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Kindergarten Math Games That Make Learning Fun from the Start

Looking for ways to make math fun for young learners? Check out these kindergarten math games! They teach all the basic math skills kindergartners need to master and are sure to engage every kid in the learning process.

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1. Conquer cardinality with penguin dominoes

Kindergarten math students work to master cardinality, understanding that written numerals correspond to the number of items pictured. These free printable penguin dominoes make the concept fun to practice.

Learn more: Playdough to Plato

2. Put together puzzles to gain number sense

Kindergarten math students learn to understand that numbers can be represented in a variety of ways. These free printable puzzles help them practice those skills.

Learn more: Tickled Pink in Primary

3.

Play teen-number bingo

This free printable game helps little ones master their numbers from 11 to 20, both as numerals and represented on ten-frames.

Learn more: The Measured Mom

4. Stack cups and count to 100

Kids love stacking things, so they’ll get a kick out of kindergarten math games that make use of stackable cups. This one has them doing it with 100 cups while they count! Turn it into a competition by putting them in teams and timing them to see who can finish the task the fastest.

Learn more: Kindergarten Smorgasboard/100 Cups

5. Visit the skip-counting store

How fun is this? Grab some toys and label them with price tags in increments of 10 cents. Give kids a handful of plastic dimes, and have them count out the amount needed for each “purchase.”

Learn more: Creative Family Fun/Skip Counting Store

6. Have a rubber duck race

In this game, kids race to see who can be the first to get their rubber duckies to 10 (or any number you choose). They roll a die and lay out tiles to move their duck. The twist? To get to 10 at the end, they must roll the exact number they need—no going over! Kindergarten math games like this one are terrific for practicing counting on, basic addition, and making 10.

Learn more: Happy Toddler Playtime

7. Practice counting on with cards and dice

Remove the face cards from a deck of playing cards and grab a pair of dice. The first player turns over a card and then rolls the dice. The number on the dice indicates how far they “count on” from the card. (For example, a player turns over a three and rolls a four. They say, “Three: four, five, six, seven.”) If the player gets it right, they keep the card, and the other player(s) get a turn.

Learn more: Creative Family Fun/Counting On

8. Skip-count with craft sticks

There are endless ways to use craft sticks in the classroom. For this game, number a series of colorful sticks by fives, as shown. Kids can practice by putting them in order first. Then, have a student draw a stick and count on by fives from that number to 100—if they draw 75, they then count 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100. If they get it right, they keep the stick, and the next player takes a turn.

Learn more: Simply Kinder

9. Match teen numbers

Once they’ve mastered the numbers 1 to 10, it’s time to understand how those numerals add up to make bigger numbers. These free printable cards show numerals and matching bundles of sticks that deconstruct each teen number into tens and ones.

Learn more: The Kindergarten Connection

10. Compare numbers with dominoes

Kindergartners learn to compare numbers to determine which is larger and which smaller. Stacking math cubes based on the numbers on dominoes is a fun, hands-on way to compare the two numbers side by side, making it easier to see the difference.

Learn more: My Fabulous Class

11. Face off and compare numbers

You’ll need some small toys for this game, as well as polyhedral dice. Kids roll and place the number of items on their side. Then, they compare the two to see which is bigger.

Learn more: Natalie Lynn Kindergarten

12. Make 10 with two-sided chips

You’ll need counting chips that are a different color on each side for this activity. Kids shake up 10 chips in a cup and pour them out on the table. Then they see how many they have of each color and write that number bond to make 10.

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13. Throw snowballs to make 10

Make “snowballs” from paper (or any way you like), then place them in a bucket at one end of the room. Start kids out by having them toss snowballs into another bucket until they reach 10 (or any target number). Then, up the challenge by placing some snowballs in each bucket and have kids figure out how many more they need to toss in to make 10.

Learn more: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls—Snowball Math Games

14. Use Uno cards to play addition war

In the card game War, players each flip an Uno card, and the one whose card is greatest takes them both. In this twist on one of our favorite kindergarten games, players each flip two cards. They then use counting blocks to represent the numbers and count on or add to find the sum. The largest sum wins the hand, and play continues.

