Do you remember in childhood this joyful excitement when, upon waking up, you suddenly discover that everything around you is white and white? Make sure your children enjoy winter too, so explain to them as early as possible that just because it's snowing doesn't mean they have to stay indoors - but of course they should have suitable outerwear for when they're out and about. did not freeze and always remained dry. Items such as jackets, waterproof pants, hats and boots can be bought in stores, and preferably not in a single copy. When the first set of clothes gets wet and the children start to freeze, it will help to have a supply of dry clothes so that after a break they can run outside again. It is especially useful to have a box of gloves and mittens. Spend some money on the same warm clothes and shoes for yourself and go play with your child.
Ice slide and sledding
Sleds and snow are as inseparable as ice cream and a waffle cone. Come up with different fun ways to ride.
You can ride downhill not only on sleds - for example, car tires are perfect for this purpose; a piece of linoleum glides downhill very well, allowing you to develop decent speed.
You can also make a kind of toboggan. To do this, take a large piece of cardboard and cut it so that there is plenty of room for sitting, lift the front end and wrap it so that the child can grab onto it. This is a very light sled, and it won’t be difficult for a child and his friends to carry it to the nearest hill, where they can take turns riding. And when this sled or the children get so wet that it is no longer possible to ride, the “toboggan” can be thrown into the nearest trash can and happily run home with free hands, playing in the snow.
Angels
There is probably not a single adult who did not play snow angel as a child. Show your child how to lean into the ground, then fall back into a snowdrift and flap your arms and legs in the snow as if you were flying; the snow will stick around the baby, and his clothes will be snow-white and angelic, and his hands will look like wings. Then help the baby to stand up carefully, without destroying his “angelic” form. Newly fallen snow is a beautiful fluffy bed, and children love, lying on it, as if floating in the freshness of a sunny winter day.
If playing angels is no longer new to your family, try creating other snow images with your child that resemble different animals. Perhaps your son can figure out how to lie on one side and bend his arm so that the trail behind him looks like an elephant's trunk, or the child can stand on all fours in the snow and imagine that it is not his, but a horse's legs in the snow, but himself he is a horse.
Pathfinders
Children love to look at their own footprints in freshly fallen snow. Take the time to find information on the Internet about what the tracks of different animals and birds look like. After this, go to a forest or park and try to find and decipher traces of some living creature.
Bigfoot footprints
You can make Bigfoot paws from cardboard and thick rope. Put them on over your winter boots and go for a walk to create Bigfoot footprints.
Tractor track
It turns out that not everyone knows how to make tractor tracks in the snow.
One after another
Tell your child about how wolves walk in a pack (track after track). And after that, offer to play catch-up, but with one condition: the one who catches up must pursue the runner in a trail.
Drawing on the snow with a stick
If you like to draw with a stick on damp sand in the summer, then in the winter you can try drawing with it in the snow.
New Year's and winter finds
Finders is an educational game in an unusual format. It introduces children to the world around them, develops perception, attention and visual memory. And in general, what could be better than playing outdoors?
Rules of the game. Print out the form with pictures and put it in a hard folder. Now dress warmly and go with your child for a walk around the winter, New Year's city. Your child will have to find everything that is shown in the pictures and mark the finds with a tick. Or you photograph all your finds together and make a detailed photo report at home.
Snow flowers
Prepare for the experiment:
A straw,
- solution for blowing soap bubbles
When a cloud forms at a very low temperature, instead of raindrops, water vapor condenses into tiny needles of ice; the needles stick together and snow falls to the ground. Snow flakes consist of small crystals arranged in the shape of stars of amazing regularity and variety. Each star is divided into three, six, or twelve parts, symmetrically located around one axis or point.
We don't need to climb into the clouds to see how these snow stars form.
You just need to leave the house in severe frost and blow out a soap bubble. Immediately, ice needles will appear in a thin film of water; They will gather before our eyes into wonderful snow stars and flowers.
Snowflakes
Snow itself is very unique! If there is suitable snow outside, consisting of individual snowflakes, then give the child a magnifying glass so that he can see how different and beautiful they all are.
You can photograph a snowflake in macro mode against a dark background and get a great photo!
Snow creatures
Making snowmen is a common thing. But do you make Snow Maidens, little snowmen, snow dogs, cats or turtles? This is a good thing to do if several people are involved in the creative process, then you can sculpt a snow family or a whole zoo of snow inhabitants.
If you want people passing by to admire your creation even more, then dress up your snowmen. A hat and scarf are quite traditional decorations for snowmen, but what do you think about tying a scarf on your Snow Maiden’s head or putting on a large lady’s hat? She might need a kitchen apron and a wooden spoon. If you like to shop, buy a few inexpensive items specifically to use for your snowmen after the next big snowfall. You can also prepare a carrot nose, plastic bottle caps for eyes or buttons, and other accessories for the snowman in advance. If you are playing in the snow with very young children, make the snowmen small too, so as not to tire the child. Then these kids can be placed in the most unexpected places: on a bench, tree branch, slide, balcony. Let other kids rejoice when they accidentally discover them on a walk.
