Games activity for preschool

30 Fun Indoor Games & Activities for Preschoolers

Need some indoor games and recess ideas? Tired of musical chairs? You’re in the right place! We all know that kids need to move to burn off excess energy, but it can be tricky when it’s too cold, hot, or wet to go outside.  Instead of dreading those days, here are more than 30 fun indoor activities and games for kids your students will love. These preschool games, music, and movement activities are perfect for indoors and still keep active preschoolers moving and having fun.

Indoor Recess Preschool Group Games

Many of these indoor recess games also help develop important gross motor and social skills – yes, please! And many of these indoor games for kids can be played outdoors too!

4 Corners: This classic indoor game is simple to teach and easy to play. Forgot how to play? Here’s a step-by-step guide to jog your memory. Use pictures of popular storybook characters if your kids aren’t ready for numbers.
Color Corners: Or use colors (indoors or out).

Duck Duck Goose – This classic game is a great way to get a little exercise in, but also helps children develop self-regulation skills and pay attention.

Popcorn! Parachute Game- This whole group game is great for students to learn how to work together. It’s also a great game for developing important gross motor skills.

Bluebird, Bluebird Through the Window –  Watch the video to learn this classic song and movement game. Kids love moving and singing along to this fun game.

Row, Row, Row, Your Boat- Students can be partnered up to sing along to this classic song!

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Huckle Buckle Beanstalk- Watch the video to learn how to play this 19th century game that still packs a powerful punch today.

What Time is it Mr. Fox? – The perfect fun game for developing important listening and self-regulation skills.

Red Light, Green Light – Students can work on their executive function skills with this preschool game.

Simon Says – 2 Versions
—Snowman Listening Game
—Bunny Listening Game
Do your kids need a little extra help listening and following directions? Then you need these simple Simon Says movement games in your life!

Freeze Dance: A classic game that’s not only fun, but helps kids develop self-regulation skills. Play a favorite song, the kids have to “freeze” when the music is paused. Use a variety of musical styles and tempos to encourage different types of dance and movement. Use your smartphone and a bluetooth speaker so you can pause the music without tipping off the kids. Everybody loves playing freeze dance!

Hot Potato- Your kids will have a blast with this fun, classic game while working on their listening and self-regulation skills.

Chicken Dance- Who doesn’t love the chicken dance? Watch the video to learn how to do this super silly and fun dance!

Limbo – An oldie but a goody! Watch the video to learn how to play this classic game.

Please Mr Crocodile- Please, Mr Crocodile is a fabulous game for all different sized groups, from small groups to large groups of kindergarten or preschool kids.

Gross Motor Preschool Games

Zoo Animal Movement Game- Are you looking for a fun, easy game for your Zoo thematic unit that builds in following directions, listening, and movement?  Roll and Move with the Zoo Animals will give your children multiple opportunities for learning while having fun too!

London Bridge –This one never gets old! Watch the video to learn how to play this classic preschool game.

Farmer in the Dell- This one is fun to sing and easy to teach. Watch the video to learn how to play this classic preschooler game.

Rolling Pin Races- Grab some rolling pins and have fun with these races!

Bowling with Plastic Bottles- Save those plastic bottles for a fun bowling game!

Paper Plate Ring Toss- Recycle some paper plates and make your own ring toss game!

Musical Chairs –  This classic game is great for teaching children patience, gets students up and moving, and learning how to deal with frustration (a very important life skill!)

Ring Around the Rosy- Watch the video to refresh your memory of how to play this classic memory game!

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes- Watch the video and remember how easy it is to play this preschool game.

Hokey Pokey- Your preschoolers will have fun with this classic simple song.

Indoor Music, Songs and Dance Activities

Cool Bear Hunt Movement Song- Students will learn work on their social skills and oral language skills as they go on a cool bear hunt.

Dr. Jean’s Banana Dance-Preschoolers will love joining in on the movements of this song!

Number Race Game- Your preschoolers will have better retention of their numbers since it pertains to their life.

What’s Missing?-Your students will love this game and it’s easy to set up. And it’s a great one for your toddler at a restaurant as well!

Glow Stick Hide and Seek- Did somebody say glow sticks? Grab some glow sticks and play this super fun version of hide and seek.

XO Hop-If you have a small space, but lots of energy then your preschoolers are sure to love this activity.

Animal Hide and Seek –This is the perfect rainy day activity!

Jump the Candlestick – Move like Jack in the nursery rhyme or think of other ways to move over or around the candlestick.

