Have a good time in cheerful company friends, arranging an unusual championship. Games are important not only for kids, but also for adults, because they can unite us even more. In addition, this is a great way to help new friends join the team, and not stand alone all evening at the wall. We have selected 10 popular games that will allow you to have a good time. In our article you will find a variety of entertainment that trains the mind and develops the flexibility of the body.

When it comes to games for a large company, many first of all remember the "Mafia", which conquered the whole world and won a lot of fans. To play intelligent detective, you will need a deck of special cards that you can purchase online or draw yourself. You can also create your own card templates and order their printing in any edition. Well, if the above options are not suitable, take the most common cards and agree with your friends what roles you will give them. For example: Spades - Mafia, Ace of Spades - Mafia Boss, Jack of Hearts - Doctor, King of Hearts - Commissioner and so on. To prevent players from peeping at each other, it is advisable to wear masks or bandages as soon as the city falls asleep.

The essence of the game
There are conditionally three sides in the game: Mafia, Civilians and Maniac. The goal of the mafia is to kill players at night and execute during the day, posing as goodies. The goal of the Citizens is to find and execute the Mafia. A maniac is a self-willed person who kills everyone indiscriminately.
Characters
The classic version has active and passive characters. The host is a passive character, does not affect the course of the game, but coordinates the actions of all its participants.
Evil characters: Mafia (consists of the Boss and his henchmen), Maniac.
Good characters: Commissar, Doctor, Civilians.
Peaceful Citizens are passive players: they sleep at night, but they can vote during the day, sending objectionable people to death.
The mafia wakes up at night.
The Mafia boss chooses a victim to be stabbed. In the event of the death of the Boss, his post is taken by another mafia.
Maniac strikes any player at night.
The commissioner can check any player at night. If that player has been visited by the Mafia or the Maniac, the Commissar's check scares away criminals, saving the player's life.
The Doctor also makes his move at night and can heal anyone (one player) by canceling the killing move of the Mafia or Maniac.

Game progress

The game is divided into intervals - day and night. On the first day, the Host distributes cards to the players, after which the first night begins. On the first night (at the command of the Leader), the players wake up in turn, letting him know who has what role. The mafia get to know each other and find out who got the role of Boss. All players wake up during the day. The host briefly describes the events of the previous night. For example: “The mafia struck, but the visit of the Commissar frightened off the bandits. The maniac brutally mocked another victim all night, but the Doctor managed to save the poor fellow. These hints allow players to identify the opponent. This is followed by a vote, during which each player can propose a candidate for execution. By carefully examining the arguments and the suspects, one can spot the mafiosi, as they tend to be unanimous in daytime voting. However, dexterous players know how to splurge, blaming each other during the day (but only if the execution of the ally is clearly not in danger). After the execution, the dead man's card is revealed and everyone sees his role. Then night falls on the city and the active players make their move again. The game ends with the victory of the Peaceful, if all the Mafs and the Maniac are killed. The mafia wins when it remains in the majority. With a successful combination of circumstances, the Maniac can win, left alone with a passive player.

In addition to the classic plot, there are many different options for the game. We advise you to choose the most creative friend with an excellent sense of humor for the role of the Lead. You can use references to various books and films in your competitions. So, for example, the story about vampires and werewolves has become popular, where the role of the Boss is played by Count Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein heals from ailments, and the Commissioner turns into Helsing or Buffy. The more friends you have, the more characters you can bring into the game, making it even more fun!

The exciting game "Twister" will give you a reason to laugh at the awkward poses of your friends, and at the same time - go in for sports, because during the game you will have to bend, stretch your arms and legs to colorful circles and try to keep your balance.

Game progress

The facilitator spins a special arrow, giving each player a certain pose (for example, the left hand on the green circle, the right foot on the yellow one, etc.). The winner is the player who manages to stand on the field, following all the orders of the host. If a player touches the surface of the field in the wrong place, he is automatically out of the game.

One of the most popular youth entertainments abroad is the question or wish game. To determine the queue of players, you can use pointers (for example, a bottle) or pass the turn clockwise.

Game progress

Player A offers Player B one of two options: a question or a wish. If player B chooses a question, then player A can ask him anything. If player B chooses a wish, then player A can order anything. It is better for married couples not to play, because the questions may turn out to be too personal and tricky. Best of all, this fun is suitable for single guys and girls.

A detective quiz that develops ingenuity and fantasy is a variation of the popular Danetki game.

Game progress

The facilitator describes a situation (most often we are talking about a robbery or murder), and you, using logic and imagination, try to figure out what happened. The key to the solution is always in the problem itself.

Riddles Examples

1) The body of a man was found in the middle of the desert, next to which lay a backpack. The man was absolutely healthy, neither hunger nor dehydration caused death. What did he die from?
The answer: the key to the solution is the backpack in which the parachute was located, and the poor fellow died because the parachute did not open.

