Games with children 1 2 years old at home. Games that will help a one-year-old baby get to know the world. Games with a one-year-old child on the street

02.05.2022

Where do smart kids come from? Why does one child do better in school than another? Psychologist Anna Bykova, author of the book "Developing Activities of a Lazy Mom" knows the exact answer to this question. The thing is how often the simplest games were played with a child at 1-2 years old, which made him hold his attention. Try it - and in 5-6 years we will evaluate the result! In addition, these games for attention will help you keep your child busy on the road and during unplanned waiting.

What determines a child's ability to learn? It is clear that heredity plays a role - and this is the factor that parents can no longer influence, what has come has come. But there are other factors that directly depend on the efforts of parents and grandparents. What is there to offer so that later he will be successful in his studies? Can it be influenced?

These questions concern not only parents, but also scientists. As usual, studies were conducted in which a direct relationship was established between the intelligence of children at 5 years old and at 10 years old. That is, children who scored high on intelligence tests at the age of five showed the same high results at the age of ten.

But with the indicators of intelligence at the age of 1–2 years, such a relationship was not found: the assessments of the intelligence of the baby did not correlate in any way with the assessments at other ages. Why? Maybe something was not measured?

After lengthy research, scientists have come to the conclusion that the development of intelligence is mainly influenced by the ability to hold attention. And endogenous attention. That is, that which arises from within, through one's own activity and will, and not only as a response to external stimuli.

Extremely focused attention appears in the presence of emotions. It follows that game of "Ku-ku!" very developing. Mom says "coo-coo", and then hides behind a towel or behind a corner of the closet. The child stares for a while at the unremarkable towel, which in itself would not arouse his attention. Nothing happens. Just a towel (or just a closet).

But the child holds attention because it expects the mother to reappear. And when mom appears, it causes a bright emotion of joy. Baby and mom laugh together. And this is repeated several times in a row. There is no novelty. And there is attention to activity.

The game "Where are the pens?". The child hides his hands behind his back. The adult says in puzzlement: "Where are the pens? No pens!" At some point, the child stretches out his hands in front of him, and the adult gives out the emotion of surprise and joy: "Here they are!" The child initiates the game, the child manages the process himself, the child keeps his attention on the process.

Game "Guess which hand". An adult takes a small object and shifts it several times from one hand to another. Then he puts his hands behind his back and repeats the action there. And then he shows the child two hands with clenched fists. An object is hidden in one fist.

The child looks, the child keeps his attention on motionless hands, the child makes a choice. He does not take his eyes off the motionless hands of an adult, waiting for the next action. Which hand will the toy be in after the fists are unclenched? Guessed or not guessed?

Hide and Seek. The child stood behind the curtain. Mom sees his legs peeking out from under the curtain fabric. But mom prolongs the game. "Where is Dima? Maybe he's under the bed? Maybe he's in the closet? And he's not here... Ah! He's probably under the table! No, and it's empty... Where is Dima?" The game lasts, and with it Dimino's attention lasts.

These are just a few examples of simple attention games. There are hundreds of such games. But all of them are impossible without the participation of an adult who is emotionally involved in the game process: you can’t play hide and seek with yourself. And if an adult plays without emotionally colored comments, then the child will quickly get bored with the game. Emotions help keep attention.

How many different games can you come up with using a handkerchief? A few dozens! Here is some of them. There are collective games here, but they are easy to adapt for the smallest team: mother and child.

Dancing to music with a handkerchief. The child repeats the movements of the adult.

Round dance with handkerchiefs. Children, moving in a circle, hold each other not by the hands, but by the corners of the handkerchiefs. There is a certain difficulty in this - not to let go of the corner of the handkerchief.

Passing the handkerchief around. This is a game for the development of coordination of movements. You can turn the game into a speech exercise by complicating its conditions.

We take a handkerchief from the one on the left, say "thank you", turn to the one on the right, give the handkerchief, say "please".

Another level of difficulty. To the music, we pass the handkerchief in a circle, but everyone has their hands behind their backs. When the music stops, the person in the center has to guess who is wearing the handkerchief.

Take a handkerchief. Handkerchiefs lie on the floor, children randomly move around the hall to the music. When the music stops playing, you need to quickly take a handkerchief.

Get a handkerchief. Handkerchiefs hang on the crossbars of the Swedish wall. You need to get up and throw the handkerchief down.

Another variant. Handkerchiefs hang on a clothesline. To reach and remove, you need to climb onto a small bench. You can complicate the task by securing handkerchiefs with clothespins.

