It happens that you remember your childhood, and then all the games that grandmother played with you immediately come to mind. Remember, for example, how they sat on her knees and listened to "On hummocks, over hummocks ...", "In the pit - boo!" And now you are already laughing contentedly, lying on the floor ... Such games do not become obsolete. They incredibly captivate all the kids. And for the child, the most important thing is to learn the world and yourself through the game. It is games that develop his imagination and intellect, teach coordination of movements, form mentally and emotionally. Nothing develops a child better than playing with parents, when it can show them what they have already learned. Yes, and you yourself, the time devoted to games with a child can bring a lot of benefit - at some point you will be as carefree as your baby, relax and forget about everyday problems.
Travel without boredom
Vacation, even if you are going to spend it at the dacha, usually involves a long journey, which is tiring for the child. But, traveling by car, train or bus, you can have fun! Start with the game "Who is first" - compete, who will notice more, for example, yellow cars on the road, cows on the field or storks. This game is a lesson of observation. You can slightly complicate it - you read the names of the settlements that pass through, and the child comes up with a name for the first letter - this will be an excellent preparation for learning the alphabet. And if you together come up with funny rhymes for the names, for example Pushkino-belushkino, antoshkino, putka, - the kid will be trained to memorize syllables and learn how to compose the simplest rhymes.
Fairy tale after a fairy tale
A great way to pass the time on the road is to compose a fairy tale. You say the first sentence, for example: "There was a sad princess in a gingerbread castle, in a sweet forest", and the child continues the story. Then you add something and compose a common long tale. The more strange twists of the plot in it, the better. This game develops resourcefulness and imagination. Another way to kill time - the game "Guess what's on my mind?", The child asks you 10 questions to solve the puzzle. You can agree that you only think of what is in the car, or what's outside the window. This simple game teaches curiosity. You should also assign a reward for guessing - you can buy ice cream or sweets at the nearest stop.
On a wave of joy
A lot of sand and warm sea - it's hard to imagine the best place for recreation and games. You can begin to teach the child to swim - of course, only in shallow water and with a small wave. Or you can just play in the water. There are many options: jumping through the incoming waves, bombing, diving into a low wave (if the child has sensitive ears, put on his bathing cap). And you can train the movements, like a frog or a dog swims - first on wet sand, and then in water. Be sure to arrange with the child that he never enters the water alone and does not spend more than 15 minutes in it. After bathing, he should bask on the shore. The child will not be bored sitting, wrapped in a towel, if you ask the baby how he thinks what people do on the boat, which is visible on the horizon. Let him close his eyes and imagine that he is floating on that same ship to distant countries, and will tell what he sees. And when the baby gets warm, play on the beach in salochki or blind man's buffets - it's not only fun and funny, but also teaches the kid to navigate in space. In addition, running along the sand develops feet and heals flat feet. The more a child runs barefoot on the beach, the better. Invite to play with you resting nearby kids of the same age - let the child learns to communicate and interact with the group.
The Little Architect
The construction of castles from wet sand is fun for the whole family. However, let the child make the project of construction - draw it on the sand and tell who lives in the fortress: maybe it will be the castle of a lonely princess, or maybe the tower of an evil sorcerer. The main builder should also be a child, and Dad only helps him. Ask the baby to tell while he is building the castle, about the adventures of the people who live there. Such a game develops the fine motor skills of the hands, co-ordinates the coordination of the eyes and hands and forms the spatial imagination. The finished structure can be decorated with hairpins with flowers attached to them, which you can take from home in advance. Do not forget also about the ball, the flying saucer and the air mattress. The more traffic near the sea, the better!
Pirates on the horizon!
On the lake you can learn and swim, and dive simultaneously (in calm water it is easier to do it than on the waves). Dad can throw the child into the water from his hands or from his shoulders, or teach the child to dive from the inflatable mattress. Of course, it is necessary to look after the child all the time. If you ride a boat or a catamaran, let the kid hold the steering wheel - this will be a great event for him. You can play pirates - put a blindfold on your child and a triangular hat from the newspaper, and you and his father become his captives. The child will be delighted that he is a real pirate and that now he is the master of the situation and must make his own decisions where to swim and where to land ashore. This will teach him to be responsible for other people and for his own decisions.
