The importance of games for a child is extremely high. And many educators are seriously concerned that young parents use all sorts of early development methods for their child, work with children, teaching them early reading, writing, but leave games inattention. Whereas it is thanks to games, and not the learning process, that the child develops the ability to concentrate, perseverance, attention and observation.
Sports games for children are extremely important for many reasons: firstly, the child improves his movements, both previously acquired and new, acquired; secondly, he learns to listen and hear, to carry out commands, to listen to the actions of his partners in the game, to coordinate his actions with their movements. In addition, it is in team outdoor games that friendship is born and such an important quality as mutual assistance is formed. Sports games for preschool children are distinguished both by their diversity and their clearly playful orientation. If older children are not so interested in the plot, then sports games for toddlers often use the plot and are based on it. So, babies can imitate movementshorses and run at speed, raising your knees high. Or be bunnies and in the relay race get the task of running around the obstacle in a hop.
These are, as a rule, very important team games, in which a mentor-teacher plays a huge role. He not only plays a role in the plot, but also organizes, explains the rules, directs the game. Sports games for children may not have a plot. However, such games require children to be more independent and prepared, skills in dexterity and coordination of movements. Here it is important to obey the general rules, and any deviations from them should be voiced by the teacher. In plotless games, his role is just as important. Sports games for children are not difficult, their rules should be clear and understandable even to the youngest of the children participating in the game. Most often, these games include any one type of movement. So, for the smallest children who can participate in the game, a simple version of "catch-up" is offered, in which you need to run to a certain place - often referred to as a "house". Sports games for older children already look more complicated - they are given additional tasks for orientation in space.
Let's say the rule is to find your way to an object by the sound of a ringing bell. Or a game in which you need to find your place by color and at the same time carry a toy in your hands, not lose it and put it on your chair. Games that are purely sports in nature do not have a plot assuch (ring throwing, hitting the ball into the goal, throwing the ball into the basket), but it is they who prepare the child for more complex sports games, such as basketball, football, volleyball. In addition, they develop eye, accuracy, dexterity of hands and feet. For a child, not only the game itself is important, but also its result. Therefore, after the game, it is necessary to discuss with the children both the game itself and their attitude to the game.
It is important that children can analyze why the result of the game was exactly the way it was, who and how helped the team, who broke the rules. At the same time, it must be emphasized that the result of the team depends on interaction and mutual assistance. Sports games are the foundation for a child's future learning.