Dinosaur Movement Game – Incorporate a favorite interest as preschoolers roll and move like dinosaurs.

Weather Movement Game – Can’t go outside? Talk about different kinds of weather in this movement game.

Swatting Game – I guarantee your preschoolers will love swatting letters, colors, numbers, or whatever you choose in this DIY game.

Uno Movement Game – Use cards from a favorite card game to move around the room. Don’t have the game? These color and number cards could easily be created or you could adapt any type of number cards to move.

Dumpster Diving Game – No, don’t bring a dumpster inside. Fill a large box with recycled materials and a few toys. Kids will love searching for the “hidden” items in the box.

Block Basketball – Easily adaptable for younger or older preschoolers. Use materials on hand to create a fun adaption of basketball for preschoolers.

What are your favorite indoor recess games and activities? Leave a comment below, we’d love to hear from you and expand our list of awesome ideas!

16 Indoor and Outdoor Group Games for Preschoolers

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Need some ideas for group games to play with preschoolers and kindergarteners that are also educational?

Children learn best through play and games are a great way to work on building foundational skills.

These are great for small groups on a playdate or to play with your preschool class. They are separated into indoor and outdoor games, depending on where you choose to play. 

Your kids will love these 16 fun group games for preschoolers.

Some of these are active indoor games for preschoolers, while others are quiet, calming games to play indoors.

Active games are great for building gross motor skills and quiet ones also have many benefits – improving concentration, listening skills, problem-solving abilities, etc.

Simon Says is a classic game that can be altered to fit your particular needs. It can be an indoor game or an outdoor game.

With small children, you as the parent will usually be Simon.

To play Simon Says, the person who is chosen as Simon gives a set of commands and the children must follow them.

When you want the children to follow the command, begin by saying ‘Simon Says. ’ When you don’t want them to follow, only say the command.

If a child still carries out the command, without you saying, ‘Simon Says,’ he is out of the game. The last person standing is the winner!

You can make this game as easy or as difficult as needed to suit the children. You could also nominate the winner to play Simon next.

Because this game is so versatile, it has numerous benefits for children. It builds both their gross motor skills as well as fine motor skills. ‘Simon Says’ can also teach skills such as balance and crossing the midline.

In addition to physical skills, kids learn listening skills and develop a great vocabulary as well. By playing the role of Simon, they will also learn to communicate and lead others.

Here are 70 Simon Says commands kids will love.

Broken Telephone is a quiet game best played indoors. The rules go as follows:

• Start by sitting in a circle
• One person begins and whispers a sentence into the ear of the person next to them
• That person then passes the message on to the next person
• Once it reaches the last person in the circle, she says the sentence out loud

The goal of the game is to send the message, intact, all the way around the circle.

This game is great for learning listening skills. It can also help your child interact and gain social skills with their peers as well. Children also learn sound recognition as they try to listen to what the person is whispering.

It is also loads of fun as the message often gets ‘broken’ on the way and leads children into fits of laughter!

Another great quiet game to play with your preschoolers includes some clapping. Choose to either tell a story or read a book. Then, whenever you say a particular word or phrase throughout the story, the children must clap each time they hear it.

As with the previous game, this is another great game to help your child develop sound recognition and listening skills. It will also aid in their language development as well.

A touch and feel box is another fun activity for your kids. First, collect some items that have unique textures. Then, put them in a box or a bag you can’t see through.

Go around the room and have everyone quietly touch and feel one of the items. Once everyone has had a turn, have them share what they think is in the bag.

See how many children guessed an item correctly.

The Touch and Feel Box is a great way to build their language. They have to connect their senses to words to describe what they are feeling.

I Spy can be played both indoors and outdoors. The rules go as follows:

• One person picks an object in the room
• Then, they say, “I spy with my little eyes, something …” followed by the colour of their object
• The rest of the group takes turns guessing what that object could be
• The person can only answer yes or no

This game is great for thinking but also for socializing. It gets the children to talk to each other and develops great social skills. They also have to listen to hear what the colour is and what other people are guessing as well.

6. Musical Chairs

Musical Chairs really helps children learn to let go and have fun with other kids.

Start by putting chairs in a circle. There should be one less chair than the number of children playing.

Once the music begins, everyone walks around the chairs. When the music stops, everyone must find a chair to sit in. The person without a chair is out of the game. For each round, remove another chair.

The game continues until there is only one chair left. Whoever sits in the last chair, wins!

