Educational lotto for children 3 years old. Board games. Which magnetic construction set is better?
Last year I made a post-selection of board games for children 3-5 years old. No pictures, just a fairly large list with links to different games that may be suitable for this age. Since I reworked my posts with constructors, I decided to do the same with board games - after all, information is perceived much better with pictures. In addition, this summer I had an absolutely amazing experience with board games - in the summer at the dacha with children of different ages we played great amount various tabletops. Some games were our home games, some were just rented to us to play. In general, I once wrote about the games that we have (children’s, adults and company games simple rules), about those that have appeared since then, I will somehow write a separate large post.
And now just the list. Moreover, I finally decided to split the old post and make two new ones J Previously, in one post there were games for 3-5 years old, now I understand that there is a HUGE range of ages for games, too, so this review will be completely for little ones - 3-4 (and you can start playing some games a little earlier) and 4-5. After 5 years, almost all board games may be suitable, just simplify and adapt the rules a little. Many of the games in this post are suitable for older children, but the purpose of the selection was precisely to create a list of games that you can start playing with very young children
Excellent sorting by age - http://community.livejournal.com/1001igra/18153.html
And sooo much of Yulia Lugovskaya (by tag) -
But again - mainly for older children and adults.
And here are her games for 3-4 year olds - http://julug.livejournal.com/176068.html#cutid1 But it seems to me that these games are still for 5 years old. Although, all children are different.....
Memory type (personally, I don’t really like this type)
And the piglets can stand on top of each other and it turns out like a pig pyramid
3. And very similar, but cheaper
4. Interesting and beautiful kind of walker, but not quite Kittens in pajamas
5. Walker for the little ones. The manufacturer indicates that from 2 years
small path
Fishing can also be classified as a board game. There are the usual “classic fishing trips”. And there is where fish (or an option for very small ones - ladybugs) are located on a circle that either spins or vibrates. The fish close and open their mouths. We need to catch them. The game is not that simple. An adult will not always catch them quickly
Magic Bag is a great game for little ones. Eat different variants execution
Such
You can read more about the two previous games
And similar find the gnome
There is a set of 6 games for the little ones - http://www.mosigra.ru/Face/Show/nabor_6_igr_dly_malenkih/
A three-year-old child can already be offered games with an intricate plot. It is not easy to interest him in entertainment for children more younger age, we need something more exciting and developing at the same time. Board games with the “3+” icon They will cope with this task perfectly, and during the visit of the child’s friends they will solve the problem with an interesting pastime.
The best board games for children 3-4 years old
Surprisingly, games play an important role in the proper development of children. To make a good choice boards for a 3 year old child, it is important to consider some points:
Preschoolers of three years old will not like the abundance of text in the game, but the bright illustrations will definitely delight.
- "Forest fairies" is a game for third-year children, including 27 cards and several cubes. Girls will like it more, because the details with yellow, green and pink backgrounds depict bee fairies and butterfly fairies. One die indicates the color of the card, another indicates the fairy’s occupation, and the third indicates the number of sorceresses drawn. By throwing three dice at once, a combination arises that you need to quickly find among those on the table. The one who collects 5 cards first wins.
- "Hungry Hippos"
will be a wonderful gift for little lovers of simple tasks. There are 2 variants of the game - with two and four animals. Each participant must choose a hippopotamus and eat the balls from the center with it playground. The one who has the most food wins.
- Colorful adventure game "Bunnies" is a 3D puzzle. It will be fun to develop with these ears fine motor skills and learn ordinal counting. The goal of the game is to place the parts of the construction set made of soft and hygienically safe foam material into place. The role of the usual cube in it is played by special tokens for tossing.
- "The Cheerful Pilot" is a simple budget walking game, designed just for the non-rubber patience of a 3-year-old child. According to the rules, participants roll the dice and move their chip forward the appropriate number of squares. Some cells force the player to skip a move, others move him forward several moves. The one who gets to the finish line first wins.