2) The body of a security guard is found in the middle of the supermarket. The man was not attacked, he did not die from an illness. There was only a sign next to it. What happened?
Guess: You've probably seen signs in stores that say "Wet Floor". Obviously, the guard slipped on the wet floor and hit himself as he fell.

3) A man was found near the sports ground, who died under mysterious circumstances. There are no visible wounds on his body. Detectives spotted a ball nearby. What happened?
Answer: a heavy basketball, having flown out of bounds, hit the poor fellow in the head.

This game has many names and you are probably familiar with it. She gained particular popularity after the release of the film Inglourious Basterds.

Game progress

Each participant writes a name on a sticker (literary character, movie character or real person). The sheets are distributed to the players (the player should not see the words on his sheet) and are attached to the forehead. Asking questions to other participants, the player must guess his character. Questions can only be answered with “yes” or “no”.

Riddle Example
Player 1: Am I human?
Player 2: No.
Player 1: Am I the hero of the movie?
Player 2: Yes.
Player 1: Am I spitting fire?
Player 2: Yes.
Player 1: Am I the dragon Drogon?
Player 2: Yes.

The round is won by the player who gives the correct answer by asking the least number of questions.

"Black Box" is a variation of the game "What? Where? When? ”, where a black box is used instead of the classic black box. The peculiarity of the game is that all questions and answers are somewhat frivolous: they are related to sex, drinking, etc. In the television version, you would not hear such questions.

Game progress

The facilitator asks a question related to the item in the black box. After a minute, the players must answer the question. By the way, it is not at all necessary to use a black box, it can be conditional.

Sample question for "CHS"
The actors of the popular musical "Cats" attach microphones under their tights. Artists often dance and (to protect against sweat) they put THIS on the microphones. Attention to the question: what lies in the black box?
Answer: condoms.

This quiz will allow you to test your erudition and compete in the speed of thinking.

Game progress

One of the players (missing this round) suggests to the host a well-known catch phrase, proverb or saying. The host reports the number of words in a given sentence. Players must guess the phrase by asking the host as many questions as there are words in the phrase. Questions and answers can be absolutely anything. However, each answer can consist of only one sentence and must contain 1 word of the hidden phrase.

Riddle Example
Host: The phrase contains 3 words. The player can ask 3 questions.
Player: What time is it?
Host: Look at the wall where the clock is hanging.
Player: Is there life on Mars?
Moderator: Scholars disagree on this issue.
Player: Who's to blame?
Host: The root of the problem is hidden from our eyes.
Answer: the aphorism of Kozma Prutkov “Look at the root” was made.

Surely you are all familiar with the Crocodile game, during which one participant silently shows the hidden word to a group of guessing players. In the fake Crocodile, the rules are somewhat different.

Fascinating quests in the style of "Find a way out of the room" have become one of the most fashionable entertainment. In almost every city there are quest rooms where (for a moderate and not very moderate fee) they will put on a whole performance for you.

Game progress

The team is closed in an unfamiliar room, from which it must get out in a certain period of time. Players are looking for riddles and clues to various secret boxes with new keys. Having solved all the problems, the team finds the master key that unlocks the door to freedom. If you have a spacious room and an inexhaustible imagination, you yourself can come up with a scenario for the quest. Call your friends, leave tips for them and see how they cope with the task.

"Litrball" is an adult game in the style of "who outdrinks whom." Historians argue that its various analogues have existed for centuries in all corners of the planet. Those who want to measure their ability to outdrink an opponent appeared as soon as mankind invented alcoholic beverages. They say that the ancient Greeks and Peter I especially liked such games. In the CIS countries, the so-called. "Drunk checkers", in which instead of white and black checkers they use glasses with vodka and cognac or glasses with light and dark beer. As soon as you "eat" the opponent's checker, you need to drink the contents of this glass and remove it from the board. More advanced players prefer Drunken Chess. For a game, silhouettes of chess pieces are drawn on the glasses with a marker.

However, Drunken Checkers and Drunken Chess can only be played by 2 people, so we will consider the option for a more crowded company. It's about student fun called "Beer Ping-Pong" (or "Beer Pong").

Game progress

You will need plastic cups, a table, a ping pong ball and beer. Lots of beer. Participants are divided into 2 teams. The judge pours beer into glasses and places them equally on both sides of the table, lining up the glasses in a triangle shape. Competitors take turns throwing the ball into the opponent's glass. If the ball lands in a glass, the hit player drinks beer from this glass, removes the empty bowl from the table and gets the right to re-throw. The team with the most accurate wins, having devastated all the opponent's glasses.

Attention: students' favorite pastime can lead to alcohol poisoning. We advise you to take smaller glasses, so that later it would not be excruciatingly painful for the aimlessly killed liver.

Many parents often ask themselves: what to do with the child in the evening? What can you play? And it seems that there are not so many games or they have already played everything. In fact, there is always something to do. The main thing is to turn on the fantasy and have fun.

