Outdoor games for children 4–5 years old
Children grow and change incredibly quickly. In just a year, they become very nimble - they run faster, handle objects better. They have developed attention to the speech of an adult - now the teacher does not have to repeat his request up to 5 times for the baby to hear him. Outdoor games for children 4-5 years old continue the physical development of children - they acquire dexterity and endurance. In addition, communication skills with peers have become better, especially among children who have been in a group for a long time. Now kids will be happy to learn games where teams compete.
What to pay special attention to:
• Outdoor games must be safe. Of course, all guys at this age suffer from “asphalt disease,” but a couple of bruises on the knees are not terrible. Look around the area for active games: there are no nails, broken glass, large stones, sharp branches. Clear the area of them in advance.
• Children enjoy the intellectual component of play. Let the plot include tasks to develop ingenuity, cause-and-effect relationships, and logic.
• Kids will enjoy mastering relay races. They will be very emotional about rooting for their team - jumping for joy if they win and getting upset if they lose. This is how children learn new social roles.
It is very difficult for younger preschool children to sit in one place. And it’s not necessary, because physical activity is the key to the mental and physical health of toddlers. But to prevent the team from turning into a noisy “anthill”, the teacher should offer kids orderly and useful outdoor games for children 4–5 years old.
During active entertainment, kids can, in their fantasies, transform into animals, favorite cartoon or fairy-tale characters. The plot should be interesting, but not too confusing, because the children are still small.
Examples of outdoor games for children 4-5 years old
Game "Hawk"
In a group of kids they decide who will be the hawk. Here you can use a counting rhyme. All the other children are mice that he hunts. The predator is placed in front of the guys and is forbidden to look back. The mice are divided into pairs and given lumps of rolled up paper (improvised stones) in their hands. When the whistle blows, the mice scatter in different directions. The hawk is trying to catch them. The victim of a predator becomes a hawk itself. A mouse can hit a bird of prey with a wad of paper. If the player is hit, he himself becomes a hawk, and the defeated predator leaves the game.
Outdoor game "Stream"
In order to create a stream, you need a piece of material (width 1 m, length 2 m). Place it on the ground and encourage the little ones to jump over the stream. To begin with, the fabric can be folded in half - a narrow stream. Unroll it gradually. This is how children train the skill of standing jumping. Show kids how to land correctly on bent legs.
Game "Colored Cars"
The objective of this game:
• strengthen the children's knowledge of primary colors;
• visual memory training;
• learn to act according to verbal instructions.
To play, you need to prepare flags of different colors and corresponding rings. There should be as many of them as there are players.
On one side of the playing field, the kids pretend to be cars in the garage. They stand holding the wheel rings. The presenter raises a colored flag. The guys whose circle corresponds to the color of the flag “ride” forward, buzzing, moving along the axis. The flag is lowered and the cars hide in their house. You can further complicate the task by raising several flags at the same time.
Ball game “Edible-inedible”
The number of players is not limited. The plot is suitable for one child with a parent. Usually a ball is used. The presenter throws the ball to the child, naming the object. If it is edible, the player must catch, and if not, throw the ball away. The adult and child can change roles. To complicate the task, choose consonant words: “frog”, “toy”, “cheesecake”, etc.
Team game "Kangaroo"
The game is designed for children's groups. The facilitator divides the participants into 2-3 teams and helps the children line up in columns in front of the starting line. The first in the column clamps a matchbox or similar small object with his knees and jumps with it to the appointed place (chair, cube). The player shouts “I am a kangaroo!” and in the same way or running returns to his team, passing the boxes to the next one in the column. If the relay is held indoors, play upbeat music to set the mood.
Game "Harvest"
Multi-colored balls are scattered on the playground, and the adult asks to collect them in a basket. The task can be made more complicated - divide the children into teams (who will collect the most crops), ask the children to divide the balls by color, or bring obstacles onto the playground that the child must overcome - a bench, cubes.
As you can see, an element of competition appears in outdoor games for children 4-5 years old. Children improve speed, reaction, endurance. In addition, the plots of the games have an intellectual component - tasks on logic and the development of speech skills.