- "Linus
- little wizard" This game for children 3 years of age will not teach you how to cast magic, but it will develop memory well and strategic thinking. According to the plot of the game, a young magician enchanted some of his toys. The child’s task is to find them. The set includes tokens indicating the wizard's toys; enchanted objects are equipped with a magnet. The magician figurine is brought to the chips in turn, and if Linus magnetizes them, the participant takes the token for himself. Victory goes to the one who collects the most colorful trophies. The downside of the game is that the kit does not include instructions in Russian, but the rules are extremely simple.
- "Dog Fight" - a game that can bring a lot of positive emotions. Improves the ability to distinguish objects by size (large and small). A deck of cards with images of dogs is divided equally between two players. Then the participants simultaneously show their card. The one whose dog is larger takes both cards. The goal is to collect the entire deck.
- "Spotted Dogs"
- a game in which there are many cards with images of four-legged friends, as well as a field with an arrow. According to the instructions, you need to lay out the cards face up and turn the hand on the clock. After she settles on a certain number, you should find a dog with a similar number of spots. Once all the cards have been dealt, players turn them over and count the total number of tiles shown on the back. The one who collected the most bones won.
- "Billy the Beaver"
made similar to adult Jenga. We turn on the beaver and place it on the top of the dam. The goal is to push logs out from under it so that the aquatic rodent is not disturbed. The set includes logs of different colors: brown, orange, yellow. The winner is the participant who collects 2 pieces of each shade.
- "Strawberry Paths" Includes a deck of cards, a cardboard basket, 28 wooden strawberries and 4 laces. Each player takes a lace. The cards are placed face down on the table in a row. Participants must take turns taking cards from their lanes, and following the designation on the front side, take or give away a certain number of berries. The one who collects all the berries wins.
- "Flower pot"
. In order to master this game, you will need the ability to count to 15. The rules are simple: if the participant chooses a card with a stem, he places it next to the plant. If a card with a head falls out, it should be put back. The one with the most leaves on the flower will win.
Board games for children 3 years old: reviews
- Grandparents bought the game " Spotted dogs". Two evenings in a row we played it with my daughter, and today I noticed that she counts much faster. Of course, what brings her more pleasure is not the result of the game itself, but rather turning the arrow on the clock. The purchase turned out to be very successful!
- "The Cheerful Pilot" turned out to be very exciting game. We've had walkers with more complex rules lying around somewhere at home for a long time, but the children show no interest in them. They're probably for older people. And this simple game immediately won their love.
- I bought a desktop for my daughters "Forest fairies" primarily because of the image of these fairies. I thought that if they didn’t understand the rules, they would come up with something anyway. However, they are happy to play according to the instructions, excitedly looking for suitable cards on the table. This acquisition was definitely not in vain.
What to do with a 2-3 year old child if you need to cook borscht, sew up a hole in an older child’s knee, take care of yourself, or just relax?
Such needs arise quite often, and mothers are saved by such magnificent inventions of mankind as board games for children.
These can be logical games for kids, games for intelligence and attention, games for knowledge of the surrounding world or fairy tales, and developing fine motor skills...
There are tons of options! The main thing is that the baby and mother are satisfied with themselves and each other, the time is used profitably, and the results are pleasing.
In this review, I collected reviews about our personal board educational games for children 2 - 3 years old.
Next you will find out
Our best and most beloved board games for children 2 - 3 years old
Reviews and secrets of use
In a word, our collection of board games for children 2-3 years old has been tested by time and two very fastidious users.
So why should you look again? Take advantage of our experience!
In addition to reviews, I scoured all the large and more or less popular online stores in search of such and similar games. Our games turned out to be somewhat exclusive, you won’t find them at every turn, but I still found something.
In general, such articles for me are painstaking work. I collect them bit by bit over several days. Therefore, I really hope that it is not in vain. And that you and your kids will benefit from our experience!
So. Let's move on to our reviews and secrets of use.
Where to start?
I’ll probably start with the biggest and most fabulous friends Masha and Marisha...
