In preschool childhood, for the first time, activities free from the influence of adults arise - communication with peers. The rate of development of the child, his sense of self, self-esteem, and attitude towards other people depend on how successfully this communication develops. A preschooler cannot do without peers, however, his communication with them without the help of adults is almost always ineffective. A child must be taught to express his emotions and desires, to sympathize and help another person, to come out of life with dignity. conflict situation, tolerate, distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

"Identify yourself."

Target: allows participants to get to know each other, get used to it, and adapt to the new environment.

Progress of the game: The exercise is carried out in a circle. Each participant calls himself by name (if he wants, he can tell something about himself).

"Snowball."

Target: allows children to quickly remember names, each other, and establish contact.

Progress of the game: The first participant (for example, to the left of the leader) says his name. The next one repeats it, and then names his own. And so on in a circle. The exercise ends when the first participant names the entire group

"A sweet name."

Target: The exercise also allows children to remember each other’s names and helps create a comfortable environment for each participant.

Instructions: “Remember how affectionately they call you at home. We will throw the ball to each other. And the one to whom the ball lands calls one or more of his affectionate names. In addition, it is important to remember who threw the ball to each of you. When all the children say their affectionate names, the ball will go in the opposite direction. Now you need to try not to mix up and throw the ball to the one who threw it to you the first time, and, in addition, say his affectionate name.”

"Let's say hello."

Target: development of imagination, creation of a psychologically relaxed atmosphere.

Progress of the game: At the beginning of the exercise, the presenter talks about in different ways greetings, accepted and humorous. Then the children are invited to say hello by touching their shoulder, back, hand, nose, cheek, come up with their own unusual way of greeting for today’s lesson and say hello through it.

"Stand up, those who..."

Target: develops observation skills and allows children to get to know each other better. Progress of the game: The presenter gives the task: “Stand up, those who...

Loves to run;

Enjoys good weather;

Has a younger sister;

Likes to give flowers, etc.

If desired, children can play the role of leader. After completion, everyone is asked questions summing up the game: “Now we will see who in our group was the most attentive. Who in our group loves sweets? Who has a younger sister? Then the questions become more complex (they include two variables): “Who in our group loves sweets and has a younger sister?” Each question is addressed to a specific child; if he cannot answer himself, the group helps him.

Target: The game helps children remember the names of their comrades, evokes positive emotions and creates a sense of group unity. In this exercise, everyone gets a chance to express themselves and get attention.

How to play: Children sit in a circle. Alternately, clockwise, the children make body movements that suggest their name. The exercise is more effective if you ask everyone to repeat names and body movements.

Target: helps relieve tension and uncertainty, allows children to get to know each other better.

Material: two dolls of different sexes, preferably the size of a child, or glove dolls.

Progress of the game: The child is asked to introduce himself using a doll and tell about himself. The presenter and children can ask questions and clarify. For example: What is your favorite game? How to play it? Favorite animal? Why? The most tasty food in the world? What do you dream about? etc.

"Transitions."

Target: the game draws attention to the appearance of children, allows them to realize external similarities and differences.

Progress of the game:

A) The teacher asks the children to look carefully at each other: “You all have different hair colors. Now change places so that the one sitting on the far right on this chair is the one with the most blonde hair, next to him - the one with the darkest hair, and the one on the far right, on this chair, was the one with the darkest hair. Let’s start...” The adult helps the children, approaches each one, touches their hair, consults with the others about where to sit him, etc.

B) The task is the same as in the previous version, only the children must change places according to eye color.

“Describe a friend.”

Target: development of observation and ability to describe external details.

Progress of the game: the exercise is performed in pairs (by all participants at the same time). Children stand with their backs to each other and take turns describing their partner's hairstyle, clothes and face. Then the description is compared with the original and a conclusion is drawn about how accurate the child is.

"What changed?"

Target: development of attention and observation necessary for effective communication.

Progress of the game: Each child takes turns becoming a driver. The driver leaves the room. During this time, several changes are made in the children’s clothing and hairstyle, and you can move to another seat (but no more than 2-3 changes; all changes made must be visible). The driver’s task is to notice the changes that have occurred.

"My mood."

Target: developing the ability to describe one’s mood, recognize the mood of others, and stimulate empathy.

Progress of the game: Children are invited to tell others about their mood: they can draw it, compare it with some color, animal, physical state, show it in motion. It all depends on the imagination and desire of the child.

"Transmission of feelings."

Target: teach children to convey various emotional states non-verbally.

Progress of the game: The child is given the task of conveying a certain feeling “down the chain” using facial expressions, gestures, and touches. When the children passed it around, you can discuss what kind of mood was intended. Then anyone can become the host. If one of the children wants to be the leader, but does not know what mood to make, the teacher can help him by coming up and telling him some mood in his ear.

"Colors of Emotions."

Target: development of imagination, expressive movements.

Progress of the game: The driver is selected, at the signal he closes his eyes, and the rest of the participants decide among themselves on one of the main colors. When the driver opens his eyes, all participants, through their behavior, mainly emotional, try to depict this color without naming it, and the driver must guess it. You can split into two teams, with one team depicting the color (alternately or simultaneously), and the second team guessing.

"Quiet conversation."

Target: formation of the ability to convey certain semantic content in a non-verbal way.

Progress of the game: Participants sit in a circle. The task is to non-verbally say a phrase to the chosen partner (which the adult previously whispered in the child’s ear). Everyone takes turns doing the task without words. The rest observe and determine the “uttered” phrase.

“Collect the pictogram.”

Target: develops the ability to differentiate various emotional states based on facial expressions.

Progress of the game: Each child is given a pictogram of a certain emotional state, cut into several parts. The participants’ task is to assemble the pictogram as quickly and correctly as possible. Alternatively, you can use pantomime to depict this state yourself.

"Gift for a friend."

Target: develop the ability to non-verbally “describe” objects.

Progress of the game: One child becomes the “birthday boy”, the rest give him “gifts”, conveying their attitude towards the “birthday boy” with their movements and facial expressions.

Target: correlation of a person and his tactile image, removal of bodily barriers; developing the ability to express one’s feelings and understand the feelings of another through touch.

Progress of the game: The exercise is performed in pairs, with eyes closed, children sitting opposite each other at arm's length. An adult gives tasks (each task takes 2-3 minutes):

♦ Close your eyes, stretch out your hands towards each other, introduce yourself with one hand. Try to get to know your neighbor better. Put your hands down.

♦ Stretch your arms forward again, find your neighbor’s hands. Your hands are fighting. Put your hands down.

♦ Your hands are looking for each other again. They want to make peace. Your hands make peace, they ask for forgiveness, you are friends again.

Discuss how the exercise went, what feelings arose during the exercise, what did you like more?

“Pass a smile around.”

Target: fulfilling group rules, sharing experiences.

Progress of the game: group members are invited to hold hands, shake them, smile at their neighbor.

“I’m sitting, sitting on a pebble.”

Target: development of empathy, the ability to express support for another person (peer).

Progress of the game: The players dance in a circle and sing, and one (or several) squat in a circle, covering their heads with a handkerchief.

I'm sitting, sitting on a pebble,

I'm sitting on fuel

And who truly loves me,

And who will replace me?

Will change me, change me,

Will he still take a nap?

After these words, anyone can come up and pat the head of the person sitting in the circle, hug, say sweet words(take a deep breath). Then he himself sits in a circle and covers his head with a scarf. The next person who wants to “doves” him.

"Emotions of heroes."

Target: promote the development of empathy, the ability to assess the situation and behavior of others.

Progress of the game: An adult reads a fairy tale to children. The child is given in advance small cards with symbolic images of various emotional states. During the reading process, the child puts several cards on the table, which, in his opinion, reflect the emotional state of the hero in various situations. At the end of reading, each child explains in what situation and why it seems to him that the hero was happy, sad, etc. It is better to play this game either individually or in a small subgroup. The text of the fairy tale should be small and correspond to the attention span and memory of children of a certain age group.

Target: experiencing different positions in communication.

Progress of the game: Children are divided into pairs. Communication in pairs takes place in a dialogue mode. Interesting and relevant topics for children are offered for communication: “My favorite animal”, “My happiest day last month”, etc. First, the communication situation is organized when both children sit facing each other, then one child sits on a chair, and the other stands near his chair (the children change places), then the partners, sitting on the chair with their backs to each other, continue the conversation. In conclusion, children are asked about the impressions and mood that arose during the communication process: how did you like communicating more, why?

"Intonation."

Target: development in children of understanding and feeling each other, differentiation of auditory perception, development of empathy.

Progress of the game: The presenter introduces the concept of intonation. Then the children are asked to take turns repeating different phrases with different feelings and different intonations (angry, joyfully, thoughtfully, offended). As an option, you can play through and discuss the dialogue of fairy-tale characters intonationally.

"Drawing."

Target: development of empathy and creative imagination.

Progress of the game: Children are given the task - “Draw a kind animal and call it by an affectionate name, reward it with some magical means of understanding.” Drawing is carried out accompanied by quiet, calm music, paints or bright crayons, felt-tip pens. Then a competition is held for the kindest animal. You can invite children from another group to serve as a jury. The winner is awarded a cardboard medal - a smiley face.

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GAMES AND EXERCISES AIMED AT GENERATING CHILDREN TO EACH OTHER, CREATING POSITIVE EMOTIONS, AND DEVELOPING EMPATHY.

In preschool childhood, for the first time, activities free from the influence of adults arise - communication with peers. The rate of development of the child, his sense of self, self-esteem, and attitude towards other people depend on how successfully this communication develops. A preschooler cannot do without peers, however, his communication with them without the help of adults is almost always ineffective. A child must be taught to express his emotions and desires, to sympathize and help another person, to get out of a conflict situation with dignity, to make peace, to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

"Identify yourself."

Target: allows participants to get to know each other, get used to it, and adapt to the new environment.

Progress of the game: The exercise is carried out in a circle. Each participant calls himself by name (if he wants, he can tell something about himself).

"Snowball."

Target: allows children to quickly remember names, each other, and establish contact.

Progress of the game: The first participant (for example, to the left of the leader) says his name. The next one repeats it, and then names his own. And so on in a circle. The exercise ends when the first participant names the entire group

"A sweet name."

Target: The exercise also allows children to remember each other’s names and helps create a comfortable environment for each participant.

Instructions: “Remember how affectionately they call you at home. We will throw the ball to each other. And the one to whom the ball lands calls one or more of his affectionate names. In addition, it is important to remember who threw the ball to each of you. When all the children say their affectionate names, the ball will go in the opposite direction. Now you need to try not to mix up and throw the ball to the one who threw it to you the first time, and, in addition, say his affectionate name.”

"Let's say hello."

Target: development of imagination, creation of a psychologically relaxed atmosphere.

Progress of the game: At the beginning of the exercise, the presenter talks about different ways of greeting, accepted and comic. Then the children are invited to say hello by touching their shoulder, back, hand, nose, cheek, come up with their own unusual way of greeting for today’s lesson and say hello through it.

"Stand up, those who..."

Target: develops observation skills and allows children to get to know each other better. Progress of the game: The presenter gives the task: “Stand up, those who...

Loves to run;

Enjoys good weather;

Has a younger sister;

Likes to give flowers, etc.