Learn more: Planning Playtime—Addition Game

15. Roll and add for fluency within 5

Kindergarten math students work to become fluent in adding and subtracting within 5. This free printable board game makes it fun!

Learn more: Liz’s Early Learning Spot

16. Get four in a row and learn place value

This customizable game helps teach the early place-value concept of tens plus ones. Get it for free at the link.

Learn more: Two Boys and a Dad

17. Bowl and subtract within 10

Set up a toy bowling pin set (or make one from plastic bottles or toilet-paper tubes). Kids bowl and see how many pins they knock down, subtracting that number from 10. Then they repeat, this time subtracting from the previous answer. First to get to zero wins!

Learn more: Planning Playtime—Subtraction Worksheets

18. Get off my boat!

So simple, so engaging, so fun! Use tape to outline a boat shape on the floor (or try this outside with sidewalk chalk). Let some kids board the “boat,” then make some get off. Use those numbers to write a subtraction number sentence and solve the equation!

Learn more: Kindergarten Smorgasboard—Get Off My Boat!

19. Drive and compare numbers to music

Prep for this game by using dot markers on paper plates as shown (visit the link below for more examples). Each kid takes a plate then uses it to “drive” around the room as you play music. When the music stops, they find a nearby partner and compare what they see on each other’s plates (e.g., “8 dots is more than 4 dots. 1 green dot is less than 4 green dots.” Then start the music up and repeat!

20. Build a weigh station

Use a hanger and plastic cups to build a super-simple weigh station. Kids will love dropping items into the cups to see which weighs more or less. Turn it into a game by having them try to guess which object weighs more first or how many of one item equals another.

21. Battle it out in ribbon war

Looking for kindergarten math games that teach non-standard measurement? This idea is fun and easy. Cut colorful ribbons into a variety of lengths and place them in a bag. Each student pulls a ribbon from the bag. Then, put students in pairs and have them compare their ribbons to identify the longer one. The student with the longer ribbon keeps both, and the game continues.

22. Hold a shape scavenger hunt

Kindergarten math students are learning to recognize shapes in their environment and also to categorize and sort. This scavenger hunt does it all! Send them out to find objects in the room that match the shapes. Then count and compare to see how many you have in each category.

Learn more: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls—Shape Scavenger Hunt

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Hop along a shapes maze

Use sidewalk chalk to lay out a shape maze on the playground or driveway. Choose a shape and hop from one to the next, or call out a different shape for every jump!

Learn more: Creative Family Fun—Shape Maze

24. Make a match to learn shapes

Grab these free printable memory cards at the link. Then play and learn the basic shapes.

Learn more: Life Over C’s

25. Guess the mystery shapes

Work on geometry terms like “sides” and “vertices” when you sort shapes using these attributes. Start by placing 3D shapes into paper bags and asking students questions like “The shape in this bag has 4 sides. What could it be?”

Learn more: Susan Jones Teaching

Love these kindergarten math games? You’ll also enjoy these 50 Kindergarten Math Word Problems of the Day!

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Counting Games for Kindergarteners Online

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q1: What are the activities to learn counting numbers?

Ans: To learn counting numbers, students can use pictures to count, they can also count on fingers or use counters to count. Kids can learn counting numbers by playing games or using fun drawing and coloring activities and worksheets Further, they can also count forward or backward to practice counting.

Q2: How do we introduce counting to kids?

Ans: We can introduce counting to kids by looking at the things and objects in our surroundings and asking them "how many objects are there"? Kids learn to count by using their fingers. They may also use counters to count all the objects. Once they can easily count things up to 5, they can be gradually taught to count larger quantities using other counting techniques.

Q3: Till what number a child should be able to count in kindergarten?

Ans: A kindergartener should be able to count till 20 using various tools such as fingers on the hand, pictures, counters and objects.

Basic math and number concepts learnt in prekindergarten or kindergarten classroom lays the foundation for understanding higher math concepts. Counting is an essential foundation skill which kids begin learning through preschool activities. By the start of the first day of kindergarten, the kids are expected to count from 1 to 10 (basic rote memorization) and recognize some numerals. In kindergarten, the kids are expected to count to 100, count group of objects up to 20 and create complex patterns.

