Baby Care

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When a baby is born and begins to understand the reality, the priority of the parents (other than the satisfaction of his natural needs) is to help the child development. The easiest, pleasant and painless way for parents and for children are developing games.

Sociability (Communication Building)
Many children experience difficulties in communication caused by excessive shyness or child’s fears. Child development games are used in order to overcome the obscurity. It is effective to do this in the unfamiliar group of children. They help children learn more about each other, identify common interests, learn how to build communication and to interact successfully.

“I’m looking for …” (for children from 4.5 years). The leader says a phrase, for example: “I’m looking for the one who has blonde hair”, while all the blond children hide. The kid who has not fulfilled the task, becomes the leader and asks questions.

“Find a friend” (for children from 5 years). The children (or children and adults) are split into pairs, one of the partners is blindfolded and is given an opportunity to freely walk around the hall and then is asked to “find a friend”. Even if your child chooses the wrong person, the game continues and the players are changing roles.

“Rainbow” (for children from 4 years). Children are in a circle, while leader is in the center. The leader calls the color, and every child should have to find that color for example on clothing of the child next to him. The kid who has not fulfilled the task, becomes the leader.

Emotionality

Often, that due to circumstances (external effects) the child is closed, hampering their own emotions, and therefore also difficult to interpret emotion expressed by others. Games that improve emotionality will help your child learn to fearlessly express your own emotions, feelings and sentiments to guess around.

“Photo” (for children from 4 years). These games are possible to play in a group of children, as well as between the child and the adult(s). The child(ren) is shown a photo image of a character with some pronounced emotion. A kid(s) is asked to describe how that person feels.

“Emotions” (for children from 4 years). Kids are in a circle, leader requests to show any emotion (joy, sadness, longing, sadness and so on). In addition to the basic mental health effects the exercise also promotes the mobility of the child’s facial expressions.

Coordination and development of the vestibular apparatus

In the period of active growth some kind of children’s clumsiness and crumpled movements are natural. Dancing and body orientating technology can help the baby to develop a coordination.

“Create a dance” (for children from 5 years). Turn rhythmic music, ask the kids form a circle and alternately strike any dance movement. Every child should show his movement, and the remaining members should repeat.

“Magic Ball” (for children from 5 years). The leader invites kids to imagine that they are in a fantastic ball, for example, on the ocean floor. Each of the kids chooses a sea inhabitant, whom he/she would portray (copy the motion). The leader, in this case Neptune, selects the party he most liked – that in turn becomes the new leader and offers, for example, go to “air ball”, where each participant will represent one of the flying creatures. And so on.

“Freeze!” (for children from 4 years). Leader plays rhythmic music and children randomly dance, jump, clap, and shout to the music… When the leading ends music and says “Freeze!” children should be fixed on the spot. You can encourage the best playing child with an executive prize.

Developing games will help your child to be open and become more sociable, attentive to others and lift their own mental stress, overcome fears and complexes. Favorable therapeutic effect is achieved by means of games quite easily and delivers a true joy to your child!