Joint games are useful for children and adults in the developing, communicative, emotional aspect. As a result of games, the relationship between children and parents develops. But there are times when you want the child to play on their own and take care of something themselves.
For a while children play independently, but when this occupation gets boring, they start calling their mother. You should not abuse this often, but sometimes such independence helps us out when you need to talk on the phone, do cleaning, cook dinner. There are such children who are not going to be alone even a minute. The biggest thing that can be done is a new toy. But when she becomes familiar, the child will demand Mom's presence. First of all, it's a matter of habit, he's just used to someone who is constantly engaged. Often happens that the mother does not play, but only "demonstrates" the game, and left alone with toys, the child does not know what to do with them, like my mother did it all, and everything is falling from his hands. The only way out is to teach the child to play on their own.
Children under one and a half years can not play with toys on their own, they only know their properties, manipulate objects. Kids can not play with dice, play with dolls, do not know how to play with cars, but they love everything bright, rustling, rattling. Now many developing games are on sale, they are very attractive for children. If the toys are boring, you can attract the child with something unusual, new. Children love kitchen utensils, because these things Mom so skillfully operates. They want to hold in their hands.
You can give the child a few pans with lids, so they are not dangerous, heavy. He will be happy to do this, cover them with lids, put them in one another, and naturally knock, this noise will have to be tolerated. You can make interesting toys yourself. Take a plastic bottle and fill it up to half with water, and inside it place animal figures and geometric figures made from multi-colored foil. The child will turn the bottle, and watch how the figures move up and down.
Just make sure that the lid is well curled, or you have to do the cleaning. Another tranquil game: in an empty plastic bottle you can put differently colored pens, without rods. This lesson will be both useful and interesting, it develops fine motor skills, coordination of movements and perception of color. Of course, after the game you will have to collect them throughout the apartment, but for yourself, you will thus allocate half an hour of free time. An excellent game will be the collection of puzzles.
And although this game is designed for children over 3 years old, but for young children you can make puzzles. To do this, you need to paste pictures on the cardboard with individual elements, so that after you cut it, there will be an entire image on each piece, and not just as in ordinary puzzles, only a part of it. This can be a room where the little animals are sitting, the road with cars, a clearing with flowers, it all depends on your imagination.
Cardboard needs to be cut into large pieces, they should be large in size. Each puzzle must be in 4 parts, each part is an entire image, because the child is not yet able to perceive the individual parts of the whole, and he will not show interest. The child needs to be taught to play, so that he understands, for this he needs to play together and show how to collect puzzles. Then he himself will look at these pictures and try to lay them down.
Toddlers who are older can be taught independent games. You will continue to play games with him, but not as before all your free time. Try, that during joint games he could show initiative. For example, you build a pyramid of cubes, put 2 cubes on top of each other and ask the child to do the same. Each action that you do, describe: it turned out a house, a tower. If it does not, try to help him, and cheer and praise your child all the time. Act gently, and if something he does not want to do, do not insist.
All that happens, comment. Parallel acquaint the child with the properties of toys (what kind of soft hair the doll has, how the wheels spin at the typewriter, what sharp corners the cube has). All that was shown, let him feel and leave him alone for a time. Of course, the child will turn the toy in his hands, study and discover its new properties and qualities. It is better to alternate quiet and moving games. If he recently played with the ball, switch it to viewing pictures in books, folding puzzles.
All children like to listen to fairy tales or children's songs. The kid can play toys and listen at this time. If you need something to occupy a child, include tales, children's poems, music.
Now we know how to teach a child to play independently. There is no single recipe for how to teach children, and each child should be approached individually, experimenting and fantasizing, taking into account the wishes and interests of your child. Have enough patience, stay calm. Try to develop your child's imagination, it helps to get involved in the game and join it. The main thing is to love the child and to know that he is the smartest, able and the best. This confidence you can give the baby, and you will succeed.