Every child looks forward to his birthday, which is not surprising, since on this day he will receive not only many gifts, but also the opportunity to have fun with loved ones and in the company of friends. Do you want your child's 8th or 9th birthday to be bright and unforgettable? When organizing a holiday party, do not forget to pay more attention to the entertainment program. Arm yourself with proven competitions, games, quizzes and more. Place your bet on those that will be equally interesting to both boys and girls.
“The most flexible is the most dexterous”
A great warm up game. All that is needed to carry it out is a stick or rope, which adults will hold at different ends. First, hold it at such a level that all children can pass under it without bending back. Each time it is lowered lower and lower. An important condition is that you can only bend backwards, trying to maintain balance. The game is played to lively music. Anyone who, as the rope or stick is lowered, accidentally touches it is subject to disqualification. The most flexible and most dexterous participant wins.
Interesting games
What other games are there for children at home? Choose according to your child’s mood and preferences.
They can be active or calm, using a variety of additional materials, or take place in the form of a conversation, but in any case they should be interesting to the child. As practice shows, games without a phone can also captivate and interest a child.
Guess what it is
We explore the world around us with the help of our senses, and touch plays an important role in this. Therefore, it will be useful for the child to mentally create images of things without seeing them, but only by touching them.
Place several items in a basket or container so that the child does not see them, and then give one at a time into his hands, having previously blindfolded his eyes (alternatively, you can simply close them).
Let the baby try to guess what he is holding in his hands, examining the object only with his fingers. Tell me if the child can’t cope.
Suitable for age: 4-7 years old.
Unusual book
Games and activities with children at home can be remembered not only as an interesting time spent together with parents, but also as an interesting craft that has been preserved for many years. You can make a book with your child that tells about himself.
Collect photographs, magazine clippings, and interesting small items. You can stick them on thick sheets of paper and write a story together.
Let the child write the first letter in this book, make the first drawing, trace his pen or glue the picture he likes. After many years, such a craft will bring back very warm memories.
Alternatively, you can make a fairy tale book by inventing a story and decorating it with appliqués and drawings. The process will take more than one evening and, most likely, will interest the child for a long time.
Suitable for age: 4-10 years old.
"Duel of Intellectuals"
It is worth preparing for this game in advance. It is necessary to print different letters on A4 sheets. You need to select them so that you can add several words from them. Those who want to play are divided into two teams. Each person is asked to compose a word from the letters given to them in the allotted time (no more than 2-3 minutes). The winner is the one whose option is the longest. An alternative option is that the team that manages to create the most words using the resulting set of letters wins. Important! The sets of letters are made identical.
Games for children 8 years old to develop logic
In order to develop logic, you can use the following useful games:
- "Letter chaos." An adult thinks of a word. He must write it down, but in such a way that all the letters are mixed. The child's task is to solve the riddle. The presenter can use hints, but it is important to keep them brief.
- "Characteristic letters." A group game where children have to sit down and form a circle. Each of them is given a specific letter. Next, the presenter asks one of the children if he likes his neighbor and why. The child who is asked the question must answer, indicating as the reason the characteristic beginning with the letter of the neighbor. For example, the answer could be: “I like Masha because she is very kind.” At the same time, Masha was given the letter “d”.
- “We make up words.” An adult writes any long word. The longer it is, the better. The child’s task is to compose as many words as possible, using only the letters that the adult used in the original inscription. In this case, it is not allowed to use any letter several times if it was used in the original only once. But if, for example, “a” appeared two or three times, the same number of times it is allowed to be included in some word invented by the student.
IMPORTANT: You cannot make up non-existent words!
An excellent logic game for an 8-year-old child - making up many words based on one idea
"Tight Hugs"
A simple but fun contest that requires a lot of inflated balloons. Some of them need to be pre-filled with glitter (optional, but the kids will love it). The balls are laid out on the floor, after which the rules are explained to the pairs of participants (maximum 2-3): 1. The ball is pinched between the chests or stomachs and, holding hands, the players begin to get closer until the props burst. 2. The game continues according to this principle until all the balls are destroyed. 3. The pair that manages to burst the most balloons wins. Important! It will be difficult for the presenter to independently monitor the actions of the players. It is advisable to assign an adult to each pair, who will be tasked with counting the bursting balloons.
