A variety of psychological games and exercises for children help create a friendly, friendly atmosphere with the children, establish a trusting relationship. Today, it is very important to develop the ability of children to establish and maintain relationships between them, because in our time an increasing number of children experience a sense of loneliness and suffer from it.
What are psychological games and exercises for?
The atmosphere in school and family has changed. Teachers are forced to devote more time to discipline in the classroom, and this affects the communication of children with each other, with the teacher. And instead of improving and mastering communication skills, the guys are becoming more "uncontrollable" and aggressive. In families, because of intense life, there is less time for communication.
By offering interactive games to children, you give them the opportunity to acquire new experiences, to get a variety of experiences in communicating with each other. Do not forget to use your warmth in communication, be attentive and sensitive. After the game, be sure to invite the children to do the analysis and discuss the experience they have gained. Do not forget to emphasize the value of the conclusions they made themselves each time.
How to play games
At first, offer the games themselves. And the more children play with you, the more they will ask you to play games with them, which they seem to need right now.
After the end of the game or exercise, help the children express, as well as discuss their impressions. Be sympathetic and express your interest in children's responses. Encourage them to talk in detail and sincerely about all their experiences and problems. Most likely, you will have to manage the process of discussion. Observe how children come to these or those decisions, how they try to help each other with difficulties. If they can not control something, help them understand and understand it. If children put any specific goals and strive to achieve them, then support them in aspiration. Explain to them as lucid as possible, that the manifestation of any feelings is permissible, but the behavior may not be any. Encourage the children to sincere expression of their feelings, as well as respect for other children. Children need to learn how to relate morality and feelings among themselves, so that they do not experience difficulties in their professional and personal lives.
Today, there are many more options for adults, adolescents and children, which complicates their relationship. Therefore, maintaining a good relationship and the ability to communicate with other people is becoming more and more important. To help a child learn how to solve conflicts, understand and listen to others, respect not only his own, but also someone else's opinion can help the teacher and family.
An important time when working with interactive games and exercises is the organization of time. In order to clarify the situation and find a way to overcome difficulties, children need time.
Psychological games and exercises
You can offer children the following exercise game: invite the children to write on their sheets of paper their unpleasant stories, situations, cases, negative thoughts. When they write this, then ask them to crumple this sheet and throw it into the trash can (forgetting all about its negative for good).
To raise the mood and discharge children can be offered the following game: children throw the ball, while they name the person to whom they throw it and say the words: "I throw you a candy (flower, cake, etc.)." Anyone who catches the ball must find a decent answer.
You can suggest the following exercise between children and parents or among children. Half the players are blindfolded and are offered to go to the other half and find out their friend (or parent) there. You can find out by touching your hair, hands, clothes, but do not spy. When a friend (parent) is found, players change roles.
With games and exercises, the teacher and parents can help children appreciate the truth, find the meaning of life, teach them simple everyday principles: avoid secrets and lies, learn to relax, always carry out the work that has been started. Each time, helping to overcome difficulties for children, we are doing a kind of miracle. And the result can only be with the joint efforts of the teacher, family and children.