Kindergarten math involves variety of skills that includes:

1: Numeral Identification which involves identification or recognition of all 10 numerals from 0 to 9. The kindergarten curriculum expects kids to learn number names for numbers from 0 to 20.

2: Counting which involves learning counting strategies like count out loud, touch and count, move and count, line up and count, and count on.

3: Pattern recognition and creation which starts with recognizing pattern in the objects and extend to observing patterns in the number system.

4: Classifying and sorting which develops logical reasoning skills and divergent thinking in kids.

Numeral Identification and counting sequence: In kindergarten, the kids learn to count to 100 by ones and tens. They learn forward rote counting by ones from any number less than 100. When counting by tens, they are expected to count only by decades like 10, 20, 30, …. etc. The kids practice kindergarten worksheets to develop fluency with number sequence.

The kids learn to write numbers 0-20 in words. They also learn to represent a number by pictures or objects. For example, the kids can represent number 8 by 8 pictures or 8 tiles.

Count to tell the number of objects in a set: The kids develop an understanding of numbers. They understand the relationship between the numbers and the quantities. They first learn one-to-one correspondence with numbers and objects. They connect one number with each object. They begin by counting objects in small sets.

The kids also understand the order irrelevance while counting. They understand that the number of objects in a set remains the same irrespective of the arrangement or the order in which the objects are counted. Also, they understand that each successive number is one quantity larger. The kids practice various counting worksheets to strengthen their skills.

Counting strategies:

Count out Loud: Counting out loud in everyday routine with kids can be fun way to develop fluency in counting. There are so many counting games that can be played in everyday routine. For example, asking kids to count the steps aloud while walking can develop fluency in counting. The games like counting crows sitting on a tree or counting coins can improve their counting skills.
Touch and count: When asked to count a group of objects, the kids touch each object and say 1 each time. They may touch the objects randomly at first. With proper instructions, the kids learn to math counts in sequence. They touch each object and count 1, 2, 3,…..
Count and Move: Another strategy to teach counting is to move the objects being counted to another place. This strategy eliminates the chances of double counting any object.
Line up and count: In this strategy, the objects are lined up and the kids are asked to say the counting sequence while touching the objects from left to right or right to left.
Counting on: This strategy enables the kids to count new objects without recounting the already counted objects. For example, give kids four coins and ask him/her to count them. Now, give him/her two more coins. By using counting on strategy, the kid will start counting coins from five, six, instead of counting coins from 1.

Pattern Recognition & Creation: Understanding patterns is an important everyday math concept. The kids start learning and recognizing patterns at an infant stage. There are many toddler games based on pattern recognition. Understanding this form an important part of the early childhood education. The first type of patterns introduced at pre school are AB patterns. These are the patterns that involve two objects lined up in an alternating manner. For example, car bike car bike and so on. Gradually, the understanding of the math patterns grows among kids. They develop their skill from recognizing AB pattern to understanding ABC pattern and much more. The skills are further enhanced by practicing various pattern worksheets.

This understanding enables kids to recognize the recurring math patterns in counting. When counting, they notice the recurring pattern of the digits from 0 to 9. This makes it easier for them to learn the long counting sequence up to billions and trillions.

Sorting and Classifying to compare numbers: Sorting and classifying forms a part of preschool activities or kindergarten worksheets. These activities or worksheets develop logical reasoning skills which in turns develop comparing skills in the kids. While comparing two different sets of objects, for example, apple and oranges, the kids can be made to put all the apples in one group and all the oranges in another group. They may then be asked to arrange all the apples in one line and oranges in another line. Sorting and arranging objects in a line makes comparison easier. Sorting and comparing different objects in groups are some of the activities which form the base for understanding higher mathematical concepts. The kids develop skills to compare numbers presented to them in different ways. They compare number of objects in different sets to identify which set has fewer or lesser objects.

