Title: Games that teach – Learning by doing for Preschools
1Games that teach Learning by doing for
Preschools
Children learn better by introducing them to the
world of fun and playing educational games.
Teaching practical life skills and philosophies
are important parts of grooming our children into
well-rounded adults. Playing games increases
motivation by helping students relax, open up,
and get out of their heads while learning. It is
important to make learning exciting for students
with interactive activities to motivate the
students and encourage them to learn while
playing.
Some of the games that teach in fun ways to
engage the students are Puzzles Puzzles are
supposed to be a creative group game that
encourages students to work in harmony. Images,
words, calculations, historical figures, and
monuments can be a good source of puzzles to
teach students with various subject
matters. Best Preschool divide students into
groups then hand them out a puzzle to solve.
Alternatively, students can create their own
puzzles, which will enable a teacher to get them
more engaged in class. Nutrition Mission
2- Children dont know about healthy eating.
Teachers can ask them to make a healthy eating
lunchbox, using a combination of different food
types, present on a poster. Discuss with them the
pros and cons of different foods. Sharing fun
facts like strawberry flavor used in ice-cream
contains more than 50 hazardous chemicals can be
a suitable teaching method. - Parachute
- Game played with more than two people is a fun
game to develop fine motor skills. A large
sheet/parachute is spread on the floor, and
everyone has to hold an edge of the sheet.
Working - together, raise the sheet and say up, up,
then simultaneously lower it saying down,
down. When a teacher calls under, under,
everyone can let go sheet and hurry under. The
game helps children in gaining movement skills
and as well teach them to listen patiently. - Twenty objects
- This is another skill-full game to enhance memory
in young children. Place 20 different objects on
a table and give students 1 minute time to
memorize all the articles. Now cover the items
with a cloth and ask students to write down as
many as they remember. Objects can be selected
related to the current module of study or
connected in another way. - Simon says
- This is an excellent game for kids to pay close
attention to and instructions. Here, one kid asks
his fellow players to do silly action saying,
Simon says to stand on your hands, or Simon
says jump like monkeys. Other kids have to
follow the instructions of Simon. - Kids paying less attention will discover
themselves to be left behind. This will give them
extra motivation to listen attentively, later
paying more attention to the class instructions. - Art Class