Using sand molds, plastic food boxes and pots, you can make shapes of different configurations, then fasten them together. Small balls of snow are well connected to each other using sticks or toothpicks, and thus a wide variety of sculptures are obtained from them. Show your child how to glue pieces of his or her sculpture together with "snow glue" - that is, by spraying them with water.
You can also “bake” a snow cake
Drawing with snow
You can paint with snow on fences, walls and trees.
Winter picnic
When going for a walk in the winter forest, don’t forget to take a thermos with hot tea and cookies. Be sure to have an outdoor picnic on a fine winter day. To do this, fashion a table out of snow and drink hot tea and cookies at it.
Search for treasure
This fun game requires a little prep work. You will need to buy a “treasure” in advance at the nearest store. This could be a treat (small chocolate, candy), a toy or a souvenir. The “treasure” must be placed in a waterproof box (bag) and hidden under the snow in a certain place. It is best to hide treasure in the forest or in the yard of your own (private) house (dacha).
According to the task, the child must find the treasure, guided by your clues. Hints can be simple, for example, hot and cold, or more complex: take two steps to the left, then three steps forward, etc.
Mitten-girlfriend
If your son or daughter wants to go for a walk in the snow, but there is no one nearby to keep the baby company, invite him to play with a mitten friend. Take a mitten that has lost a pair and make a face for it: using buttons for eyes, and using red thread for a mouth (or draw a face). Now your baby will be happy to take his mitten friend outside and teach her how to play in the snow.
Christmas tree decorations made of colored ice
Make Christmas tree decorations from colored ice by pouring colored water into molds of different sizes and shapes. You can use ordinary water, but for beauty add berries, orange slices, spruce branches, tinsel, etc. to it. Decorate a Christmas tree in the forest or in the yard of your house with the resulting toys.
Snow colors
For variety, the snow can be made colored. To do this, take half a glass of water and add paint there. Give your child several of these cups with different colors. By sprinkling paint on the snow or filling cups with it, he will get tinted snow from which he can make balls, various figures or snowmen.
This is a very convenient time to introduce your child to the features of the color scheme. Give your child cups of red and yellow paint and have him pour half of each color into the cup of snow. Stir the resulting solution with a spoon, and you will see how delighted the child will be when he realizes that by combining red and yellow paints, you can get orange.
Using a regular pipette and tinted water, you can draw pictures on the snow.
You can also prepare spray bottles with colored water
An interesting idea is to make colored icicles.
Ice path
Colored water can be frozen in plates, after which a path can be made from the resulting multi-colored ice floes.
Shooting at a target
When it's too dirty to spend much time outside, and your child is itching to get active, shooting at a target is just the activity he needs, and it also helps develop his eye and coordination.
Collect snow and make snowballs from it, then freeze them in the refrigerator (if the snow has melted, it is better to make snow cubes). Prepare enough snowballs or cubes. When they are hard (but not too hard - if they are too hard, move them from the freezer to a refrigerator shelf to prevent the snow "projectiles" from becoming actual weapons), place the snowballs in a plastic bowl. Have your child stand on a screened porch or other sheltered area while you watch to see if he hits the target, which could be a tree or a circle in the snow.
Start with an easy goal, and if your child succeeds at it, make it less accessible.
Snowball lanterns
Anyone who carefully read the Moomins and Petson and Findus must have noticed the magical street lanterns made of snowballs!
Such flashlights are very common in Scandinavian countries, but for some reason they are completely unknown here. And making them couldn’t be easier - just lay a pyramid of snowballs and put a candle inside.
Ice lanterns
To make an ice lantern, you need to place a smaller container in a large container of water so that the frozen ice between their walls forms the future lantern. To do this, you need to put some weight in a smaller container and secure it with tape.
To make the ice transparent, it is better to use boiled water. You can add berries (for example, frozen cranberries), leaves, cones, pine and spruce branches to the water. You can also use bay leaves or sprigs of fresh rosemary or thyme, which are sold in supermarkets.
Another option is to freeze water in a balloon. Water will only freeze on the outside, but not on the inside. And if you drain it, you will get an ice lamp, hollow inside!
The candle can be placed on top of the lampshade or, conversely, covered with a lampshade. If you place a candle under an ice dome, then you need to make a hole at the top so that the air necessary for combustion enters.
In general, you can use any other containers instead of balls.