Children are very fond of active games, suggest them, and head the list:

• hide and seek . Children love to play this game. But it is better to play it if you have a big house or apartment. Although, if desired, it is possible in a small one. Children often hide in plain sight, your task is to look for them as long as possible, preferably with comments. Everyone will laugh: both children and parents. This is always very funny.
• Playing with balloons . Place a chair at the end of the room (if there are many children, then two chairs). The child should squeeze a medium-sized balloon between the knees, reach the chair, go around it and return to the starting position. If there are several children, then you can arrange a competition: who will complete the task faster. On children's holiday, break the children into teams and let them compete. If adults take part in such a game, children will simply be delighted.
• Save your friends . Favorite toys are suitable for this game. My boys have a set of PAW Patrol puppies and Paulie, Amber, Roy and Helly robocars. I hide them in different places, and the task of the children is to find and save them. Dolls, robots, cars are also suitable. In general, anything, the main thing is to hide more. If there are several children, you can arrange a competition: whoever found more, he won.
• pig toy (turtle, lion cub, dog, etc.). We take any soft toy, turn on fun music and throw a toy to each other. Then we suddenly turn off the music, whoever has a toy left in his hands, he must reproduce the natural sound of this little animal. This game is good to play in a large company of children, especially on birthdays. You can also connect adults - it will be doubly interesting for children.
• home bowling . If you don't have a bowling set, you can make your own. To do this, you will need plastic bottles, preferably of the same capacity and a medium-sized ball. The ball, I think, is definitely found in a house where there are children. The game is mobile and interesting, besides it helps to develop accuracy.
• Fashion show . Not only girls like to play this game, but also boys. Organize a high fashion day without leaving your home. You can invite friends or neighbors with children to visit, so that more people and "models", it will be much more fun.
• obstacle course . Create an obstacle course with the help of improvised means. For example, “swamp bumps”, “narrow bridge” can be cut out of paper or cardboard. Pull the rope, and the children must walk along it without stumbling. Set up pillows for them to climb over. In general, be smart and use the items available in the house, but do not forget about safety.
• “The sea is worried…” Fun game from my childhood. There should be many children in such a game. The host says the following phrase: “The sea worries once, the sea worries two, the sea worries three sea (sports, fabulous, construction, any, etc.) figure freeze in place.” Children should freeze in a certain position, depicting some kind of profession. The leader must guess who is in front of him. If someone portrayed the wrong figure or a non-existent profession, then this child becomes the leader, and the leader takes his place.
• guess who . Everyone sits on chairs or on a sofa, and one child goes to the center of the room and begins to imitate someone with gestures. Children must guess who is in front of them. Who guessed it - goes to the center of the room and thinks of the next task. For children preschool age you can write in advance on the sheet who to show, so that it is easier for them, and they can show characters known to their age. Older kids can do it on their own.
• pirate treasure . This game requires a little preparation. It is necessary to draw a map on the sheet, marking the place of the treasure on it (leave sweets or fruits for the children at the place of the treasure), cut it into several parts and hide it around the apartment. Then, with the help of riddles or contests (better than both), the children must collect the entire map from the pieces and find the treasure. My six year old boys are ready to play this every day.
• hike . You can play camping without leaving your home. Set up a tent in the center of the room, climb into the tent with the children and tell interesting stories. You can turn off the lights in the room and use a flashlight. Do not forget to bring food with you: fruit, cookies, a drink or tea in a thermos. Children will simply be delighted with such a trip.
• Edible - not edible . For this game, you only need a ball. Take turns throwing the ball to the children and name something edible or not edible. And the child should catch the edible, and not beat off the edible or simply not catch it.
• Tasting . Arrange a tasting of drinks or foods for the children. Pour into four or five glasses of different liquids: tea, kefir, juice, milk, compote, just water. Blindfold the child, and let him guess what he drank. Or cut the fruit into small pieces, chop on skewers and let the child (blind his eyes) try, and he should name what it is.
• Cooking . You can cook dinner with your children. For example, stick dumplings or dumplings. The main thing is that children take an active part in modeling. My children (all of them!) love to help me in the kitchen, especially with dough modeling. Together we make not only dumplings and dumplings, but also pies, pizza, even cakes.
• Disco . If you don’t want to invent anything or don’t have enough time to organize something interesting, offer the children a disco. My children love to dance and we often have dances. But not just dancing, but, for example, with balloons or soap bubbles. Believe me, you will get an unforgettable evening by arranging a children's disco and recharge your batteries with positive energy for several days ahead.

Educational and intellectual games

Active games are good, but it is necessary to develop not only physically.