Hide the handkerchief in your fist. An adult can easily do this, but a child will have to work hard, pushing a handkerchief into a small fist with his finger. You can hide the handkerchief not in a fist, but in a yogurt bottle or in a chocolate egg container.

Games for folding handkerchiefs according to the model. In half, diagonally, square, envelope, candy, roll, bow.

Hide and seek with a handkerchief. You will need three small items, for example, a car, a nesting doll and a cube.

Ask the child to close their eyes. We hide one of the items under a handkerchief. The child opens his eyes, looks at what is left, and says what object is hidden under the handkerchief. The number of items can be gradually increased.

Another variant. We hide the scarf. An adult can put a handkerchief in his pocket, or in his sleeve, or behind the neckline of the dress, but so that the corner sticks out. The task of the child, carefully looking around the adult, is to find a handkerchief.

The scarf can be hidden in the room. The child closes his eyes, the adult places the handkerchief in a conspicuous place (this is important, in the room the eyes run wide anyway) and asks the baby to find the handkerchief.

"Guess what I wrapped in a handkerchief." The task of the child is to identify the object familiar to him by touch.

Option for non-speaking children over two years of age. Put on the table three simple objects of different sizes, for example, a dryer, a sugar cube and a cherry. Wrap one of the same item in a handkerchief. "What is in our handkerchief? Drying? Sugar? Show with your finger what is hidden there? Let's unfold it and see if you guessed right or not."

For one-year-old babies, the process of unfolding the handkerchief is already developing (fine motor skills), you can not guess.

"Breeze". Blow on the handkerchief to make it fly off the table.

nodules. Tie a knot on the scarf, and then untie it. (The adult ties a tight knot, and the child unties it.)

Wash. Wet, lather, rinse the handkerchief and hang to dry. (Both a game and a useful activity.)

chrysalis. Put a piece of cotton wool or a crumpled paper napkin in the center of the handkerchief, tie it with a thread. Got a head. From two opposite ends, roll up the handles and tie with a thread. Get a doll.

Another variant. Draw a face on the palm, tie a handkerchief around the fingers. You will also get a chrysalis. You can cradle this doll, talk to her, sing songs to her.

birdie. Fold the handkerchief diagonally - you get an isosceles triangle. Tie a knot at its top - you get the head and beak of a bird. Form a body, tail and two wings, secure with a thread. The bird is ready!

Butterfly. Fold the scarf like an accordion, tie a knot in the center, straighten the ends. Doesn't it look like a butterfly?

little man. Place two fingers, index and middle (these will be the legs), on one of the corners of the handkerchief. Wrap the handkerchief between your fingers as if you were bandaging. It is not difficult for a child to imagine that this is a little man in pants. The little man knows how to walk funny, waddling from side to side, run and even dance to the music.

We somehow got stuck with a baby in an elevator. Half an hour before our release flew by unnoticed - we had fun playing with a handkerchief.

Games that activate the cognitive and creative abilities of children

Note to parents. Most children learn facts with enviable ease, but it is more important that they can acquire knowledge and express ideas on their own.

Up down

Purpose of the game: development and consolidation of the names of the directions of movement up and down, the speed of reaction.

Tennis ball, sketchbook, colored pencils, Swedish ladder.

Game progress.

1st option: put the child facing you, pick up a tennis ball, throw it up, then throw the ball down from a small height or just let it go. Do the movements several times, while saying:

Head raised, so up,

If lowered, then down.

Be sure to check how the child learned head movements with the concepts of "up" and "down". Ask the child to show with his hand how the ball flies up and down. Give the child a ball in his hands, tell a short story about how the ball loves to fly and jump, while asking the child to show how the ball jumps up and down, and then vice versa: up, down.

2nd option: use the previously described game "Top climber", when conducting it, tell the baby:

We climb up, we raised our heads,

We go down, head lowered.

After the child descends from a height, check how he learned the concepts of "up" and "down".

3rd option: On a landscape sheet, draw an arrow showing the direction up or down. Tell the kid a fairy tale about a cunning arrow that wanted to confuse everyone so that no one knew where it was flying, but a magician came and unraveled the secret of the arrow. Explain how the arrow is arranged: it has a tail (body) and a roof of the house (point), it moves with the point forward. Explain to the baby how you can find out where the arrow flies: “Look at the arrow, where is the roof of the house (point)? If the head is raised, it means that the arrow flies up, if it is lowered, then it is down.

Draw a few arrows on the album sheet, ask the baby to figure out where the arrow is flying, for clarification, ask him to show the direction of the arrow with his hand.

