Free Creativity based Games
-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia*
The babies and toddlers are most
creative in the entire world and with the growing up, the creativity decreases
if it is not retained with the help of creativity aids. In today's age, it is
the duty of parents and school teachers to make the babies and toddlers more
creative. The use of images and other games in teaching help them to maintain
the creativity level.
Today, every school is trying to engage babies and toddlers in various types of games which are full of creativity and the parents are also preferring only such schools using teaching aids of creativity in classrooms. Both, the school teachers and parents should play their roles parallel to make the children full of creativity with making them engaged in games and plays.
It boosts the cognitive, physical, and emotional skills of children. Let's take an example, the children playing a game ‘Simon Says’ be more disciplined because the game make children follow the instructions of parents and elders in more effective ways. In this game, Simon gives instructions and the children (babies and toddlers) learn to follow the instructions. If they follow, it is the part of parents and school teachers to make them motivated by offering monetary benefits and clapping.
Second most important skill required to be imparted in children is
“Sharing food with others”; the best game for it is “One for you, one for
me”. The children are directed to share the objects and the parents
also get involved with a set of containers. In order to make the children learn
body parts easily, there is one classic game i.e. “Hokey-Pokey”; full
of music and lyrics, the parents can easily learn how to make the children
learn the skills.
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Lalit Kumar. All rights reserved.