Snow fortress
Children of any age enjoy building snow forts, but this activity is most suitable for school-age boys. More than once we had to watch how incredibly happy boys spent the whole day building their “formidable” fortresses. Your task is to ensure that the construction of the fortress begins in a quiet place where it will have a chance to survive for several days, and not somewhere on the road or near the porch of a house. Offer your snow architects a location with less direct sunlight, otherwise the citadel will be in danger of melting too quickly.
When building a fort, some children like to use a bucket to fill it with snow; others, to build a wall, make large snow globes and, pressing them, place them one on top of the other; others simply jump into the middle of a snowdrift, making passages in it, and hide there.
The only role you can play here is, perhaps, to provide the children with plenty of hot tea, toasted bread, and in addition, constantly replenish the supply of dry mittens.
A fortress can be built not only from snow, but also from ice.
Labyrinths and tunnels
When the thickness of the snow cover reaches fifteen centimeters or more, it is possible to dig through snow labyrinths and tunnels. Help your child make a plan for a labyrinth he would like to build in the snow on an artificial or natural slope. When the maze is ready, pour water on it and make sure that the surface inside it is very smooth. Now you can roll toys or balls along the paths of the structure. When several children gather, they can build parallel mazes and roll whatever they want along their paths. It's fun to play catch-up in a big snow maze.
For more fun, you can just dig maze tunnels in the snow, and for kids - tunnels in which it is easy to hide some toys or play hide and seek.
Igloo (snow hut)
When the snow is sticky enough, it's time to think about building an igloo. The Eskimos build their igloos from snow blocks in a few days, but a little naughty boy can simply dive into a snowdrift and dig a house in it, just like the Eskimos. A child with an artistic imagination might use a stick to draw something on his igloo - some abstract design, a sign, or a reinvented family crest. It would be interesting to build a small igloo for a plastic doll.
You can also build from crust, if available.
Working with a shovel
It's good if you have a small shovel stored in your household (say, in the garage), then you can involve your child in helping you clear the driveway and paths. If your child begins to enjoy this, then in the future it will be easier for you to raise the bar: when he grows up, make him a completely serious worker. Together, you can test how deep you can dig through the snow in five minutes or how long it will take you to meet each other, starting from different ends.
Outdoor games
To keep warm on a frosty day outside, outdoor games are perfect. Of course, when sledding or ice-skating down a hill, the child is constantly moving, so he is unlikely to freeze. But if he gets tired of this activity, then invite a group of children to play football in the snow.
In winter clothes, twirling a hoop is no longer so easy, but it is very fun and warming. If you put the hoop on the snow, it can be used as a target in a snowball game or as a house in a catch-up game. And on an inflatable ring you can race through the snow, pushing off with your feet.
Larisa Rusanova
Scenario for the “Snow Fun” relay race
To the sounds of a sports march and the applause of spectators, participants in sports competitions enter and line up in designated areas.
Leading:
Celebration of sporting pride
Comes into its own.
Sun, kind smiles
He is met by his children
Guys, do you know what the Olympic Games are? Once every four years, athletes from all over the world come to the Olympics to take part in competitions and show who is the strongest, the fastest, the most dexterous. Our kindergarten hosts the “Snow Fun” relay race in honor of the opening of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Children:
1 child MBDOU No. 239
To us, brave and strong and dexterous,
Sports are always on the way.
The guys are not afraid of training,
Let your heart beat in your chest.
2 children MBDOU No. 239
Health, strength, agility -
This is a fiery testament to sports.
Let's show our friendship, courage,
We send greetings to the Olympics!
3rd child, MDOU No. 243
Temper your young body,
Achieve greater heights.
Develop courage and will in yourself
Sports will help us.
4 children, MDOU No. 243
Like the sea, the stands are noisy,
Today the battle will not be easy.
Let's cheer for the brave guys,
For sporting enthusiasm and skill.
Leading:
Dear participants and fans, allow me to introduce you to the panel of judges and the chief judge of the competition.
(The presenter introduces the jury members, the chief judge takes the oath)
Judge. OATH “On behalf of all the judges, we promise that at the Snow Fun relay we will perform our duties honestly, respecting and observing the rules by which they are held.”
To achieve victory for you,
You need to work hard
In games, you know everything,
They are great to do.
Each team has its own “Accumulation basket”, into which throughout the competition, for quickly and correctly completed tasks, balls (balls) (points) will be added. And thus, the results of the competition will be clearly visible to participants and fans.
Leading: Now let me introduce the teams of today's competition.
1. "Business card"
TEAM CAPTAIN No. 1 (MDOU No. 243)
Welcome to the team
Our motto:
TEAM CAPTAIN No. 2 (MDOU No. 239)
Welcome to the Olympic Hopes team.
Our motto: “We are great athletes, we are explosive”
Leading:
Olympic flame, soar,
Arguing with the wind,
All children, like a song
Sports unites!
I invite all participating athletes to carry the Olympic torch.
