I leave you a list of games and dynamics for preschool children that you can use both in the classroom and outside of it. They are intended to improve understanding of concepts, improve social skills, have fun, among other skills.
Games are a good way to teach children and have fun. In fact, learning doesn't have to be boring, it should be fun for kids to get a taste for. If classes and learning at home are boring, there is a risk that the child will dislike learning.
In addition, it not only helps them learn knowledge and concepts, but also to form identity and self-esteem, as well as to reinforce social and communication skills. You may also be interested in these dynamics of self-esteem or you are working in a team..
Objective: Know the different trades that exist.
Material: None.
Process: This game must be played with more than four children. Once they have sat in a circle, they have to choose a profession that can be proposed both by them and by the teachers..
When everyone has chosen their profession, they have to place their hands on their chests and sing the song of this game: “Antón, Antón, Antón Perulero, each one who attends his game and whoever does not attend will pay will pay one garment".
A child chosen at random by the teacher, has to start, while the others sing the song to imitate the gestures of the profession that he has previously chosen. Children who identify the profession, must imitate it, if they do not, they have to pay for a garment.
When there is more than one item in storage, tests may be carried out for the children to retrieve it. Like running or jumping to the beat of a song.
Objective: Recognize the partner.
Material: Handkerchiefs to cover your colored eyes.
Process: This game is ideal when you have a class of 20 or more children. First, we divide the children into pairs, they have to examine their faces and then one of them blindfolds himself and has to discover his partner among the rest of the class only with the sense of touch.
Rules: You cannot give your partner clues by talking or yelling.
Objective: Have fun playing with classmates.
Material: a bandage or handkerchief.
Process: One of the children has to blindfold a handkerchief. Once he has put it on, he has to turn on himself with the help of the other companions so that he does not know where the rest have hidden.
When he has finished making the relevant turns, he has to look for his companions while they dance around him and touch or call him, always trying not to catch them. In the event that the blindfolded player manages to catch a teammate, he must identify him through the sense of touch. If you do, the roles are swapped.
Rules: Can not be removed, nor lift the handkerchief.
Objective: Learn to discriminate visually.
Material: balls both large and small.
Process: All the children are distributed indistinctly by the place where the activity is taking place. Next, the teacher has to start shouting big or small balls and they have to run to catch them.
The child who does not manage to catch the ball that the teacher has named a priori, is eliminated.
Advice: The teacher has to prepare the place beforehand so that not all the balls are together nor is there one for each child, both large and small.
Objective: Have fun.
Material: colored scarves.
Process: First, the children have to be divided into two groups. All the players of one of them will have to carry a handkerchief in their pants pocket that will remain a little in the air.
The other group has to try to take all the handkerchiefs from all the group members who have handkerchiefs. If a child manages to take it from another, this is eliminated, so that in the end only players from the group that remove the handkerchiefs remain.
Objective: Work spatial organization.
Material: Hoops, balls, cones, and bandanas to blindfold.
Process: We place the children in pairs, one of them will be placed inside a hoop blindfolded, while the other has to help him pass through the obstacle course without leaving the hoop and without falling or tripping.
The obstacle course will consist of jumping into other rings that are placed on the ground, making a zigzag path without falling the cones that we have placed a priori and finally catch a ball and try to score it.
Rules: children inside the ring cannot get out or remove the blindfold. On the other hand, the partner who guides them cannot separate and must hold the partner's ring at all times..
Advice: The teacher has to make two rows, so that there are only four couples doing the activity, when they finish they will be allowed to start the next ones. The couple that takes less time to complete the tour wins.
Objective: Work your breath.
Material: None.
Process: Children should lie on the floor with their eyes closed and their arms placed next to the trunk. They have to pretend that they are asleep, so the noises we make when we are doing this activity are allowed.
Next, we begin to carry out the breathing exercise that consists of inspiring and exhaling slowly following the instructions of the teachers and to the rhythm of relaxing music. Finally, the activity is finished by stretching and stretching all the muscles of the body.
Rules: None.
Advice: This activity is recommended for children to rest after doing different exercises. If anyone falls asleep, we can leave it. The teacher should indicate the breathing exercises with a soft voice. It can be accompanied by making gentle movements with the legs and arms.
Objective: work on spatial organization with your partner.
Material: None.
Process: the children have to be placed in pairs of two and then we have to explain to them that they should be placed with their backs and with their arms intertwined.
The game consists in that when the teacher gives the signal, both have to try to touch the ground with all their might, for this they have to agree and not try to do it each on their own.