Musical educational games for children 8 years old
In order for children to learn to perceive various melodic transitions, and also move to the beat, the following musical games can be offered:
- "Brave Rider" An adult plays the musical piece “The Bold Rider” by Schumann. To begin with, the student should simply listen to the piece. Then the game begins: during the first part of “The Rider,” the baby holds on to imaginary reins with one hand and waves an imaginary whip with the other. One of the feet should stomp. The second part of the work is accompanied by galloping in a circle. At the same time, your hands are placed on your side.
- "Dance improvisation". The child is given the task of portraying various animals while dancing to some cheerful melody. At the same time, of course, he must fall into rhythm . Originality is welcome.
- "Ticket to the Concert." The adult gives the child a beautiful ticket drawn in advance and invites him to take a more comfortable seat. The child is given cards with portraits of famous composers whose works the child has previously become familiar with. Various works are included, during which the child must pick up a card with the corresponding composer.
IMPORTANT: This game will help develop not only hearing, but also erudition, and will instill in your child a love of high-quality music.
This game will help instill in an 8-year-old child a love of good music.
"Surprise"
A game that all children without exception will want to take part in. You need to prepare for it as follows: 1. Take a box with a lid, decorate it (for example, cover it with gift wrapping paper). 2. Create a hole in the lid for your hand. 3. The box is filled with gifts (keychains, pens, notepads, jewelry for girls, candy, crayons, etc.). The rules of the game are simple: children take turns putting their hand into the box, feeling for one object and trying to guess what they got. After the final answer is given, the item is taken out. If the guess was correct, the child keeps a gift for himself.
Children's games at home
Entertaining games for children have many advantages: they bring together all family members who take part in the process, allow you to spend time in an intense and exciting way, without gadgets and TV. Play is a powerful tool for the development of your child. When planning to spend time together, blowing the dust off a box of checkers or long-forgotten Monopoly, remember a few nuances:
- Try not to give any hints to your child. Make an exception to the rules only if he does not yet know the rules. Let him learn to make mistakes and draw conclusions. Undoubtedly, you know more, but allow your baby to be independent.
- Don't give in, you must be equal. Therefore, it is worth choosing interesting games for children, where the process does not require encyclopedic knowledge or extensive experience, and the rules are simple and understandable for everyone.
- You just need to play with pleasure, getting pleasant emotions. If you notice that the children don’t like the game or are bored, it’s better to switch to another one: it’s definitely not worth forcing anyone to have fun.
"Beast"
A game in which it is not necessary to choose a winner. To carry it out, you need a Whatman paper, on which you need to write down the months of the year and opposite them positive adjectives, as well as numbers from 1 to 31, and next to them the names of different animals. Children (adults can also join if they wish), focusing on their date of birth, determine their animal. After everyone has completed this task, everyone demonstrates their animal to the others. Important! If it is fundamentally important for children to participate in competitions where winners will be determined, in this one you can award prizes to those who portray their animal best.
Role-playing games
Children's games, in which children imagine themselves as adults, are perhaps the most beloved.
From an early age, the child begins to imitate his parents: he lovingly puts his favorite toys to bed, builds a garage, cooks food on a toy stove, or builds something like a real store. Play along with your child or switch roles with him, allowing him to become mom, dad, salesman or doctor.
Shop
There are several variations of this game. You can lay out items on the “counter”, set “price tags” and make “money” from cut sheets of paper of different sizes, thereby repeating the counting.
Or you can ask the child not to name the product he wants to buy, but only to give it a description. So the game will become a small lesson in speech development.
Suitable for age: 4-6 years old.
Beauty saloon
A role-playing game that captivates absolutely all girls. You can become a model for whom your child will do hair, makeup, and manicure.