This game teaches your children great listening skills. They also have to multitask, walking while listening to the music, while trying to get to the closest chair.

They can also develop balance and speed while trying to get to the chair first.

Red Light, Green Light is a game your children will love to play. It can be played indoors or outdoors as well.

One player stands in the front of the room while the rest are on the opposite side. When that person turns their back and says, “green light,” everyone tries to reach that person first, moving as quickly as they can.

When that person turns around and says, “red light,” everyone has to freeze and not move at all. If anyone moves after, “red light” is called, they must go back to the start line. The first person to touch the caller wins the game!

In this game, your child will learn great physical skills including speed, balance, and gross motor skills. They will also practise their listening skills.

While the other games don’t necessarily require a specific number of people, this game does. You will need at least 14 players. However, if you have less, then you can always adapt to fit your needs. This game is well suited to the classroom. 

To begin, seven children go to the front of the room. The rest put their heads on their desks and their thumbs up. The seven children go around and touch only one thumb of their classmates and push it down.

Once they finish, they return to the front. One calls out, “heads up, seven up.” Those who had their thumbs touched stand up and try to guess who touched their thumb.

If they are correct, they get to switch places with the person. If not, the game continues as normal.

This game helps your children to interact with one another. They will develop great social skills and learn the names of their classmates. If you have less than 14, you can always adapt and have fewer people in the front.

Button, Button, Who’s got theButton is another quiet game to play indoors with a group of children. Everyone sits in a circle with their hands out, and their eyes closed.

One person takes a button and goes around the circle pretending to put the button in everyone’s hands. The person will put the button in one person’s hands.

Once they finish with the circle, everyone opens their eyes and tries to guess who has the button. Once the group finally guesses who has the button, they get to go around the circle to give it to someone else.

This is a great game to help the children interact and learn more about each other. They will also strengthen their social skills.

Here are seven outdoor games for kids.

These are great learning games for preschoolers to play and interact with each other. They also make good group movement activities.

Before you take your children outside, prepare a list of things you want them to look for. You can print off a picture of each item for them to identify outside.

You can then let them go together in small groups or all at once, trying to find each item on the list.

This will get your children to interact and develop social skills while also having a good time in nature and learning about the outdoors.  

Every child loves to play Hopscotch. Follow these guidelines to play with a group of preschoolers:

• With some sidewalk chalk, make a hopscotch grid with the numbers 1-9
• Find a rock for the kids that is easy to toss and will stay in place
• Start by tossing the rock on square 1
• Then jump over the square, and continue hopping on each square until you come back to square one
• Pick up the rock then hop on square 1
• In your next turn, toss the rock to square 2 and repeat
• If your toss isn’t on the right square, you have three chances to get it into the right square or you miss your turn

Hopscotch will teach your child many great physical skills. They will develop their gross motor skills as well as their fine motor skills. They will learn better balance as they hop on each square.

Jump rope is another fun outdoor activity to play with your group of preschoolers. Start by finding a larger jump rope than normal. Have two people swing the rope, each holding one end.

You can jump rope however your kids prefer. They can begin with the rope held still or jump into it while it’s moving. You can say a rhyme as they jump or have the other children count each other’s jumps.

Jump rope can develop physical skills such as balance, strength and coordination, as kids have to learn to jump at the right time.

Tag is a very active outdoor game your kids will love. It is a great chasing game to get them moving.

There are many variations to tag. Simply have one person be “it.” They then have to tag someone else. Then that person becomes “it.”

You can also play freeze tag – once they are tagged, they must freeze in place until a teammate unfreezes them.

Tag is a great way to have your children make new friends and develop their social skills. They will also strengthen their physical skills as well as their speed.

Red Rover is another great active outdoor game. Start by dividing your group into two teams. Then, have them get in a line and hold hands.

Space the two teams out about 20 feet or so from each other. Then, each team must take turns saying, “red rover, red rover, let … come over.” That particular person then has to leave their line and run to the next line.

They should run as fast as they can and try to break apart the other team’s line. If they break through, they return to their original team along with someone from the line they just broke. If they do not break through, they have to stay in that team’s line.

This game is good for speed and strengthening, as well as for teaching kids to work together with others.

The Hot Potato Game, or Volleyball, can be played inside as well as outside; however, it is safer to play outside.

Toss an inflatable ball to one person. They have five seconds or less to toss it to someone else in the circle. If they don’t, they are out of the game.