Another trick: in order to unravel the movements of the arrow, you need to take a pencil and draw a line from the tail of the arrow to the roof of the house, if the hand runs away from the baby, it means up, if it approaches, then the arrow flies down.

Note to parents. The child most of all loves incredible stories. Use them when you play with your baby.

Back and forth

Game Goals: development and consolidation of the names of the direction of movement forward and backward, speed of reaction, coordination of movement, attention, development of the visual and auditory, vestibular analyzer.

: toys, stool, toy box, whistle.

Game progress.

1st option: put a stool at a short distance from the baby, a box of toys near the child. Ask to take the toy to the stool on the whistle. When the whistle blows, tell the baby clearly and clearly: "Go ahead." After he puts the toy on the stool, say: "Come back." When your child approaches you, blow the whistle to bring the toy back to the box.

2nd option: tell your child about the cunning eyes (improvisation of the parents): a long time ago, all the animals did not walk the way they do now, but the way the eyes want (which means forward) or back (back).

Invite the child to try to go where the eyes and back want, while giving the command: “Eyes go forward”, “Back back”. In the future, omit the words "eyes", "back": "Forward, backward."

The performance of the game requires coordination from the baby, in any case, he will try to see what is behind him so as not to fall.

Continue the tale of sly eyes: but the eyes always wanted to see what was behind them, they constantly peeped, but they were uncomfortable. They didn’t see everything and once went to the trick and just closed, but the back did not expect this, fell and hit hard, their eyes began to cry ... They suggested that the back should carefully look at the road. If she is tired, then her eyes will do it themselves, only for this you need to turn around. Since then, the eyes have been moving forward, and when it is necessary for the back to go back, the eyes turn the whole body and do its hard work behind the back.

Invite the baby to do what the eyes did: the eyes went forward, turned around and now go back. Fix the name of the directions “forward”, “backward”, ask the child to move forward and backward on command or on a whistle.

Praise the child for the speed, quick wit and correct execution of commands.

Color and shape

Purpose of the game: development of a sense of shape and color, speed of reaction, quick wit, attention.

Required materials and visual aids: balls and cubes of various colors, sizes, empty boxes.

Game progress: put cubes and balls in a large box, put it in front of the child. Ask him to put the balls in one box and the cubes in the other. When the kid copes with the task, again ask him to put the balls into boxes according to their colors, then sort the cubes into the same boxes. When the task is completed, ask the child to arrange the toys in boxes according to their shape.

All members of the family can take part in the game, everyone is given a box with cubes or balls and empty boxes, sorting by color and shape is in a race.

Do not forget to praise the child for the accuracy and accuracy of completing tasks.

Note to parent. The child quite often takes part and enjoys the game in which he is not a winner.

Observation (or which toy ran away, etc.)

Purpose of the game: development of observation, logical thinking, assessment of the situation, the ability to express one's point of view, the ability to play in a team.

Necessary materials and visual aids: toys large and small, catchy and inconspicuous, a scarf, a brooch, a variety of bright jewelry.

Game progress: with the help of a counter, a leading wizard, a guest (a player who enters and leaves the room), a page (a player who rearranges toys from place to place at the direction of the wizard) are selected.

The guest (the first con let it be one of the adults) goes out the door. At this time, the wizard and the page arrange the toys in a strict order (it is best to take no more than 5 toys) and cover them with a light scarf.

The guest knocks on the door, entering the room, bows to the wizard and asks him to give him the brooch, beads, etc. The wizard agrees, but asks to complete three tasks, if he completes them, he will receive a magical decoration as a reward, if not, then the wizard will turn him into stone. For a few seconds, the handkerchief is removed from the toys, then the toys are covered with it again, the wizard sends the guest out the door.

Task one: the page, at the direction of the wizard, hides one of the toys. Then the guest enters, he must guess which toy has run away.

Task two: the page rearranges the toys in places, the guest must guess which toys are rearranged.

Task three: the page removes or puts on a dress, hat, shoes, etc., the guest must guess what has changed.

If the guest correctly completes all three tasks, he receives the promised decoration and becomes a wizard. With the help of counting points, the roles of page and guest are distributed between the remaining players.

If the guest makes a mistake, then the wizard turns him into stone, the guest must portray some animal (on the instructions of the wizard, so that none of the other players know the task) and freeze for a few seconds. If others guess what kind of animal it is, then the wizard will disenchant the guest. If not, then the guest sings a song or tells a poem in person (shows actions and events with gestures). The game starts from the beginning.

Note to parent. The ability to take risks (not to be afraid to express one's opinion and take actions) is a necessary element in the development of creative abilities.