RELAY RACES
Music is playing. A child takes a torch and runs in a circle symbolizing the lighting of the Olympic flame
2. Olympic Torch Relay
Inventory: 2 torches, landmarks
1. The child runs from one side of the maze and reaches the cone. Returns to the team and passes the torch to the next player.
3. Relay race “Score the puck into the goal”
There's a game in the yard in the morning,
The kids played out.
Shouts: “Puck!”, “Past!”, “Hit!” -
So there is a game... (Hockey)
Equipment: 2 sticks, 2 pucks, arc gate, paint mark
1. The participants, in turn, drive the puck with their stick to the designated landmark, score it into the goal, and run back to the team.
The victory of a team is determined by the number of hits.
The hero Sportik enters the playground, the students, together with Sportik, will perform a musically rhythmic composition according to the show. Next, Sportik moves with the children through the stages of the relay. Arriving at the relay stage, all participants pronounce the Olympic motto “Faster, higher, stronger!”
Host: Guys, guess my sports riddle
Oh, it's snowing!
I'm bringing out my friend horse.
For the rope-bridle
I lead my horse through the yard.
I'm flying down the hill on it,
And I drag him back. (Sled)
4. Luge relay race
Inventory: 2 sleds, landmarks.
Each participant, lying on his stomach on a sled, moves with his hands to a landmark and returns back by running.
5. Relay race “Obstacle course – make up a word” - POBEDA, RUSSIA
Inventory: 6 hoops, letters for the words POBEDA, RUSSIA
Fans hold the hoops vertically, children with a letter in their hand climb into the hoop, pass the letter to other fans (standing in a column, return and pass the baton, etc., until they make up a word.
The victory of a particular team is determined by the speed of execution.
6. Game attraction “Tug of War”
After the game, the general formation of teams in two ranks is announced
The floor is given to the judges, who sum up the competition and name the winning team. All competition participants receive medals and diplomas
Presenter: Well done guys! You competed like real Olympic athletes
They showed their strength, speed, agility, received a boost of energy, fun, and pleasure from physical exercise. Champion athletes, today you are here,
You all took with you a sporting honor.
We know how much energy, courage, strength,
You, the athlete, paid for your medals
New records await you, athletes!
The Olympic flame will be lit again!
And as before the fire will illuminate our whole world,
The fire that is burning in Russia today.
Presenter: I consider the winter relay race “Snow Fun” dedicated to the Opening of the XXII Olympic Games closed. I wish everyone health, joy and new victories. And until new sports meetings.
Competitors take a lap of honor
The host and hero of the holiday invites everyone to a group photo. And they invite children to have tea in the kindergarten premises in the gym
Perhaps some of the best memories of our childhood are associated with winter. Ice skating and sledding, a quiet snow-covered forest, a fragrant Christmas tree, Santa Claus with gifts and, of course, all kinds of snow buildings...
Here mom is rolling a big snowball. Her cheeks are flushed from the frost, her eyes are shining, she laughs cheerfully. The baby helps nearby, grunts, leans on the ball with all his weight. Dad picks up a heavy lump and places it on top of another, already finished one. A little more time passes, and then an amazing creature with a red carrot nose and an old children's bucket on its head appears in front of them. A wonderful picture, but for some reason you don’t get to see it often in winter today. Modern mothers and fathers almost never play with their babies in snowy yards and parks. They are probably afraid of losing their maturity and respectability in this activity. But in vain! Family games in the fresh air have many positive aspects for both the baby and his mother and father. Firstly, active movement in the fresh air improves health. Secondly, playing games together brings parents and children closer together. Thirdly, sculpting from snow is also creativity. And it doesn’t have to be limited to just snowmen. You can make anything out of snow. And this will serve well for the development of the baby. Fourthly, having fun playing with snow relieves psychological tension and helps fight stress, which in our stressful times is equally useful for both small and large “builders.” Try spending a couple of hours in the yard with your child, building snow sculptures. Your mood will definitely improve, and life will seem much easier and more enjoyable. And how kids enjoy such fun! These games with your beloved mom and dad will definitely leave an indelible mark on little children's hearts.
So, choose a non-cold winter day, dress warmly, take with you children's shovels and buckets, a pair of spare mittens and go on a fun creative walk!
Snowman Egorka
It's hard to find a more joyful and fun winter activity than building snowmen. You can make a snow woman even with the smallest sculptors. True, most of the work will be done by mom and dad, but the baby will certainly find work he can do. First of all, keep in mind that it is not always possible to sculpt from snow. Sometimes it is almost impossible to form snow into large lumps; it is very dry and loose. This happens if the air temperature is low enough. Therefore, warm winter days with slight frost or air temperatures close to zero are more suitable for sculpting. The snow sticks well even during heavy snowfall.
