Playing as a family is much more than watching your children do it. It involves spending quality time with them in which ties are strengthened. And not only between parents and children, but between siblings, grandparents with grandchildren, nephews and uncles, cousins and all the relationships that may occur.
Remember play is essential at any age, yes also for adults. For children, playing is more than avoiding boredom, it is also a way to express their affections, learn to manage emotions and frustrations, and of course, learn!
Games away from home
A sunny weekend, going on a family outing, visiting grandparents in town or going to see cousins who have a patio in the house can be a opportunity for children and adults to play together. We present below a couple of games in which you can participate whether you are 70 or 10 years old, the important thing is to want to have fun.
El sitting ball, the idea is that the whole family sits on the ground or on the grass, forming a circle. You have to pass the ball from one to another, but without getting up or touching it with your hands. Whoever fails to pass it is eliminated and so on until only the champion remains.
Another very fun game is tie a giant knot. This one does create pineapple. One participant takes a few steps away, turns around and cannot look, and the rest shake hands and begin to tie without separating their hands. That if you pass your head over here, your leg over it (this is only suitable for agiles) now, underneath. When the knot is finished, he or the one who went a bit far, has to undo the knot, but giving instructions, he cannot touch any of the members… who knows where my left hand is!
Another option is to play We get up at the same time. Yes, it seems simple, but it is not, because the difference in height and reflections plays a trick. Everyone sits on the floor in a circle and is linked by the arms. To the three everyone up and without letting go.
Let the whole family play indoors!
If the weather is not good, or it is already a bit late to be on the street, you can prepare some of these games at home. We love the game of Elephant rolls bowling. At Christmas you will succeed with your children and their cousins, and you will see how someone else in the family cheers up. Put a tennis ball in one of your pantyhose, up to the toe. And you put the waist part on the head of whoever wants to be an elephant. The game consists of placing some skittles on the ground (plastic bottles or cans) and trying to knock them out. Let's see who gets it. You can make teams or participate individually, with a set time.
For calmer environments we propose you Missing? One person is asked to leave the room, and the others hide one or two things that were previously in plain sight, for example, a cushion and a figure. The one who came out is then asked to go back inside and find out what object is missing. You can give him clues.
Have you ever played farm animals? Everyone closes their eyes and everyone imitates the sound of an animal. It can also be a wild animal, although the game is called farm animals. When you count to three, your eyes open, and in turns you have to guess who made what animal.
And you can always make use of the riddles, the broken telephone, rock, paper and scissors, tongue twisters, the elongated stanzas, or the classic I see I see ... who has not played I see in the car! The Word games they are very important to children.