If desired, children can play the role of leader. After completion, everyone is asked questions summing up the game: “Now we will see who in our group was the most attentive. Who in our group loves sweets? Who has a younger sister? Then the questions become more complex (they include two variables): “Who in our group loves sweets and has a younger sister?” Each question is addressed to a specific child; if he cannot answer himself, the group helps him.

“Picture your name in motion.” (from 6 years old)

Target: The game helps children remember the names of their comrades, evokes positive emotions and creates a sense of group unity. In this exercise, everyone gets a chance to express themselves and get attention.

How to play: Children sit in a circle. Alternately, clockwise, the children make body movements that suggest their name. The exercise is more effective if you ask everyone to repeat names and body movements.

“Introduce yourself with a doll.” (from 5 years old)

Target: helps relieve tension and uncertainty, allows children to get to know each other better.

Material: two dolls of different sexes, preferably the size of a child, or glove dolls.

Progress of the game: The child is asked to introduce himself using a doll and tell about himself. The presenter and children can ask questions and clarify. For example: What is your favorite game? How to play it? Favorite animal? Why? The most delicious food in the world? What do you dream about? etc.

"Transitions."

Target: the game draws attention to the appearance of children, allows them to realize external similarities and differences.

Progress of the game:

A) The teacher asks the children to look carefully at each other: “You all have different hair colors. Now change places so that the one with the lightest hair is sitting on the far right on this chair, next to him is the one with the darkest hair, and the one on the far right, on this chair, is the one with the darkest hair. Let’s start...” The adult helps the children, approaches each one, touches their hair, consults with the others about where to sit him, etc.

B) The task is the same as in the previous version, only the children must change places according to eye color.

“Describe a friend.”

Target: development of observation and ability to describe external details.

Progress of the game: the exercise is performed in pairs (by all participants at the same time). Children stand with their backs to each other and take turns describing their partner's hairstyle, clothes and face. Then the description is compared with the original and a conclusion is drawn about how accurate the child is.

"What changed?"

Target: development of attention and observation necessary for effective communication.

Progress of the game : Each child takes turns becoming a driver. The driver leaves the room. During this time, several changes are made in the children’s clothing and hairstyle, and you can move to another seat (but no more than 2-3 changes; all changes made must be visible). The driver’s task is to notice the changes that have occurred.

"My mood."

Target: developing the ability to describe one’s mood, recognize the mood of others, and stimulate empathy.

Progress of the game : Children are invited to tell others about their mood: they can draw it, compare it with some color, animal, physical state, or show it in motion. It all depends on the imagination and desire of the child.

"Transmission of feelings."

Target: teach children to convey various emotional states non-verbally.

Progress of the game : The child is given the task of conveying a certain feeling “down the chain” using facial expressions, gestures, and touches. When the children passed it around, you can discuss what kind of mood was intended. Then anyone can become the host. If one of the children wants to be the leader, but does not know what mood to make, the teacher can help him by coming up and telling him some mood in his ear.

"Colors of Emotions."

Target: development of imagination, expressive movements.

Progress of the game : The driver is selected, at the signal he closes his eyes, and the rest of the participants decide among themselves on one of the main colors. When the driver opens his eyes, all participants, through their behavior, mainly emotional, try to depict this color without naming it, and the driver must guess it. You can split into two teams, with one team depicting the color (alternately or simultaneously), and the second team guessing.

"Quiet conversation."

Target: formation of the ability to convey certain semantic content in a non-verbal way.

Progress of the game : Participants sit in a circle. The task is to non-verbally say a phrase to the chosen partner (which the adult previously whispered in the child’s ear). Everyone takes turns doing the task without words. The rest observe and determine the “uttered” phrase.

“Collect the pictogram.”

Target: develops the ability to differentiate various emotional states based on facial expressions.

Progress of the game: Each child is given a pictogram of a certain emotional state, cut into several parts. The participants’ task is to assemble the pictogram as quickly and correctly as possible. Alternatively, you can use pantomime to depict this state yourself.

"Gift for a friend."

Target: develop the ability to non-verbally “describe” objects.

Progress of the game : One child becomes the “birthday boy”, the rest give him “gifts”, conveying their attitude towards the “birthday boy” with their movements and facial expressions.

“Hands get to know each other, hands quarrel, hands make peace.”

Target: correlation of a person and his tactile image, removal of bodily barriers; developing the ability to express one’s feelings and understand the feelings of another through touch.

Progress of the game : The exercise is performed in pairs, with eyes closed, children sitting opposite each other at arm's length. An adult gives tasks (each task takes 2-3 minutes):

♦ Close your eyes, stretch out your hands towards each other, introduce yourself with one hand. Try to get to know your neighbor better. Put your hands down.

♦ Stretch your arms forward again, find your neighbor’s hands. Your hands are fighting. Put your hands down.

♦ Your hands are looking for each other again. They want to make peace. Your hands make peace, they ask for forgiveness, you are friends again.

Discuss how the exercise went, what feelings arose during the exercise, what did you like more?

“Pass a smile around.”

Target: fulfilling group rules, sharing experiences.

Progress of the game : group members are invited to hold hands, shake them, smile at their neighbor.

“I’m sitting, sitting on a pebble.”

Target: development of empathy, the ability to express support for another person (peer).

Progress of the game : The players dance in a circle and sing, and one (or several) squat in a circle, covering their heads with a handkerchief.

I'm sitting, sitting on a pebble,

I'm sitting on fuel

And who truly loves me,

And who will replace me?

Will change me, change me,

Will he still take a nap?

After these words, anyone can come up and pat the person sitting in the circle on the head, hug, say kind words (sweet). Then he himself sits in a circle and covers his head with a scarf. The next person who wants to “doves” him.

"Emotions of heroes."

Target: promote the development of empathy, the ability to assess the situation and behavior of others.

Progress of the game : An adult reads a fairy tale to children. The child is given in advance small cards with symbolic images of various emotional states. During the reading process, the child puts several cards on the table, which, in his opinion, reflect the emotional state of the hero in various situations. At the end of reading, each child explains in what situation and why it seems to him that the hero was happy, sad, etc. It is better to play this game either individually or in a small subgroup. The text of the fairy tale should be small and correspond to the attention span and memory of children of a certain age group.

A study on various positions in communication.

Target: experiencing different positions in communication.

Progress of the game : Children are divided into pairs. Communication in pairs takes place in a dialogue mode. Interesting and relevant topics for children are offered for communication: “My favorite animal”, “My happiest day last month”, etc. First, the communication situation is organized when both children sit facing each other, then one child sits on a chair, and the other stands near his chair (the children change places), then the partners, sitting on the chair with their backs to each other, continue the conversation. In conclusion, children are asked about the impressions and mood that arose during the communication process: how did you like communicating more, why?

"Intonation."

Target: development in children of understanding and feeling each other, differentiation of auditory perception, development of empathy.

Progress of the game : The presenter introduces the concept of intonation. Then the children are asked to take turns repeating different phrases with different feelings and different intonations (angry, joyfully, thoughtfully, offended). As an option, you can play through and discuss the dialogue of fairy-tale characters intonationally.

"Drawing."

Target: development of empathy and creative imagination.

Progress of the game : Children are given the task - “Draw a kind animal and call it by an affectionate name, reward it with some magical means of understanding.” Drawing is carried out accompanied by quiet, calm music, paints or bright crayons, felt-tip pens. Then a competition is held for the kindest animal. You can invite children from another group to serve as a jury. The winner is awarded a cardboard medal - a smiley face.

“Exercises to relieve psycho-emotional stress in children for use in teaching practice”

Exercise "Compliment."is carried out as follows:

1. Children stand in a circle. The palm of the right hand is placed on the palm of the left hand of the neighbor standing on the right. The palm of the left hand is placed under the right palm of the neighbor standing on the left.

2. At the teacher’s signal, the children take turns complimenting the child standing on the right. Compliments should not be repeated. The compliment is pronounced with a smile, you need to look into the eyes of the child for whom it is intended.

This exercise can be included in various modifications in all classes in the future.

Exercise "Wizards."

Do you remember the fairy tale about Cinderella?

Remember how her fairy aunt helped her and she could make a carriage out of a pumpkin? From a rat to a coachman? Let's try to make extraordinary ones out of ordinary objects. To do this, you don’t need to say anything, but show it with movements.

A pencil can become a telescope, a sheet of paper can become a mirror. In general, who will come up with what. The main thing is not to say anything, just show. The rest must guess what this object is and name it. Let's start.

The presenter picks up an object, for example a piece of paper, and looks at it as if in a mirror, straightens his hair, etc. Then he hands it to the child. He must change the essence of the object and “transform” it into something else. Then, when the children guess what it is, the item is passed on to the next player. Thus, the object is passed around in a circle. In total, 3-4 objects are used (paper, ball, stick, piece of fabric, etc.).

Thank you. You were all excellent wizards.

Exercise “Yes or no.”

The players stand in a circle and join hands, with the leader in the center. He explains the task: if they agree with the statement, they raise their hands up and shout: “Yes!” If they disagree with the statement, then stomp and shout, “No!”

Are there fireflies in the field?

Are there any fish in the sea?

Does a calf have wings?

Does a piglet have a beak?

Does the wave have a crest?

Are there doors to the hole?

Does a rooster have a tail?

Does the violin have a key?

Does the verse rhyme?

Does it have errors?

Exercise “Breathe and think beautifully”

“When you are worried, try to breathe beautifully and calmly. Close your eyes, take a deep breath:

mentally

say: “I am a lion” - exhale, inhale;

say: “I am a bird” - exhale, inhale;

say: “I am a stone” - exhale, inhale;

say: “I am a flower” - exhale, inhale;

say: “I am calm” - exhale.

You will really calm down."

Exercise “Living plasticine.”

Car

Friendship

Joy

Final exercise “Magic carpet”

Sit comfortably (lotus position). Today we will go on a magic carpet trip. In order for the magic carpet to fly into the air, you need to relax. You know how to do this. Lie on your back. Close your eyes. Relax your legs. Warmth radiates from the tips of the toes, and the legs are heavy. Hands warm up. Warmth radiates from the fingertips up the arm. Hands are heavy and warm. The torso relaxes. Warmth from the arms and legs goes to the stomach, chest, and back. The face relaxed, the mouth opened slightly. Rest. And now your magic carpet rises slowly upward. And you are already flying.

And now you are flying over a huge lake, seagulls are circling above it and above you. Boats rock on the waves near the shore, and you fly on. Clouds are flying above you in the blue sky. One cloud looks like a fluffy bunny, another looks like a large lump of white cotton wool, and here is a very small cloud that looks like a white kitten. The carpet slowly sinks to the ground. You are in a blooming garden.

There are many flowers around, they nod to you with their preparations. You are walking along a garden path. You came out onto the lawn. Children play ball. The ball rolls towards your feet. You pick up the ball, throw it high up, and the ball flies up. But what is it? You are flying too. Fly yourself. No magic carpet. You spread your arms. You soar like a bird. Here is a familiar lake, seagulls greet you and flap their wings. A fisherman sits in a boat. He looks at you and waves his hand at you. You fly further.

A fluffy white cloud kitten flies nearby. Here is our kindergarten. You are slowly descending. The kitten is hurrying after you. And here you are. A warm kitten lies on your stomach, purring. Listen to him purr. Stroke it with your right hand gently. Now stroke it with your left hand. Stretch, open your eyes. Take the kitten in your hands. Affectionately. Sit down and place the kitten next to you. Pat him on the head.

Relaxation games as a way to relieve psycho-emotional stress in young children.