The players who hit the ground first are the ones who win. These will try to help those who have not yet succeeded.
Advice: The teacher has to encourage the students and divide the children into pairs that have equal strength, in order to prevent them from hurting each other..
Objective: Stimulate coordination.
Material: a potato of any size.
Process: Once we have divided the children into pairs, they are given a potato that they have to place on their foreheads and hold it between them. On the other hand, the arms have to be placed behind the back while dancing to the rhythm of the music.
The couple who manage to finish the song without dropping the potato wins the game. If before the end they drop it, it will be eliminated.
Advice: The teacher has to prevent the boys from holding the potato or touching it with their hands in order to avoid cheating. In addition, he has to control the song and shout the movements that the couples have to do to the rhythm of the music..
Objective: develop teamwork.
Material: bandages and soft foam or derived balls.
Process: We divide the children into pairs, one of whom is blindfolded. The game is that those who are blindfolded, have to throw the ball to each other to be eliminated. This will happen if the blindfolded one is hit by a ball twice.
Children who do not have their eyes covered have to guide those who do have it by the arm and prevent their partner from being hit by a ball at all costs. The couple that is not eliminated wins.
Advice: In order for this activity to be carried out safely, the teacher has to explain to the guides how the best way to guide the partner is. Noting that you do not have to pull your arm, but indicate where you should go with patience and without shouting too much.
Objective: stimulate teamwork.
Material: class objects such as pencils, erasers, glasses ...
Process: the teacher has to hide a series of objects around the class. Next, he has to make a list on the board with the objects that he has previously hidden.
The activity consists of the children having to find the objects in a limited time in groups of 3 or 4 people. This activity can also be done at recess.
Advice: if it is played at recess or in an open place, the teacher or the responsible person has to set the limits of the environment appropriately. On the other hand, clues can also be given as to where the objects may be located.
Goals:
Time required: about 30 minutes.
Place: ample space in which participants can move freely.
Necessary materials: sheets and pen for each participant.
Steps to follow:
The large group is divided into small groups, numbering them from 1 to 5 (depending on the number of people that make it up). They are asked to draw a house, on a sheet of paper (per group) using colors, and they are asked to distribute the information that is going to be asked in the following parts:
At the front door: the names of the components of the group that has been formed.
In the roof: expectations that the group has in the course, workshop, etc. they just started.
In the walls: group impressions about the perception of other groups.
Finally, each group must present their work and when the names of each component are said (when pointing to the door of the house), each person must introduce themselves by saying their name and the information they wish to provide about themselves..
Objective: distinguish colors.
Material: objects of different colors.
Process: We place all the collected objects randomly on a table or on the floor, and we gather all the children around the items.
We ask each one to take an object and organize them by color. Each time a child picks up an item they will all be asked to say the color out loud.
Rules: each child can take only one object at a time.
Advice: The teacher directs and chooses each child's turn.
Objective: Teamwork and fostering values.
Material: boxes and sheets that have written a value such as love, solidarity, respect, tolerance, honesty, responsibility, among others.
Process: Each box will have a sheet with a value written inside, and they will be placed in different places where the children can find them. Once they discover the chests and their treasures, they will proceed to talk with the whole group about the values and examples of situations where they are used.
Rules: every time they find a treasure chest they should take it to the teacher.
Advice: there is no single winner, so the teacher should make the children feel that everyone wins if they find the chests.
Objective: exercise memory.
Material: cardstock and colors.
Process: a sheet will be taken and divided into 2 parts. In the first half some animals will be drawn, for example a cow, and in the other half the same animals will be drawn. The children must circle each pair of animals in a circle with a different color and at the same time say their name..
Advice: It can be started with domestic animals such as dogs, cats, cows, pigs, among others; and then add other animals like lion, giraffe or rhino.
Objective: exercise spatial organization.
Material: a medium ball.
Process: We place the children divided into two rows, the first of each row must pass the ball between his legs to his partner from behind. This will also have to do the same and so on until it reaches the end. The row that carries the ball first will be the winner.
Rules: they should not throw the ball through their legs, it should only be passed and caught with their hands.
Advice: the row can be arranged according to the height of the children.
Objective: recognize shapes or figures.
Material: cardboard figures such as hearts, squares, circles, and triangles. Chests made with boxes and on one side the shape of the chosen figures.
Process: the chests and the cardboard figures are placed on a table, the children have to insert each of these shapes into the corresponding box.
Advice: At first, simple figures can be made, but then the teacher can design three-dimensional shapes such as cubes or cones..
And you, what other dynamics for preschool children do you know??
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