Winter games for little ones
27 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
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These games are from my recent article at the Barnes and Noble Expert Circle. Go to
www.bn.com/expertcircle for great articles and ideas for your kids.
Play the Gift Giving Game: This game takes a lot of imagination and really stimulates the thinking process. The game is more fun when several players participate.
To play
Ask one child to come forward and tell the group that you are going to give him a gift.
Without saying a word, put a pretend ring on his finger. Ask the group if they know what the gift is.
Talk with the children about the different gifts that they would like to receive. Then, ask if someone would like to give a pretend gift to another person.
Suggestions for gifts are: any kind of jewelry, a ball, a scarf, a hair ribbon or barrette, a shoe, articles of clothing, etc.
If the child is not sure how to do it, you can show them.
Make Faces: This game will develop awareness and observation skills in your child.
Find pictures in magazines of children with different facial expressions.
Cut out the pictures and show them to your child.
Talk about each picture and then try to make the same facial expression on your own face.
Ask your child to make the same expression on his face.
Some pictures that you can look for are happy faces, silly faces, sad faces, or kids sticking out their tongues and making different shapes with their mouths.
You can also look for pictures with children doing physical activities such as standing on one leg, bending over, running, etc. You and your child can do the same physical activity as in the picture.
Edible Snowman: You will need large marshmallows, pretzel sticks, mini- carrots, and raisins.
Take a pretzel stick and put it into the middle of one of the marshmallows. Then place another marshmallow on top.
Make legs and arms with the remaining pretzel sticks.
Make eyes and a mouth with the raisins. Use a mini carrot for the nose.
Say the poem “A Chubby Little Snowman.” (Author unknown)
A chubby little snowman
Had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little rabbit
Looking for his lunch
Ate that little snowman’s nose…
Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!
Eat the snowman.
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1. http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/missjackie- Teaching Young Children magazine
2. http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/media.aspx – Early Childhood News Online
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