EDUCATIONAL GAMES AND PLAY IDEAS
Play is your kid's most important job. Play is the primary way that children make sense of the world, and it is often considered essential to their development and well-being.
In this video, learn more about how play can foster children’s resilience to hardship, and how the complex interactions involved when children play help build their brains.
Play is your kid's most important job. Play is the primary way that children make sense of the world, and it is often considered essential to their development and well-being.
In this video, learn more about how play can foster children’s resilience to hardship, and how the complex interactions involved when children play help build their brains.
Research on the benefits of play is clear. Play supports healthy physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development. In addition, play supports skills like collaboration, communication, and creativity. Whether it's unstructured, team, or make-believe, play is an integral part of a child's healthy development. So, LET'S PLAY!!! Here are some ideas to help get you started! :)
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- "Pretend Play" Ideas
- "Movement Play" Ideas
- "Open Ended Play" Ideas
- Why Outdoor Play Is Essential To Healthy Development
- Play-Based Activities That Build Reading Readiness
- Go on shape or color scavenger hunt
- Play school! You know all our songs and routines, can you teach them to your family?
- Play a board game or a card game
- Play “Red Light Green Light”
- Set up hopscotch on the floor with painters tape
- Build a fort or obstacle course
- Play “I Spy”
- Count to 10 while exercising (jumps, toe touches, etc)
- Move like animals (frog jump, crab walk, etc)
- Play Freeze Dance
- Pretend that the floor is hot lava. Move around the room without touching the floor.
- Play “What’s Missing?” Put several items on a tray and have your child name each item. Cover tray and then remove one item. Can they see what’s missing?
- Play games like Simon Says. Try and incorporate 2-step directions. (i.e. “Simon Says tap your head then sit down”)
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- Learn The Benefits of Unstructured Play
- ASQ Activities
- 100 Ways to Play - Boston Children's Museum
- 10 Cool Car Games For Road Trips
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