If you feel that your children do not have the ability to play spontaneously, they do not have new games or new ideas to have fun... These interesting and fun ideas to enhance creativity and imagination through play will surely help you. Play, apart from an opportunity for fun, represents health and development of our children . The many ways of playing enrich a child's brain, body and life in essential ways.
Aquí te dejamos algunos consejos y juegos que pueden ayudar a que tu hijo se divierta.
- Give your child blocks, empty containers, wooden spoons, and puzzles . Simple, inexpensive objects are some of the best ways to support a child's creativity. Remember, it is the presence and attention of parents and caregivers that enriches children, not fancy electronic devices.
- Déle a su hijo oportunidades para jugar con sus hermanos, intente dirigir el juego para dar recursos a ambos para jugar de manera interactiva dando ejemplo de cómo coordinar las diferencias y convertirlas en puntos de unión y diversión al compartir.
- Help your child explore his or her body through different movements , for example, walking, jumping, and standing on one leg. Use dance as an essential activity!!!!
- Provide opportunities for imaginary and symbolic play that involves many cognitive and representational skills, including empathy in stepping outside of oneself and putting oneself in someone else's shoes, for example, pretending to drink from an empty cup, a doll that jumps and falls and reacts by crying because he has hurt himself... Try to offer your child several everyday situations that can be used to play and work on these important aspects of play and imagination.
- Read regularly with your child . Encourage simulation play based on these stories. You already know that we are great lovers of reading with our children as an activity of connection, communication and interaction.
- Sing songs and play rhythms so your child can learn and join in the fun . Start introducing some age-appropriate games like Simon Says or any activity with VICON Method Music, which you can get at SOUNDCLOUD.
- Rescue images of activities you have done as a family, excursions, meetings, meals, birthdays and try to relive those moments through games, singing happy birthday, greeting our relatives when they arrive... Tell stories to your child and ask them questions about what they Either she remembers or does it in a representative way with puppets with the faces of her loved ones who lived these moments with you.
- Programe alguna llamada con sus amigos del colegio, sus primos, vecinos o incluso con el hermano que se sitúa en la otra habitación y hacer una forma de interacción más original y quizás atractiva con alguién de la propia casa!!
- Try making a simple circuit at home with items such as cushions, ropes, chairs, beds, fabrics... Encourage your child to try a variety of movements in a safe environment , for example jumping, swinging, climbing and doing somersaults.
- Crear un espacio sensorial efectivo no tiene que ser costoso o requerir una habitación completa de su casa. Se puede realizar desde un tablero sensorial y guardarlo debajo de un sofá hasta utilizar un pequeño closet. Además se pueden utilizar materiales fáciles de encontrar en casa como: luces de navidad, bricolaje, piscina de pelotas, entre otras cosas,
Además de fomentar la salud y el desarrollo de nuestros niños, el juego ayuda a fomentar e incentivar relaciones seguras, estables y provechosas. La alegría mutua y la interacción cara a cara que ocurren durante el juego pueden ayudar al cuerpo del niño a manejar las situaciones de estrés. El aprendizaje se estimula mejor al utilizar los instintos naturales del niño de jugar en vez de estimularlo sólo por factores externos como las calificaciones. A medida que participan activamente en el mundo y lo descubren con alegría, los niños adquieren habilidades que cada vez más requieren de trabajo en equipo e innovación, las cuales le serán provechosas a la larga en su vida.