Get creative when building your snowman. Of course, a child will love a huge snowman, taller than the baby himself. But you can make a whole family of very tiny snow men and place them on a bench. The baby can play with them as with ordinary toys, pick them up and move them from place to place. You can even come up with your own fairy tale about the adventures of the snowman brothers. If you didn't bring a carrot from home for your nose, it doesn't matter. Replace it with a pine cone or branch. Let the baby attach the nose himself. The eyes can be traditional coals. Or you can make them from pieces of bark or walnuts. Build a fashionable hairstyle on the snowman’s head from spruce branches, lay out a necklace from rowan berries or buttons, beans, and plastic bottle caps brought from home. In a word, try to make your little man look fashionable and stylish. In the meantime, you and your baby are decorating.
Don't forget to give the snowman a name. And be sure to come see him the next day. By the way, if you carefully pour water on the finished snowman, it will become much stronger and can stand for a very long time. Unless, of course, no one deliberately destroys it. This turn of events may upset the baby, but this grief is easy to help. Just take a couple of sets of spare mittens for a walk and get to work! And now our snowman, even better than before, decorates the yard again!
We baked a bun
Of course, you can make not only snowmen from snow, but also any animals and all sorts of fairy-tale creatures. It is simply incomprehensible why our imagination usually does not go beyond a simple and familiar image. Try to sculpt the animal that interests the baby most at the moment. Does your child like dogs? Great, let's make a dog! It is more convenient to sculpt it in a lying position. The little one will be happy to help you, and then he will be interested in climbing onto the snow dog’s back. Don't forget to pour water on the figurine to give it strength. Or we’ll make a cat or a horse. Or maybe your yard will be decorated with a whole zoo of exotic animals: an elephant, a giraffe, a camel? Don't forget to decorate the animals properly. For this, all kinds of natural materials will be used: dry grass, bark, pine cones, twigs, rowan berries, etc. You can draw a pattern on the skin using a stick. A. It’s even more interesting to take paints into the yard and paint the animals with a brush. Just imagine how much pleasure it will be for your little one to paint stripes on a snow zebra. Or spots on a snow-white giraffe! And this is not at home on paper, but directly on a snow figure during a walk. Unforgettable impressions! If you have a spray bottle that you usually use to moisten indoor plants, take it outside, filling it with pre-tinted water. Show your child how to splatter paint onto a sculpted figure. This way you can quickly give it the desired shade.
It's very easy to make a caterpillar by connecting snowballs into a long chain. Add legs made of snow or twigs to the caterpillar - you get a centipede. Come on, count with your baby how many legs she actually has. It’s not difficult to sculpt an octopus. It's just a large dome of snow and eight snowy tentacle legs running in different directions. Or you can make a whole family of octopuses: “Once upon a time there lived an octopus with his octopus. And they had a few octopuses...” And, as in a fairy tale, be sure to paint them in different colors. And immediately the monochromatic expanses of the snow-covered yard will sparkle with bright colors. And what fun and memorable photos you will get! Or even a whole home video can be made under the title “How Mom, Dad and Masha sculpted a family of octopuses.”
Why don't you sculpt the heroes of some fairy tale? For example, "Kolobok". If you combine the efforts of several families with children, you will get a real alley of fairy-tale characters. And then we’ll all remember the fairy tale together and roll the snowy Kolobok along the path from the bunny to the wolf, from the wolf to the bear, and then to the sly fox. By the way, the baby will be able to “bake” the bun on his own. After all, it’s just a round, smooth lump of snow with eyes, a nose and a mouth.
Snow cookies
You can prepare a snow treat for sculpted animals and toys brought from home. Take some ordinary cookie cutters with you on your walk. First, mom will prepare the snow “dough” - she will fashion a large rectangle of snow about 1 cm thick. It will be convenient to place it on a wooden bench or cardboard or plywood brought from home. Show your child how to use a mold to cut out a star, flower, fish or other shape from snow and remove excess snow. We will place the molded cookies on the snow and decorate them with rowan berries, dry leaves, pebbles, Christmas tree needles and other natural materials that we can find in the yard. Show your little one how to make “pies” and “pancakes” out of snow.
Let your child try making snow cakes using sand molds. It is very easy to make Easter cakes using buckets. You can also leave treats not only for snow animals, but also for real birds. Find a place in the yard where there are a lot of bird tracks-crosses in the snow. Invite your child to make a cake for the birds. Make it out of snow together with your child, and then decorate it with pieces of bread and seeds brought from home. The next day, return to this place again and see if the birds liked your treat. If the grains and bread are pecked, make another “bird” cake. For a child, this can become a fun and useful game and even turn into your little daily ritual.
