The Truth About Learning Games For Kindergarten And 1st Grade

By Christine Watson


Different learning approaches are applied to each level of education. When it comes to kindergarten, things need to be unique. Kids are very quick at mastering new concepts. However, they always want to engage in everything that runs around them. Awareness regarding the relevance of learning games for kindergarten and 1st grade makes learning easier.

Firstly each game that is designed for learning is aimed at giving the players a unique skill be it academic or life skill. The social aspect of kids needs to be sharpened since they have come from different home. These games enable them to interact, and through this, they can socialize. They will eventually develop the attitude of accepting and understanding those around them.

Also, most of them have a competitive nature. By them undertaking in such, they develop the spirit of teamwork. In the same, they will be able to develop a sports culture of accepting any results that come along with different sports. They will also be able to develop the spirit of aggressive and determination since they all want to win.

They all have instruction of which have to be given orally by the teacher. Without the instructions the game is unplayable. By this, the kids will develop the curiosity of listening everything related to the game so that they can be assured of a win. Listening is important since more than 85% of delivery is done verbally.

The number theory will follow us everywhere in our lives even after we stop learning. It is for this reason that most activities especially the board games are aimed at ensuring that the young learners are aware of our numbering system. By this, they will be able to count, add and perform all other basic mathematical operations with minimum hustle.

Reading is another area of relevance that they have been able to achieve. Though this area has been identified to be the most challenging area of the entire kindergarten stage, with them, the kids have been able to read much faster. Board games and other related kinds have pictorial aids that have the ability to enable one develop a comparison between the image and the word making reading easy.

The earlier mentioned are not the only benefits. The list is endless. However, generating these benefits can only be determined by the teacher. They should ensure that they settle for games that are very interesting to the kids so that all of them can enjoy participating. It becomes unnecessary if there is a section of the class which participates dormant since they will be left behind.

Ever since the introduction of this method: there was not an instance when they were said to be ineffective. Their results make one desire to use them more and more. However, the teacher should put in mind the level and age of the learners. People of different ages can comprehend different activities and mastering the alphabetical chart is among them especially at this stage.




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