You can change things up as well to make it more suitable to fit your children’s needs. For example, you can ask them to call out the name of the person to who they are throwing the ball in order to strengthen friendships and unity in the group.

This game will help your child develop social interaction skills as well as good physical skills including crossing the midline, catching, balance, etc.   

Duck, Duck, Goose can be played inside or outdoors, but is easier outdoors. If it is a beautiful day outside, go enjoy the sunshine and nature.

Have everyone sit in a circle. Choose one person to be “it.” This person walks around the outside of the circle, touching each person on the head and saying either “duck” or “goose.”

If they say “duck,” they continue to the next person. If they say “goose,” that person must stand up and start chasing the person.

If the person who was “it” runs around the entire circle and sits down, they are safe, and the next person becomes “it. ” If the person who is chasing tags them, they must repeat the circle again.

Duck, Duck, Goose is a fun social game as children get to interact with everyone in the circle. It will also help them develop speed and spatial awareness as they chase around the circle.

And there you have it. I hope you’ll enjoy playing these fun preschool group games! Read more about the many benefits of outdoor games for kids.

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Playing activity of a preschool child

Playing activity of a preschool child

Any activity has a huge developmental impact on the child (mental cognitive processes are improved, fine and gross motor skills are improved). He becomes more inquisitive, explores the environment more actively, tries to interact productively with people, begins to show affection for his favorite toys.

At preschool age in the implementation of playful and productive activities, children develop strong, specific ideas about various objects, their functions, although the educational work of parents is also important. Therefore, it is more expedient to organize classes in a more relaxed form, thanks to which they will quickly master new skills, knowledge (they will better remember the list of food products if they imagine themselves as a cook) or learn to dress faster using the example of a doll.

Gradually, the preschooler becomes the subject of activity, which is reflected in the hierarchical structure of his motives, he begins to act more consciously. He understands that the world is more complex than he previously imagined. Sometimes a dilemma arises before him: to do something useful or to have fun, that is, a struggle between public and personal motives begins, but more often he is guided by the latter.

During this period, noisy musical children's toys with the repetition of some meaningful phrases, or a pleasant signal in accordance with the necessary actions, will be a useful acquisition. For example, in the morning you need to brush your teeth, have breakfast, get dressed and wash your face.

A new perception of the world is taking shape, the behavior of the baby is changing, which becomes less situational, and more arbitrary. This lays the foundation for the formation of supra-situational motives. They are a very important prerequisite for the full formation of the personality of the baby and the behavior of a fundamentally new level, which will gradually cease to depend on the specific situation.

By preschool age the baby not only begins to treat himself a little differently (singles himself out as a separate person, determines his belonging to any gender (boy, girl)), but also to the surrounding reality. Gradually there is a division of toys by gender.

Some well-known psychologists (for example, L.S. Vygotsky) tend to divide the category of activity into three main varieties: educational, labor and play, they are inextricably linked and are represented in one way or another in the life of every person.

For the full development of preschoolers, it is necessary that cognitive activity, play and communication with loved ones, peers are harmoniously correlated, closely linked to each other, and toys are age-appropriate.

The game helps not only to expand the preschooler's knowledge of social reality, but also allows you to learn the complex, multifaceted world of social relations, creates favorable conditions for trying on various social roles (salesman, doctor) and from these positions try to build relationships with people. It contributes to the fact that the baby was able to take his place in the children's team. Consequently, the child, as it were, explores their characteristics from the inside, learns to analyze, evaluate the actions of peers, adults tries to characterize them and, through the knowledge of others, gets to know himself better.

K. Gross, a German psychologist, calls play a school of life. He notes that no matter how it is modeled, no matter what rules it is conducted, it is in any case aimed at studying its own culture (norms, traditions). It often seems chaotic to parents, sometimes meaningless, but this in no way begs its significance for the development of children .

Preschoolers reproduce what they saw earlier in it, because they are very curious. They closely follow their parents and actively imitate them, that is, it is aimed mainly at reflecting the social world. Scientists believe that the development of the baby is determined by the success of the development of social rules, values, experience.

The game features innovative and stable content. The first component is introduced by the child himself (idea, direction), and the second reproduces the attitudes of society.