Young children are often in a state of high psycho-emotional arousal. This may be due to adaptation stress, the three-year crisis, or fatigue.

I bring to your attention relaxation games using folklore, which will help relieve psycho-emotional stress in a child, create positive emotions in him, and calm him down.

There are different relaxation games:

games that help achieve a state of relaxation by alternating strong tension and rapid relaxation of the main muscles of the body;

games that help achieve a state of relaxation by alternating rhythmic breathing and delayed breathing;

games with clothespins – relaxation is achieved by squeezing and unclenching a regular clothespin with your hands;

games - “sleep games”, lullabies.

I will give examples of games from each group.

1. Games based on neuromuscular relaxation.

"Ant."

Goal: relieve emotional stress.

Procedure. All children and adults sit on the carpet. Presenter: “We are sitting in a clearing, the sun is gently warming us. We breathe calmly - inhale, exhale. Suddenly an ant climbed onto my toes. Pull your toes towards you with force. The legs are straight and tense. Listen to which finger the ant is sitting on, hold your breath. Let's throw the ant off its legs and exhale. Toes down, feet to the sides, legs relaxed, resting.” (Repeat several times.)

"Ice cream."

Procedure. Children are standing on the carpet. They are invited to play ice cream. Host: “You are ice cream. You just got taken out of the refrigerator. The ice cream is hard as a rock. Your arms are tense, your body is icy. But then the sun warmed up, the ice cream began to melt. Your body, arms, legs have become soft and relaxed. The arms hung limply along the body...”

"Catch a butterfly."

Goal: neuromuscular relaxation through alternating strong tension and rapid relaxation.

Procedure. The presenter shows a flying butterfly, tries to catch it - performs grasping movements above the head with one hand, then the other, with both hands at the same time. Children repeat the movements shown. Then they slowly unclench their fists and see whether they caught the butterfly or not. Then they put their open palms together, imagining that they are holding it.

"Smile."

Procedure. Children are shown a picture of a smiling sun. Presenter: “Look how beautiful the sun is, it smiles widely for you. Let's smile back at the sun. Feel how the smile goes into your hands, reaching your palms. Smile again and try to smile wider. Your lips stretch, your cheeks tense. Breathe and smile. Your arms and hands are filled with the smiling power of the sun.”

"Cold - hot"

Chain: relieve psycho-emotional tension.

Procedure. Host: “You are playing in a sunny meadow. Suddenly it blew cold wind. You felt cold, you were frozen, you wrapped your arms around yourself, pressed your head against your arms - you warmed up. Warm up and relax. But then the cold wind blew again...” (Children repeat the actions.)

"Magpie-crow."

Chain: relieve emotional tension.

Procedure. Children sit in pairs on chairs, pronounce nursery rhyme words and take turns massaging each other’s fingers with their right hands, starting with thumb and ending with the little finger, and at the end of the nursery rhyme they stroke each other’s palms.

The magpie-crow was cooking porridge,

The magpie-crow fed the children,

She gave to this, and she gave to this,

And she gave to this, and she gave to this.

And the smallest one -

From a large bowl

Yes, with a big spoon.

I fed everyone!

“The plane is flying, the plane is resting.”

Goal: relieve emotional stress by alternating strong tension and rapid muscle relaxation.

Procedure. The presenter invites the children to fly. But first they must turn into fast airplanes. Children raise their arms like wings and tense them (because you need strong wings for the airplane to fly). Standing still, children pretend to be airplanes (the point of the exercise is to tense and relax their arms), hum their “motors,” move their “wings,” then lower them relaxed - the airplanes have arrived, the wings are tired and want to rest.

"Game with a scarf."

Goal: relieve facial muscle tension.

Procedure. An adult says: “Imagine that you are cold, you are frozen, you wrap your arms around yourself. But then my mother came and brought a scarf. You tied scarves around your necks. They turned their heads from side to side: good, warm necks, smiled at each other.”

"Bumps."

Circuit: relieve tension.

Procedure. The presenter says: “You are cubs, and I am a mother bear. I will throw cones to you (the presenter imitates the corresponding movement). You will catch them (the presenter shows what needs to be done) and squeeze them forcefully in your paws.” Kids are playing. Presenter: “But the cubs are tired and drop their paws along the body - the paws are resting. And the mother bear again throws cones to the cubs...”

"Little frog."

Purpose: relieving facial muscle tension.

This is what the frogs liked: Adults and children carefully use their fingers

Pull your lips straight to your ears! stretch a smile to your ears

If I pull, I’ll stop and won’t get tired at all! “Let go” of the smile

The lips are not tense and they run their fingers along the

Relax...relaxed lips from top to bottom.

"Proboscis."

(You need to wash your hands before doing the exercise!)

Goal: relieve tension

Procedure. The presenter recites the poem and shows the movements to it.

I imitate an elephant: An adult and children stretch their lips with a “proboscis”

I pull my lips with my proboscis.

And now I let them go, return to their original position

And I return it to its place.

The lips are not tense and they move with their fingers

Relax-le-ny... along relaxed lips from top to bottom

"Lemon."

Goal: relieve psycho-emotional stress.

Procedure. The presenter invites the children to imagine that in their right hand they have a lemon from which they need to squeeze the juice. Children squeeze as hard as possible right hand in a fist, then relax it. A similar exercise is performed with the left hand. Then the children sit on chairs and drink imaginary juice.

"Stretch."

Goal: relieve psycho-emotional stress.

Procedure. The presenter invites everyone to sleep and relax. Children gather in a circle, squat down, and close their eyes. Presenter (a few seconds later): “So we woke up, stretched sweetly.” Children open their eyes, slowly stand up, stretch their arms forward, then raise them up, take them behind their heads and rise on their toes. Presenter: “We reached out sweetly, smiled at each other.” Children stand on their feet and lower their arms down.

2. Relaxation games by alternating rhythmic breathing and delayed breathing.

"Let's warm the butterfly."

Goal: achieve relaxation through breathing techniques.

Procedure. Children sit in a circle on chairs. The presenter shows an imaginary butterfly and says that it is frozen and cannot fly. Offers to warm her with his breath. Children breathe on their palms. The psychologist says that the butterfly has become warm and needs to be blown away from the palm. Children take several deep breaths through their nose and exhale through their mouth. As you exhale, stretch out your lips with a tube and place your palms under the cold streams of air.

"Balloon."

Goal: to develop in children the ability to relax the abdominal muscles.

Procedure. Children stand in a circle. Presenter: “In my hands balloon ik. Look how I will inflate it (inflates the real one balloon, and then blows it away). Now we will imagine that the balloon is in our stomach and we must inflate it. Place your hand on your stomach. The balloon is not inflated now. Now we fill it with air, inflate the tummy as if it were a big balloon. Feel with your hand how it grows. Now let’s exhale and deflate the tummy. Great! Let's do it again. Inhale - exhale, another inhale - exhale. Well done!”

"Watch."

Goal: relieve psycho-emotional stress through breathing techniques, creating a positive emotional background.

Procedure. Host: “Guys, have you seen the watch?

Who has them? Would you like us to show you the watch today? Stand straight, spread your legs slightly so that a car can pass between them, lower your arms. Mom wound up the watch and it started ticking: “Tick-tock!” Swing your arms straight back and forth. The clock got tired, stopped, rested... Mom wound up the clock again, and it started ticking again.” The children and the presenter wave their arms and say: “Tick-tock.”

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that monotonous hand movements inhibit negative emotions!

“The porridge is boiling.”

Goal: relieve psycho-emotional stress through breathing techniques.

Procedure. Presenter: “Mom set the porridge to cook and left. And the porridge cooked and boiled. Do you know how porridge boils? Let's show. Place one hand on your tummy, the other on your chest. They sucked in their tummy and took in air. We say loudly: “f-f-f,” - we stuck out our tummy. This is how the porridge boils!”

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that squeezing the muscles of the hands also inhibits negative emotions!

3. Games with clothespins

"Games with clothespins."

Procedure. The presenter shows the children clothespins and talks about their purpose in everyday life, offers to play with them - shows how with three fingers you can attach a clothespin to the edge of the box, accompanying the actions with the words:

Our mommy is tired

I washed all my clothes,

I will help my dear mother,

I'll collect all the clothespins.

Then the presenter shows how the clothespin can open and close the “mouth”. Next, the clothespin “turns” into a wolf:

Gray wolf - clicking teeth.

We are not afraid of you, wolf!

(Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.)

"Bunny and dog."

Procedure. The presenter recites a famous poem and performs actions with a clothespin.

One, two, three, four, five - The fingers of the left hand show a “bunny”

The bunny went out for a walk.

Suddenly the hunter runs out, his right hand opens and closes

And he lets the dog out. clothespin, depicting a dog barking

The angry dog ​​barks

The bunny runs away. Left hand goes behind his back

"Interesting conversation."

Goal: relieve tension, develop the communicative function of speech, develop imagination.

Procedure. The children have a clothespin in each hand. Rhythmic opening and closing of clothespins with both hands as the text is spoken:

Little Frog: “Quack-quack!”

And the duckling: “Quack-quack!”

Everyone said, everyone asked,

Good talk!

"Fox."

Goal: relieve tension, develop fine motor skills of the hands, develop the communicative function of speech.

Procedure. The presenter rhythmically opens and closes the “mouth” of the clothespin, accompanying the actions by reciting the poetic text.

Cunning cheat, red head,

He opens his mouth and scares the bunnies.

(Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.)

"Crocodile."

Goal: relieve tension, develop fine motor skills of the hands, develop the communicative function of speech.

At the zoo, the sparrow dined with the animals,

And the toothy crocodile almost swallowed him.

(Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.)

"Goose."

Goal: relieve tension, develop fine motor skills of the hands, develop the communicative function of speech.

Procedure. The presenter rhythmically opens and closes the “mouth” of the clothespin, accompanying the actions by reciting the poetic text:

Ha-ha-ha, - the goose cackles, -

I'm proud of my family.

(Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.)

"Bird."

Goal: relieve tension, develop fine motor skills of the hands, develop the communicative function of speech.

The bird moved its beak, the hand with the clothespin turns

From side to side

The bird found the grains, the other hand shows its palm

With imaginary grains

The bird ate the grains, pinching his palm with a clothespin

The bird sang a song. The clothespin opens rhythmically and

He closes his mouth and sings.

The adult and children hum: “La-la-la!”

"Stupid crow."

Goal: relieve tension, develop fine motor skills, strengthen sensory skills, develop the communicative function of speech.

Procedure. The children and the presenter sit at tables. Each person has in their hands one clothespin and candy wrappers twisted into “candy.” An adult accompanies actions with a clothespin by reciting a poetic text. Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.

Stupid Crow Clothespin opens rhythmically

She saw the paper and closed her mouth.

How to grab her. The hand is tilted with a clothespin

I thought it was some candy, go to the table, grab a candy wrapper.

It turned out... a candy wrapper.

"Rooks."

Goal: relieve tension, develop the communicative function of speech, develop imagination.

Procedure. The presenter rhythmically opens and closes the clothespin with both hands as the text is spoken.

Two little rooks

They scream in the nest all day long.

The rooks open their mouths:

They really want to eat.

(Children repeat the text and movements after the leader.)

4. Games - “sleep beds”, lullabies.

Such games protect against excessive impressions and emotions accumulated during the day, soothe, and even heal, because it is not without reason that the words of some lullabies resemble the spells of healers, “driving out” illnesses and sorrows. The calm melody of a lullaby helps to slow down the pulse, dilate blood vessels, and regulate brain rhythms.

