How do families carry out parent-child games? What are the characteristics of parent-child games?

Children in modern families generally have parents with a higher cultural level and they also attach great importance to their children's education. They do not want their children to follow in their footsteps or have an unhappy childhood. At the same time, in order to enhance the relationship between children and parents, parents usually spend more time with their children. Playing parent-child games is a very good way to bring up children, as it allows them to have fun and broaden their horizons. So, what are the characteristics of parent-child games? Let’s take a look at the introduction to parent-child games.

Features of parent-child games

As the name suggests, parent-child games are games played by parents with their children, and they integrate into the roles of the game together. While playing the game, the children can be inspired and gain something from intellectual development. Parent-child games can also enhance the relationship between children and parents. So, what are the specific characteristics of parent-child games? How to play parent-child games? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction below.

1. Parents should be able to participate in the game on an equal footing with their children. Playing parent-child games is not like taking classes. Parents cannot sit at a superior’s head and give orders. Instead, they should be participants in the game and be on an equal footing with their children.

2. Can inspire children's wisdom. This requires that game activities can both utilize and develop children’s existing abilities, and guide and develop their new abilities.

3. The form of the game should focus on mutual cooperation, and parents can naturally stimulate the development of their children's intelligence. The games designed should allow the baby to actively seek the cooperation of the parents, so that the parents can naturally teach the baby some knowledge and skills.

4. The whole process of the game should be able to bring fun to both children and parents. Children should be allowed to experience the joy of creation and success through games, while parents should be able to experience the happiness of parent-child communication. Only specific parent-child games are suitable for competitions. Parents should learn more games and integrate parent-child games with specific functions with daily parenting life. In this way, the baby's potential can be continuously developed in a rich and happy parenting life.

How do families conduct parent-child games?

Anything new and strange will arouse children's curiosity. Driven by curiosity, young children will learn and grow through game activities. Therefore, first of all, parents should create a good gaming environment. The parent-child environment created by parents should allow children to see, hear, touch, and fully perceive and experience. For example, parents can set aside a corner for their children, separate it with cloth, or use waste materials to create a special gaming environment for their children.

Young children need a good material environment when playing parent-child games, and they also need a warm, harmonious, democratic and equal psychological environment. The survey found that many parents still impose their own wishes on their children. They often make excessively high demands on their children in games and force their children to play games they don’t like. They also threaten and punish their children loudly, or use their children as toys to amuse themselves. These so-called "games" will make children lose interest in "games" and they will not take the initiative to express their desire to play games. When playing parent-child games with young children, parents should adjust their mindset. Only in this way can parents have correct expectations for their children and play parent-child games scientifically.

The content of the game needs to be constantly refined. The content of parent-child games should be suitable for the age development level and interest inclinations of young children, and the games should be excavated from the lives of young children. Different children have different age characteristics. For example, the control and application ability of large muscles of young children in the lower grades develops rapidly, and they can gradually control the fine movements of small muscles. They are in a sensitive period of language development, are curious, and like to "do it themselves". Parents should design parent-child games based on these characteristics of their children. Such as "roll spring rolls", "body changes", etc. For example, children in middle and senior classes can moderately play some games that promote the development of their fine muscles, such as "Poker" and "Picking Fruits".

When playing parent-child games, parents should pay special attention to the spontaneous game content generated by children and cherish their creative expressions. For example, when taking a child to the park, the parent's preset game is "hide and seek", but the child finds the leaves on the ground and becomes very interested. At this time, the parent can follow the child's wishes and guide him to play the "picking leaves" game. Children's creativity is recognized, which enhances their self-confidence and interest in parent-child games.

Appropriate toys are the medium for children's games, which can stimulate their interest in games and enhance the value of games. When parents choose toys for their children, they should consider their educational significance and artistry, and pay attention to quality, price, hygiene and safety. Good toys should have the following characteristics: being varied, stimulating imagination and creativity; being made of high-quality materials, sturdy in structure, non-toxic, and harmless to the body; being able to arouse aesthetic feelings or emotions, such as dolls, jigsaw puzzles, building blocks, balls, kites, etc.

In fact, there are many things that can be used as toys, and the newer and more exotic they are, the better. Some simple household items, such as plastic bottles, empty boxes, small spoons, etc. can all become children's toys. Sometimes you can also modify some toys yourself, as long as they are brightly colored, any form of objects that can be played with, and at the same time, they are of the right size, sterilized, and will not cause harm. Parents can also guide their children to make and find their own toys. This not only enriches the content of the game, but also helps develop children's intelligence and imagination, and cultivate good habits of diligence and thrift.

By using parent-child games, children can develop good living habits. For example, when a child is reluctant to eat, parents can use nursery rhymes to attract the child's attention and make eating interesting: "It's time to eat, it's time to eat, let's eat; one big mouthful, one big mouthful, the meal is finished." Using short rhymes, children can learn some self-care skills.

It can be seen that parent-child games have many characteristics. If used well, they will be of great help to both children and parents. If used poorly, it will obviously be counterproductive. In short, parents need to learn a lot of games themselves. If necessary, they can participate in some parent-child classes to see which games are most helpful to their children. Never leave the children to the teachers.