There is a colossal number of games, but they can be divided into two groups:

• Creative games that have a plot developed by the child himself (plot-role-playing). The object-manipulative activity of early childhood develops into a creative game of a preschooler (“Lucky chance”). The kid stops focusing on things and concentrates more on people (close significant ones, peers), begins to feel like an adult. His relationship with his parents is being rebuilt, if he actively interacts with family members, then there is an improvement, a complication of the game. It brings the preschooler to a new level of development.
  Role-playing game activity helps to simulate special conditions under which the baby will be able to feel like an adult, take his place, copy, reproduce his model of behavior. The kid tries to at least outwardly resemble an adult, for example, to take care of his favorite toy or imitate the behavior of his grandmother. Such a pastime stimulates the development of the baby's mental processes (memory, perception, thinking).
• Subject games. The child performs various manipulations with objects that help him understand the properties, functions, forms, features of things.

A preschooler should have at his disposal not only modern toys, but also unformed ones that open up space for fantasies. You can give him some wooden sticks, sticks or special educational toys so that his imagination turns such a blank into an independent thing. Usually, children find many ways to use such objects, for example, an outstanding wand can turn into a staff, a sword, a pointer, and so on, and completely unusual objects are obtained from various parts. Here, children's imagination has no limits.

Director's play occurs at the intersection of two age stages: early childhood and preschool period. It unfolds on the basis of a fairly simple plot, while the actions of children are of the same type. They can carry a cube on the floor with a roar for a long time, imagining that it is actually a steam locomotive.

Then a role-playing game is formed. A preschooler comes up with an image for himself, tasks that need to be implemented. It is always based on some vivid impressions, for example, he really liked the cartoon character and he tries to portray him. These experiences can be associated with anything: a bell, a car, an airplane.

At the age of five or six, his plot-role-playing activity finds its expression, gradually it obeys the rules adopted by the group. Children treat dolls, peers as formal partners who also have a certain role. Roles become less important than following the rules, in which case the games contain the motive of competition and are based on the desire to become the winner.

So, any game has a colossal developmental potential, so it cannot be neglected. It not only forms the personality of the child, but also prepares him for adulthood, helps to quickly, more successfully join a new team, it reflects everything that the baby sees in everyday life, it demonstrates his attitude to social reality, worldview, so the game is so important . 9Ol000

Before entering school, the child gets acquainted with the world through the game. It is she who influences cognitive development and promotes adaptation to the social environment. Playing activity of preschoolers helps the formation of mental functions and personal qualities, the development of intellectual and communicative abilities.

The place of play in the life of a preschool child

Play in one form or another is almost always present in the life of a preschool child. The vast majority of actions take place in a playful way, even ordinary household and educational ones. It is much easier to persuade a preschooler to eat or go to bed using game elements.

Through play activities, a preschooler learns the real relationships of people, learns a lot and develops comprehensively. With the help of the game, mental development occurs, socialization of preschoolers, the horizons expand significantly and speech develops, and physical activity increases.

Through play activity, it is easier for children to learn to understand the experiences and feelings of other people. Modeling various situations that they saw in life, and performing roles, preschoolers involuntarily experience those feelings that are experienced in real life.

Additional benefit - psychotherapeutic effect. Interactions with toys or friends teach empathy, help get rid of negative emotions, throw out grief and worries, which is important for children, whose psychological characteristics make them susceptible to resentment and fear.

Types and forms of play activity at preschool age

Stages of development of play activity of a preschool child provide enrichment of types and forms of children's activities throughout the age period. If kids mostly play with simple toys and objects, then older preschoolers build the plot of the game, develop rules, and create entire projects for collective entertainment.

If we present a brief description of the play activity of preschoolers, it should be noted that at this age, games differ in content, in the logic of actions, in the presence or absence of rules, in the nature of roles.

Some types may require the child's physical activity, while others may require the activation of thought processes. But each game situation has a modeling character, as children create a model of what they observe around.

Object play actions

This variety is typical for the youngest children. During this period, game actions consist in copying the actions of adults. Such imitative games include cooking, talking on the phone, and simulating other simple situations.

Substitute objects act as an object. The girl puts the doll to sleep in the same way as her mother does, puts a toy phone or an object resembling it in its shape to her ear. This format of the game prepares the child for more complex types, contributes to the understanding that there are certain rules, and is the basis for future role-playing activity.

Outdoor games

Full development requires a sufficient amount of physical activity in a child's life. Normal exercise is unlikely to interest the baby, but outdoor games are a great way to run and jump, having fun.

Traditional movement games have been known for centuries. These are bastards, cat-and-mouse, bouncers. For groups of children there are games by the rules. The latter become more difficult depending on the age of the players.

