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Help please. I just started to work at a daycare only 3 times a week in such a small room. It's so cold outside so we can't go outside. I sooooo remember playing so many games to keep us busy, busy, busy....and was needing any advice on any indoor games to play with a very small space, 8 children that are the age of 2? Any ideas to keep these little ones entertained would be greatly appreciated!
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This age, they mostly just want to play. They don't have a long attention span to play a "game" I say move stuff around so it looks different and interesting and let them play and intervene when needed. Break it up with small blocks of coloring, sensory table, play dough etc..... but then again the attention span for these are short. They are mostly interested at this age in learning about themselves and what their friends are doing, they are observing. Have fun two's are a fun age and challenging. -
Having parades around the room, playing a very simple game of "following the leader" or "simon says", reading books, singing familiar songs are ways to get them doing things together as a group. Of course, as PP said, because of their sorter attention span, these can be little "breaks" from just their regular playing.Comment
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duck, duck, goose, or hot potato might be fun for short little games! If you can keep them from running during duck, duck, goose!Comment
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At that age they like to sign songs...Comment
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I've tried alot of these games. Hot potato was a good one.....tried the simon says with the 3 year olds and they didn't really even understand it, so never tried it with the 2 year olds. I even tried london bridges..they really loved this one didn't understand it because they just wanted me to skake them up....hehehe. And with play do....yes done it so many times. I think they are getting a little bored with it.Comment
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I used to babysit a developmentaly delayed 4 year old and his average to advanced 2 year old his sister and when I watched them I would turn of the TV from the moment their parents left and we would just play I tried to have a routine where the first couple of hours we would just play and then I would say 'clean up' and they would clean up and then when I said 'school time' they were excited (I had it around the same time everyday for at least 1/2 hour sometimes up to 1 hour) and then we would play more and then lunch then about 15 minutes - 1/2 hour of more play and a book and then nap time they wake up and we read and play more and then have a snack and more play until their mom gets home.
Alot of the play was child initiated some were games that I taught them. If you have kids that don't know how to play then you need to limit their techonology and try to encourage them to be creative or have crafts that they can do. and alot of times we plade the
some things we played:
* 'tea time', 'picknic' or 'resturant'
* legos, boxes, puzzles
* ring around the rosey, duck duck goose
* reading books
* dancing to the radio (I put on the christan channel because the other ones have swear words and induendos)
* Kangaroo, Burrito, night-night, butterfly, ghost (blanket games)
* puppets, dolls, stuffed animals
* Stacking cups (regular paper or plastic cups)
* magnets, sidewalk chalk, coloring
* Soccor basics (large motor and balance with kicking the ball)
* playdough
* yoga ball
The only things out of those that was outside was soccor basics and the chalk- which chalk can be done inside if you have chalk boardsComment
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