Strategies for comparing numbers:

Matching numbers
Counting strategies
Equal strategies

Manipulatives For Learning Counting

Learning Math concepts become fun when manipulatives are incorporated in the learning. The abstract concepts like counting and numbers are easier to understand through manipulatives. For example, the kids often get distracted when counting to 20 or higher numbers. This problem can be solved by coin counter. Giving 20 coin counters to kids for counting, he/she will likely use on-to-one correspondence and count all 20 counters without getting distracted.

These counters also proves beneficial in teaching sorting and pattern recognization to kids. For example, verbally telling patterns to the kids might confuse them. However, showing the pattern through coin counter makes it easier for them to understand and they are able to continue the same pattern.

Learning counting in a fun way

Counting the beans: Developing fluency in counting to 10.

Take 10 plastic cups and label them 1-10. Give a bowl filled with marbles to the kids and ask them to put marbles in each cup. The number of marbles in each cup should be same as the number labelled on them.

Memory matchup- Fish counts: This activity aims to develop number sense and skills to count to 10.

The game will have 20 cards. Of which 10 cards will have numerals from 1 – 10 and the other 10 cards will have pictures of fish from 1 – 10. The game is played by mixing up the cards and laying them in rows face down. The player 1 turn over any two cards, if the cards match, that is, the fish counts and the number on the cards are the same. He/She keeps the cards. If they do not match, they are turned back over. The players need to remember what was on each card and the place where they are. The game gets over when all the cards are matched. The player with the maximum number of match cards won the game.

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Fun games in kindergarten - Kindergarten and child

This article contains fun games in kindergarten. The games were prepared by Natalya Prishchepenok, a methodologist at the Kirov Children's and Children's Educational Institution. Illustration by Anna Lukyanova.

Kindergarten fun game "Guess the syllable"

This is an active fun game that can be played in the kindergarten on a walk or in the gym. The main thing is that the players have a flat surface under their feet.

Any fun game in kindergarten is not just for fun, it sets a number of developmental goals and objectives.

The purpose of the fun game "Guess the syllable" is to train children's attention, ability to listen and take actions only after they understand what is being said. Also during this fun game in kindergarten, children get acquainted with new words and concepts. Each time, giving the teams words, the teacher should ask the children if they know the meaning of a particular word, and if not, introduce the children to an unfamiliar concept.

A line is drawn on the floor or on the ground, along which the players stand. Up to twenty people can play, divided into two teams. You need to stand up as follows: the toe of one leg is at the line, the second leg is slightly behind.

The task of the team members - having heard his word, which the leader will say, cross the line and hit someone from the other team. Then everything is repeated from the beginning.

Words can be different, meaning that each time both pairs of words begin with the same syllables. Each pair of words can be repeated five or six times. The host pronounces the word, deliberately stretching the first syllable to give the game intrigue and interest the children. Before each change of words, the leader agrees with the teams who will have which word.

Examples of word pairs: cow - crown, butterfly - grandmother, camel - helicopter, plane - scooter, cheburek - Cheburashka, transition - pass, dam - carpenter, change - break, desert - emptiness, ball - scarf, mittens -

Fun game for kindergarten "Dandelions"

Fun game "Dandelions" is held in kindergarten to develop children's coordination, develop attention.

Up to twenty people can participate in the fun game "Dandelions". All children stand in a circle. The right palm is raised up, and the index finger of the left hand is placed on the neighbor's open palm.

The facilitator says that everyone is now becoming a dandelion, and dandelions have this feature: when the sun is shining, their flowers are open, and if it starts to rain, all the flowers are closed. The left hand of all the players symbolizes the bee, which must be sure to quickly fly away from the flower when it closes so that it does not close in a dandelion.

If the leader says: “Sun”, all palms are open, and the “bee” fingers of each are on the palm of the player on the left. When the host says: “Rain”, everyone should close their palms and try to simultaneously catch the neighbor’s finger with their right palm, and quickly remove their finger from the neighbor’s palm on the left to prevent him from catching it.

This fun game always brings excitement. You can also play it for the winner: each time those who are caught leave the circle.

Fun game for kindergarten “What do you take with you?”