Fun slides
Snow slide skiing is one of the most joyful winter activities. But not every yard has a slide. And not every slide can be rolled down by a tiny person. However, the situation is easy to fix. You can build a snow slide right next to your house for your baby, from which he can slide down completely safely. It would be a good idea to involve the parents of neighbors’ kids for this work, then construction will not take much time and the slide will turn out great. We build such a slide from snowballs. We roll them in the same way as for a snowman, and then we fold them one on top of the other and compact them, pouring water from time to time so that they are thoroughly “frozen” together. Once you have a large snow cone, clear and level the chute for rolling. It should not be steep and must be concave so that the baby cannot fall off it while sliding. The height of the slide depends on the age of the little riders. The younger the kids, the lower the slide. This little slide can be given the appearance of some kind of animal. For example, an elephant. And the trunk will be the congress. On the other side of the slide we make steps so that kids can climb up. Pour water over the finished steps and sprinkle with sand. You can give the kids brushes and paints, and let them paint the walls of the building the way they want. Now all that remains is to thoroughly water the entire structure and let it freeze properly. After this, from the hill you can
but ride for your own pleasure. If there is no thaw outside, your slide will delight the kids for a long time.
Strong fortress
What about a snow fort or an entire snow house? Buildings like this are fun to build, and even more fun to play with later. The fortress is built from the same snowballs. They are the basis of any winter building. Adults roll balls, kids help them. First, mark the corners of the future fortress with four large balls. Then connect them with a wall. We lay out the fortress wall from lumps. It should be of such a height that children can easily look out from behind it. We thoroughly “cover” the joints of the clods with snow and level the walls. Don't forget to water the fortress. You can make loophole windows from which it will be interesting for children to look out or even climb in and out through them. And around the fortress, dig a shallow ditch in the snow. To get into the fortress, kids will need to first go down into it and then get out on the other side, practicing their dexterity. In such a fortress, the youngest children will be able to play hide and seek with their mother and each other, and older children will have a fun romp with snowballs. Be sure to accept dad into your ranks. This will make the game even more fun, and dad himself will receive a lot of positive emotions and will be able to remember his childhood. Using paints, draw targets on the fortress wall or lay them out from cones. This way, the kids will be able to practice their accuracy, trying to hit a target with a snowball or a cone, and mom and dad, of course, will help them with this. In a word, there would be a fortress, but one can always figure out what to do with it.
Instead of a fortress, you can build a wonderful snow house. True, without a roof. We make the walls higher, and don’t forget about windows and doors. We sculpt snow furniture inside: table, armchairs, sofa. Of course, you won’t be able to sit in such cold chairs for a long time. But you can start a fun game by taking a toy dish along for a walk. Let the kids prepare lunch in the snow house, set the table, and make snow pies and Easter cakes. And a large number of entrances and exits in the house will give them the opportunity not to freeze, because they will run and climb back and forth all the time, and with great pleasure.
If you apply a large pile of snowballs and compact the snow well, you can build a snow cave. To do this, it is enough to dig a couple of through holes in the snow cone. If you place several buildings close to each other, the kids will have an exciting adventure. After all, in order to climb inside such a snow cave and crawl through it on all fours, you need to be brave and courageous. How much joy such fun gives children! This will never be forgotten.
You can also try making real bricks with your kids. True, ice... It is unlikely that you will be able to build anything serious out of them, because even for a small structure you will need a lot of such bricks. Perhaps you will be able to organize a whole construction team of neighborhood kids and their parents. But even if not, it's still worth a try. After all, the baby will get acquainted with the amazing properties of water. It turns out that in the cold it turns into solid ice! And besides, you can build a tower or a small house from sparkling building material right on the street. To produce bricks, we will need cardboard juice or milk boxes, yogurt cups and other suitable forms. Fill them with water and leave them in the cold. When the water freezes, remove the packaging and get an ice constructor. Now your little one, like Kai who ended up in the Snow Queen's palace, will be able to come up with an unusual building or lay out a beautiful pattern from ice building material.
If you take several identical plastic boxes for a walk (for example, a set of containers for food), you can make “bricks” with their help. The process is reminiscent of sculpting sand cakes. First, we compact the snow into the mold, and then carefully remove the snow “brick.” If you pour water on these bricks, they will become very durable. Show your baby how to build a snow wall out of bricks, and for a while the baby will be busy with an exciting and responsible task. If we work together, parents and children can end up with a truly beautiful building, a real local landmark. It's just a pity that it won't last long.
“Winter is a boring time of year: it’s cold and uncomfortable, the courtyards are deserted, and there’s not much to play with.” Most people think so. But not us! Having dressed warmly, taking with us a pair of warm mittens and protecting our faces with a special “anti-frost” cream, we (me and my two sons) go out to conquer the snowy horizons.