But a doll can also act as a “client” of the salon. At the same time, be sure to discuss the rules of conduct and culture of communication in the salon.
Suitable for age: 5-7 years old.
Construction
You can organize the activities of both the driver and the builder at once by showing your son that a large car can be loaded with cubes, help it get to the construction site, unload the “material” and begin building a garage or house.
You can also include a crane, “worker” figures in the game and build more than one object.
Suitable for age: 4-6 years old.
Playing pirates
Build a ship from available materials, and find parts for the costume in the closet - the preparation process will be no less interesting.
Then, armed with binoculars, you can go in search of treasures to uncharted shores. Alternatively, a small toy man can become a pirate, and a ship can be built from a construction set. Depends on what the child likes more.
Suitable for age: 5-8 years old.
"Fun Relay Race"
A simple game that requires a medium sized ball. In addition, you need to use chalk or strings/ribbons (depending on where your child's birthday party is being held) to mark the start line and finish line. At the starting line, two teams line up in a column (parallel to each other). At the leader’s command, the first player squeezes the ball with his feet (at the knees) and we jump with him to the finish line, and then back. Once he returns to his team, the ball passes to another player in the column. Anyone who drops the ball while moving along the distance must return to the starting point. The winner is the team that is the first to go to the finish line and back.
Active games
Go!
Invite your child to imagine himself as a car driving along a dark road. To do this, place several chairs or other objects, give the child a steering wheel or a round substitute and blindfold him. You are the navigator, the baby is the car, turn on and go! Try switching places so that the child also tries himself in the role of an assistant.
Suitable for age: 5-8 years old.
Hold the ball
This children's game will require a balloon and a little dexterity. Task: move the ball from one end of the room/corridor to the other without touching it with your hands or letting it fall. Let the children be smart: you can blow on the ball, push it with your nose, chin, or knees.
If there are two children, arrange a competition to see who can get the ball to the finish line the fastest. For older participants, the task can be complicated by building a path or placing small obstacles that need to be avoided.
Suitable for age: 5-15 years old.
Cross the river
The role of the banks can be played by jump ropes, ribbons or two pieces of rope, laid out at a distance of one and a half to two meters from each other. Cut out circles from paper that will replace the pebbles.
Invite your child to “move” from one bank to the other, stepping on the stones without getting his feet wet. The game is simple, but perfectly develops coordination of movements in children 3-5 years old.
Suitable for age: 3-5 years old.
"Brilliant" basketball
In an apartment, entertaining games for children with a ball are not very convenient, but if you replace it with small foil balls and build a basket from a children's bucket or a cut-off five-liter bottle, you will get a pretty decent basketball.
The competition can be complicated: throw in turns with the left and right hand, count who will have the most hits per minute, vary the distance from the player to the basket.
Suitable for ages: 5-13 years old.
Classics
The good old “jumping rope” is definitely worth remembering and organizing a game even within an apartment or house. Using construction tape on the carpet, “draw” a classic; a round candy box can be used as a “bat.” The main thing is to remember about the neighbors below and try not to disturb their peace in the evening.
Suitable for age: 5-10 years old.
The fastest turtle
It's easy to turn into a turtle! Get on all fours, put a pillow on your back and forward to the finish line, so that your “shell” does not get lost along the way. You can arrange a competition “Who is faster?” or which of the “turtles” will show the best time.
Suitable for age: 4-7 years old.
Tricky ball
Throwing a ball within an apartment is not the safest activity, so you can come up with other activities with it. Lie on your stomach opposite each other, placing the ball between your heads. Try standing up while holding the ball together, without using your hands.
Another option would be a competition, in which case two balls would be required. Get on all fours and, on command, begin to roll the ball, touching it with your forehead or nose, without helping with your hands. The one who crosses the finish line faster will win.
Suitable for age: 5-10 years old.