This fun game can be played standing or sitting in a circle. The leader tells each player where he is going. The player must say which item he will take. The subject must begin with the same letter as the place where the player is going. For example:

- You go to the cinema and take with you ...

— Envelope.

- You go to the theater and take with you ...

- Cake.

Anyone who cannot name a word starting with the corresponding letter is out of the game.

Second option. The players throw the ball to each other, saying where to go. The one to whom the ball was thrown catches it and says that he takes it with him. Then he throws the ball to the next player.

For example:

- You go to school and take with you ...

- Chocolate.

— You go to kindergarten and take with you…

- Bag.

This fun game for kindergarten always brings joy to the children.

A modification of this fun kindergarten game is the Knock-Knock-Knock Train game.

Fun game for kindergarten "Tuk-tuk-tuk"

All players stand in a circle. The host goes in a circle with the words: “Tuk-tuk-tuk, the engine makes a cheerful sound!”. After that, the train stops in front of someone and the host announces: "Station ...", pronouncing the name of the city. The one in front of whom the train stopped says: “I take with me ...”, naming an object whose name begins with the same letter as the name of the station. He then joins the train, becoming a trailer, and they continue to walk in circles together. This continues until all participants in the game join the train..

Fun game for kindergarten “A walk in the zoo”

Children are divided into two teams. Each team has the task of pulling out a figurine of an animal from a box or bag and depicting it in such a way that the other team guesses what kind of animal it is. You can show animals individually. When showing, you need to depict the characteristic features of animals.

A variant of this fun game is the animal relay race. Teams pull animals out of the bag at the same time and, at the command of the host, move to the finish line in the same way as these animals move. Sounds cannot be produced.

Animal examples: frog, hare, cat, deer, horse, bear, snake, fox, tortoise, squirrel, chicken.

Variant of the game: one team, having taken an animal out of the bag, depicts how it moves, and the second team, having guessed this animal, voices it, imitating the voice of the animal. This game can also be paired and individual.

Fun game for kindergarten "Singing Zoo"

The game develops creativity.

Task - sing (grunt, croak, hum, etc.) a famous song in the voice of an animal.

The task can be executed individually or by commands. The animal, with the voice of which the children will sing, can be pulled out of the bag, as in previous games - in the form of a toy.

Fun game for kindergarten "Chorus from the Zoo"

The game develops attention, the ability to hear. Everyone is divided into groups of three. Everyone in the group thinks of some kind of animal (or the leader whispers the names of animals in everyone's ear). Then, at the signal of the host, all together in a trio loudly make sounds with which the hidden animal “talks”. Everyone else guesses which animals were guessed. And so each group in turn.

A more complex version - the sounds are made not by one group, but by several.

Fun game for kindergarten "Logic chain"

The game develops logical thinking, creative imagination, enriches vocabulary. In the game, children learn to build sentences, argue their point of view.

Both two teams and children divided into pairs can play.

Each team makes a chain of objects, and the other team explains how these objects are sequentially connected to each other. Then the teams change. The same process occurs in pairs. The explanation may be similar to a logically built story, or it may be based solely on the description and parameters of objects. For example, a toy dog is made of the same material as a toy apple - plastic. The car is the same color as the apple - red. The doll is also plastic, and her dress is red. The cube is square, like the body of the typewriter.

There may be a creative logical explanation. For example: on the table there are a toy dog, an apple, a car, a doll, a cube lined up in a row. The explanation can be, for example, this: the owner of the dog loves to eat apples and always takes them with him when he walks the dog. Apples are brought to the store by a car. And next to the store that sells apples, there is a toy store that sells dolls and blocks.

Do not limit children with any rules and algorithms for finding a logical connection between objects, let them think for themselves. This game will also be a little diagnostic - during it you can see how children think, who has more figurative thinking, and who has practical.

Fun game for kindergarten “Find the object”

The purpose of the game is to study or repeat letters, enrich vocabulary, develop the ability to act quickly on a task.

Can be played indoors and outdoors.

Task — within a certain time to find in the kindergarten for a group or in the area objects whose names begin with the letter that the host calls. Everyone must either bring an item or go up to it and show it to the host, naming this item.