My favorite activity is building a snowman. But, unfortunately, not every snow is suitable for this activity. Fluffy and doughy never agreed to take the desired shape in my hands and negated all efforts until I used a little trick. One day I took a garden sprayer with cold water with me for a walk, sprayed it on the snow from a short distance and - lo and behold! — rolled a small snowball. Of course, I couldn’t count on a big snowman, but the little snowman on duty, to the great joy of my children, turned out to be. You can go further and create a whole museum of sculpture (if there is snow with the necessary “stickiness”). Of course, the mother will have to take on most of the work, but the most important and pleasant thing is that the children will get the decorative design using scrap materials.
A very interesting activity is to make “glasses” for a “mosaic”. They are made at home, in the warmth, and ready to be taken outside. To do this, water, previously painted with watercolors, is poured into ice molds and placed in the freezer for several hours. Then you need to take out the mold, turn it over, placing a reservoir of hot water on top so that the pieces of ice can be removed without damaging them. A couple of seconds - and the “pieces of glass” are ready, you can take them outside and lay out a colored panel or decorate snow fairy costumes.
Our second winter fun is snowballs. It is not necessary to aim at each other. We simply draw a target with chalk on an abandoned fence and together begin to develop our “gross motor skills.” And if for some reason there is no ownerless fence nearby, we play basketball! We put a plastic bucket, basket, box, cardboard shoe box - in general, whatever is at hand. We make marks in the snow with a stick and find out which of us is the most accurate (well, of course, not me).
Another game is collecting snowballs. Snowballs are laid out around the perimeter of the playground. On command, the boys must each collect the maximum number of snowballs in their bucket. The most interesting thing is that my two-year-old child is not inferior in this game to his older, four-year-old.
And, of course, it’s impossible to imagine winter without going down the hills. I roll the children down on a sled from small snow hills (our sleds are long, our sons can fit on them together). So far only Artem is skating on the ice slides, and at this time I am trying in every possible way to distract Timofey. For example, we go looking for “treasure”. It is a rare child, and my boys are no exception, who will agree to leave home without his favorite spatula. Just digging up snow is a rather monotonous task. How can you make it fun? Offer to find the treasure! The treasure, however, should be brought with you in your pockets, tightly closed from the prying eyes of the crumbs. While the child is digging up a non-existent treasure, we distract him with the banal phrase “Look, what a bird has flown.” And quickly throw some “treasure” into the hole. Beautiful buttons, large beads, foil bows, wire figures, etc. can act as treasures. In a word, everything that is not a pity (gold rings and favorite jewelry is still not worth taking) and shines.
Another option is a collecting game. We look for cones, leaves, acorns.... However, we have to stock up on this stuff in the fall. We take the prey back home or leave it to the squirrels.
By the way, feeding birds and squirrels in the cold season is not just a game, but a very important matter. A piece of bread, millet, seeds, nuts - this is such a small thing. And what a joy it is for the children (after all, they realize that they are so grown up and important at this moment) and at least some benefit for the poor animals.
Snow fortresses. Everyone, without exception, once built these very fortresses in childhood, dug labyrinths in the snowdrifts, and laid out outposts. Of course, the peak of construction occurred during school years, but even with kids you can build a wall. To keep things simple, I use an oblong container to store food. If the snow is sticky enough, you can easily make a couple of dozen bricks. And it’s easy to build a neat wall out of bricks. Sand molds are also useful in winter.
Drawing on the snow with a stick. The activity, frankly speaking, is primitive if we don’t figure out in advance what exactly we will draw. And if you think about it, you can repeat letters, numbers and geometric shapes. Practice the concepts of “more-less”, “shorter-longer”. You can play guessing games or just draw patterns and borders. Or you can lay out “appliques” using twigs and needles.
Pathfinder game. Well, when else can you play this game, if not in winter? Cats, dogs and birds leave many traces, and you can follow their tracks. And from your own shoe marks you can make a “path”, “herringbone” or “flower”.
Well, the most enjoyable activity (because it is only allowed occasionally) is wallowing in the snow. Oh, what a pity that I can’t fall into a snowdrift with the kids!
Rolling balls for snowmen will warm you up on a frosty winter day. You can give the snowman you know from childhood new looks using paint and accessories. You can create a whole family of snowmen. If you are playing in the snow with very young children, make the snowmen small too, so as not to tire the child.
Snow sculptures
Do not put away the molds that your child played with in the summer. Snow is the same plastic material with which you can also sculpt shapes. For variety, you can use boxes, jars, and pots. And by fastening the resulting figures together, you can create real sculptures. You can use small sticks, matches, toothpicks or plain water as “fastening material”. As decoration, attach berries, grass (you can always find it under the snow) or birdseed to your creations. And for better preservation, pour water over them.
Snow colors
Take half a glass of water and add food coloring or watercolor to it. Give your child several of these cups with different colors. By sprinkling paint on the snow or filling cups with it, he will get tinted snow from which he can make balls, various figures or snowmen. You can decorate finished sculptures with these paints.
