Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are characterized as inattentive, overly mobile, restless, very excited, not able to control themselves. Parents have to listen to a lot of comments from teachers in kindergarten and school about the behavior of such children. However, you can help your child.
Not only developing activities, but also the organization of a child’s life will help overcome ADHD. The correct alternation of periods of activity and rest will reduce or completely avoid overwork and overexcitation.
Outdoor games for children with ADHD develop attention, relieve motor stress, and learn to regulate their own behavior in accordance with the rules. It is possible to organize outdoor games with a child in the yard, attracting neighboring children, outdoors, playing with the whole family, or indoors - together with the child.
Outdoor games for preschool children should contain a simple game task. They are available indoors, easy to prepare.
The game "Ladder".
Purpose: development of attention, coordination of movements.
The adult offers the child to repeat after him the movements of the hands that "run along the ladder." Starting position: standing straight, legs together, arms along the body. The order of movements: the right hand on the belt, the left hand on the belt, the right hand to the shoulder, the left hand to the shoulder, the right hand up, the left hand up, two claps over the head. Then the hands move in the reverse order, ending with two claps on the hips. Feature of the game: an adult changes the speed of his hands "faster, slower." The child needs to follow the adult, repeating the same way.
Game "Breeze"
Purpose: control of behavior, self-regulation of movements.
Fold two small paper bags out of paper and glue them together. Pass a long thread inside each, and then pull it between two chairs. The length of the threads, of course, is the same, the chairs are at the same distance from each other. It turned out two distances. The task of the players is to blow in the fist so that it moves along the string from one chair to another. Whoever delivers the bag faster to the end of the race won.
The game "Sea is worried."
Goal: self-regulation
This game is familiar to more than one generation of children. Its value lies in the ability to develop self-regulation, control of motor behavior. When the host begins to say: “The sea is worried - once, the sea is worried - two, the sea is worried - three ...”, the children randomly depict the movements of the waves on the sea. After the words “the sea figure is frozen in place”, the children fix the position of the body, depicting the sea figure. The host guesses what happened.
A similar game is called Day and Night. The difference is that during the day the children run around the lawn, during the night they freeze. One who moves moves out of the game.
Outdoor games for children 7 years and older are becoming more complicated. A specific task is added to the game rules.
The game "Find the flag."
Purpose: development of attention.
The game is best played in a park, in a meadow, at the edge of a forest. The child becomes the back to the playing space, which must be agreed upon in advance. Adult hides a flag. The task of the child is to find him as soon as possible.
Outdoor games for school children are interesting in the company of peers. Modern children play little street games, so you need to offer outdoor games for children with an unusual task, with humor. Parents can remember the games of their yard childhood. It is games such as Capture the Flag, Shtander, Twelve Wands, which have not only physical, but also team potential, that will be developing for children with ADHD.
Attraction game "Cockfight"
Purpose: relieving motor stress
A circle is drawn on the floor (on the ground). Inside the circle are two participants who stand on one leg, hands behind their backs. The task of everyone is to push the opponent out of the circle with his shoulder.
Outdoor games for children with ADHD will not immediately bring success. Therefore, if the child is very touchy, it is better to involve him in team games, avoiding personal superiority.