It is necessary to accompany the “sleep” or lullaby with stroking the arms, legs, back, hair, forehead and eyebrows. All these actions are necessary in order to develop a conditioned reflex in children to fall asleep. If an adult does this correctly, then the children literally relax before their eyes and quickly go to sleep. And the baby’s sleep itself will be calm and long.

You don’t have to sing lullabies; you can speak the words soulfully and tenderly, whisper them. An important point: after putting all the children to bed, the adult sits in a chair and relaxes. This condition is passed on to children and they fall asleep faster.

“It’s time for all the kids to go to bed.”

Purpose: prepare for bed, relieve tension from the main muscle groups of the baby’s body.

Procedure. All the children are lying in bed, the teacher begins to hum in a gentle voice, accompanying the words of the lullaby with strokes. Repeats several times until all children receive gentle stroking from him:

It's time for our fingers to sleep,

It's time for our little hands to sleep,

It's time for our eyes to sleep,

And it's time for the hairs to sleep.

It's time for our legs to sleep,

And it's time for the tummy to sleep,

It's time for your back to sleep too,

It's time for Lobik to sleep too.

It's time for all the kids to go to bed!

"Let's go to bed." (game with a doll)

Goal: to help the child fall asleep faster, streamline the bedtime ritual, and make it habitual.

Procedure. The teacher gathers all the children around the toy crib, takes the doll and says: “It’s time for all the kids to go to bed. And the Katya doll will now go to bed. We need to undress. Here's a dress and tights. Let's go to bed. Pleasant dreams, Katyusha." The teacher addresses the children: “And now our children will go to bed. Just first you need to undress.”

"Gray bunnies."

Purpose: prepare for bed, relieve psycho-emotional stress.

Procedure. The teacher puts the children in bed and begins to hum or recite the text for falling asleep: “The gray bunnies are tired and have gone to bed. And the little bunny Misha lay down, and the fluffy bunny Alyosha lay down... The bunnies’ beds are warm and soft. And the little white bunny Marina has warm ones, and... The bunny’s paws are stretched out, the little bunnies’ paws are warm. And the bunny's Helens are warm, and... The bunnies' eyes are closed, the bunnies are sleeping. And Mashenka the bunny is sleeping, and Sashenka the bunny is sleeping. Okay, warmth for my little bunnies!” An adult approaches each child, whispers these words to him affectionately, strokes his arms, legs, and back. Having put all the children to bed, the adult sits in a chair and relaxes.

“Palm sleeper.”

Purpose: prepare for bed, relieve negative emotions, relieve tension from your hands.

Procedure. Children lie in beds, an adult draws

Pay attention to their palms and begin to pronounce the text in a calm, melodious voice, accompanying it with movements. The children repeat after him.

Our palms are tired, show your palms, relax several times

They want to rest a little. shake them

They collected toys. Show how invisible toys were assembled

I made buns with my mother. Shape from invisible dough

We cooked porridge with grandma. Stir the invisible porridge

They picked daisies in the garden. Pick some invisible flowers

They threw bread crumbs. Collect your fingers in a handful, fingering them,

Sparrows on the path. throwing invisible crumbs

Our palms are tired, fold our palms one on top of the other,

Let them rest a little. relax your hands.

"Everybody sleeps."

Goal: prepare children for bed, relieve negative emotions and tension.

Procedure. The guys are lying in bed. An adult comes to the window and begins to say:

Bye-bye, bye-bye,

You, little dog, don't bark,

Whitepaw, don't make noise.

Cockerel, don't scream

Don't wake up my kids!

The guys will get some sleep

Big ones will grow

And they will go to school! An adult walks calmly between the beds, straightens the blankets, and strokes all the children in turn. Then he starts a lullaby:

All the swallows are sleeping

And the foxes are sleeping.

And to our kids

They tell me to go to sleep.

Swallows are sleeping

All in nests,

The foxes are sleeping

Everything is under the bushes,

The mice are sleeping

Everything is in order,

Little kids

They sleep in cribs.

Sleep too, Vanyusha!

Sleep too, Katyusha!

(Calls affectionately the children he approaches.)

Another variant:

So people are sleeping,

So the animals are sleeping,

Birds sleep on branches

The bears are sleeping on the hills,

Bunnies sleep on the grass,

Ducks are on the ant,

The children are all in their cradle...

Sleep and sleep

The whole world is told to sleep!

"The ghouls have arrived."

Reduction procedure. The teacher begins to recite the “sleep story” in a sing-song manner, gradually switching to a whisper. He walks between the beds, gently whispers the words “sleep sounds” and strokes each child, thus relieving tension and calming the kids:

Oh, lyuli-lyuli-lyuli,

Ghouls have come to us,

The ghouls sat down on the bed,

The ghouls began to coo:

“What should we feed the kids?”

One ghoul says:

“We’ll cook porridge.”

Another ghoul says:

“We’ll give you milk.”

The third ghoul says:

“Rock in a cradle,

Put me to bed."

You kids are already asleep,

Close your angelic eyes,

Sleep! Sleep! Sleep!”

"Toys."

Purpose: prepare for bed, relieve tension.

Procedure. Children in beds. The adult begins to recite a familiar poem, gradually setting the children up for sleep, urging them to fall asleep and see a fairy tale in their dreams:

Time to sleep! The bull fell asleep

Lay down in the box on its side.

The sleepy bear lay down in bed.

The elephant also wants to sleep,

The elephant lowers its trunk

He sees a sweet, wonderful dream.

Our children are sleeping too

Little noses sniffle.

Soft pillows

Warms the ears.

The eyes are closing,

Fairy tales begin!

Exercises, sketches, games aimed at developing and correcting various aspects of the child’s psyche (both its cognitive and emotional-personal spheres).

Sketches for the expression of basic emotions

Humpty Dumpty (for children 4-5 years old)

Humpty Dumpty

Sat on the wall.

Humpty Dumpty

Fell in his sleep.

(Translation by S. Marshak)

The child turns his body left and right, his arms dangle freely, like a rag doll. When you hear the words “fell in your sleep,” sharply tilt your body down.

Grasshopper (for children 4 - 5 years old)

The girl was walking in the garden and suddenly saw a large green grasshopper. She began to sneak up on him. She just stretched out her arms to cover him with her palms, and he jumped - and now he was chirping in a completely different place. An's music sounds. Alexandrov "Grasshopper".

Expressive movements. Stretch your neck forward, gaze intently, tilt your torso slightly forward, step on your toes.

Golden drops (for children 4-5 years old)

It's warm raining. Bubbles dance in puddles. The sun came out from behind a cloud. The rain turned golden.

The child exposes his face to the golden raindrops. The warm summer rain is pleasant.

During the sketch, the music of D. Hristov “Golden Drops” is played.

Expressive movements. Throw your head back, open your mouth halfway, close your eyes, relax your facial muscles, lower your shoulders.

King Borovik is out of sorts (for children 4-5 years old)

The presenter reads the poem, and the child acts according to the text.

King Borovik was walking

Straight through the forest.

He shook his fist

And he clicked with his heel.

King Borovik was not in a good mood;

The king was bitten by flies.

(V. Prikhodko)

Two angry boys (for children 4-5 years old)

The boys quarreled. They are very angry, their eyebrows are furrowed, they are waving their arms, they are stepping on each other, they are about to fight...

The etude is performed to the music of E. Botlyarov “Brawler”.

The little fox is afraid (for children 3-4 years old)

The little fox saw his mother on the other side of the stream, but he did not dare to enter the water. The water is so cold and deep. Expressive movements. Place your foot forward on your toes, then return your foot to its place. Repeat this movement several times. For greater expressiveness, you can imitate shaking imaginary droplets of water from your feet.

Brave hare (for children 4-5 years old)

The hare loved to stand on a tree stump and sing songs loudly and read poetry. He was not afraid that the wolf might hear him.

Expressive movements. Pose. Stand position, one leg slightly in front of the other, hands behind your back, chin raised.

Facial expressions. Confident look.

Greedy Dog (for children 4 - 5 years old)

The presenter reads a poem by Vasily Kvitka:

Greedy dog

Brought firewood

He applied water

Kneaded the dough

Baked some pies

Hid it in a corner

And he ate it himself -

Gum-gum-gum!

Then one child imitates the actions described in the poem.

Zlyuka (for children 4-5 years old)

The child pretends to be angry. He sits on a chair and, while the music is playing (D. Kabalevsky. “Evil Man”), looks at each of those present with anger and dissatisfaction. Facial expressions. The eyebrows are knitted, the upper lip is bitten.

"Sunny Bunny" From 4 years old.
A sunbeam looked into your eyes. Close them. He ran further over his face, gently stroking it with his palms: on the forehead, on the nose, on the mouth. On the cheeks, on the chin (stroke it carefully so as not to scare it away), head, neck, tummy, arms, legs, he climbed up the collar, stroke him there too. He is not a mischievous person, he loves to caress you, and you pet him and make friends with him.

"Save the chick." From 4 years old.
Imagine that you have a small helpless chick in your hand. Extend your arms, palms up. Now warm it up, slowly, fold your palms one finger at a time, hide the chick in them, breathe on it, warming it with your even, calm and deep breath, put your palms to your chest, give the kindness of your heart and breath. Now open your palms and you will see that the chick has joyfully taken off, smile at him and don’t be sad, he will fly to you again.

" Flight of bird".

We all often have wonderful dreams. In them we turn into princes and princesses, bunnies and squirrels, we understand the language of birds and animals. We will learn the secret of beauty and lightness, fly over the earth, feel the freshness of the clear blue sky. It is very similar to the sea, the body in it is as light and flexible as in water. The sky is a blue kingdom of magnificent birds. One of the most beautiful is the swan: white as snow, with a long flexible neck and golden beak. Lift your chin up. Yes, this is exactly the neck of a swan. Straighten your back, straighten your shoulders. You are beautiful. Close your eyes. Let's breathe like birds. Inhale - exhale. After inhaling, say to yourself: “I am a swan!”
The swan's neck is tense, elongated, its back is proud and straight. Spread your arms wide - wings, wider, smoothly... Well done!
Bend your legs a little at the knees, tense them and... straighten them sharply... Take a deep breath and.. Oh, a miracle! We took off!...Inhale and exhale... (3 rubles) You can flap your wings freely. The body is like feathers, light, we don’t feel it at all. How joyful and free! Clear and blue sky around, pleasant coolness...silence...peace. Inhale - exhale.
Below us, like a mirror, the lake shines. You can look closely and see yourself in it. What a beautiful bird! Inhale - exhale.
We fly smoothly, we like it and it’s not scary at all. Let's go lower, even lower, even lower. Now the field, forest, house, people are very close... And now our feet lightly touched the ground... Let's stretch our necks, straighten our shoulders, lower our wings.
It was a wonderful flight! Let someone not succeed very well. No problem! And the handsome swan did not immediately take off. Once upon a time he was the Ugly Duckling, he suffered a lot of grief and disasters, they laughed at him, they offended him, and no one understood him. But it’s not scary to be born an Ugly Duckling; it’s important to want to be a swan. Everything beautiful will come true someday, you just need to really, really believe. Note You need to carry out the program when you feel that the children are excited, anxious, and tired. Maybe 1-2 rubles. read a week before going to bed accompanied by calm music.

