We will propose you activities and games for boys and girls between 5 and 6 years of age. Proposing the appropriate activity for the child's age is ensuring success. On the one hand, the child will develop the skills to face this activity, without making it difficult or too easy, which would lead to frustration or boredom. And it's about avoiding both.
All the games that we propose to you are suitable for the age of 5, and 6 years, and some can be adapted to younger children, modulating their difficulty a little. The most important thing is that you stay attentive and see which one naturally awakens the child's attention and explore more in that area.
Extracurricular activities from 5 years old
In most schools they already propose extracurricular activities adapted to the age of the children. But if you want to have an orientation, and expand those that they propose, we give you these ideas:
- Team sports activities. At these ages children are already cooperative. They like to play with others, they like to win and they look for the best way to do it. That is why any team activity is ideal, we talk about rugby, soccer or basketball.
- Artistic activities. We include in these music, theater, artistic gymnastics, or any type of dance, for both boys and girls. It will allow them to promote knowledge of the body, rhythm and movements.
- The martial arts such as taekwondo, karate or kung fu provide bodily health and mental development. This is the ideal ideal age to start understanding it as a game. Help to develop concentration, endurance, strength, and flexibility, and they teach values.
These are just a few ideas, but talk to your son and daughter about what they would like to do. Propose different visits to sports and artistic centers, and participate in the open days.
Educational games for 5 and 6 year olds
Getting to read and write will be easier for the child, who has already had the opportunity to do certain activities. These essential skills to learn, can be exercised by playing. You can play to braid dolls, friends, or even braid wool to make a necklace. This is how you will develop fine motor skills.
A very suitable game for these ages are the find differences games, or put pairs of equals together. For both activities it is the same principle, to fix the child's attention. Thus, they develop the necessary skills to recognize letters or numbers. With the sudoku of animals, or figures, adapted to these ages they can spend hours playing.
Learning the right and left can be done by playing, bowling, for example. First with one hand and then with another. Together you can see with which hand you win the most points. This game helps hand-eye coordination, the same as it does when writing. And you just have to remember which hand you are most skilled with. You can help him by placing a bracelet on his dominant hand.
Activities to promote children's memory
At home or outdoors, as a family, you can play hide an object. The child will have to ask where it is, if below, above, to the side, behind…. Let him or her also hide something (I am thinking of an Easter egg) and participate.
The card games, generally promote memory. At these ages they are very funny and they serve to expand their vocabulary. You can make the cards at home, so the child will know that in addition to his toys, he can make and imagine his games. You have to put the cards in line, let the child look at them for a few seconds, and turn them face down. And now to remember what was on each card and in what order.
FOR train auditory memory, activities that are based on listening, remembering and repeating they are useful. Do you know the parrot game? To do this, he has to say three words and have the child repeat them in the same order. Each time you will have to add a new word. When the child makes a mistake, it's your turn, someone else. You can only use names of animals, fruits, etc.