And the best way to do this is in the form of a game:

1. We sculpt figures from plasticine or special dough for modeling . By the way, it is quite possible to make it yourself: half a glass of salt, half a glass of water and flour. It is necessary to knead until such a state that the resulting mass does not stick. Dough figures can be left to dry completely, and then painted the next evening.
2. Drawing with paints, pencils, felt-tip pens . You can invite the child to draw a specific something, for example, a forest or a river. My children make their own postcards. From white or colored cardboard, they first fold and cut out the shape of a postcard, and then paint it as you like.
3. Give the kids coloring pages . Many children love to draw. You can participate in this by discussing with your child what to color and with what color.
4. A game of shadows . Take a flashlight and turn off the light, use your hands to depict different figures. Ask the child to repeat something you have shown. If it doesn’t work, let him try to portray someone himself.
5. Puzzles . Great game for the whole family. The bigger the puzzle, the more interesting. We recently bought a jigsaw puzzle with 1500 elements, and the whole family assembled it all evening. Then the children had already gone to bed, and my husband and I could not calm down until we had completely collected them.
6. Children's crosswords.
7. Find differences . Mindfulness game. Buy a difference book appropriate for your child's age and have fun playing.
8. Mosaic, constructors, wooden cubes - everything is suitable for the realization of fantasy. You can build a city or a farm from the constructor, set up many different buildings. There is not enough designer - cubes and other building toys will help.
9. twenty sticks . Lay out 20 pencils or markers on the table. Two players take turns taking one, two or three sticks. The one who has to take the last pencil or felt-tip pen loses.
10. Suitable for school age children : choose a long phrase, any. For example, "building structure" or "sports". From these words, children should make short words. The bigger, the better. Then they read the words one by one. If any words match, they are crossed out and no points are awarded. For each non-repeating word - 2 points. The one who earns the most points wins.
11. Field of Dreams . There are several options for the game here: you can play on the principle of the gallows, that is, we guess the word and write dashes or squares instead, and the children guess. The winner gets a prize (candy, apple, etc.). You can make an impromptu drum, as in the "Field of Miracles". But for this you will need: a top, cardboard, paper, scissors, in general, a lot of things. You can't play this game without prior preparation. By the same principle, you can play the game “What? Where? When? ”, Having prepared questions in advance.
12. Shop or library . Lay out books or toys, write “prices” on the slips and let the child sell or buy goods. If he sells, then let him tell what the book is about, count the money. If he buys, then you tell the child what the book is about. Perhaps after such a game, the child will want to read. If you are playing in the library, then let the child “advise” what you should take to read in the library and why, what this particular book is interesting for. It will be nice if the child also names the author (for older children).
13. Play hospital, kindergarten, school . Let the child be the teacher or the doctor, and you be the student or the patient. In such a game, you will show your child an example of how to be a diligent student and an obedient patient who is not afraid of the doctor. Of course, it’s good if there are several children, but it’s also possible together. Or add dad, grandma, grandpa to the game.
14. Great if you know the art of origami . If not, then you can simply cut out different figures from paper (let the child cut it out, and you only help), make applications.
15. Board games . We have a great board game that we play with the whole family. It's called Erudite. 120 questions on various topics. For each correct answer (answers attached) - the player receives a letter. The first person to collect the word "Scrabble" wins.

In addition to all of the above, there are many more various games: tic-tac-toe, sea battle, cities, children's dominoes and others. In any children's store there are a lot of board games for every taste. There are really a lot of them. I offered you the most popular ones in our family. I hope that they will help you to spend more interesting time with your children. You can invent games yourself, just turn on your imagination and connect your children to inventing . They are great inventors!

good engineer,
and the doctor is better
I would go to treat children,
let me teach.

Vladimir Mayakovsky "Who to be"

All children love to play!

For their development, children need to play, through games the child learns the world. Toddlers play most of the day, at home, outside, with siblings, friends and parents. While playing, the child discovers many new things for himself: he learns to think, fantasize, imagine, communicate, talk, look at the world with different eyes.

However, each age has its own games! What to do with a 2-5 year old baby if it's raining outside kindergarten the baby does not walk, and the parents do not have much time for joint games?

After two years, the baby is interested in everything, he starts copying the behavior of adults, repeating everything for adults, whether it's mopping, ironing, cooking, washing dishes, brushing teeth, measuring temperature, pointing mom's maraffet, shaving dad, etc. By this age, children already have a clear gender division - boy / girl, and accordingly, children's games will differ! However, most role-playing games are interesting for both girls and boys, for example: all children like to pretend to be a veterinary doctor, dentist or ophthalmologist; playing in the store, be a buyer or seller; also, all children love to play with dishes - wash, cook, clean, set the table. Purely girls' games can be called, perhaps, pointing beauty. Boys are interested in playing with tools, repairing cars and building houses. Of course, for safety reasons, parents do not allow playing with real objects and they do it right, for such games there is a whole range of games from different manufacturers, which we will now get to know!

We play doctor. Whom to cure?

The first thing we'll look at is the doctor game. All children, both girls and boys, have been to the doctor more than once, so the doctor game is the most common. You can treat dolls, soft toys, pets, brothers / sisters, friends and parents. With the veterinary doctor's trolley, the child will be able not only to treat his beloved pet, but also to check the state of his health. Play sets allow the kid to get used to the role of a veterinarian who treats animals with attention and tenderness and tries to help them. Excellent role-playing game aimed primarily at sensitivity to animals. In addition, fine motor skills, coordination of movements, attention, imagination, and vocabulary develop.

