The importance of playground games for children
With the development of society, playgrounds have gradually become an important place for people to relax and have fun, especially for children. Playgrounds can not only allow them to play to their heart's content, but also promote their physical and emotional development while playing.
In the playground, group games often derive deep emotions. Through interactive games, children not only make new friends, but also learn how to communicate with others and cultivate a sense of teamwork. Through success and failure, children can also learn how to manage their emotions and experience different emotions brought about by different results.
The playground not only provides children with a space for free play, but more importantly, it allows them to grow in all aspects while playing, laying a good foundation for their future life development. So, take your children to the playground more often, encourage them to participate in team games, and let them explore their own growth while enjoying their play time.
11 fun playground games to improve children's teamwork spirit
Group games in the playground are a valuable course to improve teamwork spirit. Interesting teamwork games can not only let children learn communication skills, but also make them feel that outdoor activities are just playing, not a special "course".
1. Group Jump Rope
As the most common collective outdoor sport, group skipping can not only stimulate children's sports enthusiasm, but also exercise their cooperation and coordination ability. Two adults or older children each hold the two ends of the long rope, and then let the other children line up and start skipping in the shape of "8". This simple sport can also become an interesting competition. When there are a large number of people, they can be divided into groups, and the number of skipping ropes completed can be recorded within a time limit, and the ranking can be carried out to cultivate children's sense of competition and collective honor. At the same time, it can further stimulate children's sports potential. When they see that other friends can complete it, they will use it to motivate themselves to complete the next skipping rope.
2. Hula Hoop Challenge
In this game, children need to stand in a straight line or a large circle hand in hand, and then pass a hula hoop through the arm of the first child in the team, and then pass it to the last child in turn. During the passing period, the children's hands cannot be loosened, and the hula hoop can only be moved between their companions by twisting their bodies and cooperating with each other.
This game is a great test of tacit understanding and cooperation, and requires everyone to work together to complete it. Adults can give appropriate encouragement and prompts, telling children to help their friends next to them pass through the hula hoop by raising and lowering their arms. Of course, you can also divide the children into several small teams and let them compete to see which group can complete the challenge first.
3. Up and down relay race
The relay race, as the name suggests, requires children to complete a task one by one to achieve a win-win situation for the team. There are many ways to play this game. One of the more common ones is to let the children divide into two groups of equal number of people, stand in a row facing each other, and leave a distance in the middle as the starting point and the end point. Let the first child take the "baton" and run to the other side at full speed, then pass the "baton" to the next child. The child who gets the "baton" runs out at full speed again. When the children on both sides complete a handover, the game ends.
During the entire game, you can also rank by timing and grouping, so that the children understand that only when everyone tries their best can the team's performance be improved.
4. Sports Hotspots
This game requires the children to form a small circle, and then throw the ball face to face, starting with the first child, and "throw" the ball to anyone. When the other party catches the ball, every child participating in the game needs to take a step back, so that the circle gradually becomes larger; conversely, if the party who catches the ball does not catch it, then he needs to leave the game team, so that the circle will gradually loosen. Through this game, children can realize the importance of each member of the team, and the difficulty of completing the task will increase if a team member is lost. At the same time, children can also experience the value of helping others when completing the pitch.
5. Obstacle race
This game is also suitable for group competition. For children who focus on all-round exercise, they can make full use of the existing facilities in the playground and plan a unique race route. Children can be divided into several groups. When the first child finishes the race, he will return to the starting point and high-five the next child. The group whose members complete the challenge first will be the winner. Due to the uncertainty and diversity of the route, the obstacle race can well exercise children's abilities in all aspects, and it is very inclusive and suitable for children of all ages.
6. Blindfolded ball throwing
The children participating in the game are first divided into groups of two, and then one of the children closes his eyes or wears a blindfold, and then stands at a certain distance and tries to throw the ball into the designated basket or designated area. During the throwing, another child in the team will give off-field guidance by oral narration. Through this activity, children can understand more directly that in a team, they need to cultivate good tacit understanding and communicate so as to achieve common goals.
7. Body speller
This is a very interesting game, and it can be played indoors or outdoors. Before starting, you need to divide the children into groups of equal number, then give a word and let the members of each group start "spelling" at the same time - within one minute, the children can use their imagination, cooperate with each other, and use their bodies to pose the word together. The group that spells correctly and takes the shortest time will get one point. Within a limited time, the group with the higher score wins.
8. Three, two, one, wooden man
First, select a child to be the "timer" and stand in front of everyone with his back to everyone at a certain distance. The other children are divided into several groups of equal number. After hearing the "start" command, everyone starts from the starting point together. When the "timer" says "three, two, one, wooden man" and turns back, the children who are moving forward can no longer change their movements. When the "timer" turns his back again, the other children can continue to move forward. In this way, the child who touches the "timer" completes the game. The group whose members complete it faster wins. This game is a good test of children's reaction ability and control. When the command changes, children must make judgments quickly, which to a certain extent also exercises children's attention.
9. Birthday Queue
This game does not involve competition, but it can promote mutual recognition and understanding among children. Children are very enthusiastic about birthdays, so they will pay special attention to their own birthdays. Therefore, adults can organize the children on the scene to line up according to their birthdays to see if they can sort out the birthday timeline of all the friends participating in the game within a limited time. If you want to increase the difficulty, you can limit the children to describe the date only with body language. In addition, this game can also be changed to queue up by the first letter of the name, which is very playable.
10. Back-clamped ball
As a typical relay game, the back-clamped ball is a great test of the cooperation between team members. The children line up in groups of two, back to back with their bodies to clamp the ball (yoga balls, balloons and other spherical items are OK), and then move together, gradually transporting the ball to the end. If the ball falls on the ground during the way, then you need to go back to the starting point and start again. This game can also be used for competitions. The ranking is based on the time to complete the transportation of the ball or the number of balls transported within the specified time. The team with less time or more completed is the winner.
11. Three-legged race
Although the name of this game is "three-legged race", there is no limit on the number of people. Before the game starts, the children stand in a row, and then tie the left and right feet of two adjacent people together. After hearing the command, everyone walks to the finish line together. In this process, everyone needs to cooperate with each other to control the pace and speed. If one member fails to keep up, it will be difficult for the whole team to move forward. The more people participate in the game, the greater the difficulty, and it can also test the team's cooperation and coordination.
Therefore, the playground is not only a good place for children to release their nature and enjoy life, but the games in the playground are also an indispensable "practical course" in the process of children's growth, which plays a positive role in children's psychology, social, physical and educational aspects. Therefore, parents may wish to take their children to the playground more often, so that children can freely explore, play, learn and grow in this fun and challenging environment, laying a solid foundation for future learning and life.