"Dangerous Cargo"
Guests of the holiday party are divided into two teams (each with the same number of players). Teams line up opposite each other. The most extreme (no matter which side) participant is given a bottle of carbonated drink. After the “Start” command sounds, he passes it to his neighbor, who passes it to the next one, and so on until the end of the line, and then the bottle returns in the same way, after which it must be opened. The winner is the team that completes the task faster than the other, but at the same time foams the drink minimally.
Unusual home games
Family games at home can become a good tradition that will give your children a sea of warm memories in adulthood. And while they are still small, a little imagination, effort and time will help organize fun games and keep the whole family busy. Actively get involved in the preparation, don’t be lazy, come up with something to play, and before you know it, you’ll get carried away yourself.
Fantastic patterns
Mix 5 tablespoons of gouache, one tablespoon of shampoo (dishwashing liquid) and a teaspoon of water. Make a thick foam in the container by blowing into a plastic tube.
Now use a piece of paper to lightly touch the colored bubbles. See how the prints turn out and complete the abstract picture, following your imagination.
Suitable for age: 5-12 years old.
Fun quest
This activity can be prepared for a birthday or for a group of friends, or you can simply please your child with an exciting activity. And if the treasure hunter is interested in the search process, then, believe me, you will be no less fascinated by the preparation process.
Hide a small gift or sweet prize at home (there may be several of them) and create step-by-step instructions for finding them.
You can place notes with clues in the most unusual places, the main thing is that each previous one is the key to finding the next one and ultimately leads to the main “treasure”.
Suitable for ages: 6-12 years old.
"The Hard Way"
For this competition, you need skittles or plastic bottles, which are placed in a “snake” pattern from one wall of the room to the other (on the street, the area is determined independently). Several pairs of players are invited to take part in “The Hard Path.” They need to walk the distance one by one, while the leader marks the time. Only one child will have to go through all the obstacles; he is first blindfolded. The second person is given a bell, with which he must show his friend the right direction to move. The winner is the pair that manages to complete the distance as quickly as possible, knocking over a minimum of skittles or plastic bottles along the way.
Educational games for erudition for children 8 years old
There is simply no way for schoolchildren to develop their erudition! Why not do it in a playful way? For example, using the following games:
- "Seven original words." For this group game you will only need leaves and pens, the number of which should match the number of participants. The presenter names any letter of the alphabet. The children's task is to write words starting with this letter. The words must correspond to the following list: country, city, river or lake, plant, animal, bird, profession. Next, everyone reads out their options and those that match must be crossed out. The winner will be the participant who wrote the most original words that do not match the list of friends.
IMPORTANT: Children must be warned that they should not look at each other’s leaves.
The game of inventing original words will definitely appeal to an 8-year-old child
- “We name professions.” The goal of this game is to guess the profession based on any items related to it. For example, in the case of a pharmacist it will be a potion, in the case of a teacher it will be a pointer. Objects can be laid out on the table or drawn. The form in which the material is presented is not so important, because it is important that the child simply guesses the desired profession. If the game is a group game, you can ask the children to guess the speed - the first one to answer correctly will get a chance to become the leader.
- "Snowballs for intelligence." To play, you will need to place the bucket at a distance of about one and a half to two meters from the participants. You need to throw a snowball at it. If you manage to hit, the thrower has the right to ask the leader for any letter of the word the leader has guessed. If you fail to get there, then the letter cannot be recognized. The game can be either for two or for masses. It develops not only erudition, but also attentiveness and eye .
IMPORTANT: If it is not winter outside or the winter is snowless, it is quite possible to replace the snowballs with something. For example, balls.
Playing snowballs can become intellectual for an 8-year-old child
Mathematical educational games for children 8 years old
In order to develop mathematical abilities in a schoolchild, it is worth paying attention to the following games:
- "Arithmetic series". An adult must write mathematical series, and the child’s task is to continue these series. Naturally, the numbers will not be selected at random, but in accordance with a certain idea. The child must guess this idea. For example, “2, 5, 8, 11” - here you need to add 3 to each previous number.