Fun game for kindergarten "Guess the details"

Task - Guess the object by one of its details drawn in the picture or presented in the photograph.

You can play both in teams and individually. The game develops observation, attention and imaginative thinking.

Examples of items:

Bicycle (you can show the handlebar)

Skis (ski bindings)

Hat with earflaps (ears)

Watermelon (watermelon tail)

Cat (tail)

Car (headlight, wheel or steering wheel)

Moon (lunar craters)

House (roof, chimney, porch)

Elevator (buttons)

Computer (mouse)

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Lock (keyhole)

Key (key beard)

Skates (skate blades)

Boots (laces)

Shoes (heels)

Boots (zipper).

Fun game for kindergarten "Fly away - stay"

This game is also suitable for direct educational activities in the educational area "The World Around".

The task of children is to guess which birds are wintering and which are migratory, waving their hands like wings, when the host calls the birds that fly away to warm countries for the winter, that is, migratory birds, and stay in place, nothing doing, if the host calls the birds that stay with us for the winter, that is, not migratory. You can also show the children pictures of birds.

Examples of birds: sparrow, crow, swan, duck, black grouse, partridge, thrush, dove, parrot, rook, hen, oriole, penguin (because it doesn't fly at all, it can bring a fun animation to the game).

Fun game for kindergarten "Whose portrait?"

The game develops attention, observation, the ability to act in a team.

Task — each of the teams (there can be 3-5 people in a team) needs to find out the portrait of which literary hero is in front of them by one of the details shown to them. The team that correctly guesses more portraits in one minute wins. The task can be completed individually. You can draw portraits and their elements yourself or use real objects. As an option, you can simultaneously offer children these works so that they compare characters and books.

Examples of literary characters and elements of their portraits: Pinocchio - cap, nose; Malvina - blue hair with a bow; Karabas-Barabas - beard; Chicken Ryaba - a golden egg; Chippolino - green onion feathers; Cinderella - shoe, pumpkin; Puss in Boots - boots; Harry Potter - wand, glasses; Little Red Riding Hood - hat, basket.

Fun game for kindergarten "News"

The presenter plays the role of the presenter of a TV news program. All children stand in a circle. The presenter says: “Dear viewers! Look at the news from the city (names the city). In this city today, everyone ... (names some action). All other players perform this action. For example, dancing, jumping and so on. The leader evaluates the quality of the task and chooses the one who liked him more than the others. This person becomes the new leader. It is desirable that as many players as possible be the hosts.

More complicated: the action can match the name of the city from which the news is “displayed”.

Fun game for kindergarten "Pieces"

The game develops attention, the ability to divide words into syllables and compose words from syllables, vocabulary replenishment.

Task - two or more teams of children (there can be from three to five people in a team) are given a set of words cut into syllables. The task of the teams is to add as many words as possible from the proposed sets of syllables - “pieces of words” in five minutes. You can also play individually.

Cheerful game for kindergarten "A cheerful start"

The game develops thinking, memory; With the help of this game, children replenish their active vocabulary. You can play in teams and individually.

Task - get a card with a sound "image" of laughter from the "Funny bag": "Ha-ha", "Hee-hee", "Ho-ho", "He-he" and, having laughed appropriately, say as many words as possible that start with that syllable. The winner is the participant who, in one minute, remembers more words that begin with the corresponding syllable.

Fun game for kindergarten "Who can count faster"

This fun game develops attention, thinking, mathematical skills, reaction speed, and the ability to count to ten.

Teams of 10 people participate. Each person is assigned a number that can be written on a card and attached to the player. Players stand one after another in a column so that the numbers go in order.

The leader calls the numbers of the players, they run to the line with the flags, run around the flags and come back. The team in which the player runs faster than the players of the other teams wins.

An advanced version for children who can count to ten.

The host first sets an arithmetic example within ten. Children solve it, get an answer. The person whose number matches the answer of the example is running.

Option for children who can count within a hundred.

The host calls two-digit numbers, the players run in twos, those whose numbers are included in the called number. Also, the presenter can set examples, where the answer is two-digit numbers.