Big small

Game Goals: development of a sense of size, consolidation of the concepts of "big", "small", development of attention, speed of reaction, fine motor skills of hands, competitive spirit.

Necessary materials and visual aids: toys of different sizes, empty boxes, figurines cut out of colored cardboard, a whistle.

Game progress.

1st option: put the toys prepared for the game in a large box, ask the baby to sort them according to the principle “big”, “small”. When the task is completed, praise him for his efforts.

All family members can take part in the game, each of which is given a box with toys and empty boxes, sorting begins with a whistle, the losers sing a song to the winner.

2nd option: prepare in advance figures cut out of colored cardboard, large and small squares, triangles and other figures, put them in a common bright box and give the box to the baby. If he cannot open it, help him with this. Carefully consider together with the child what is in the box. Invite your child to sort the figurines by size into empty boxes. After the task is completed, ask them to sort the figures into different piles according to their shape. Be sure to praise your baby. If he made a mistake in choosing, go back and sort out the mistake, let the child put the figure in the pile in which, in his opinion, it should lie.

All family members can play this game. The kid likes the competitive process, and he begins to play with even more pleasure.

detective and keeper

Purpose of the game: development of observation, logical thinking, assessment of the situation, speed of reaction.

Necessary materials and visual aids: bright magic box (treasure).

Game progress: use the counter to select an investigator (a player who is looking for a treasure), a treasure keeper (a player who constantly hides the treasure).

The detective (best if the first investigator is an adult) leaves the room, and the keeper (best, a child and an adult, as a keeper and assistant) hides the treasure. The detective must find the treasure, while he can ask three questions of his choice, to which the keeper can only answer "yes" or "no". The Guardian's goal is to confuse the investigator. If the detective finds the treasure, then he becomes the keeper, if not, he fulfills the desire of the keeper (sing, dance, portray an animal, etc.). At the end of the game, do not forget to praise the most successful players, note the original questions and attempts to solve the problem. The kid at the end of the game can distribute prizes from a magic box with a treasure.

The sooner you play such games with your child, the sooner the child will independently make decisions and assess the situation, even with the help of an adult (the role of an assistant to a keeper or a detective) at the first moment. The child's interest in playing under these conditions will not wane for a long time.

Here is your child and lived his first year! He changed a lot during this time, turning from a helpless squeaking lump into an almost independent little person. In addition to the need for food and sleep, he also developed other needs - and among the first can be called the need to play. The kid plays, as a rule, all the time that he does not sleep - after all, it is through the game that he gets to know himself and the surrounding reality. Having barely learned to hold objects, he immediately begins to actively study them, and the baby uses absolutely everything that he comes across to play: a spoon, a slipper, a handkerchief and even porridge - everything arouses his keen interest.

And now, after a year when he begins to walk, you increasingly have to catch up with your baby running down the street, wondering when he learned to use his legs so well. "Very active" is the best way to describe children after one year. Kids of this age are very fond of any toys that encourage them to be active - a ball, a swing, all kinds of obstacles that need to be climbed. The hands of children in the second year of life become more dexterous, and now they are already addicted to games such as building towers, collecting pyramids and nesting one object into another.

Toddlers are very amused by experiments like “what happens if I drop this ball?” or “what happens if I pull on the edge of the tablecloth?” The child will drop toys on the floor one by one, watching them fly around the room, and at the same time learning how mom will react to all this. The kid is very interested in the consequences of his actions, and since at one year his memory is not very well developed, he does not get tired of repeating his games and experiments many times. One-year-old children also really want to repeat everything that adults do, so at this age you can buy him toys that you can play with, repeating situations from everyday life.

Toys for a child after a year

What toys should a child have from one to two years old? The choice of toys, of course, depends on which of them may be of interest to a child of this age, and on what games you will teach him to play. Yes, you will need to teach your baby to play, because he himself does not know how to do this. Here are some toys that will help the development of babies after a year:

Toys that will encourage your baby to walk
These can be, for example, wheelchairs with toys attached to them, which, when moving, produce some kind of action and sounds. A duck that rolls its head, slaps its feet and quacks when a child pushes a cane in front of him will delight the baby, and he will stomp and stomp, pushing an interesting toy in front of him. Or it can be a train with trailers that need to be pulled by a rope - it will be interesting for the child to watch the trailers snake one after another, and he will move to make his fun train go. Even if it is just a string with one machine, he will still want to walk, carrying it with him.
Sorting and nesting toys can also keep the baby busy for a long time.
He takes great pleasure in transferring blocks from one box to another or placing parts of special toys in the base nests. For example, it can be a hedgehog, in the back of which grooves of a certain shape are made - a leaf, an apple, a pear - to place in them details that repeat the shape of the groove.
A kid who is barely a year old needs to buy the simplest models of such toys to play. For example, a house with windows of various shapes cut through - round, triangular and rectangular. While playing with your child, show him how to push a ball into a round window, a triangle into a triangular window, and so on. At first, the kid will enthusiastically work on pushing the figures inside the house for a long time, and then he will enthusiastically shake the toy, enjoying the resulting “rattle”. And at this time you can do household chores or calmly read the newspaper.
All kinds of "climbs"
You can buy a plastic indoor slide, which will be quite safe for the baby to climb up, and then slide and slide down. This will help him develop more and more motor skills. True, such a toy can be quite expensive, and your baby will quickly lose interest in it or simply outgrow it. You can also make some kind of inclined surface on your own, which would replace the finished store slide, only then try to be close to the child to ensure his safety.
Any balls that will be easy to pick up will be a hit for the baby after a year.
These can be colorful rubber balls, tennis balls, inflatable beach balls - if they are not too big, of course - balls made of fabric, balloons ... Just keep small balls that could be put in your mouth and swallowed away from your child. .
The age after one year is exactly the time when you should, when spending time with your child, choose games that would encourage him to walk. Balls are the best suited for this purpose, because with them you can come up with a variety of games that would consolidate the movement skills of a one-year-old baby.
Pencils and paper
One or two pencils are enough for a kid of this age - he is more interested in the process of “drawing” than its result. Lay a large sheet of paper on the floor - it is better if it is a piece from a wallpaper roll, turned upside down without a pattern. The child will move right on the paper, enthusiastically drawing "scribbles" without dropping the pencils.
Different means of transportation, designed for babies aged from one to two years
At this age, this mode of movement is still more popular than walking. Buy your child a wheelchair-scooter - something like a bicycle, only without pedals; To move, the child needs to push off with his feet from the ground. It is desirable that such a wheelchair be equipped with a special handle so that an adult can push the cart when the child gets tired.
Avoid buying electrified versions of such toys. In addition to spending a lot of money, you will also deprive your baby of the pleasure of moving independently, thanks to your own efforts and desire.
Toys to help imitate activities in the kitchen
Children's kitchenettes with a set of items depicting kitchen utensils and products are very popular now. The plates themselves make all sorts of sounds that help the child feel like a real cook during the game. Don't be embarrassed by the fact that the child is still too young to play role-playing games - smaller kitchen utensils give him the opportunity to imitate what adults do, and this will keep his interest for many months, and his games will become more and more complex.
And, of course, you can already read books with a one-year-old child.
It is necessary to take those of them in which there are many large illustrations depicting objects and activities familiar to the baby. By reading to your child, you will instill in him a love of books and new knowledge.

Do adults need to structure the child's play activity?

Asking yourself this question, you seem to be asking: what would be better for the child - if he acts on direct instructions, or if he studies the surrounding reality at his own discretion? The answer is obvious: both are important for its development. Both the activities structured by adults and the independent actions of the baby will contribute - each in its own way - to its active development.

Structuring, in other words, the direction of his activities, is a great way to lead your baby to new ideas. For example, if you give a child a set of multi-colored figurines of various shapes, he will play with them for a long time and enthusiastically. But he will not guess that the figures can be sorted by color or shape - it is you who will teach him. And it is you who, directing the actions of the child, will form his skills in selecting and sorting objects.

But in guiding the child, you must give him the opportunity to explore for himself what happens when he tries different combinations. After you give him the items and ideas necessary for the game, you need the kid to decide for himself what and how to do with it all. For example, he may decide that instead of stacking the molds one into the other as they decrease in size, he would rather fill them with water or sand, and then pour out the water or pour out the sand - this, by the way, is an activity that literally fascinates most babies. Or he may refuse to play with molds altogether, preferring them to fuss in the sand. Do not forget that young children use games not just for entertainment, but in order to better understand the things and phenomena that seem most interesting to them at this moment; therefore, it is the kids themselves who, better than adults, can know how best to play. You will only have to monitor his safety, guide him and submit new ideas.

Games for children from one to two years old

What games can you play with a one year old baby? We can offer you several games for children from one to two years old, which will help you not only keep your child busy, but also serve as an excellent impetus for his development.

12 to 16 months

Depicting real life

Imagine as if your baby's favorite teddy bear (or doll - it's not so important) is actually alive: "make" him walk, sleep, jump around the room. Involve this toy in your baby's daily activities: for example, put the bear at the table when the baby is eating and put the bib on it, just like a baby. At the same time, accompany with comments everything that the toy "does" - this will help your child better understand the meaning of words. Show and comment not only how the bear eats, walks or goes to bed, but also how he laughs or is sad - so your child can learn more about feelings and emotions.

