children understand their world better. Playing together helps to build relationships, communication skills, and sharing mentality among children.
Learning through playing.
- How to develop intelligence through games?
- Jigsaw puzzles teach children to find the right missing piece accurately.
- Grouping of numbers or words and grouping them appropriately.
- Puzzle board games that will give pictures or shapes.
- Finding the right route and coloring it. It helps the thinking process of overcoming obstacles in life.
- Which are some games that increase physical fitness?
- Toys that have to be pushed or pulled.
- Games that will make the children collect small toys or small things.
- Games that include catching a ball.
- Games like skating, monkey raid, make the children climb
- Drawing and coloring with Crayons, watercolor, painting, etc.
- What are the games that will increase the socio-emotional aspect of a child?
Games will increase physical fitness as well as their socio-emotional attributes too.
Games along with various people, parents, games that imitate the elders, games in water, paint, puddle and rain, games like Anthakshari (Chain song) which allows singing allows the children to connect with the society. Observing other children playing and learning through that will also influence a child’s social development.
- Do games help the development of language?
Storytelling, individual reading, learning nursery rhymes and songs, conversation with other children, and observing small children on TV or Mobiles are very effective in the development of the language of a child.
How do games build a sense of law in kids?
Children understand that even simple games follow proper rules. Children learn to follow the game rules, share with others, and wait for his/her turn while playing. They learn to become leaders and followers if necessary.
What to do while playing with the kids?
Elders should make sure that they play a game that the children want to play. Let the children play more and encourage them to try again. Try not to blame the children if they are mistaken. Some parents end up being competitive with their children and love to win the title, remember this discourages your children from improving.
What are some games that you can play with the kids?
- Children always want to hear stories and songs from their parents.
- Hide and seek: Hide in places where children can find you easily.
- Do a nature walk with children: Teach them about various birds, animals, plants, sounds, and footprints. Show them different surfaces and the sounds from them.
- Gardening: Playing in mud, water, and digging all these can be part of it.
- Make them a partner when you cook, but make sure that they are safe.
- Painting and bubble making as a team.
- Dancing and singing together.
- Games with balls.
- Swinging, puzzles
- Car washing, getting child’s help during grocery purchases.
- Clay modeling using chapati dough. Mixing the dough with food color will save you money too.
What kind of toys does your kid need?
‘Even though I don’t have time to spend with my children, I have bought so many toys for them to play with this is a common dialogue from most busy parents.
The presence and company of the parents are more important than the toys. Besides, those children don’t need so many toys as they show various interests at various ages. Children will be more interested in group games once they start attending school.
