10 simple games for toddler development

Every mother sometimes needs her child to wait 10-15 minutes and not run anywhere, not be naughty and just sit quietly. Unfortunately, only parents of very calm children can sometimes boast of such a state of affairs. If you are on the road or you just need to occupy the baby's attention for a while, we offer wonderful games for the development of children.

GAME "GUESS THE FIGURE"

You need to draw any geometric shape in the air with your finger or pencil, and the child must guess what you have drawn. You can also offer the child to draw with their finger on their hand or another part of their body.

GAME "COUNT THE COLORS"

A very convenient game for those times when you and your child are in line at the doctor's office or riding public transportation. Take any object you have at hand, such as a water bottle, and ask your child to list all the colors he knows on its label.

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GAME "WHERE IS THE TOY HIDDEN"

There are several ways to organize this game. You can simply hide a toy in the room and ask your child to find it so that he runs, or you can use the "hot and cold" technique so that the child finds the item with the help of verbal clues.

GAME "PANTOMIME"

Come up with any profession, for example, a cook, and using facial expressions and gestures, show this word to the child, and let him guess. But the professions should be ones that the child already knows.

"MEMORY GAME"

This game is a great memory trainer! Ask your child to look at you for a few minutes, then turn away and answer your questions. Ask them what color you are wearing, the buttons on your blouse, your shoes, and the color of your nail polish.

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GAME "FILL THE BASKET"

Place your palms together and ask your child to fill this basket with the names of vegetables and fruits that he knows. If there are markers or pencils nearby, you can also immediately choose a pencil in the color of the named fruit.

GAME "ADDITIONAL WORD"

Your task is to name different epithets, for example: beautiful, big, round, fluffy, and let the child choose the appropriate word for each of them. Sometimes this game turns out to be very funny!

ATTENTION TEST

Ask your child to make a splash when you say “splash” and to stamp their foot when you say “thump.” Then gradually alternate between these words and speed up the pace of speech.

GAME "TAKE A FINGER"

Hold out your hand in front of your child. He should place his finger on it and say: “The hares were jumping across the fields and shouting: Hide your fingers!” At the end of this phrase, you should catch the child’s finger, and he should try to quickly remove it from your hand.

GAME "WILD BEAST"

Depict a monster or dinosaur with funny movements and entice the child to repeat after you. If the baby is playing with his dad, you can show different superheroes with movements, and the child will guess who the father wanted to portray.