(2) Language games. Language games are to cultivate children's ability to understand vocabulary and express clearly, coherently and expressively in spoken English. In the game, children can learn pronunciation, distinguish sounds, enrich vocabulary, learn to speak Mandarin, learn to use various sentences and tell them coherently and clearly. For example, "Practice pronunciation by looking at pictures" (suitable for 3-year-old children), choose some animal pictures to let children learn and master the correct pronunciation and know the names of animals. "Analogy of antonyms" (suitable for 4-year-old children), according to the first word, put forward the second word with opposite meaning to improve children's thinking ability, such as: big and small, tall and short, sugar is sweet, salt is salty and so on. "Folding storytelling" (suitable for 5-year-old children), prepare papers of different sizes, teach children how to fold objects of various shapes, and combine the folded things into a scene to tell stories. It can cultivate children's practical ability, develop their association and let them express their ideas in coherent language.
(3) Intellectual games. Intellectual games are routine games designed by parents according to certain intellectual tasks. Its purpose is to enhance children's knowledge and develop their intelligence. Parents can closely combine certain learning contents with game forms to enhance their children's interest in learning. For example, "Find a friend with a bottle cap" (suitable for 3-year-old children), prepare many bottles with different shapes, colors and caps, take off the caps, mix them into a pile, and let the children help each bottle find a friend (cap) and cover them one by one. This game can train children's matching ability and develop their finger muscle flexibility. "What's missing?" (suitable for 4-year-old children) can cultivate children's observation and memory. Checkers (suitable for 5-year-old children) teaches children to play chess according to the rules, reach a certain position and develop their thinking ability.
(4) math games. Mathematical games are games in which children are interested in mathematical knowledge. Combine children's daily activities, cultivate children's interest in the concept of logarithm in the form of games, increase their perceptual knowledge of logarithm, learn some simple mathematical knowledge and skills, including perceptual sets and elements, and understand the composition of numbers within 10 and numbers within 10; 10 to learn addition and subtraction; Know several simple forms; Know some common quantities, as well as simple knowledge of space, orientation and time; And basic skills such as correspondence, counting, addition and subtraction, and natural measurement. For example, "reach your finger" (suitable for 3-year-old children), and know the numbers within 10 with your fingers. "Sort cards" (suitable for 4-year-old children), and sort some items by color, shape and quantity according to the card tips. "Guess what day it is today" (suitable for 5-year-old children) consolidates children's understanding of concepts such as yesterday, today, tomorrow and the number of stars.
(5) Music games. Music games are games accompanied by music or songs, and there are certain rules. The movements and expressions in the game process must conform to the beat, content and nature of music. This kind of games mainly lies in developing children's musical perception and movements, such as "Little fish swim here" and "Old cat can't sleep". The game is lively and interesting, which can enliven and enrich children's lives and cultivate their happy mood.
(6) art games. Art games include art education in the game, so that children can be familiar with the sexual properties of various materials in activities such as painting, bricklaying, origami and small production, cultivate children's thinking in images, feel and express beauty, and develop their intelligence. Art activities have all kinds of materials. Parents can choose various natural materials, such as thread, cloth, paper boxes, reeds or thin bamboo poles, eggshells, waste batteries, vegetables and fruits, according to the favorable conditions of family, hometown and environment, so that children can make them themselves, thus expanding their horizons and cultivating their interest and ability to appreciate and create beauty. Parents should pay attention to hygiene and safety when selecting materials.
For example, tearing apples and pears (suitable for 3-year-old children) can help children learn to distinguish the nature of materials, develop their eyesight and promote the development of hand muscles. Parents can draw "apples (pears)" on the paper with the empty needle eye of the sewing machine, and prepare two plates, one large and one small. First of all, parents take out two apple figures with the outline of acupuncture, let the children compare their sizes, let the children learn to break off the apples with their forefinger and thumb, and let the children put the apples on two plates according to their sizes.
Another example is to teach children how to make "small greeting cards" (suitable for 4-year-olds). When family members or companions celebrate birthdays or New Year's parties, children can beautify paper cards with patterns and give them homemade greeting cards as gifts.
(7) role games. Role-playing is a game that allows children to creatively reflect the real life around them through language, movements and expressions in the process of imitating and playing roles. In the game, children can recall the activities of adults around them according to their own life experiences and deepen their experience. Children should be bound by role behaviors in role games. For example, "doctors" should be gentle and considerate, care about patients, "drivers" should obey traffic rules, "mothers" should cook milk, buy vegetables and cook for "dolls", and the PLA should help people solve difficulties. In the game, we should not only imitate the role with words and actions, but also experience the feelings and attitudes of the role, so as to develop children's language expression ability, cultivate good interpersonal relationships, improve expression ability and form a good character. Parents can provide suitable supplies or materials for their children, and sometimes they can be supporting roles for their children to meet their psychological needs of learning social life and eager to show their adult life. Role games suitable for three or four-year-old children include Dollhouse, Police, Hospital, Shop, Kindergarten and Driving. Through games, we can further understand the work of people around us, enhance our sense of service and responsibility, and know simple social behavior norms, such as traffic rules and order in public places. The role game for five or six-year-old children allows children and partners to choose their own decision materials, make their own utensils or prepare their own clothes.