We play chef. What to cook?

If you have a daughter, then the role-playing game in the kitchen is very interesting and informative. The toy kitchen will help the girl to be in the role of a cook, culinary specialist or a waiter. Thanks to this game, my daughter will grow up to be a great helper. By copying her mother's behavior in the kitchen, the girl develops love and interest in housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, and etiquette. The little housewife feels like in a real kitchen, as play sets usually come with a sink with a tap (without water), an oven with lighting and a sound that imitates baking, a hob with hissing and boiling sounds. It is a pleasure to play, besides, the child receives new knowledge and skills.

We instill a love for cleanliness. Let's clean up!

To teach and nurture in your child a love of cleanliness and cleaning for the game, you can buy a toy vacuum cleaner. While mom or dad cleans the apartment, the little helper does the work. The sound effect of a working vacuum cleaner will make the game fun and rewarding. The child will no longer be frightened by the roar of a real vacuum cleaner.

Learning to be careful. Iron in the hands of a child!

Another one useful toy for a kid who gets acquainted with the rules of hygiene and cleanliness, this is a toy ironing board with an iron. Children always reach for a real iron and ironing board when mom is ironing, but this is very dangerous for a child. A hot and heavy iron, a pile of ironed things are not toys for a child! But now the mother can safely do household chores while the baby plays with his accessories. Things are ironed and neatly folded. Baby and mom are happy!

Learning beauty! All on the shelves.

What kid hasn't played with mom's beads, hairpins, hoops, lipstick, mascara or nail polish? Didn't scatter beads and ruin things? For little beauties and fashionistas, a real dressing table is an indispensable toy. Usually, such toys as a dressing table are equipped with a high stand with a mirror that can be tilted, and a small stool can be sat on. For development of accuracy there are many compartments and shelves, a sense of taste and style will help to develop all possible decorations (beads, hairpins, hair ties, hoops, etc.). Beads are also useful for fine motor skills and tactile sensations.

Little driver or how easy it is to learn the rules traffic.

It's time to talk about the boys. Many every time, going on a family walk in a car, they are faced with a request from a child to sit behind the wheel and steer. But according to the rules of the road it is strictly prohibited! The child must sit at the back in a special seat fastened. But, if the boy has an auto-simulator-steering wheel at home, with which he plays whenever he wants, such requests will come to naught. Thus, your nerves will be calm and the child will happily ride and look at the landscape outside the window. The steering wheel is compact enough that you can put it anywhere. A comfortable seat, mechanical pedals, a mechanical gear lever and an electronic steering wheel - everything is like on a real car. little driver will learn to ride while playing. The steering wheel with various sound effects will let the kid feel the real driving, and the simulation of driving a car will create the effect of a real car. So, while playing, you can teach your child not only the secrets of driving, but also the rules of the road!

We instill a love for work!

What boy hasn't tried to help his dad when it comes to repairs or household chores!? Yes, and the simple curiosity of the child more than once ended in scratches from nails, a hammer or a clerical knife. But with toy accessories little helper will be safe. Future builder can play with everyone necessary tools for construction: hammer, screwdriver, adjustable wrench, pliers, bolts, etc. Playing as an apprentice, builder or plumber kid learns independence , develops fine motor skills, accuracy, perseverance, improves coordination and increases vocabulary.

Finally, consider the well-known game in the store. All children love to play shop. Starting from diapers, the baby is in the store with his parents. Therefore, when he grows up a little, the child already knows almost everything how it works in the store, where everything is, who the seller is, what a check and money are. To play, you need a lot of accessories and things, but on the children's goods market you can find ready-made play sets with electronic functions. Of course, it is more fun to play when there are several children, but even one kid will not be bored, especially since parents will probably want to join the game and be in the role of a seller or buyer. You can play in the supermarket somewhere from the age of 3. If the child is playing as a seller , then he stands behind the cash register, takes purchases, weighs the goods, puts the products on the shelves. It deals with plastic cards and cash, which helps the child to learn and remember numbers easier, as well as the first addition and subtraction operations. On which shelves or trays to lay out the goods only a child comes up with, so here fantasy develops . It will be interesting for every kid to play in the store, both boy and girl. At the toy store buyer selects products, pays for goods, folds and takes out of the basket. This game develops imagination, communication skills , speech, fine motor skills, coordination, ability to do right choice and communicate well.

Dear parents, do not forget to play with your children more often and pay attention to them. During games, it is easier for a child to teach something, to develop such character traits as independence, sociability, accuracy, as well as imagination and memory. Children grow up so fast Nice memories interesting pastime and funny games remain forever! Play different games with your child, invent your own and play, play!

November 2013

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A child at 2 years old is a small independent man who studies the world around him with curiosity. Adults should help the baby to adapt as much as possible through the game. What to play with 2 summer child parents decide on their own, according to the level of physical and intellectual development of the baby.