Fun game for kindergarten “Drive”

All children sit on chairs and pretend to drive a car, saying all the words in chorus: “We are driving, we are driving a car, how fast the tires are rushing! Suddenly we saw a sign! Explain what to do? How?".

After these words, the facilitator shows the children some kind of road sign, one of those that are studied in the classes on the rules of the road in kindergarten. Children explain who and what should do, if there is this sign.

In this game, it is very convenient to use the educational games "Road Signs", "Laws of Streets and Roads", "ABC of Safety" and demonstration materials "Observe traffic rules", "Signs on the roads".

Two teams can participate in this game: one is “drivers” and the other is “pedestrians”. It's great if the kindergarten has a specially equipped area for learning the rules of the road, then the game can take place there.

Fun game for kindergarten "Getting Together"

The game develops attention, the ability to hear others, to act in a team.

Everyone stands in a circle, the host passes behind the circle and in each ear, so that others do not hear, calls some literary or cartoon character. There should be so many options for heroes that they make up several groups of three to five people.

Then the facilitator explains that all the same characters should get together in a group, but without naming themselves, but by saying some phrases that they say in a literary work. Alternatively, you can say these phrases in the ear of the players, but this will slow down the pace of the game.

For example:

Wolf from the cartoon "Just you wait!" - the phrase "Well, hare, wait a minute!".

Cat Matroskin from the work "Uncle Fyodor, Dog and Cat" - the phrases "Moustache, paws and tail - these are my documents!", "And I can even use a typewriter ... And embroider with a cross."

Little jackdaw from the same place - the phrase "Who's there?".

Cat Leopold - the phrase "Let's live together!".

Fox Alice from the fairy tale "The Golden Key or the Adventures of Pinocchio" - the phrase "Poor Pinocchio!".

Winnie the Pooh from the fairy tale "Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all" - the phrases "Who visits in the morning, he acts wisely!", "These are the wrong bees!", "Both of them, and you can without bread. "

Piglet from the same work - the phrase "It seems it's going to rain!".

Donkey Eeyore - the phrase "And it goes in and out, it comes out great!".

Each character's phrases may be different.

The task of the players is to understand that these phrases also belong to their hero and unite into a group. When all the same heroes unite, they must say one of their phrases in unison.

Fun game for kindergarten "Let's go, let's go"

The game develops attention, speed of reaction, coordination of movements.

All children sit or stand in a circle, clapping their knees, say: “Let's go, let's go…”, against this background, the leader periodically names some part of the body. Everyone should take her hand. For example: “Let's go, let's go ... Nose! Let's go, let's go ... Heel! Let's go, let's go ... Ear! Let's go, let's go ... Neighbor's ear!

The facilitator deliberately confuses the children by not doing what he says.

The task of children is not to get confused by carefully listening to the leader. The children's mistakes and the host's witty comments make this game especially fun.

Fun game for kindergarten "Forbidden Number"

The game is designed for children who already know how to count to one hundred. The game develops attention. All players stand in a circle.

Task - count to one hundred, without naming the agreed figure and those numbers where this figure is included. For example, the number four. Instead of saying this number, you need to perform some action: clap your hands, jump, sit down. Every time you play this game, you can "prohibit" some other number and do a different action.

Those who make a mistake are out of the game. So the most attentive will remain in the circle.

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What are the games in kindergarten

What are they playing in kindergarten? This question is of interest to many parents: it is the game that develops the child, makes him stronger, faster, smarter and more attentive.

In an outdoor game, muscles and immunity are strengthened, coordination develops, in an intellectual game, memory improves, attention expands vocabulary and knowledge about the world, and thinking develops.

Games for children in kindergarten are organized by educators, taking into account the age and training of their pupils. It can be indoor or outdoor activities.

What kinds of games are there?