Hold on and pull

If your child is still afraid or has not yet fully learned to walk, you can use this game to “lure” him and encourage him to take his first steps. To do this, it is better to use any moving objects - for example, a small bicycle or a plastic box on wheels in which toys are folded. While the child is firmly holding on to the edge of this object, you begin to gently pull it towards you. Pull until the baby takes a step. Immediately praise him, trying to vigorously express your positive reaction to his little step. Soon the child, realizing that he can walk, holding on to a support, will begin to push this object himself, trying to walk at least a few steps. So he can feel more confident, standing on his feet, and when he realizes that he is already ready to walk without support and without your help, he will immediately take his first independent steps.

Ladushki

By the age of one, your baby can already clap his hands, but at first he will play this game with your help. You will need to take his hands in yours and make the necessary movements to the beat of the rhyme:

Okay, okay, where have you been?
By Grandma!
What did they eat?
Porridge!
What did they drink?
Brazhka! The porridge is butter, the mash is sweet, the grandmother is kind! They drank, ate, and flew - they sat on their heads!

At the same time, from the words “ladushki, patty” to the words “What did you drink? Brazhka! you clap your hands with the baby’s hands, in words about porridge and mash - stroke the baby’s “full” tummy with your palms, in the words “grandmother is kind!” stroke him on the cheeks, and when you say “fly - sat on the head”, then raise his hands up and put your palms on the head.

Over time, the child will learn to reproduce all the movements on their own. He will play this game with great pleasure, and the game itself will contribute to the growth of his language skills and improve coordination of movements.

Who is hiding here?

Undoubtedly, your child will love the game of hide and seek. Of course, this will be the simplest form of this game for now. In the morning you can throw a blanket over the child, after bathing - a towel, and so on. And start asking “frightened”: “Oh, where is my son? Where did he run to? I do not see him!" Then pull off the coverlet from him with the words: “Ah, there he is!” Your child's happiness knows no bounds! For extra fun, you can feel his leg under the covers and say, “Oh, what is that? A pen? Or is it a belly? Or you can say this: “Oh, whose leg is this? Who is hiding here? It must be dad!

16 to 20 months

Tea party for dolls

This game is good to play outside on a warm sunny day. Take a plastic tea set and water with you. Sit the dolls at the table and encourage the baby to fill the kettle with water and then pour it into the cups. Let him "drink" the dolls from the cups. This game will help your child develop imagination and improve coordination, and will also help him learn about the properties of water - for example, that it always flows down, not up.

Roll the ball to me!

As we have said, balls are very popular with children after a year. Here is one game you can play with a ball: you both sit on the floor facing each other with your legs apart. Now you can roll the ball back and forth to each other, being careful not to let it roll away. This entertainment develops the baby's hand muscles and hand-eye coordination very well.

Little collector

When going for a walk, give the child a bucket with you. Show him that you can put found cones, pebbles, twigs there. Just don’t be surprised when he pours out what he has collected and goes to look for new “prey” - in a year, kids love to fill and empty any containers.

20 to 24 months

Let's dance!

Turn on music that would have a different character - sometimes cheerful, loud and rhythmic, so that the child stomps under it, depicting an elephant; then smooth and slow, so that the baby, repeating after you, could sneak on tiptoe, pretending to walk past a sleeping lion, trying not to wake him. Very well develops the imagination and sense of rhythm!

Builder

Use light wooden blocks for this game. To begin, encourage your child to create simple models: for example, put three blocks in a row or two at the bottom, and two more at the top of them, to end up with a square. Encourage him to use blocks of various shapes so that he can copy various figures from the drawings that come with such toys. Then let him build what his own fantasy tells him. Such a game requires special focus and concentration, which will form useful skills in the child.

What do you hear?

Walking on the street, sit side by side on a bench, invite the baby to close his eyes and listen carefully. Then ask him to tell you what he heard: wind in the branches of trees, birds singing, a car passing by. This is a great game for your child to develop their attention and listening skills.

Catch Me If You Can!

Babies love to be chased. The goal of the game is to catch the child, especially if your child is sure that he will immediately be hugged and kissed. While playing, you can portray a roaring lion or a stomping bear. You, too, let the child catch up with you. Such catch-ups help develop endurance - both for the baby and for you!

You yourself can come up with different games, because it is you who know best what will be interesting for your baby. The main thing is to devote as much time as possible to it and remember: while playing, your child develops and learns the world.

