Let us hunt

This game was played by me and child .Clue will be given,the player need to hunt for the object or any thing based on the clue inside the house.Each one will take turn of giving clue to the other player.

For example,Something that sticks to hand.

Initially I had prepared few questions ,but the game turned out to be very interesting,we started to give many clues whatever came to mind.

We also did A to Z objects hunt,finding objects based on shapes.guessing the animal based on feature and many more.

#games #cognitiveskills 

Let’s talk – Pretend play talk show

My son came to me saying that he wanted to do talk show with me .Inspired from watching news channel.He named it as home channel ,the show name was let’s talk and guest of the day was My amma.He was the anchor of the show.
I couldn’t believe my eyes ,the way he raised questions based on my answers.Each question was asked based on my previous answer.He totally changed to role of news anchor.
He questioned about my school,my lkg teacher name,where I was born ,the hospital name,what’s special about Davangere?
Which city do you like,about my friends,family .What would I do if I see a shark?Experience about my latest trip and so many other questions.

The one question which I loved to the core was ,when he asked me to tell  something which I don’t like to do.No one has asked me till date.
Assuming camera man recording the show and asking me not to look at camera .Making a call to my brother and asking him to share about me.Each and every minute things ,I loved it.
It was lots of fun,humour and memorable evening.In short ,first and best interview for mom by child.We both totally involved in the play so much.
#talkshow #pretendplay #imagination #interview #games #sweetmemories2017
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Target the dholak

If you have dholak or any drum and plastic balls,be ready to play the target game.Kids will love playing this game.It is super fun.

Just tie the dholak or any drum and hand over the box full of plastic balls to the child.

The child need to target and hit the dholak with ball.A game which creates music.

To make it more interesting,I randomly told him to pick certain colour of ball,different sizes of ball ,use two balls at time to increase the level of difficulty.

I had purchased this dholak in guruvayoor when he was 5 months old and he is 5 years now and still we are using it.☺☺
This game helps in developing concentration and hand eye coordination.

#games #concentration #handeyecoordination

Ring toss game

A simple game with lots of fun that enhances concentration and develops hand eye coordination which you would have seen in exhibitions and malls.

We loved playing it at home .You just need few things that are available at home and rings.

If you don’t have rings,you can substitute with paper plates too☺

#games #concentration #handeyecoordination #5years

Bottle cap fun

We had collected several bottle caps over a period of time and today thought to use them in our game.We played two games using Bottle caps which are as mentioned below :

1.Bottle cap Striker game

2.Magnetic bottle cap

Before starting our game,the child did the following:

1.Cleaning and wiping of bottle caps one by one

2.Counting of bottle caps(We came to know that we had collected 50 bottle caps)

3.Bottle cap Rangoli: My son created Rangoli using Bottle cap

4.Bottle cap tower

5.Sorting bottle caps according to colour

6.Sorting bottle caps according to size (large,medium,small)

7.Transferring pom poms using tong according to colour of bottle cap

8.Sorting bottle caps according to number(I was changing numbers randomly)

9.Bottle cap Striker game

I sticked paper tapes on the floor and kept different colours of bottle caps.The child had to hit the bottle cap using Striker based on my instruction.

For example,Target and hit the bottle cap on the top .

10.Magnetic bottle cap

I have sticked magnet and paper clips on bottle caps.I gave string tied with magnet to the child.The child need to concentrate and lift the bottle cap using string.It is similar to fishing game but was replaced with bottle caps.

It was fun playing with bottle caps.

#games #sorting #counting #practicallife #concentration #finemotor #counting #art #balancing #handeyecoordination #freeplay #5years

Create your own story with stickers

Stories are our all time favourite.We narrate stories using toys,puppets,hands,stickers and whatever comes to our mind.We play it as story telling game too.

Today we did story telling using stickers and paper.I regularly keep a stock of stickers,paper cuts from magazines,Google images printout at home since my child loves this method of story narration.

It aids in developing fine motor skills, narration,expressions , imagination,builds confidence level in the child and encourages positive thinking.

How do we create stories using stickers

First method:

I just hand over the stickers and sheet to the child.He sticks the sticker on sheet and creates own story based on the stickers.It will be very interesting as story develops based on sticker.In this method,it develops the imagination and narration skills of the child.

Second method

I can feel the mood of my child .It has worked very well when the child is upset.Last year,there was an incident which made him to feel bad as others laughed at him including his dad.That was the situation ,I used stickers based on the incident and the child could open up freely what was in the mind and express it.