Animal Hunter
If you go for a walk in the forest, arrange that it is a march behind the golden fleece on a secret card or that in fact you go on a hunt. You can tell the child about the primitive people who lived in the woods and hunted wild animals. Explain what the directions of the world are and how to find the north in the forest (the moss in the trees grows from the north). Mention plant names, and then do a small test and check how much the kid remembered. Allow him to climb on a low tree and from there to explore the neighborhood in search of "wild beasts." Let him run, collect flowers and beautiful leaves, to then together with you to make a herbarium. If you are relaxing with friends, organize family races in bags on the grass. For children it will be an excellent school of agility and rivalry, as well as balance training.
The owner on the farm
Holidays at relatives in the village - this is a real luck for a kid from the city! After all, you can watch the pets, iron them. The child will be crazy with happiness! You can on occasion tell us about how people lived in villages in the old days. Ask him to become a small peasant himself. If possible, feed the rabbits or chickens together, see how the cows graze there. Go to a distant campaign to the other end of the village to see there a small calf or foal. If possible, allow the baby to whip butter from the cream or collect eggs from the chicken coop, as well as picking vegetables straight from the garden. This will be the best lesson in natural history!
great artist
Capture from home albums for drawing, paint, pastel pencils and clay. Find a beautiful place and sit with the baby there, like real artists or sculptors in the open air, who will create from nature. Each of you draws or molds what he sees. So you develop the child in an artistic plan, teach him in various ways to express what he feels and notices. You can then post your works on the opening day for friends. Persuade the kid to make interesting invitations and call the guests.
A real singer
Speak at the song festival? You are welcome! To do this, it is enough to have a regular tape recorder, a long curtain that will be a stage curtain, and a microphone made, for example, from a crush for potatoes. Allow the daughter herself to come up with a concert costume and musical instruments. You will marvel at her ingenuity! It will be fine if other children participate in the game. Parents will have to applaud and at the end of the presentation to present each award - a golden nightingale made of plasticine, which Dad himself blinded. Even a timid and shy child after such a speech will gain self-confidence.
And if it's rain outside?
This is no reason to be bored! Start with the morning game in faces. The essence is very simple: you need to loudly and expressively pronounce the sounds, while making faces, opening your mouth wide, wrinkling your nose, inflating your cheeks, blinking and rotating your eyes. Owing to such excessive expressiveness, the child learns to articulate, for example, the sound "p" draws the child's attention, as the tongue vibrates on the front of the gums or "w" (it can not be pronounced unless there is a crack between the teeth). When the child gets bored, you can offer him the game "Our Friendly Family" - let him name the names of all the relatives he knows. Let him remember who they work with, and describe how they look. And in the end, invite the kid to draw your family on a piece of paper. Another great idea for a cloudy day is to arrange a theater and play along with you a fragment of your favorite fairy tale, for example about Cinderella or a tablecloth-self-tattoo. Enough small props of paper, and - the presentation begins! For the kid, the most important thing is that you play with him and all the fun.
Dad, play with me!
Children adore board games, cards and dice. Take a few such games with you on holiday so that when you yourself want to relax a little, offer the child, for example, to play a game of checkers. It does not matter that the kid does not fully understand the rules, he will certainly play with great enthusiasm. Each participation in the game is a school of competition, the ability to lose, as well as perseverance in the pursuit of victory.
On the way back...
Is the kid bored again on the road? You can offer him the game "What would have happened if ...". Let him tell you what would have happened if the dogs could speak and the man had wings if small balls of strawberry ice cream fell from the sky instead of the rain and if the children could become invisible, Ask also where the child would take you on vacation, if he were an adult, and you are a child. And let him think of what he would play with you. This will be the plan for the next vacation!