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What to do with a child in a year or two on the street?

Such entertainment is feasible at home, but street games are no less useful. It is no secret that daily walks in the yard strengthen children's health and activate the development of the child.

Perhaps the first object for studying the world around us is the familiar sandbox. For games in it, you need to stock up on molds, a bucket and a scoop. By the way, such manipulations will prepare the child's hand for the possession of cutlery.

In winter, you can sculpt snowmen, draw with paints or sticks in the snow. In spring and autumn, the same stick is useful for measuring the depth of puddles. And in the spring streams, paper or wooden boats float perfectly.

Any walk for a child is an adventure and discovery of something new. He is interested in everything: a flying bird, a flashing cat, a passing car. That is why it is necessary to change the location in order to diversify the experience.

As soon as the child is three years old, you can introduce him to social life. For example, three-year-olds are taken to youth theaters, zoos, amusement parks. This will further expand the children's horizons.

The question of what to do with a child at 1 or 2 years old is solved with the help of mother's imagination and the desire to instill in the baby greater independence.

It should be understood that you should not take every free minute of children's time. Sometimes apparent inactivity is even useful, and a bored child is more likely to find a useful activity for himself.

In general, with a two-year-old baby, you can do several activities.

Fun with parents:

blowing soap bubbles;
inflating balloons;
drawing;
work with plasticine;
reading;
role-playing games;
entertainment with toys.

"Independent" activities for children:

paper games;
business board;
fun with cereals;
household chores (cleaning, washing plastic dishes);
watching cartoons.

Street entertainment:

sandbox games;
snowman modeling;
observation of the surrounding world;
launching boats;
measuring the depth of puddles;
visiting the zoo, etc.

Thus, the entertainment of a two-year-old child always goes hand in hand with his development. Active and didactic games will help throw out energy, develop perseverance and mental processes. Parents will only have to put a happy and calm child in the crib.

In ancient times, children grew up without toys, developing books, cartoons and activities. The lifestyle of the ancient man was such that absolutely everything was done by hand, and the child was included in the daily affairs of the tribe from birth. Modern life is arranged differently: there is no need to hunt mammoths, weave baskets, make tools, sew clothes. The washing machine washes, lunch is cooked in a slow cooker, we buy clothes and food in the store. That is why modern parents cannot avoid inventing activities and games for their little ones. In some classes, the presence of an adult is mandatory, and which ones are needed just so that an adult can find time for their own affairs.

How to entertain a baby

While the baby is small, games and activities with them are very simple. A baby up to a year old can be easily captivated by a bright rattle. This age is most associated with the development of different sensations. The baby is interested in everything: touch, hear, see, lick. It is on acquaintance with different sensations that it is best to direct your efforts.

Together with the baby, you can sort through rags of different textures, press the buttons of a musical toy, and look at large pictures in books. Sometimes a mother may leave the child, leaving him with a spinning or developing rug, where you can touch and look at a lot of things. However, by the end of the first year of life, the child masters movement in space: either he confidently and very quickly crawls and stands at the support, or he tries to take his first steps. From that moment on, his interest is increasingly directed to the study of the world around him, and the mother needs to be puzzled by new ideas for activities for the crumbs.

Spending time with a 1-2 year old baby

At the age of 1-2 years, the best play partner is the mother. Of course, the company of peers will also be interesting for a child, but children develop precisely in the process of joint activities with an adult. What can you do with a child?

Let's blow bubbles. Usually all the kids are very fond of watching how multi-colored soap bubbles fly and watching the “magic” of turning water into multi-colored iridescent bubbles. They will be interested in where so many bursting balloons come from, and the child will definitely want to try blowing a soap bubble himself. This activity can stretch until the solution in the bottle runs out.

Artistic creativity. A one-year-old kid will paint with finger paints with pleasure, at 2 years old a child will already be able to cope with liquid gouache, watercolors, pencils and felt-tip pens. It makes no sense for mom to actively participate in the drawing process: let the child study the properties of paints, mix colors and make his own discoveries. From an adult in this process, it is only required to properly organize the “workplace” of the artist and guide his actions a little.

Creative activities with kids from 1 year old - drawing with finger paints

Modeling. Offer the baby modeling dough or regular soft plasticine. You can show the baby how to roll a ball, a sausage, how to make a cake. You should not demand specific results or teach a child to sculpt specific forms: kids are always interested in studying the properties of the material themselves. The advantage of this activity is the development of motor skills.