Competitions in nature
If you are celebrating a birthday outside the city or in a park, you have a huge selection of ideas for fun competitions. You are not limited by space - at the picnic area your imagination can run wild and the children will have a great time playing in the fresh air.
- Treasure search.
Draw a map showing the main clue bases. At each of them, children will be asked to take a test to receive instructions on where to move next. To earn them they must complete simple tasks. For the basis, you can take pantomime competitions, relay races, throwing projectiles for accuracy. Dancing, singing, joke and funny story competitions are also suitable - the main thing is to keep the children busy with action.
In some cases, you can arrange “secrets” - bury sheets of information under glass. Or a clearing of “secrets”, where everyone will find a small gift.
The main prize won’t be won just like that either: an adult needs to build a scary costume in which he will catch up with the players, like in the game vada. It is better if the treasure is sweet - then you can easily divide the found treasure among the whole team. As an option for the scenario, you can imagine that pirates stole the birthday cake and returning it is the main task. Suitable for children aged 8 years and older.
- Tourists and a bear.
In the center of the clearing, organize a camp for tourists by laying out equipment on the tablecloth: cups, spoons, pots, etc. A bear is walking near this place - one of the children playing (you can choose it with a counting rhyme). Draw a circle of sufficient diameter - if a player runs beyond the line, you cannot insult him. The tourists' task is to drag their belongings out of the bear's den. The player caught by the bear becomes the driver.
- Skittles in the air.
You will need a tree with low growing branches. You need to tie a weight to them on a rope - a regular ball will do for this. Place bottles below, filled with water for stability. The children's task is to knock down as many pins as possible with the ball.
- Colorful colors.
A leader is selected and a square is drawn in which players can be caught. Children are crossing the line. The one who drives names any color - those who have this color on themselves (in clothes, shoes, hairpins) remain in place, the rest try to run to the other side. The one who is caught becomes a wada.
- Joust.
Despite the name, girls can also participate. Find a fallen tree or bring 2 stable stools and a sturdy board from home. This will be your knight's platform on which the duel will take place. Give playing children a pillow each. Select them in such a way that they are comfortable to hold in your hands. The winner is the one who knocks the opponent to the ground first. Discuss the rules in advance - you cannot hit in the face and make sure that there are no sharp stones or twigs below.
The main rules, or what adults should remember
Your birthday will be remembered for a long time if you follow certain rules.
- To avoid being offended, monitor the progress of the competitions yourself. Your role is that of an arbitrator. It is better to resolve any controversial and conflict situations immediately so that grievances do not grow like a snowball.
- Explain the rules in advance and make sure all children understand them correctly.
- There is a reward for each competition. This could be a small chocolate bar, a hair clip, a sharpener, an eraser, or other school stationery. A figurine with a cartoon character is also a great option, but you just need to ask in advance what the child and his friends like.
Active games at home
However, active games are not just an activity for the street. You can organize active leisure time for your child in an apartment. Of course, such fun in a “closed space” is fraught with complications in the form of disorder and broken or broken things, but there are still cases when you cannot do without it. For example, when you want to tear your child away from the computer or TV in bad weather. At the same time, active games can be part of the entertainment program for a children's birthday party. In this case, there are also many options to actively diversify children's leisure time. We must remember to follow safety precautions. Here are examples of several such games:
Game "Ball"
A leader is selected from all those present and throws the inflated ball up. While he is in the air, everyone has complete freedom of action, but when he touches the floor, everyone must freeze. Those who do not have time are eliminated;
Game "Chamomile"
You need to cut out a flower from paper with the number of petals equal to the number of participants in the game. Under each petal there is written some funny task that the one who tears off this petal will have to complete;
"Crocodile"
The point of the game is to guess the word shown by a member of one of the two teams. They guess this word, and also choose a participant who will show it to the opposing team, and the team showing it will guess. You may have to make a lot of effort to prove to your computer genius or homebody that an active pastime is no less interesting. But this should not stop you if you are interested in your child growing up healthy and sociable.