It boost the confidence level and develops positive attitude.

This method was adopted today as he was upset.His mood was cheered up at the end of story.

I don’t prefer to pester him by asking what happened and other questions as he would be already upset.I don’t either prefer to give him gyaan.

This story telling game will be played only when the child is in good mood to listen and at appropriate time.Certainly not immediately after the incident.

Other instances which you can use:

We can use this sticker method when it is decided to put child in playgroup,shifting to new place as there will be totally new environment,set up routine for the school,to create awareness about good touch & bad touch and many more.

This can be done in either ways 

A.Parent narrating own story to child

B.Child narrating story to parents

C.Group story narration activity among kids.

#storynarration #imagination skills #fun #expressfeelings #confidence #positivethinking #games #5year

Question Me game

I had received WhatsApp message of Wh questions.Thus I got this idea of creating Question Me game.I have attached the WhatsApp forward too as it may be useful to someone.

How we played this game

I have typed whatever questions came to my mind based on ‘Wh ‘ questions and self laminated it.I have numbered it in order of 1 to 45 as we used dice to play this game.It is numbered in such a way so that it is not in same order like usual board game and the child need to put concentration to find the sequence of number.

This game can be played with two or more players.

The first player will roll the dice.If he gets number 6,he will move with his pebble to number 6 ,whatever question is written in box 6 will be asked to second player.

The second player has to answer the question asked by first player.Then second player will get his turn and he will ask the question to first player.

The game continues till one of the player reaches the end point.

The player will miss the chance if he does not answer in full sentence.

I wanted to keep as simple as possible,you can modify the question according to your child.In this game,we had follow up questions apart from board questions.I extended the help of reading questions on behalf of my child wherever needed.

This game aids in development of language skills in the child,questioning skills,taking turns, counting,enhances concentration.

Here is the Free downloadof the “Question Me” game.

Question Me game

Hope you may find it useful.
#languageskills #concentration #vocabulary #counting #questioning #5years

Our Human teeth model

This was in continuation to our Teeth game which we played yesterday.My son who is fond of pretend play,today wanted to human teeth.

I gave him idea of doing it using rice flour.He just took little help in kneading rice flour to get correct consistency.Rest everything was done by little hands on small plate.

The Rice flour dough mixed with water colour was made as mouth and plain rice flour dough was made as teeth.

He had good time in playing pretend play as dentist with lots of imagination.

#games #pretendplay #5years #humanteeth #diy

Our Teeth game

This game was prepared in less than 5 minutes.I got this idea of playing this game when we were talking about human teeth.

I just draw teeth from 1 to 32 in sheet of paper with few simple rules.Chalk piece are used as teeth.This game was played in two methods.

How we played

First method.

We have used 32 pieces of chalk pieces as teeth and a dice for this game

0 is the start and end point of game

My child wanted to mention it as baby,little boy,highschool boy,college,office,daddy,grandpa as stages.

For certain teeth ,I have mentioned rules as move forward 2 teeth,backward 2 teeth,go to teeth number 17 and soon

The child had to roll the dice ,count it and keep the teeth according to numbers.

For example: If the dice stops at 5,the child had to keep 5 teeth and keep on adding according to the number.The game will end after reaching the finish point 0.

Second method.

In this method ,I asked the child to keep all 32 pieces of teeth in each place.

The child had to roll the dice.If he gets number 2,he need to remove 2 teeth and put it in cup.The game ends when all 32 teeth are removed.

This game is purely my imagination and but my child loved playing it.It was different experience.

#games #counting #maths #5years

Spell, Find and Act game

We played this game titled Spell,Find and Act.My child knows his name to spell and write.This game was played to introduce first name ,middle name and last name.

All you need to play this game are sheet of paper and pen.Sounds interesting?

How we played this game

I wrote A to Z in paper.For each letter,I have mentioned an act to be performed with respect to each letter.

For example : March like a soldier ,Walk 5 steps and jump.

First,the child had to spell his name.Then circle the letters according to his name

Let me take my name has example

Name : Bhuvaneswari

First need to spell the name

Secondly find the first letter B in the sheet of paper and circle it.

Thirdly the child need to perform the act that is specified for the letter B.Similarly it is done for all letters.

To increase the level of difficulty,I included first name,middle name,last name.First I started with child name ,then my name and his favourite names.

My child enjoyed playing it.If you find it useful,please do try with your child if your child finds interesting.

Here is the free printable download for the game ” Spell,Find and Act”

Spell Find and Act game

#games #name #grossmotorskill #5years