Ice slide
You can slide off it not only on a sled, but also on cardboard boxes, linoleum, even on car tires. There are always a lot of kids on the slide. Let them have a competition to see who can go the farthest and fastest. When you get tired of this entertainment, arrange a gate made of long rods on the descent from the hill, through which everyone going down will have to pass. So, in the game, the baby will learn to control his vehicle. Dexterity can be developed by placing flags along the slope and inviting the child to collect them while sledding down. For kids they are placed along one line, for older children - in a zigzag. Or you can use flags to fence off a narrow corridor through which you need to drive without knocking over any obstacles.
Be the first to succeed
Two or three sleds are placed parallel to each other at a distance of approximately 2-3 steps. The guys each stand next to their sleds on the right or left, depending on the conditions of the task. At a signal from an adult, the children each run around their sleds and try to return to their starting place as quickly as possible. You can make the task more difficult: return to the starting position and sit on the sled.
Fun racing
The sleds are placed on one line, the children sit astride them with their feet on the ground. At the signal "Forward!" – move on a sled to a designated landmark, pushing off with their feet. You can move backwards or lying on your stomach.
Snow removal
Surely every child has a large plastic shovel that can be used to “remove” snow. Lightly clear the area near the entrance and be sure to point out to the child the benefits of this activity so that he feels like an adult. While cleaning, you can play a little: determine what layer of snow has already fallen; or how long it will take to meet, starting work from different ends.
On icy paths
You can invite your child to walk along the ice path, moving his feet along the ice and trying not to fall. Adults take the baby by the hands on both sides and roll him along an icy path or tightly packed snow. The child tries to take a running start (2-3 steps) and ride a little along the icy path on his own. If there are several kids, you can arrange a competition to see who can slide the farthest. You can ride facing forward with straight and closed legs, or sideways with straight and closed legs, or with your back on straight and slightly apart legs, or squatting, or “swallow”.
Shooting at a target
When it's too dirty or cold to spend much time outside, and your child is itching to get active, target practice is just the activity he needs. The target could be a tree, or a circle in the snow, or a tire buried in the ground, or a sewer hatch. Organize a competition to see who can cover the target with snow the fastest by throwing snowballs at it.
Winter Dodgeball
A low snow roller marks a circle with a diameter of 4-5 m. A group of players gathers in it. The driver stands at a distance of 2-3 m from the circle, at this distance he can move along it. At the signal, the driver tries to hit one of the children dodging in the circle. When everyone leaves the circle, the driver changes to the first one eliminated.
Snow fortress
Children of any age enjoy building snow forts. In this activity, completely surrender to your imagination. When building a fort, some children like to use a bucket to fill it with snow; others, to build a wall, make large snow globes and, pressing them, place them one on top of the other. It is better to build a fortress in a quiet place away from the sun, where it will have a chance to survive for several days. You can simply dive into a snowdrift and dig a house in it, like the Eskimos. Girls will appreciate a small snow house for a plastic doll.
Labyrinths and tunnels
When the thickness of the snow cover reaches fifteen centimeters or more, it is possible to dig through snow labyrinths and tunnels. With an older child, you can draw a plan of the labyrinth on paper in advance. When the maze is ready, pour water on it and make sure that the surface inside it is very smooth. You can roll toys or balls along the paths of the structure. For more fun, you can just dig labyrinthine tunnels in the snow, and for kids - tunnels in which it is easy to hide some toys or play hide and seek.
Angels from the snow
Help your child lie down gently on a large snowdrift. Have him move his arms and legs out to the sides and then return to the starting position. Then carefully lift the baby and look together at what kind of angel he has turned out to be. It will be even more fun if you make angels together.
Tag
Try to follow each other's tracks so that first your child steps on yours, and then you step on his tracks. If you are walking with a whole group of restless children, organize a parade with them!
WHEN THERE IS NO SNOW
Bubble
Have you ever blown bubbles outdoors in winter? Let your child try to burst them. Bubbles do not burst longer in the cold.
Running with obstacles
Find old boxes, sleds, tires and other structures lying around that can be used as obstacles and projectiles for children's games. Let your child move: run, jump, climb and slide down these devices. Be careful when choosing such designs; keep in mind that it is much more difficult for children to overcome obstacles in winter overalls than in summer outfits.
Mitten-girlfriend
If your baby wants to go for a walk in the snow, but no one can keep him company, suggest playing with a mitten friend. Take a mitten that has lost a pair and make a face for it: using buttons for eyes, and using red thread for a mouth (or draw a face). Now your baby will be happy to take his mitten friend outside and teach her how to play in the snow.
Summer snowballs
Make snowballs while there is snow and store them until summer by wrapping them in plastic bags and leaving them in the bottom of the freezer. And on one of the hot summer days, start a game with pleasantly melting snowballs.