"Cheerfulness". From 4 years old.
Sit freely, stretch your arms forward and prepare two fingers: thumb and index. Take them by the very tips of the ears - one on top, the other on the bottom of the ear. Massage your ears while saying: “Ears, ears hear everything!” 10 times in one direction and 10 times in the other direction. Now lower your hands, shake off your palms. Take a deep breath, raising your hands, look at them, exhale as you lower your hands, “I’m breathing, breathing, breathing!”Exercises to develop the ability to feel the mood and empathize with others.

"Training emotions." From 4 years old.
Ask your child to frown like:
autumn cloud;
angry person;
evil person.

Ask your child to smile like:
cat in the sun;
the sun itself;
like Pinocchio;
like a sly fox;
like a happy child.

Ask your child to show how angry he is:
a child whose candy was taken away;
two sheep on the bridge;
the person who was hit.

Ask your child to show how scared he is:
a child lost in the forest;
the hare who saw the wolf;
a kitten at which a dog barks.

Ask your child to show how tired he is:
dad after work;
a person who lifts a heavy load;
an ant dragging a big fly.

Ask your child to show what it looks like:
a tourist taking off a heavy backpack;
a child who worked hard but helped his mother;
tired warrior after victory.

"An hour of silence and an hour of 'maybe'. From 4 years old.
Agree with your child that sometimes, when you are tired and want to rest, there will be an hour of silence in the house. The child should behave quietly, play calmly, and draw. But sometimes you will have an “okay” hour, when the child is allowed to do everything: jump, scream, take mom’s outfits and dad’s instruments, hug parents, hang on them, etc.
Note The hours can be alternated, or they can be arranged on different days, the main thing is that they become familiar in the family.

"Designers". From 4 years old.
To play, you need to accumulate several tubes of lipstick that your mother doesn’t like. You can play with the whole family and with your child’s friends. Everyone receives a tube of lipstick and is allowed to approach any participant and decorate his face, arms, legs. As a result of the game, you will see the faces of the players transformed in their expression and beauty.
Make sure everyone is decorated, and don’t forget to decorate yourself.

"A straw in the wind." From 6 years old.
The exercise is performed with a group of adults and children, at least 6-7 people. Everyone stands in a circle, extending their arms, palms forward. A "straw" is selected. She stands in the center of the circle with her eyes closed. At the adult’s command: “Don’t take your feet off the floor and fall back,” the game participants take turns touching the “straw” and, carefully supporting it, pass it to the next player. As a result, each person insures the other, and the “straw” sways smoothly in the wind.
Note Mistrustful and timid children should first experience the role of support. Pleasant sensations and smiles on the faces of the “straws” will make them play this role. Adult participation is required.

Games and exercises for children with communication difficulties.

"The wind blows on..." 5-10 years.
With the words: “The wind blows on…” the leader begins the game. In order for the participants in the game to learn more about each other, questions could be: “The wind blows on the one with blond hair” - all the blond ones gather in a group. “For someone... who has a sister... who loves animals... who cries a lot... who has no friends,” etc.
The presenter must be changed, giving each participant the opportunity to ask questions.

"Find a friend." From 5 years old.
The exercise is performed among children or between children and parents. One half is blindfolded, given the opportunity to walk around the room and asked to find and recognize a friend (parent). You can find out with your hands, feeling your hair, clothes, hands. Then, when a friend is found, the players switch roles.

"Mittens." From 5 years old.
To play, you need mittens cut out of paper; the number of pairs is equal to the number of pairs of participants in the game. The presenter scatters mittens with the same pattern, but not painted, around the room. The children disperse around the hall. They look for their mate, go to a corner and use pencils different color They try, as quickly as possible, to color the mittens exactly the same. The facilitator observes how the couples organize their work together, how they share pencils, and how they negotiate. The winners are congratulated.

"The Dragon". From 5 years old.
The players stand in a line, holding their shoulders. The first participant is the head, the last is the tail of the dragon. The head should reach and touch the tail. The dragon's body is inseparable. Once the head grabs the tail, it becomes the tail. The game continues until each participant plays two roles.

"Touch...." From 5 years old.
All players are dressed differently. The presenter shouts: “touch…blue!” Everyone must instantly orient themselves, find something blue in the participants’ clothes and touch this color. The colors change periodically. The one who didn't have time is the leader. An adult ensures that each participant is touched.

"Positron". From 4 years old.
Sitting in a circle, everyone joins hands. Looking into your neighbor's eyes, you need to say a few kind words to him, praise him for something. The receiver nods his head and says: “Thank you, I’m very pleased!” Then he gives compliments to his neighbor, a circle exercise.
Instead of praise, you can simply say a tasty, sweet, flowery, milky word. If a child finds it difficult to give a compliment, then compliment his neighbor yourself.

Is it there or not?" From the age of 5.
The players stand in a circle and join hands, with the leader in the center. He explains the task: if they agree with the statement, they raise their hands up and shout: “Yes!” If they disagree with a statement, they throw up their hands and shout, “No!”
Are there fireflies in the field?
Are there any fish in the sea?
Does a calf have wings?
Does a piglet have a beak?
Does the wave have a crest?
Are there doors to the hole?
Does a rooster have a tail?
Does the violin have a key?
Does the verse rhyme?
Does it have errors?

"Mirror". From 5 years old.
Children are asked to imagine that they entered a mirror store. One half of the group is mirrors, the other is various animals. The animals walk past the mirrors, jump, make faces - the mirrors must accurately reflect the movements and facial expressions of the animals.

(M.I. Chistyakova. Psycho-gymnastics. - M., 1990)

Relaxation exercises when working with children.

Modern preschoolers are sometimes no less busy than adults. By visiting kindergarten, various clubs and sport sections, they receive a large number of information, get tired physically and emotionally. After all, you need to be on time everywhere!

Such stress has a negative impact on children's health. This is why it is so important to use relaxation exercises when working with preschoolers.

An active lifestyle, frequent stress in the family and at work often lead to overstrain, bad mood, and, as a result, depression. It is necessary to learn to relax and use relaxation and meditation tools to combat “overload.” But what to do if Small child overstressed, overexcited and difficult to calm down after active games and communication? How to overcome childhood hyperexcitability?

For some reason, it is generally accepted that relaxation and meditation methods are only for adults. In fact, this is not entirely true. Yes, frankly speaking, it is difficult to explain to a three-year-old child what meditation is. Therefore, children's relaxation preschool age requires a special look and approach. The main thing is to use it correctly and skillfully.

The nervous system of a preschool child is far from perfect. It is difficult for children to control the processes of excitation and inhibition of the nervous system. This explains restless sleep or problems falling asleep after active games. First of all, this applies to active children. But despite this, there are many ways in which you can calm a “runaway” child.

To form a child’s emotional stability, it is important to teach him how to control his body. In the process of development, education and training, children receive great amount information they need to learn. Active mental activity and accompanying emotional experiences create excessive arousal in nervous system, which, when accumulated, leads to tension in the muscles of the body. The ability to relax helps eliminate anxiety, excitement, stiffness, restores strength, and increases energy.

Relaxation (from Latin relaxation - weakening, relaxation) is deep muscle relaxation, accompanied by the release of mental stress. Relaxation can be either involuntary or voluntary, achieved as a result of the use of special psychophysiological techniques.

Relaxation exercises focusing on breathing:

“Blow out the candle.”

Take a deep breath, drawing as much air into your lungs as possible. Then, stretching out your lips with a tube, slowly exhale, as if blowing on a candle, while pronouncing the sound “u” for a long time.

« Lazy cat."

Raise your arms up, then stretch them forward, stretching like a cat. Feel the body stretch. Then sharply lower your hands down, pronouncing the sound “a”.

Exercises to relax facial muscles:

“Naughty cheeks.”

Take in air, puffing out your cheeks strongly. Hold your breath, slowly exhale the air, as if blowing out a candle. Relax your cheeks. Then close your lips with a tube, inhale the air, sucking it in. The cheeks are drawn in. Then relax your cheeks and lips.

“Mouth sealed.”

Purse your lips so that they are not visible at all. Close your mouth tightly, squeezing your lips very, very tightly. Then relax them:

I have my own secret, I won’t tell it to you, no (purse lips).

Oh, how difficult it is to resist saying nothing (4–5 s).

I’ll still relax my lips and leave the secret to myself.

“The angry one has calmed down.”

Tighten your jaw, stretching your lips and exposing your teeth. Growl as much as you can. Then take a few deep breaths, stretch, smile and, opening your mouth wide, yawn:

And when I get really angry, I tense up, but I hold on.

I squeeze my jaw tightly and scare everyone with a growl (growl).

So that the anger flies away and the whole body relaxes,

You need to take a deep breath, stretch, smile,

Maybe even yawn (open your mouth wide and yawn).

Exercises to relax the neck muscles:

"Curious Barabara".

Starting position: standing, feet shoulder-width apart, arms down, head straight. Turn your head as far as possible to the left, then to the right. Inhale and exhale. The movement is repeated 2 times in each direction. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

Curious Varvara looks left, looks right.

And then forward again - here he will rest a little.

Raise your head up and look at the ceiling for as long as possible. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

And Varvara looks up the longest and farthest!

Coming back – relaxation is nice!

Slowly lower your head down, pressing your chin to your chest. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

Now let's look down - the neck muscles have tensed!

Let's go back - relaxation is nice!

Exercises to relax arm muscles:

"Lemon".

Lower your hands down and imagine that in your right hand there is a lemon from which you need to squeeze the juice. Slowly clench your right hand into a fist as tightly as possible. Feel how tense your right arm is. Then throw the “lemon” and relax your hand:

I will take a lemon in my palm.

I feel like it's round.

I squeeze it slightly -

I squeeze out lemon juice.

Everything is fine, the juice is ready.

I throw in the lemon and relax my hand.

Perform the same exercise with your left hand.

“Pair” (alternating movement with tension and relaxation of the arms).

Standing opposite each other and touching your partner’s palms forward, straighten your right arm with tension, thereby bending your partner’s left arm at the elbow. At the same time, the left arm is bent at the elbow, and the partner’s is straightened.

"Vibration".

What a wonderful day today!

We will drive away melancholy and laziness.

They shook their hands.

Here we are healthy and cheerful.

Exercises to relax the leg muscles:

"Deck".

Imagine yourself on a ship. Rocks. To avoid falling, you need to spread your legs wider and press them to the floor. Clasp your hands behind your back. The deck rocked - transfer your body weight to your right leg, press it to the floor (the right leg is tense, the left leg is relaxed, slightly bent at the knee, with the toe touching the floor). Straighten up. Relax your leg. It swayed in the other direction - I pressed my left leg to the floor. Straighten up! Inhale-exhale!

The deck began to rock! Press your foot to the deck!

We press our leg tighter and relax the other.

“Horses.”

Our legs flashed

We'll gallop along the path.

But be careful

Don't forget what to do!

"Elephant".

Place your feet firmly, then imagine yourself as an elephant. Slowly shift your body weight onto one leg, lift the other high and lower it to the floor with a “rumble.” Move around the room, alternately raising each leg and lowering it with the foot hitting the floor. Say “Wow!” as you exhale.

Exercises to relax the whole body:

“Snow woman”.

