5 Best Free Child Games for Your Preschooler
There seems to be more and more pressure on parents these days to enrol their pre school children in all sorts of innovative learning programs. There are music and swimming classes, craft centres and activities to promote movement, motor skills or sporting ability.
Did you know some of the best learning tools for your kids are right at your fingertips, literally! We as parents are the primary carers and therefore the first teachers of our children before they start school. Without all the classes and activities that we could pay for them to do, just playing simple free child games, your kids will get all the stimulation and encouragement that they need to get the best start.
By providing them with an enriched environment with free activities based around your home and neighbourhood you will get more quality time with your children while enhancing their imagination and creativity.
Top 5 Free Child Games / Activities- Indoors
1. Storytelling- Telling stories to children promotes language, listening skills and imagination. Don't feel confined to reading from books, tell your children a special family story that helps them to know their place in the world. How mum and dad met, how great grandpa sailed in a tall-ship to start a new life in a new country, or the story of their birth. These tales will delight them time and time again, perhaps you have photos to help them put faces to names.
2. Dressing Up- As children the dress-ups box was always our favorite treasure trove for creating characters for a play or story. Pretending to be dinosaurs, truck drivers, doctors, zoo keepers or even mum can keep children entertained for hours. The more props the better so always have a store of blankets for cubbies or tents and assorted boxes for cars, dolls beds or wherever their imagination takes them.
3. Music- Children love a chance to dance and jump around. By the age of three they will already have some favorites which will probably have actions to match. Given the opportunity to march, stomp, clap or any other loud action will be happily accompanied by any musical instruments that you have around the house. If you don't have any, a pot and wooden spoon will do just fine!
4. Craft- By using recycled materials you just need some glue, a little inspiration, and your child's creativity will do the rest. Materials can be used to create collages, space rockets, animals and a whole lot more. Keep a ready supply of recyclables by keeping cereal boxes, toilet rolls, candy wrappers, magazines and yoghurt containers. Other crafty ideas can involve play dough, paint, crayons, chalk and modelling clay! The ideas are endless.
5. Board Games and Card Games- Fun for the whole family or just two bored kids looking for something to do on a rainy day. For younger children these games help them with numerical skills, taking turns and gamesmanship, as well as the concept of chance and that anyone can win the game. Super for holidays as they are easy to set up and can last for hours. There are many card games to learn from easy kids games right up complicated ones for teenagers and adults. Best of all, the only equipment needed is a deck of cards. Board games like Scrabble and Monopoly have been played for generations and will continue to be, unless everything becomes computerised!
Most of these activities will be known to you, but have you played them all? If not, then get out there and enjoy some free child games with your tribe, they'll love you all the more for spending some one on one time with them.
The place to go for all your games needs for 0-6 year olds is Kids Fun and Games. Educational baby and toddler games, party games, crafts, indoor and outdoor games, festivals and more.
Latest News
New Yoga with Your Baby DVD Program Enlightens and Supports New ... MarketWatch - ... Parenting Center, is an inspiring tutorial that helps parents bond more consciously with their babies and toddlers through yoga, music, and mindfulness. ... |
Babies develop on their own timetable St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - Fine motor skills of a two-year-old toddler include drawing a line and building a tower of seven blocks. Three-year-olds should be able to throw a ball ... |
 Examiner.com | Holiday airplane travel tips for parents Examiner.com - If you are traveling with babies, toddlers and older children this holiday season, here are a few things to keep in mind. Babies: Bring the obvious baby ... |
 3 News NZ | Fears that Kiwi babies will contine to be abused and killed 3 News NZ, New Zealand - While the jury may have answered the question of who killed toddler Nia Glassie, communities all over the country are still asking how such cruelty could ... |
 New York Times | If a Baby Has a Fever, Treatment All Depends New York Times, United States - Pediatricians often need to reassure parents when their toddler or preschooler has a high fever. Yes, we say, your daughter has a temperature of 103, ... |
Sherri Shepherd Says Son is 'So Into Politics' Celebrity Baby Blog, NY - If you've ever brought your toddler to the office, you know that there are bound to be moments where you can do nothing more than hold your breath and hope ... |
Community Events Calendar Nantucket Independent, USA - 10 - 10:30 am Toddler Time Story time for toddlers ages 18-36 months. Free admission. No reservation required, but program is limited to first 30 attendees. ... |
An adventure in baby food land: Starting my own co-op Centre Daily Times, PA - I think developing a taste for different foods and textures early on can at least help combat some of the toddler pickiness that comes later. ... |
 Washington Post | Dani Garavelli : A child in need Scotsman, United Kingdom - Within weeks, the illiterate odd-job man moved in and began using the toddler as a punchbag. But, throughout his campaign of violence, Baby P's mother ... A system that has once again failed a child in desperate need Baby P's mother boasts: I'll be home by Christmas MPs and charities call for independent investigation |
• Weighing-In The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY - A "super obese toddler" is a baby that has exceeded the medical charts for normal weight. These babies are the innocent victims of perhaps well-meaning ... |
Resources
-
Sorry there are no resources available at this time