The most famous varieties are the need to take a free place, catch the rest, run to the "house" on command. In addition to the necessary physical activity, passion awakens in the process, a competitive effect arises that teaches the child to achieve goals.

Role-playing game

The first role-playing elements appear in a baby at the age of 3, when he tries on someone else's image - a doctor, mother, seller. As they grow older, the game activity becomes more complicated: a plot appears, new players are added, and clear rules of the game are developed.

It is this form that refers to the main activity of the child. It can last a few minutes or last for days, when a girl imagines herself a princess or a heroine, and a boy aspires to become a pirate, a superhero, a great robber.

A role-playing game is the most conducive to the development of imagination and creativity: even if a fairy tale or a cartoon is taken as the basis, the plot is carefully reworked, new characters may appear, and the development of events often goes far away from the original canvas.

Cognitive play activity

Play activity helps the child learn new knowledge and understand processes unfamiliar to him. Cognitive interest pushes many preschoolers to deal with those actions of the adult world in which quite accessible tools are used.

The mechanism is as follows: the child saw how the seller or parents in the supermarket weigh products. Or he watches how the builders measure the length or height with a tape measure. Interest in these activities encourages the child to master them on their own.

Taking a ruler in his hands, he can measure all the items in the house, and if there is a scale, then find out the number of grams of all the contents in the refrigerator. Despite the fact that everything happens as part of entertainment, the child acquires skills and gains knowledge that will be useful in the future in educational and professional activities.

Development of play activity in the preschool period

The older the child, the more difficult his play activity. It is important for adults to lead the play of children of preschool age. It is necessary to offer options, simple rules, replace objects. Without the help of parents, play activities will be monotonous, and the development of the child will be slower and more difficult.

Five-year-olds do well on their own in the types of play they know, but need adult prompting to broaden the scope of their activities. Children 6-7 years old freely choose the theme of the game, independently distribute roles, control the course and development.

How toddlers play

Babies begin to play as early as one year old, when they try to imitate adults with rattles or simple toys. The development of play in the early preschool years progresses significantly from elementary actions prompted directly by toys (driving a car, pouring sand into a bucket, etc.) to role-playing games.

By the age of three, babies develop the primary prerequisites for using the plot: dolls and plush toys get tired or hungry, cars need repair, a toy dog ​​or cat needs care. Also at this age, game situations are already being created using the role of a doctor or a seller.

Diagnostics of the play activity of preschool children indicates that a turning point occurs at the age of 4. From this age, the role-playing game begins to prevail over other forms, but interaction with toys is still more active than with peers. It is possible to interact with already familiar peers, with whom they play on the principle of "nearby".

Features of the play of older preschoolers

The main feature of the play activity of older preschool children is collectivity. Leaders stand out, suggesting the plot and setting the rules. Such leaders are able to interest their friends with their initiative and imagination.

During this period, a group of preschoolers can become relatively stable, united by similar interests. Accordingly, the concept of the game depends on what all team members are passionate about. Roles are clearly assigned before the process begins, and the rules are followed as rigorously as possible, although it happens that they change in the process. Before the start, there is a conscious preparation: depending on the goals, paraphernalia or even costumes are made.

The influence of play on the development of a preschooler

Considering that the game is the main occupation of children up to 6-7 years old, in the process of playing activities, preschoolers develop all the basic skills and abilities necessary for successful schooling.

Basic cognitive functions are formed and consolidated, speech skills improve, the scope of knowledge expands, imagination is stimulated, creative thinking awakens and develops.

Thanks to games, a preschooler learns to communicate. The role-playing game especially contributes to this, since it makes children listen to each other, take into account the place of their role in the general plot, fulfill the role with its inherent actions, and adhere to the rules.

The many-sided influence of play on the development of the child allows us to define it as the leading activity at this age.

Functions of play activity

The main functions of children's play include teaching, communication, regulatory, therapeutic. But a preschooler not only learns, communicates, learns to control his behavior and follow the rules. Many important processes take place in the conditions of play:

• Formation of self-knowledge and development of the child's personality - the child learns himself, learns to be proactive, make choices, express his own thoughts.
• Development of the ability to cooperate - skills of solidarity appear, finding compromises in controversial situations, mutual understanding is formed in relations with peers.
• The level of communication increases - the child learns to use speech as a tool for creating agreements.
• Awakening interest in gaining new knowledge - a playful form of learning minimizes stress when faced with the unknown and brings the joy of learning.
• The perception of the surrounding reality develops: the preschooler distinguishes between the real world and the play one.

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