Different types of games for children are practiced in the kindergarten: creative, didactic, mobile, folk. Some of them are individual, others are group, some are held at the initiative of the teacher, others are played by the kids themselves:

in creative - role-playing, design, theatrical games the child develops imagination, communication skills, learns to control facial expressions and voice, draw and build. Any activity can be creative: from gatherings with dolls to sculpting houses in the sandbox;
in the didactic game for preschoolers, intellectual abilities develop: children learn to pronounce sounds and recognize letters, get the very first counting skills, recognize the names of objects and gain other knowledge;
an outdoor game for children in a group is an ideal way to improve their health and support immunity, develop coordination, strength and agility. Kids love this variety the most;
it is difficult to distinguish a folk game for kindergarten children from a mobile game, but, in addition to physical activity, it also gives an incentive to develop intelligence.

All types of games in the group are controlled by the teacher. He cares about the safety of the children and sets the rules if required.

What kind of group games are there in kindergarten?

There are a lot of options, and the choice depends solely on the teacher: it is he who sets the rules. Here we will tell you what games are played in the younger (3-4 years old), middle (4-5 years old), older (6-7 years old) groups of kindergarten. Not all are listed: you can find descriptions of other activities on the Internet.

For 3-4 years old

"Silence"

Participants disperse around the room in a chaotic manner. As soon as the teacher says a certain phrase, the participants lie down and pretend to be asleep. Those who don't sleep well enough lose. Instead of a teacher, there may be a child. Then the loser becomes the leader.

Don't be late

Blocks or other toys are placed on the floor. Each participant takes a place at his cube. The host gives a signal and the participants scatter. As soon as he says: "Don't be late!" - they return. The one who took his place last loses.

Cucumber

the other - those whom he will catch. Participants approach the "trap" skipping while he pronounces the sentence. As soon as it ends, the children scatter, and the leader catches them.

For 4-5 years old

Cat and Mouse

They play in the kindergarten. Benches or chairs are placed against the walls. In one corner is a "cat" - the leader. As soon as the "cat" falls asleep, the "mice" scatter. Waking up, the "cat" begins to meow and catch "mice". They must run to their places and hide. If the "cat" has not caught anyone, it returns to its place.

"Wider step"

Hoops are laid out on the playground of the kindergarten - in two or three rows, five in each. Children begin to step over their hoop to hoop. Their task is not to touch the hoops, not to go beyond them. At the end they jump up and down and clap their hands.

Camera

Camera can be played as a group or with one or two players. Participants are shown a picture for 5-6 seconds, then removed. The task of the participants is to accurately describe what is shown in the picture.

White-sided Magpie

This is one of the group activities that can easily be transformed into an individual one. Several items are laid out on the table. The task of the child is to remember what items were lying. After 5-10 seconds, he turns away, and the host replaces one or two items. Turning to the table, the participant must say what exactly was missing.

"Associations"

The teacher shows some pictures. Participants must find something in common between them. These can be both logical associations (for example, pictures of a giraffe, elephant, dog, cat or plates, forks, glasses, pots) and illogical ones (bed, washbasin, soap, plate, shoes). If these are illogical associations, the participants must come up with a mini-story and link the objects together.

For 6-7 years old

Older groups in the kindergarten enjoy playing both outdoor and intellectual games. Often they are associated with preparation for school: they teach you to count, help you remember letters and learn to read.

At the age of 6-7 they leave the preschool age, and the teacher may well bring checkers, dominoes, "monopoly" and other board games. Relay races are also suitable, especially with the participation of parents.

Two or three groups of children participate in relay races. They perform tasks for speed: they run, carry sand, inflate balloons. The fastest team that did not break the rules wins.

The game "Mirror" is suitable for everyone. The teacher or leader from among peers stands in the center. A prohibited movement is determined. The host starts moving, and the participants must repeat everything exactly, except for the taboo. The one who failed or violated the taboo becomes the leader.

How are games chosen?

When choosing, they take into account the characteristics of the group in the kindergarten, age, level of development, even the weather. In the warm season, outdoor activities are optimal. In bad weather, it is better to make up for the lack of physical activity in the kindergarten building, and on the street - make riddles, learn songs, play "Camera" or "Mirror".

Play uniform is the best option for any activity. Toddlers are much more willing to go in for sports, creativity or study if it is presented to them as games.