Children imagine that each of them is a snow woman. Huge, beautiful, sculpted from snow. She has a head, a torso, two arms sticking out to the sides, and she stands on strong legs. Beautiful morning, the sun is shining. Now it starts to get hot, and the snow woman begins to melt. Next, the children depict how the snow woman melts. First the head melts, then one hand, then the other. Gradually, little by little, the torso begins to melt. The snow woman turns into a puddle that spreads across the ground.

“Birds.”

Children imagine that they are little birds. They fly through the fragrant summer forest, inhale its aromas and admire its beauty. So they sat down on a beautiful wildflower and inhaled its light aroma, and now they flew to the tallest linden tree, sat on its top and felt the sweet smell of a flowering tree. But a warm summer breeze blew, and the birds, along with its gust, rushed to the babbling forest stream. Sitting on the edge of the stream, they cleaned their feathers with their beaks, drank clean, cool water, splashed around and rose up again. Now let’s land in the coziest nest in a forest clearing.

"Bell".

Children lie on their backs. They close their eyes and relax to the sound of the lullaby “Fluffy Clouds.” “Awakening” occurs to the sound of a bell.

“Summer day.”

Children lie on their backs, relaxing all their muscles and closing their eyes. Relaxation takes place to the sound of calm music:

I'm lying in the sun,

But I don't look at the sun.

We close our eyes and rest.

The sun strokes our faces

May we have a good dream.

Suddenly we hear: bom-bom-bom!

Thunder came out for a walk.

Thunder rolls like a drum.

"Slow motion".

Children sit closer to the edge of the chair, lean on the back, place their hands loosely on their knees, legs slightly apart, close their eyes and sit quietly for a while, listening to slow, quiet music:

Everyone can dance, jump, run, and draw.

But not everyone knows how to relax and rest.

We have a game like this - very easy, simple.

Movement slows down and tension disappears.

And it becomes clear - relaxation is pleasant!

"Silence".

Hush, hush, silence!

You can't talk!

We are tired - we need to sleep - let's lie down quietly on the bed,

And we will sleep quietly.

Children really like doing such exercises, because they have an element of play. They quickly learn this difficult skill of relaxing.

Having learned to relax, each child receives what he previously lacked. This equally applies to any mental processes: cognitive, emotional or volitional. In the process of relaxation, the body redistributes energy in the best possible way and tries to bring the body to balance and harmony.

By relaxing, excited, restless children gradually become more balanced, attentive and patient. Children who are inhibited, constrained, lethargic and timid acquire confidence, cheerfulness, and freedom in expressing their feelings and thoughts.

Such systematic work allows the child's body to relieve excess tension and restore balance, thereby maintaining health.

Children from different schools and different cities gather at the summer camp, but they have to relax together, have fun, and for the vacation to be successful, they need to get to know each other very quickly. The proposed games will help them quickly get to know each other.

GAMES FOR DATING (within a group and between groups)

Dating games

The organizers and presenters are teachers or counselors. They explain the rules of the game and correct its course. The game allows children to remember each other's names and reveals their creative and organizational skills.

Name-color, name-association

All participants are in a common circle. Each person in turn must name his name and color (image: object, animal, plant), which, in his opinion, he is similar to, and justify his similarity (list similar qualities).

Tell me about me

We divide everyone into pairs. For a few minutes, pairs tell each other about themselves. Then they tell everyone about their couple, then vice versa.

Let's get acquainted

All players are invited to find their namesakes and unite in groups by name. Those who have rare names, are combined into the “Assorted” group. Each group is tasked with presenting their name creatively.

We're going on a hike

The player, having said his name, names an item starting with the first letter of his name, which he can take with him on a hike. For example: “My name is Katya, I’m going on a hike and taking a compass with me.” The next player says: “My name is Seryozha, I’m going on a hike and I’m taking a sleeping bag with me, and also Katya with a compass,” and so on until everyone is called by name.

My favorite thing

The player says his name and favorite activity. The next player states his attitude to the named matter, then introduces himself and says what he likes. For example, the first participant says: “My name is Andrey, and I like to play the guitar.” Next participant: “I don’t know how to play the guitar. My name is Rezha, I love to play football.” And so on.

Chairs

All players sit in a circle on chairs. The leader stands in the center of the circle, leaving one chair free. The task of the player sitting to the right of the empty chair is to hit it with his hand and call the name of any player. The player whose name is called moves to an empty chair. The presenter must take a new empty chair until the player sitting on the right hits it and calls his name. If he succeeds, then the player with right side whose chair is occupied by the leader, becomes the leader.

Count to thirty

The players sit in a circle with the leader. The leader offers to count to 30 with the whole squad, making sure to clarify that rarely does anyone cope with this task. The conditions are as follows: players take turns calling one number out loud. In this case, players who receive numbers ending in “3” or divisible by “3” without a remainder say their name instead of the number. The player who makes a mistake stops playing, and the game starts from the beginning.

Who can

The presenter hangs up a pre-prepared poster consisting of a field divided into 9 squares. In each square there is a question: Who can play the guitar? Who's dancing? Who is drawing? Who plays sports? etc. Total 9 (according to the number of squares) questions. All players take pens and pieces of paper, draw a similar field, and number the squares.

The players' task: interview the players and find among them those who really know how to play the guitar, draw, etc. d., write down the first and last name of this player in the appropriate box on your sheet. You cannot write the same person's name in more than one square. After the game, the presenter sums up the results and learns about the skills of the guys in the squad.

Name in circle

Participants stand in a circle. Everyone in turn takes a step to the center, says their name and shows any movement. Then all participants simultaneously repeat his name and the movement he just showed.

Alas, unfortunately, not every one of us ends up in the fairy tale “they lived happily ever after.” Sometimes you have to go through a separation from a loved one. Some at this moment find themselves with a child in their arms

It’s good that there are people who are ready to support us: some morally, some financially – some how. Ultimately, the first shock passes, and life takes on a measured course. Sooner or later we cope with our emotions and decide on a new relationship. And here a number of ambiguous questions arise. Should you tell a new man about a child from a previous relationship? At what stage is he ready to meet another of your roles? How to tell your son or daughter about the new man in your life? How can you make the relationship between the three of you as comfortable as possible? How to introduce a man to your child?

When is the best time to tell a man that you are a mother?
You met a young man and a relationship began between you. Everything would be fine, but you have a child and you don’t know how best to talk about it. And is it necessary to say at all, because there is a well-known stereotype that in such a situation a woman is more likely to look for a father to her child, rather than a man for yourself? Often, unfortunately, it doesn’t matter to others that you have long learned to raise a child on your own and provide for the two of you. There will still be people who will definitely warn your new friend. It is important to be prepared for this.

How will the relationship develop further? Does he need an affair with a woman who has a child? These thoughts frighten many of us. Unfortunately, the fear of losing the man we like often leads to insincerity; we begin to hold back, keep the young man at a distance, and hide the child from him. Of course, the man feels this distance. Obviously, it is difficult to build a happy relationship on such a foundation. Trust is the most important thing that a couple should have. Without it, it is impossible to build a relationship in which both will be comfortable.

It's impossible to predict everything. You will never know in advance how a young man will actually react to the news that you have a child. Some men are ready to build a relationship with a woman with a child and subsequently raise him as his own. Someone is not against an easy romance with a girl, regardless of her past, but categorically denies the prospect of raising someone else's child. Men are different. For some, women with children are a taboo. Others think that they are not ready to accept someone else’s child, but when faced with this, they abandon their previous attitudes for the sake of the woman they love. And you will not be able to know in advance how your new companion will behave at such a moment. Even a many-hour discussion does not provide a 100% guarantee of his reaction. Until you tell him the truth, you won't know how he will behave in this situation.

However, there is one circumstance in which you definitely should not tell your boyfriend about the presence of a child. If you perceive a relationship with a man as a passing hobby, do not rush to show him your cards. Suddenly he is more serious than you, and the moment of meeting your son or daughter will become important for him. How do you explain to him that you don't need this? With a different outcome, the acquaintance may take place, suddenly the child becomes attached to this person, and for you this relationship is just a hobby. How will you calm your baby down when his uncle disappears from his life? Remember that a man meeting your child is a crucial moment that undoubtedly affects the lives of the three of you.

So, if you have been dating a man for a long time, want to build a long-term relationship with him, you feel that he is also serious, then it’s time to tell him your little secret. After all, sooner or later the fact that you have a child will come up in your relationship. It is better that you tell him about this yourself, having first prepared him for the news by finding the right words, rather than him finding out about it by chance and, perhaps, encountering a feeling of insincerity on your part. By telling yourself, you have the opportunity to explain to him how you feel and why you hid such significant details of your life from him. How to tell a man that you have a child?

If you and your partner are already in adulthood, all your friends have children, moreover, he himself has a child from his first marriage, most likely, the news that you had a child before him will not shock him. However, if you are relatively young and your man has never thought about children, the fact that you have already taken this step before dating him may throw him off balance a little. This is why it is important to choose Right words and the right time to tell him this news.

It is extremely difficult to hide the presence of a child in long relationship. After all, all this time you will have to inventing why you spontaneously cannot invite him over, ignoring details when talking about your day, wanting to arrange a date in advance. IN best case scenario you will have to keep something back all the time, in the worst case, you will be forced to lie to your partner. Perhaps this is how you have been building your relationship with your chosen one for some time. Imagine that now, in addition to the news that you will unexpectedly have to communicate with the little man, he will also have to accept the fact that you deceived him.

To be honest, not every man is able to accept this. To do this you need to have a certain maturity. Of course, it would be better if the question “how did you spend your day?” you honestly answered that you “helped your son with his homework.” But this no longer happened, and now it is important to correctly open all the cards in front of a man if you are really aimed at serious relationship. Obviously, you can’t build a strong couple on lies. Yes, and it is important for you to know how he feels about the fact that you are a mother. Or are you ready to send your child to an orphanage just to be with this man?

Regardless of whether you deceived the man or not, start your confession from afar. Prepare the soil. Perhaps he will interrupt you and say that he figured out everything a long time ago and for him this is not a problem at all, as long as you are together. This is ideal. However, not all men are so quick-witted and can treat this situation with understanding, so it would be good to prepare for the conversation.

The first thing to remember is that your story may shock a man. It is better to deliver unexpected news where he feels most comfortable. Try to deprive the man of external stress. Of course, avoid such conversations when he is driving or using a sharp knife chops the onion. Choose a conversation environment that is comfortable for both of you. Show how important he and this relationship are to you, how valuable his presence nearby is to you, that you hope for his understanding.

Sometimes approaching from afar allows young man to fantasize the most terrible facts and the news that you have a child may seem to him a minor difficulty against the backdrop of terrible assumptions. Of course, it is important not to go too far and not scare your loved one too much. Do not leave anything ambiguous, speak directly, so that after the conversation neither you nor he has any doubts. Tell us how you see his communication with your child. It is quite possible that you do not want to meet them yet, but he is already preparing himself for the fact that he is obliged to “pick up the child from school,” and he does not have time for this now. Be honest in the conversation, talk about your desires.

Remember that the first reaction to the news may be ambiguous. How would you react if you found out that he hid the presence of a child from you? Give him time to get used to the idea that there is already one significant person in your life. Do not put pressure on him, do not demand a fleeting decision, avoid asking questions about the future. It is important to give the man the opportunity to appreciate the “scale of the tragedy.”

Perhaps tomorrow he will call and offer to take your child for a walk in the park. And if a man, after the news told to him, never shows up again, think about whether you need such a person? Most likely, unfortunately, you took him more seriously than he took you, since he turned out to be unprepared to accept you for who you are. There will definitely be a man in your life, ready to build long-term relationships and raise your child. And remember that children are the “flowers of life,” and if a man is not ready to understand this, maybe he is not yet as mature as you expected.