A child at 2 years old is a small independent man who studies the world around him with curiosity. Adults should help the baby to adapt as much as possible through the game. What to play with a 2 year old child, parents decide on their own, according to the level of physical and intellectual development of the baby.

What should a child be able to do by the age of two?

1. Physical development:
   • correctly coordinate movements;
   • manage your body in a coordinated manner;
   • develop gross and fine motor skills.
2. Self-service - satisfaction of your needs:
   • hygienic;
   • nutrition;
   • undressing-dressing;
3. Intellectual development:
   • vocabulary replenishment;
   • communication with adults and peers;
   • knowledge of the world around;
   • drawing, music, dancing.

Games that promote better physical development

ball games

Outdoor ball games are equally liked by 2-year-old boys and girls. It should be borne in mind that a child at this age gets tired quite quickly, so it is advisable to alternate active entertainment with rest. It is not recommended to play for longer than 15 minutes, otherwise the next time the baby will refuse this entertainment.
Even in a small apartment, you can play ball with your child, throwing it at close range into the hands of the baby. Grasping movements develop, improving body control. Sitting opposite each other and legs wide apart, like a kind of gate, you should teach a two-year-old child to roll the ball in a given direction.
Playing at home in "edible - inedible" improves the reaction of the crumbs to external influences, increases knowledge in the field of what can and cannot be eaten. The advantage is the development of grasping movements when catching the ball.

On the playground, you should diversify the games:
• football - try to hit the ball with your foot in motion, alternating either the right or the left leg;
• throw the ball in a given direction;
• toss the ball up so that a 2-year-old child tries to catch it;
• throw a sports accessory to each other, standing in a circle with several children of about the same age.

In active entertainment, adults should not leave children to play alone without supervision:

• a baby 2-3 years old may fall, getting injured;
• hitting the ball, even thrown by a peer, is quite painful;
• parents should lead the game.

Overcoming obstacles

Children 2-3 years old are very fond of sports games:

• climb the Swedish wall;
• hang with the support of an adult on the horizontal bar;
• walk on a log above ground level;
• run, jump.

At this age, the baby does not have a sense of fear and danger, therefore, adults are advised to constantly monitor the child in order to exclude the occurrence of accidents. It is recommended to tell the baby about the behavior on gymnastic equipment, the need to hold on tight.

Irina Knyazeva - teacher kindergarten №57

What experts advise to play with a child at 2 years old on the street:

• chasing with parents or other children playing nearby;
• blind man's buff;
• walking through the labyrinth, along the line drawn on the asphalt;
• jump ropes in place with alternating legs, from step to step, over the curb.

When jumping, you should hold the baby 2 years old by the hand until he learns to jump without injury.
Active physical games are replaced at home by walking barefoot on croup, small pebbles. You can offer and show a personal example of how to walk on tiptoe, holding a ball or soft toy between your knees. Children at 2-3 years old are happy to repeat the actions of adults.
Kids love massage very much with the story “There was a train” - in game form back muscles are strengthened, posture improves. Physical exercises with a child strengthen the body, increase immunity, and prevent the occurrence of many diseases.

Games that improve fine motor skills

Harmonious development little man unthinkable without games that train fine motor skills of the hands. Hand and finger movements in children at the age of 2 are directly related to the work of the brain - they contribute to a better development of speech, logic, and visual coordination of movement.

Creation

Of course, not everything can work out right away, but the patience of parents is required so that a 2-year-old baby learns to do everything himself:

• draw with paints and pencils, paint large drawings coloring pages;
• cut out simple shapes with scissors;
• sculpt sticks and balls from plasticine, clay or dough;
• make applications and crafts from cardboard, colored paper, and other improvised material.

Such games should be played with a child at the age of 2 only with adults who will explain and tell in detail, show in what sequence this or that craft should be made. A kid at 2 years old, under the guidance of his parents, at first does only simple actions: paints a large image, glues a figure cut out by an adult.
All children love to draw. According to which hand the child takes a pencil or brush, the future left-hander or right-hander is determined. It is not recommended to forcibly shift objects from the left hand to the right, since such methods generally discourage creativity. Even if it is not clear what the child depicted, it is advisable to praise the baby in order to encourage his efforts.

sand games

The activities of the baby in the sandbox are very useful:

• building castles develops imagination;
• the production of "patties" from sand teaches you to distinguish the shape of the product;
• sand massages the fingertips and palms, improving blood circulation and brain activity of the baby;
• playing with other children expands the horizons, develops sociability.

Drawing on glass sprinkled with sand contributes to the development of fantasy and independence.

Speech development

You can play with a 2-year-old baby by telling him fairy tales, learning nursery rhymes together, especially such as “Clumsy Bear”, which combines story and action. Effectively use musical accompaniment in games with a 2-year-old child: invite the baby to make body movements to the beat of the music - jump, squat. Or play an instrument yourself.

In a playful way, children should be taught to clearly pronounce words, correct if they are incorrectly pronounced. It is recommended to talk with the baby as with an adult, increasing the vocabulary of a small person.

