Games with sand and water

Any game is not just entertainment. Playing, the child learns to know the world around him, develops certain skills - it's just that he does not know this. This is the value of the game: it once again confirms that not only unpleasant things can be useful. So, games with sand and water develop small motor skills of the hands, eye, creative abilities of the child.

Many games with sand and water the child learnsitself, without assistance. This is the molding of "kulichki," and the erection of impressive sandcastles, surrounded by a moat full of water, and drawings on the sand. But the child is always pleased when the parents play with him: believe me, he will be proud of the fact that the sand castle with the turrets helped him build a mom and dad. In which games with sand and water you can play with your child?

Many children like leave traces of your bare feet on wet sand. So why not turn this activity into an exciting game? Walk with your baby on the edge of the water, saying a poem-poteshku:

Big feet go on the road:

To-op, then-op, then-op.

Little legs jumping along the path:

Top-top! Top-top! Top-top!

You can ask the child: "And what kind of trail does the left-footed bear leave? A little mouse? " Depending on what animal would be named, the child will step hard, trying to leave a big deep trace (like a bear) or go on toes, leaving small "mouse" tracks.

Or try to train the eye and coordinate movements your child with a simple game. Drown on the sand "labyrinth" - an intricate chain of traces, and the child let him try to walk on it, without getting lost.

You can make whole paintings on wet sand from foot prints and palms. Start with a simple sun, and there the child's fantasy will be played out, and your child will create real masterpieces.

Tired of walking, sit down and paint. Right on the sand, finger or twig. You can use drawings on the sand for unobtrusive learning - draw with the child numbers, letters and geometric letters, play in tic-tac-toe. And it's not boring - and there's good.

And you can paint on sand ... sand! Take a sheet of paper, fold it in a little bag and pour sand into the muffin. And then give the child a bag, and let him draws a trickle of dry sand drawings on wet sand - as if decorating cakes with cream. This game will develop fine motor skills, creative skills and imagination.

Can be exactly the same to paint on dry sand with water. Take a plastic bottle, pour it into itwater, screw the lid and make a hole in it. Let the child draw intricate patterns of trickling water on dry sand. Only when you play, do not forget to take a paper bag and a bottle with you, do not leave them on the beach.

With an older child, you can to build sand and sundial and simultaneously explain to him their history and principleactions. It will not be a boring lecture, but a fun lesson. An hourglass can be made from two plastic bottles. The main thing is to make sure that there are no pebbles in the sand that can prevent it from flowing evenly. The manufacture of a sundial will take a little longer to properly mark the dial.

The usual construction of sand castles can be turned into a story-role game: settle in the castle of the princess, who languishes incaptivity of the evil dragon, and let the beautiful prince save her. Or build a whole fairy city with its rules and laws. Give vent to imagination - and his, and the child.

You can easily come up with your own games with sand and water, resting with your child on the sea or on the river bank. Just show ingenuity - and rest immediately becomes more fun!