- "More, less, equal." To begin with, the child should explain what these signs mean. Then you should cut them out of paper and prepare various objects and trays. Objects are placed in the trays, and then the child is asked to find out whether an equal number of them are on the tray or not. The answer must be illustrated with appropriate symbols.
IMPORTANT: Children often confuse the signs < and >. To get rid of this, adults should explain that these signs are beaks. And the larger one always eats the number after it.
These are the cards you can prepare for a math game with an 8 year old child
Educational games for children 8 years old, instilling the rules of etiquette
A student must know the basics of etiquette. Why not invite him to master them in a playful way?
- "Polite words." To play, you just need to get some sticks or matches, as well as a piece of plasticine. The sticks stick into it. The child is asked to pull out the stick while saying a polite word. Of course, the more items prepared for the game, the better! The student must remember as many polite words as possible. The game can also be a group game - in this case, the one who names the maximum number of words wins.
- "Serving" You need to teach your child to set the table for every meal. Let him imagine himself, for example, as a waiter at a reputable restaurant. This game will allow you not to get confused in the future when receiving guests.
IMPORTANT: From time to time you need to complicate the task. For example, ask to set the table for drinking compote. The task is simple at first glance, but mistakes are often made when performing it. The child should know that, for example, it is correct to eat berries with a spoon, carefully spitting out the seeds into it.
First, let an 8-year-old child learn how to set a toy table.
Educational games for children 8 years old for time orientation
To prevent your child from getting confused about the components of time, you can play the following games with him:
- "Crazy week." An adult prepares cards in advance, each of which shows a day of the week. Then all the cards are laid out in random order. The child’s task is to put them in the right order. You can also hide one of the cards - here the child will have to guess what day of the week is missing.
- "Card calendar". First you need to prepare cards that depict the seasons and times of day separately. The adult then reads something that illustrates these times. The source can be any - a fairy tale, a riddle, a poem, or simply a sentence invented on the spot. The child picks up a card corresponding to the text. For example, after the phrase “Seryozha woke up, washed his face and sat down to breakfast,” you need to pick up a card depicting morning.
IMPORTANT: In the future, you can complicate the game by playing it for a while.
Cards with the seasons are useful for playing with an 8-year-old child
What else can you do with an 8-9 year old child at home?
We bring to your attention some options: • Design. • Modeling from plasticine, dough. • Studying the environment using a microscope. • Drawing. • Applications. • Magic kits. • Painting on wood. • Making slimes. • Face painting. • Paintings by numbers. • Research kits. • Kits for creating jewelry. • Crafts made from plaster, clay. • Crafts made from natural materials. • Stone painting. • Painting on metal, glass. • Creation of candles. • 3D puzzles. • Reading books. • Solving puzzles, crosswords. • Board games. • Game "Twister". • Game of "Words". • Game "Crocodile". • We make photo frames with our own hands. • Learning to cook. • We grow indoor plants. • Studying encyclopedias. • We participate in cleaning the house (apartment).
If you know how to add to the list, write in the comments.
Games for children 8 years old to develop imagination
A developed imagination is something that should be present from childhood. We offer parents the following games:
- "What if…?". This game is great to play somewhere while traveling or while sitting in a boring queue to keep your fidget entertained. The parent asks what will happen if, for example, the frogs turn blue or it suddenly snows in the summer. The most important thing is that the question be as unexpected and unusual as possible. There is room for your imagination to run wild!
- "Letters from a Travel". An adult invites the child to take an imaginary journey. The place is not so important - it may or may not be previously visited. Or it might even be fabulous. The main thing is for the child to describe in letters everything that his imagination tells him. He can be inspired by what he sees outside the window or use a map - any sources of inspiration are encouraged. Letters must be placed in a box specially created for the game. Then the adult shares with the child his impressions of the letters. It is especially useful to organize imaginary voyages in the summer, when during rest all skills are slightly dulled.
IMPORTANT: The game not only develops imagination, but also improves writing skills and broadens one's horizons.
Letters from an Imaginary Journey - a useful game for an 8-year-old child