With pleasure, children of 2 years old watch puppet shows that can be organized at home. It is not necessary to use professional dolls, you should use your child's favorite toy. You can play a performance with a child by teaching the child the rules of behavior in everyday life - at the table, in the bathroom while washing, helping the mother clean the room, and the like.
At this age, children love to play role-playing games with peers or parents. Dressing, combing a doll, curing a beloved bear, buying goods in a store are more suitable for girls who inherit their mother's behavior. And the boys are busy with cars, buildings from garage cubes, assembling the simplest figures from the designer.

Determining the quality of items

How to play with a child at 2 years old so that the baby learns to determine the shape of objects, knows how to correctly apply the knowledge gained in practice? It is recommended to take different figures in shape: cubes, balls, pyramids, dolls. Find the differences - such games help the child develop attention and ingenuity. It is required to roll them into a toy gate. Parents should clearly explain in a game with a child why the ball rolls the fastest, and not the cube. Kid by example different toys can distinguish the shape of objects.
Games for comparing the quality of objects develop ingenuity and attention: it is recommended to take 2 toys, for example, dolls dressed in various clothes, with unequal hairstyles, different heights. A 2-year-old child should tell what they have in common and what is the difference. Playing such games often with a child is a good training for mental development.

Sound environment

A good suggestion is to play with the baby to recognize the sounds of the surrounding space. You should carefully listen to the ticking of the clock, the buzzing of a fly, the noise of cars outside the window. Explaining to the child the origin of sounds, it is advisable to repeat them together. You can become a source of sound yourself: scratch your nails on the wall, glass, slam the door, cough, portray what sounds pets make. Repeating after an adult, the child perceives extraneous noise less when going to bed and falling asleep.

fine motor skills

What and how to play with children 2 years old, parents choose, guided by recommendations for harmonious development baby at 2-3 years old. Fine motor skills are developed by games with small objects Perfectly develops finger motor skills by sorting through small objects - multi-colored buttons, beans, rings, sparkling jewelry. It is interesting for kids to string rings on a pyramid. Alternating colors, a child of 2 years old remembers the sequence of the correct addition of a figure.
Putting bean seeds or buttons into a bottle with a narrow neck is a fun activity for toddlers, developing fine finger movements, massaging their pads, which favorably affects mental development child.

Help mom

Children are happy to help adults do household chores

How to play with a child of 2 years at home, the ingenuity of parents will tell. From a young age, you can teach your son or daughter to help your mother with the simplest tricks: lay out napkins on the table, put forks and spoons for each, at the same time teaching the kids to count. How many people are in the family and how many appliances should be put on the table. How many spoons, forks, plates should be put.
Cleaning around the house teaches the child to be neat. Sweep the floor, vacuum the carpet, put away the toys - children are happy to do simple housework, led by mom or dad. Adult guidance is essential when working with electrical appliances. By arranging daily worries in the form of an exciting game, you can ensure that the child will continue to help the elders without constant reminders.
Many children like to cook with their mother, performing simple actions like a real chef: mix the dough, make a pie, peel boiled vegetables.

Development of attention

Develop intelligence, attention, logic puzzle game. First, you need to add the simplest options from a small number of parts, gradually increasing the complexity of the task.
A simple game helps to determine the shape and color of objects: toys of different colors should be placed in 2 containers. Explain to the child where which one and ask for a toy of a certain color. For each right action It is desirable to encourage the child with a word.
Constant delight causes blowing of soap bubbles. Self-blowing bubbles develops the respiratory system of the crumbs, and an attempt to catch the iridescent different colors miracle, improves coordination of movement.

Adults should be involved in all games with a two-year-old child to prevent injury to the baby. Be sure to praise the baby, regardless of whether the task turned out well or badly. The child should feel the love and protection of the parents. The variety of games depends on the desire and imagination of mom and dad.

The toys of modern children are numbered in boxes, and, unfortunately, all these piles of dolls, bears, cars sooner or later lose their value in the eyes of the child. If your baby is bored with ordinary toys, collect them in a bag and put them out of sight. After a few weeks, take it out again, and there will be no limit to children's joy.

In the meantime, the miracle bag will lie down in the closet, waiting in the wings, offer the child games ... without toys.

little fingers

If you have on hand ball pen or a felt-tip pen, it will not be difficult for you to captivate the baby for a long time with a kind of puppet theater.

Draw various funny faces on the pads of your fingers and the baby's fingers. Your imagination will help you figure out who your characters will be: family, friends, fairy tale characters or animals.

You can draw the same face on each finger, only with a different expression. During the game, the hero can be either cheerful, or sad, or surprised.

Put a small cork or other thing on the tip of your finger to make a hat for a little man. A small patch will become a scarf, and an elastic band for hair will become clothes.

The scenario can be anything, depending on the age of the baby and the characters of the characters that you invented.

