Having children in the house, it is worth considering before throwing out any box. After all, this simple packaging material can be turned into an exciting toy for your child. With the help of such games, imagination, agility, motor skills and other useful skills are developed. In addition, children from a very young age are not indifferent to various boxes and sometimes find them unexpected use.
Games up to two years
- "Toy warehouse"
You can teach a kid to assemble his toys. Place an empty box in front of him and show how objects can be stacked in it. Little children who are just beginning to learn the world around them will be happy to complete the task. Then the toys can be scattered on the floor and reassembled. Over time, the little ones will learn to collect objects in a box on their own.
- "Find the cover"
The game develops motor skills of hands, forms logical thinking. She will need boxes of various shapes and sizes (cardboard boxes from shoes, plastic and tin boxes from food products, small boxes from jewelry). Put the closed containers in front of the child, let him remember how they look. Then remove the caps and ask the baby to put them back on. First, tell which lid corresponds to each box. Over time, the child himself will learn to pick the right cover and close the box.
- "Where is the ball?"
Take a small ball and put it in one of the placed boxes in front of the child’s eyes. Let him open the box and find the toy. Hiding the ball again, swap the boxes. The kid must remember which ball the ball is in and get it out. To complicate the task, ask the child to close his eyes while you are hiding the item. Tell me how you can find the ball without opening the box (shake each of them).
- "Sorting"
With the help of boxes, you can instill in your child the concepts of various forms of objects, coordination of movements. To do this, you need a large shoe box and figures from a building or sand set of various shapes. Cut holes in the lid corresponding to the figures. To do this, circle their outline with a pencil. Ask the baby to insert toys of the desired shape into the holes.
Games from 2 to 3 years
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- "Mailbox"
Walking with the child, show him the real mailbox, explain his purpose. At home, glue the box over with colorful wrapping paper and cut a hole in the lid. Arrange with the baby that from time to time you will throw different messages to each other. Please it with postcards, stickers, small coloring books. And he, in turn, can send you his drawings.
- Rattles
Collect a dozen identical small boxes of juice. After washing and drying, fill them with various loose materials (peas, rice, semolina, buttons, etc.). Carefully seal the holes so that the contents do not crumble or fall into the child’s mouth.Put each material in a pair of boxes. The task of the baby - by ear to find boxes with the same filler.
- Hide and Seek
With this game you can study colors and sizes. Take boxes of different sizes and glue them with paper of various colors. Take a small toy, for example, from Kinder surprise, and hide it in one of the boxes. Tell the baby that the toy is in the blue box or in the smallest, etc. Boxes can also be pasted over with decorative paper with a variety of ornaments (in a red strip or a yellow flower). The more boxes, the more game options you can come up with.
- "TV"
A game for the development of speech and creativity. In a large box, cut a hole in the form of a TV screen. Place it on a raised platform so that the baby’s face is at the “screen” level. Invite your child to become a television star. Let him tell poems, fairy tales or sing songs. And in order to interest the young artist, collect more spectators.
- “Super-home”
This fun is loved by children of all ages. If you find a large box from the refrigerator or washing machine, you can make a real home out of it. Cut holes in it in the form of a window and an entrance door. From the top wings, make a roof. Paste the inside of the box with white paper or old wallpaper. Outside, the child can paint it at his discretion. In the house, make lighting using a flashlight or a small night light. To make the baby comfortable playing in the symbolic dwelling, cover the bottom with a blanket, put pillows.
With the help of ordinary boxes you can come up with a lot of exciting entertainments and informative games. The desire to please the baby will tell you many interesting ideas.