How to introduce a man to a child? When deciding to introduce your partner to your child, keep in mind that this situation is stressful for them. Prepare both of your significant others for this moment. Tell your man about the child’s character traits, what he likes, what might scare him. Talk to your child about having a man. Maybe you shouldn’t immediately tell him about the seriousness of your intentions. Understand that you did not immediately come to the idea of ​​a future together; for this you needed to date a man for some time. Give your child time too. Don't rush things. Let him first get used to the fact that someone else besides him has appeared in your life; perhaps at first it will be easier to call your loved one just a friend when communicating with your child.

Understand that the fact that you have found a new partner does not deprive the child of a father if he exists and is ready to communicate with him. Of course, it is important to take into account the child’s wishes - whether he wants to maintain contact with his father. In any case, be prepared that the child, when talking with his father, may tell him about the appearance of a new man in your life. It's good if your ex doesn't care what happens in your life. personal life. What if he hoped to reconnect with you? What if your child together was hoping for a reunion? Imagine how much he will hate your new companion if you immediately announce that this uncle will be your new husband. Don't compare your new partner to the baby's father. Let the child himself notice all the best qualities, rather than giving him the impression that you are imposing your opinion on him.

Talk through this situation with your child, explain that you are not trying to deprive him of communication with his father. Also, free your child from the fear that he will have to obey an unfamiliar uncle and call him dad. It is important for you to understand that establishing your personal life, although it goes in parallel with raising a child, is not the same thing.

In order for communication between a man and a child to develop, it is important that both of them want to improve this relationship. Show them how important this is to you. If they don't want to make friends for their own sake, let them do it for your sake at first. Remember that before you talk about marriage, the child should trust in the new person will appear. It is also important that the man is imbued with warm feelings, otherwise you risk turning your baby’s life into constant stress, confrontation with claims and, in extreme cases, tyranny.

Let the child and your new man independently find a format of communication that suits both of them. Observe the formation of contact between them from the outside. Intervene only in emergency situations. Remember that spending time together brings you closer together. Do not hurry. When introducing a man and a child, as in all relationships, it is important to act in stages.

Beware of buying a child's positive attitude. Remember that children quickly notice that it is important for a man to be good to him, and they begin to take advantage of this. As a result, you risk that your loved one will become the executor of your child’s every whim, and if suddenly he refuses something, then at that very moment everything good attitude and it will end. Understand that by buying love, your partner will never communicate with the child on equal terms, not to mention respect. Try to draw a man’s attention to this if you suddenly notice an increased material investment in the child on his part.

Don’t confront your child with a fact; discuss your decisions with him. He may be much younger than you, but he is also part of your family. Avoid selfishness, listen to the child’s opinion. Moreover, often, carried away by a novel, we see everything in a rosy light, while children, on the contrary, very clearly notice all the subtleties of human nature. Perhaps, after talking with your son or daughter, you will discover for yourself those qualities of a new boyfriend that you turned a blind eye to.

As a single woman with a child, remember that you are very likely to encounter public opinion that you are looking for a father for your child. It is useless to convince people of this. Be prepared for this, feel confident. Remember that having children is something that almost all of us eventually come to. You are lucky, you already have a child. We ourselves form the attitude towards us through our behavior. And if you are proud of your child, then those around you will treat him the same way. If you internally do not see the problem of having a child from a previous relationship, then this issue will never arise in your subsequent relationships. Your inner confidence simply will not allow a man to doubt.

Listen to yourself and do as your heart tells you. Think about your child, avoid conversations that are traumatic for him. Remember that any child of an unmarried mother is to some extent afraid of the appearance of unknown man. And children are more afraid of losing their mother’s love. Build your communication with your child so that he does not have such thoughts. This way, your relationship will be more trusting, and when a man appears in your life, it will be easier for your baby to accept him.

Hello photos(for children from 3 years old)

Goal: teaching children to recognize each other from photographs, creating a positive attitude

Children sit in a circle. In the center on the table are photographs face down. The child goes to the center of the circle, takes any photo, then finds the person from the photo, approaches him and greets him (shake his hand and say “Hello”) The child who was greeted first responds to the greeting, and then chooses the next photo. The game continues until there are no photos left.

Glomerulus (for children from 4 years old)

Goal: acquaintance, establishing trusting contact with children, uniting the group.

Children sit in a circle. The presenter, holding a ball in his hands, wraps a thread around his finger, asks any question to the participant in the game (For example: “What is your name, do you want to be friends with me, what do you love, what are you afraid of,” etc.). The child catches the ball, wraps the thread around his finger, answers the question, and then asks his own to the next player. Thus, at the end the ball is returned to the leader. Everyone sees the threads that connect the participants in the game into one whole, determines what the figure looks like, learns a lot about each other, and unites.

Note: If the leader is forced to help a child who is having difficulty, then he takes the ball back, gives a hint and throws it to the child again. As a result, you can see children who have difficulty communicating; the leader will have double or triple connections with them.

Ha-ha-ha! Heh-heh-heh!(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: creating positive emotions, relieving tension.

Children stand in a circle, clasp their hands. The presenter shows the following:

• Touches the left shoulder 3 times, saying “ha - ha - ha”
• Touches the right shoulder 3 times, saying “ho - ho - ho”
• Touches the left knee 3 times, saying “hee-hee-hee”
• Touches the right knee 3 times, saying “he-he-he”

Then all movements are repeated at a faster pace 2 times. Then even faster, 1 time. Then we increase the number of times and reduce the pace. By saying the last “heh,” children are invited to throw out all the fatigue, all the anger, all the resentment that has accumulated in their body.

Roll call - confusion(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: Development of voluntary attention, consolidation of acquaintances

The presenter calls the last names and first names of the children present, confusing first and last names (the first name is called correctly, the last name is not; the last name is correct, the first name is wrong). Children listen carefully and respond only when both their first and last names are correctly named. Whoever makes a mistake is out of the game.

Affectionate name(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: formation of positive self-esteem and self-acceptance, acquaintance.

One of the children - the driver - stands in the center of the circle. Children, passing the ball to each other, call the affectionate form of the driver's name. He is the last to receive the ball and says the affectionate form of his name that he liked. The exercise continues until every child is in the center of the circle.

Option. Children, passing the ball to each other, call the affectionate form of their name. When all the children call out affectionate names, the ball will go in the opposite direction. You need to try not to mix it up and throw the ball to the one who threw it to you the first time, and in addition, say his affectionate name.

Option. “Call your neighbor a gentle name so that he will be pleased”

Pass the toy around(for children from 4 years old)

Purpose: warm-up, warming up the group, developing attention, reaction speed, ability to act together

Children stand in a circle. Toys are passed around in a circle. Passing the toy, the children say: “Further, further...” At first there are half as many of them as there are children. As the rate of transfer of toys from hand to hand increases, the number of toys increases.

Option. Children sit on the carpet and roll balls to each other without stopping. The number of swords is from 2 to 5.

Option. You can add one more rule. When an adult says: “It’s the other way around,” toys or balls are passed in the opposite direction.

Pass the movement in a circle(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: development of expressiveness of movements, imagination, activation and unity of children

Children pass imaginary objects to each other: a large ball, a heavy weight, a hot pancake, a baby, a spider on a web, a stack of cubes, a burning candle. At the end of the exercise, the children join hands. An adult, saying “Hello,” shakes hands with the neighbor on the right, who then goes next in the circle. “Hello” must go around the circle and return to the adult

Animals(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: activation of the group, development of auditory attention

Children are given cards with images of several (2 - 4) types of animals. Children must, by making the characteristic sounds of one or another animal, find the rest of the members of their subgroup. Energizer in game form helps to divide a large group into several subgroups, involves children in active activities.

Nonverbal greeting(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: warming up the group, overcoming communication barriers, reducing emotional stress.

Participants are invited to silently greet each other: a) hands with closed eyes, b) knees, c) backs, d) little fingers, e) shoulders, f) elbows, etc. The exercise can be carried out when the group is sufficiently warmed up, not at the beginning of the lesson.

Cooks(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: development of attention, group cohesion

Everyone stands in a circle - this is a saucepan. Now we will prepare the soup (compote, vinaigrette, salad). Everyone comes up with what it will be (meat, potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, parsley, salt, etc.). You can distribute pictures. The presenter shouts out in turn what he wants to put in the pan. The one who recognizes himself jumps into the circle, the next one, jumping, takes the hands of the previous one. Until all the “components” are in the circle, the game continues. The result is a tasty, beautiful dish.

Compliments(for children from 4 years old)

Goal: increasing self-esteem, creating a positive self-image, developing communication skills

Sitting in a circle, everyone joins hands. Looking into your neighbor's eyes, you need to say a few kind words to him, praise him for something. The receiver nods his head and says: “Thank you, I’m very pleased!” Then he gives a compliment to his neighbor, the exercise is carried out in a circle.

Warning: Some children cannot give a compliment, they need help. Instead of praising, you can simply say “delicious”, “sweet”, “floral”, “milk” word. If a child finds it difficult to give a compliment, do not wait for his neighbor to be sad, give the compliment yourself.

Confusion(for children from 5 years old)

Purpose: warming up, group unity, reducing tension.

“Now one of you, a volunteer, must go out the door. The rest should stand in a circle and hold hands. After a tight ring is formed, you need to “get entangled” without unclenching your hands. When the “tangle” is ready, we will invite a leader who will “unravel” the group.” You can carry out the confusion again by inviting someone from the group to “confuse” everyone else, and another leader to untangle.

"Hello!" one by one(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: warming up the group, reducing tension, reflecting on one’s own emotional state, getting ready for work.

The adult says that now he will say hello, but not to everyone at once, but one by one. Those whom he greets must stand up and say: “Hello.” The game then takes place in two stages. At the first stage, the adult invites children to become aware of their emotional states: “Those who are in a good mood now, hello!”, “Those who didn’t get enough sleep today, hello!”, “Those who are sad, hello!”. At the second stage, we set up children to perform various types activities: “Those who like to draw, hello!”, “Those who want to study, hello!”, “Those who want to become smart (confident), hello!”,

Greeting with a bell(for children from 5 years old)

Purpose: greeting, setting children up in a friendly manner.

Children stand in a circle, an adult approaches one of them, rings the bell and says: “Hello, Vanya, my friend!” Afterwards, Vanya takes the bell and goes to greet another child. A bell should greet every child.

Various greetings(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: relieving emotional stress, developing communication skills

The adult reminds the children that different people we communicate differently “Say hello the way you greet:

• With a friend in kindergarten
• With a teacher
• With a clown at the circus
• With my beloved grandmother
• With someone who was offended
• With someone you're glad to see

Now let’s all say together: “Hello everyone!” and let's applaud each other.

Option. Say hello in different moods: “Very tired, Cheerful, Late for kindergarten, In Space (in zero gravity)”

The wind blows on...(for children from 5 years old)

Purpose: acquaintance, warming up, group unity.

With the words “The wind blows on...” the leader begins the game. Questions could be as follows: “The wind blows on the one with blond hair,” all the blond people gather in one pile. “The wind blows on the one who... has a sister”, “who loves animals”, “who cries a lot”, “who has no friends”, etc. The presenter must be changed, giving each participant the opportunity to ask questions.