Orchestra

Music-loving kids will love playing the drum set, which can be built in five minutes from absolutely any container. Take pots, plastic containers, boxes—anything that makes a sound and doesn't break—and arrange them so that they are easy to hit with chopsticks. Pencils, spoons, sticks, etc. can act as sticks.

In addition to the drums, make maracas: pour a handful of grain into a plastic bottle and twist it tightly. The hollow center can become a pipe from paper towels or just a piece of cardboard rolled into a tube. A metal vegetable grater will pass for some exotic tool if you run a spoon or pencil over it.

Turtles

Take a plastic basin or a small tub. If the child gets on all fours, and you put a “shell” on top of his back, you get a turtle. With such shells, children can hide in a house, crawl in a race, play catch-up.

Sprinklers

On a hot day, instead of toys, a child can be carried away by an ordinary spray bottle filled with water for a long time. With such a “toy”, children can play sprinklers, water flowers, wash a car or mirrors, and much more.

By the way, if your car does not have air conditioning, and you are planning a trip over a long distance in hot weather, a spray bottle will help you not to overheat during the journey.

outfits

Invite the child to dress up in the outfit of his favorite character: let him find the right things in his wardrobe, or choose them yourself. You can arrange a competition between children: who will come up with the most costumes for various characters. Not only clothes, but also shoes, diapers or sheets can also be used.

live sock

Take a sock and put it on your hand. Wiggle your thumb and your sock will turn into a living creature opening its mouth. Eyes and nose can be easily made from small stickers (buttons or beads can be sewn on).

Your hero can become any animal or insect, depending on what, in addition to the eyes and nose, you attach to him. These can be ears, horns, wings, etc.

From a sock you can make not only a glove toy. If you fill it with other socks, cotton, grain, etc., attach eyes, nose, ears - you can make it look like a soft toy.

Constructor from stones

If you are on the beach or in a place where there is a lot of small size, use this natural material as a children's designer. Arrange a competition for the highest tower, build a city from houses of different sizes.

A fascinating pastime is the construction of a pyramid of stones: you need to “grow” it up until the whole structure collapses. It is necessary to be extremely careful in order to be able to build a stable structure.

Pick a couple

This is another clothing game, suitable for toddlers. Take as many socks as you can and put one sock from each pair in a separate box. Challenge your child to find a "friend" for each sock. Alternatively, you can take gloves with mittens or shoes.

When all the pairs are matched, you can give the following task: build a steam locomotive, a fence, a tree, etc. out of socks.

Find an item

Take a few items, such as a spoon, Matchbox, apple, glove and jar lid. Draw them on pieces of paper or cut out pictures of each item. Put everything in a box and add other miscellaneous things that are not in your pictures. Give the child the task of finding exactly the items in the box that are on the cards.

glacial period

In advance, put various items in a bowl, fill them with water and put them in the freezer. You can make several of these containers with frozen items.

When the water is completely frozen, remove the ice from the bowl and give it to the baby. Offer to do "excavations" - to extract what is inside. Let the child try to come up with a way to get objects out of the ice. Tell him how best to do this: put ice in warm water, put it under a stream of cold water, put it in the sun, etc.

Pay your child's attention to what is happening with the ice at one time or another - so extracting objects from the ice will become not only exciting fun, but also an activity in the world around.

Dough

Surprisingly, even those kids who are tired of plasticine like to sculpt from dough. For this, it is not necessary to make a special mass for modeling. When you cook pies, make dumplings, etc., tear off a piece of dough, give it to your child and offer to mold your own pie.

Meat grinder

A mechanical meat grinder, which our grandmothers still had, will captivate any child for a long time. The main thing is to make sure that the baby does not stick his finger inside when he twists it.

Many different ingredients can be given to “process” in a meat grinder: breakfast cereals, bread, bran in granules, waffles, dough, fruits, vegetables.

You can allocate a product to the baby just for playing, but it’s better to figure out how to use the scrolled meat grinder to good use.

For example, let your child spin a dry cookie. It's fun and easy. The second stage of the game will be the preparation of real cakes: mix condensed milk with the resulting crumb and sculpt sweet balls together with the baby.

Rubber bands on the bottle

This activity is great for developing fine motor skills. You will need elastic bands for bills and plastic bottle. Let the child put the rubber bands on the bottle like bracelets.

cat

Everyone knows how a candy wrapper tied to a thread can tease a kitten. Make such a "teaser" for your baby: from a rectangular candy wrapper twist the "butterfly", tie a rope in the middle and pull as soon as the child tries to catch it. Only at first glance it is simple, in fact, the game requires skill.

blooming flowers

Cut out of paper, preferably from magazine sheets, chamomile. Flower petals should be slightly smaller than the round center. Fold each petal inward towards the center. Pour water into the basin and drop the flowers one at a time with the folded petals up. This is a very fascinating and beautiful sight: the flowers, as if alive, will begin to bloom.

home sand

If the weather or other circumstances do not allow the child to go outside, arrange. Pour manna or other cereals into a basin or baby bath and give the baby a spoon, bowl, mug, etc. to play with.

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