Sculpting from dough for modeling

Reading books. Children 1-2 years old are not yet able to perceive long prose and catch the plot thread. No matter how much we love fairy tales, 1-2 years is the age of poems and rhymes. Small poems on topics understandable and known to the child will be just right. At the same time, parents can not “reinvent the wheel”, and give preference to the classics of children's literature. Also, children are very fond of special musical children's books.

Role-playing games. At about 1.5 years old, kids wake up with an interest in role-playing games. In such a game, the child imitates an adult, performing those actions that he himself observes daily. The most popular stories for kids are to feed the doll, swaddle it, ride it in a stroller, put it to bed. True, many manipulations are still inaccessible to the baby, so you can’t do without the help of your mother. The older the child, the more "advanced" the plots of his games become.

Active games. Not a single day with a child should be without them. Do not sit constantly at the table with brushes, plasticine and books?! Be sure to run and jump, stretch. For example, you can entertain your baby with a game of catch-up. If the child still does not know how not only to run, but also to walk confidently, you can roll a ball on the floor, jump on a fitball.

We play with toys. It is not enough to force the entire nursery with different toys. A child can master them only with an adult, so moms and dads definitely need to be included in such games. For kids 1-2 years old, cubes, pyramids, musical instruments, frames with inserts, designers with large details are ideal.

Toys for a child 1-2 years old

Air balloons. Kids love to play with balloons. You can draw on the balloon, you can inflate it and, without tying it, let it go - it will be very fun and whistle quickly in the process of deflating. The child will be surprised and interested in how a light and large ball can be made from such a small piece of rubber. (From personal experience: a small inflated ball was shoved under the boy's T-shirt (like a big belly). His joyful surprise knew no bounds. For 10 minutes he ran with a happy face of the owner of a miracle under the T-shirt! http://club-mam.com/parenting/chem -zanyat-rebyenka-v-1-2-goda.html)

What to do with a child

"Distracting" activities for the baby (1-2 years old)

Sometimes mom needs to keep the baby busy to do planned household chores or just take a break. It is not safe to leave a child idle and unsupervised, so it is better to offer him some interesting activity.

Paper space. Both at 1 year old and at 2 years old, babies show great interest in rustling paper, tearing or wrinkling it. The safest option is to give the little one a roll of toilet paper. Perforated paper comes off in an interesting way on the leaves, besides, what a pleasure it is to unwind the roll and see what is in the middle. Newspapers and magazines rustle great, but it is not advisable to give them to the baby: newspapers get very dirty with paint, and sheets of glossy magazines have sharp edges that can easily get hurt.

Bag of surprises. We put various items in a textile bag or gift bag and hand it to the baby. Children are interested in taking out objects one by one, examining them, putting them back. By the way, many kids love to rustle with bags from the supermarket. This is not the best activity for a child: the baby can put a bag on his head, bite off and inhale a piece of cellophane. Such games are possible only under the strict supervision of an adult.
Kitchenware. If mom needs to cook dinner, you can take the baby with you to the kitchen. Plastic containers, silicone spatulas, pots, spoons and ladles are liked by all children.

We spill, pour. For a long time, such a meditative activity as pouring water from container to container or pouring cereals can captivate the baby for a long time. To play, you need a large basin, which we fill with either water or something loose (large pasta, beans) and various jars, boxes, bottles. If a child plays with pasta or cereals, choose an option so that the particles are large.

KRUPA games for the little ones

We include in household chores. In some situations, you can not try to occupy the child for a while, but do household chores together. For example, give him a damp cloth and show him how to wipe the dust. At 2 years old, the baby will be able to wield a children's floor brush and even wash the dishes. You can put the little one on a stable supply near the sink, open the tap with water, lather the sponge and let it wash the plastic dishes.

Interactive toys and cartoons. Of course, it’s even better for a child to watch cartoons with adults, but sometimes a mother needs to concentrate well and not be distracted at all by a child for 15-20 minutes. You should not abuse this method and “turn off” the baby from the daily life of the family, because watching the actions of adults gives much more for development than the most “developing” cartoon.

It is better to alternate joint and separate classes, while it is imperative to give the child the opportunity to get bored, sit back and invent a game for himself. The constant slipping of ready-made games and activities inhibits the creative development of the baby and dulls his cognitive activity.

Let's sum up a little.

Entertainment with an adult:
- Bubble;
- Air balloons;
- Drawing with paints (finger, watercolor, gouache);
- Modeling with dough or soft plasticine;
- Books (can be musical);
- Role-playing and active games;
- Games with toys;
Independent pastime of the child:
- Toilet paper / newspapers / magazines;
- Rustling packages;
- transfusion of water;
- Sprinkling of cereals;
- Duma help: washing dishes / cleaning;
- Cartoons.

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