Playing ball games on the stairs
The ball can miraculously diversify your games on the stairs.
Game 8. Racing with the ball
Get upstairs with the baby. You have the ball in your hands. On the command "One, two, three - run" the baby starts to go down the stairs, and you release the ball so that it rolled down the stairs. Will you be able to reach the last step faster: the ball or the baby? Note that how fast the ball rolls down the stairs depends on how hard you push it and the elasticity of the ball itself. Let the ball win or the baby win.
Game 9. Whose ball is faster?
For this game you need at least two participants and two balls. Participants get upstairs and roll their balls so that they roll down the stairs. The player whose ball reached the bottom of the stairs first wins.
In addition to competition, the game is interesting because each time the ball rolls differently, changing its direction several times downhill.
Game 10. Whose ball is next?
For this game, too, you will need at least two participants and two balls. Participants get upstairs and roll their balls so that they roll down the stairs. The player whose ball rolls further wins. If children feel confident on the stairs, organize another competition: who will catch up with their ball faster?
Game 11. Ball up, ball down
Stand up with the baby at the top and at the bottom of the stairs. If the staircase is too high, simply climb up a few steps. Try to throw a ball at each other. So you not only train your baby to catch the ball, but also develop thinking: the ball should be thrown so that it does not hit the stairs and did not change the direction of flight. Please note that catching a ball with your back to the bottom of the stairs is very dangerous!
When you are sure that your baby can jump up and down the stairs without falling, you can insert jumps into the games together by walking up and down the stairs.
Steps and ladders
Game 12. Development stairs
Steps are perfectly combined with such traditional "developing ladies" as learning letters and numbers, learning to read and do arithmetic. What can you think of on the steps?
Draw chalk numbers or letters on the stairs, go up or down the stairs and call them (it is better to prepare several such rows at once, so that then several times in a row to climb up and down the stairs);
If the staircase is wide, draw letters on one step after another, step on consonants and step over vowels or step on deaf ones and step over ringing ones;
Draw chalk on the stairs of syllables (or warehouses, if you learn to read Zaitsev), climb the stairs and sing louder and louder, go down the stairs and sing them all the quieter and louder;
Draw chalk on the steps of a syllable, go up or down and read words.
For example, having climbed 2 steps, a young reader will read the words MOTHER, HAND, CAT according to the syllables; having climbed 3 steps - DRUM, CAR, CHICKEN; on the 4 steps there will be long, adult words - CAR, CORN, VENTILATOR.
- Place the pebbles on the stairs and when climbing, count how many pebbles lie on the stairs.
- Write simple examples in chalk and solve them when climbing or descending.
When you're doing your developmental work, don't forget to give your baby a chance to just have a good time, for example, to jump on a step up and down or play with him in "3-15-10-20". Played this game as a child?
A game from childhood "3-15-10-20"
Determine who's driving. The driver will have to say a count and compare all the other participants with him or her. Say "three - fifteen - ten - twenty" and jump. It is possible and necessary to jump differently: two legs on one step, to stand on one leg on one step, two legs on steps next to each other or through one, two or three steps. We compare poses. If a player's pose coincided with the driver's pose, he or she becomes the driver and says the count.
If the position of the driver coincided with the position of several players, the driver again says the count, but only those players whose positions coincided with the position of the driver. And so on until the position of the driver coincides with the position of only one player.
If you two are playing together, you can add points to the game. If the second player's position is different from the driver's, he gets a point. You can play up to 5 or 10 points.
Where to play
Stairs can be found everywhere. For example, at the entrance or at the shop. In order not to confuse customers, you can not play during office hours. Some games can be played even in the stairwell when you go down, or vice versa, go up. Playing "Bear in the wood" on the stairs often helped me and my son to pass the last floor. It's very convenient to learn to walk sideways on the stairs or cross your legs - you can hold on to the railing.
Have fun playing games!