Swap places(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: warming up the group, reducing tension, activating attention and thought processes.

Participants sit in a circle with a psychologist in the center. The presenter offers to change places (change seats) to all those who have some common characteristic. For example: “Change seats, all those with brown eyes (likes to put toys away, ride down the slide, etc.),” and everyone with brown eyes should change places.” At the same time, the presenter also takes part in the game and must have time to take the vacant seat; the one left without a seat continues the game. At the end of the game, you can ask: “How do you feel?” They then conclude that they all have a lot in common.

Stand up, those who have...(for children from 5 years old)

Purpose: warming up the group, reducing tension, activating attention, observation and thought processes.

Children sit on chairs. The presenter says: “Stand up those who:

• Blonde hair
• Brown eyes
• In clothes there is Blue colour
• Writes with his left hand
• Likes dancing

Option: “Clap your hands for those who are sad today (likes to watch cartoons, etc.)” They then conclude that they all have a lot in common.

Different but similar (for children from 5 years old)

Goal: warming up and uniting the group, reducing tension, developing self-awareness, activating attention.

Adult says:

Now only girls will raise their hands... And now boys will raise their hands... Those who are wearing trousers will jump... Those who have a sister will hug themselves... Those who have a brother will clap their hands... Those who ate Today they’ll have porridge, pat themselves on the head, etc.

At the end of the exercise, a short conversation is held, during which the children are led to the conclusion that all people are different, but in some ways they are still similar.

Roll(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: activating the group, creating group cohesion.

Children stand in a line, holding hands. Child, first standing, begins to turn around its axis, dragging those standing behind it. Thus, the children form a kind of “roll”. Children's attention is drawn to the fact that during the exercise it is important not to release their hands. The task can be complicated by asking the children to “unwind the roll.”

Fruit salad(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: activating the group, creating group cohesion, increasing concentration.

Participants sit in a circle. The facilitator asks the first 4-5 people to name their favorite fruits one by one (for example, apple, pear, banana, orange). The next people sitting in the circle repeat the names of the fruits that have been heard. Thus, each is "called a fruit." For better memorization, you can give out cards with pictures of fruits. The leader stands in the center of the circle and shouts out the name of the fruit, for example orange, and all the “oranges” must change places with each other. The person in the center also tries to take one of the empty seats, and the other participant is left without a seat. The new presenter again names some fruit and the game continues. The name "fruit salad" means that everyone switches places.

Body touch(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: activation and unity of the group, development of tactile attention

Explain to participants that you will touch someone. Then they must, using only the part of the body that you touched, touch someone else. Continue the game until all participants are involved. This exercise forces you to interact closely with each other.

Face to face(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: creating a positive emotional background and activating children, developing attention.

Everyone finds a mate. The presenter calls actions, for example, “hand to nose,” “back to back,” “head to knee,” etc. Participants must follow the instructions in their pairs. When the leader says “person to person,” everyone must find another pair. The exercise can be used in the middle and at the end of the lesson.

Option: Children pair up only after the leader’s command. For example, after the command “Shoulder to Shoulder”, children must find a partner and touch their body parts

Taxi(for children from 5 years old)

Goal: activating the group, dividing the group into subgroups, consolidating the number

1 - 2 participants are selected who will act as taxi drivers. Their task is to move around the room, stopping at the command of the leader. Invite other participants to imagine that they are getting into a taxi. The taxi can only fit a certain number of participants, such as 2, 3 or 4. When the taxi stops, participants must run to “seat the taxi.”

This is a useful exercise if you want to randomize participants into groups of a certain number of members.

Hello! How are you doing?(for children from 6 years old)

Goal: bringing participants together, establishing friendly relations, development of cooperation, activation of attention

All the children walk around the room, shake each other’s hands and say: “Hello! How are you doing?" The main rule: when greeting someone, you can release your hand only after you start greeting someone else with the other hand. That is, each participant must be in contact with someone constantly. The game can be used at the end of the lesson, replacing the words: “Thank you. It was interesting with you"

This is me today(for children from 6 years old)

Goal: emotional release, development of the ability to understand one’s emotional state and express it verbally and non-verbally.

Everyone takes turns saying: “Hello. This is how I am today” - and non-verbally shows his condition. The rest of the children say: “Hello, Vanya! Vanya is like this today,” and they copy his gestures, facial expressions, and posture.

Every child must take part in the game. In conclusion, the children hold hands and say in unison: “Hello everyone!”

Children are always internally ready for play, fun and entertainment , therefore, there is no need to waste effort persuading them to go to the holiday, but making sure that the children feel comfortable and safe at the holiday is simply necessary. The best way To do this, prepare the room in advance and, from the first minutes of meeting, involve children in a friendly festive atmosphere.

If among the children invited to the house there are children who do not know each other well, children who rarely see each other or are not often visited, then it is worth unobtrusively, preferably in a playful way, to help them loosen up, relieve tension and introduce them to each other. To do this, we recommend including in your entertainment program games to get children to know each other at the festive table.

There are about 20 similar games in our selection, here are games for toddlers and older children, games with pronouncing the names of little guests and those that simply help them get to know each other better, unite and activate the general festive mood - choose the ones that are suitable for your specific situation .

1. Games at the table for getting to know each other:

Children under 5 years old usually come to the holiday with their parents; they are calmer and more interested in games when mom or dad is nearby. When drawing up a program, it is worth remembering this, and more actively involve the adults present at the children's party in all entertainment. Table games are no exception, and the more interested and emotionally parents participate in them, the faster children get used to the new environment, get acquainted and join in the festive fun.

Dating game "Attention! Looking for a friend!"

This game is aimed not only at getting to know each other and establishing contact between children, but also promotes the development of their speech and attention.

The game must involve at least five people, so if there are not enough small players, involve adults. The presenter begins: he declares that his friend has disappeared and begins to describe one of the kids present. For example: “My friend’s name begins with the letter “S.” After kindergarten he goes to art school and his little sister will soon be born.” This is how the presenter describes the hidden child until one of the children present guesses it.

If the game involves very young children (three to four years old) or children who are new to each other, then it is quite appropriate to call external signs“wanted” - color of eyes and hair, elements of clothing. This information will facilitate recognition, and therefore make the game process especially productive and interesting.

Guest performance "A sparrow walked on the roof"

Game at the table "Little Experts".

This mini-quiz can be done even with the smallest children, but you need to select books of the “appropriate repertoire”. The essence of the game is simple: the presenter reads out loud a recognizable line from some literary work, and the children must listen and guess which book is hidden. With older kids we play according to the principle “whoever guessed right raises their hand”; with kids it’s better to guess the name in random order.

"The sun smiles on those who..."

This game will also help children get to know each other better and can become a transition point between table and outdoor games.

Take care of the image of the sun in advance: it can be a soft toy or a drawing on whatman paper. “Sun” is mounted on one of the walls of the room. Along the opposite wall we line up the children whom we want to introduce to each other.

We explain the rules: the presenter names some sign with the same saying “The sun smiles at the one who...”. And, if the child believes that the sign applies to him, then he runs to the opposite wall and touches the sun with his hand.

It is best for the presenter to start with general signs, for example, say: “The sun smiles at the one who is wearing a dress today.” Of course, some of the girls will go to stroke the sun. Then - something for boys (“... for the one in shorts”). Then something common to most of the children present: who has a cat/dog at home. Be sure to involve the emotional component: whoever loves mom, helps grandma, listens to dad.

Add some humorous signs so that the children finally relax and can laugh at themselves: who brushed their teeth with jam today, watered the orange tree, etc. Inattentive children can be puzzled with various forfeits: ask everyone a riddle, pretend to be a mouse or a frog, sing a verse from your favorite song.

So, with the help of unifying topics and questions, you can create a light and cheerful atmosphere and awaken children's interest in each other.

"Come on, let's say hello!"

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2. Table games and dating games for children over 5 years old:

Sit the children in a circle and explain the rules of the game. Tell them that you are offering to cheat a little: point to your hand, but say that it is your “forehead.” The child sitting to your right should point to the forehead, but call it another part of the body, such as the heel. The point of such a fun deception is to confuse the kids a little. And the one who gets confused and shows not the part of the body that is named (heel), but the one that is pointed at (forehead), is eliminated from the game and lines up for the next one, so through one (one lines up on the right, the other on the left) two teams are created for the next team game.

An introduction to the “Visiting a Fairy Tale” cake.

Every children's party should have a game related to fairy tales. To provide intellectual content for such entertainment, you can build the game “Visiting a Fairy Tale” on the principle of a quiz. Her first round could be a question: list the fairy tales in which birds are the main characters.

The second task is to remember as many magical objects as possible (a self-assembled tablecloth, a self-shaking wallet, a seven-flowered flower). Invite the children to write them down on a piece of paper, and check the task after 4 - 5 minutes. Whoever has more gets a point.

The third round is more difficult: invite the children to remember all the “magic words” and spells (for example, Hottabych’s magic spell “fuck-tibidoh!” or “mutabor!” from the oriental fairy tale about the curious pasha).

This game can be played, for example, before taking out the cake, ask them to remember the spell from the fairy tale “Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves” (after closing the door to the room), and when the children call the spell “Sim-Sim, open up!”, ask them to shout louder , maybe this door will open. Let one of the adults wait outside the door with a cake.

Entertainment at the table "Fairytale confusion".

And it is advisable to use this entertainment after outdoor games: sit the children around you and invite them to listen to a fairy tale. But! If you make a mistake, ask the children to clap their hands. The fairy tale can be anything your imagination dictates, for example, with the following content: “Grandfather planted a carrot. No? What, potatoes? Not again? Ah-ah-ah, turnip! The turnip grew very small. Wrong? Big, very big! Grandfather began to dig potatoes... oh, I remembered! Turnip! He pulls and pulls, and he pulled it out...Ah! can't pull it out! The grandfather called his friends. No? Little Red Riding Hood? Crane? Is it really a grandmother? That's right, grandma! The two of them began to pull rutabaga. Oh, turnip! They pulled and pulled, and they pulled it out... Oh, no! They can’t pull it out! They called the aliens. Wrong again?! And, probably, a granddaughter! They pulled and pulled, and they tore off the tail of the rutabaga. Didn't it get torn off? Not rutabaga? Repke! They called Sharik... Ah, Zhuchka! They pulled and pulled, and they pulled it out...no again? Well, okay, okay, they can’t pull it out. They called the cat Matroskin. Wrong? Murzika? exactly! A cat, a simple cat! They pull and pull, but they can’t pull it out.

The cat called her kitten. No? Well, such a small, cute one...no?! Really, a mouse? Right? A mouse for a cat, a cat for a bug, a bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip... They beat and beat the egg and did not break it! Oh, not an egg! They pulled and pulled, and they pulled out a turnip! And I was there, drinking honey-beer, running down my ears... not down my ears, but down my mustache? Right! But it didn’t get into my mouth! Although, most likely, porridge was made from turnips! That's the end of the fairy tale, and whoever listened - a tomato! Ugh, cucumber! No? Ah, I got it! WELL DONE!"

Arranging children's party, don't forget aboutdating games - they help to properly build the dynamics of the holiday and unite all the guests.

And also remember that the success of any children's event depends not only, or rather, not so much on its precise organization and investment, but on the mood of adults, on their sincere desire to give children joy. Love for children and caring attitude towards little guests will tell you how to get out of a difficult situation, what games to choose, and in what order to play!