Games about fairy tales for children
Wooden educational labyrinths
This toy was very loved and respected by Marina. And, no less, she is adored by Masha.
True, Masha only got two.
Here's another one.
We had more of them. I remember that Marina grew up and presented a couple to some of her younger friends. Apparently, she had not yet planned Masha :)
Available: A wooden labyrinth with stories from fairy tales and wooden characters from these same fairy tales on pins that are inserted into the groove of the labyrinth (only at the beginning) and move around it.
Baby's task: Place characters in your stories
What we develop: Here you also train manual dexterity, i.e. - the same motor skills, intelligence, and attention. Well, - knowledge of Russian fairy tales, in this case. Yes, in addition to placing characters in the right places, order is also important. Because if from the very beginning you place a figure in your plot that is close to the entrance/exit, it will interfere with the others.
For what age: Masha was most fascinated by these labyrinths when she was two years old. Now she is three months shy of three and she plays them too.
But not often.
Where to find: This is an interesting question. I've seen it a lot before. At first I only found a couple on ozone: Labyrinth Farm And Labyrinth Transport.
Then I searched a little more and found it in a store called My-Shop:
- This is what we had: Labyrinth “What do animals eat?”.
- And so "Farm".
In general, the store turned out to be good. I think I found more than half of the games there.
"Visiting a fairy tale." Another game about fairy tales
using a magnetic board
And another board game for knowledge of the plots and characters of fairy tales. We have here about kolobok and turnip, teremok and chicken Ryaba, of course! Without her.
Good game! Masha sits for a long time and distributes the characters and tells a fairy tale.
Yes, theoretically, this game can be played on the refrigerator. It says so there. We haven't tried it.
Available: A box base with something metal inside, replaceable magnet fields with the plot of a fairy tale, magnetic characters from different fairy tales.
Baby's task: theoretically - to arrange the corresponding characters of the fairy tale in their places in the plot. There's even a picture included. But I think this is not at all necessary. You can also play.
Or you can ask your child to tell you a fairy tale.
This is approximately how Masha tells it here. She's actually a little embarrassed here :)
What we are developing: intelligence, attention, knowledge of Russian fairy tales.
And Masha also develops motor skills and solves matching problems. Initially, all the characters were on one dense sheet. And they had to be pulled out of there.
So, every time she distributes them all back to their places into these curly holes :)
For what age: This game was given to Masha. And she was probably 2.5 years old. Therefore, in 2.5. – Our child has been playing it great for 3 years!
Where to find: I found such a toy on ozone. Magnetic stories “Visiting a fairy tale”
Wooden construction sets for kids
Constructor "Fairy Tales" - Repka
Wooden construction set for 2 year olds
Masha sincerely loves this seemingly nondescript designer. And here too - about fairy tales. They are different, but in one set, unfortunately, there is only one fairy tale.
Nevertheless, this designer is very popular, despite its simplicity.
What's available: Wooden figurines of fairy tale characters and surrounding scenery.
In our case with the turnip, all the characters have Velcro in order to stick to each other and pull out the turnip.
The turnip is assembled in three parts (the third is the stand). House of seven parts.
Baby's task: arrange the characters and surroundings according to his idea of the fairy tale, and of the world around him
Age: Masha plays from two. But her house is just now starting to come together. So that.
What develops: motor skills - definitely, attentiveness, knowledge of fairy tales, ability to express one’s knowledge
Where to get it: In the My-shop store I found a whole section of wooden construction sets. Our construction set about turnips is produced by Tomik. I give you a link to the whole wooden construction kits section. You will find ours there too.
In general, in this section there are a lot of interesting designers of this type, like our turnip and such as our airplane, which we’ll probably talk about later.
Wooden construction set for children 3 years old
Logic game for kids “Airplane”
Since we are talking about wooden construction sets, here we will also tell you about our airplane.
Here he is.
From an adult’s point of view, everything is simple, isn’t it? The kid has a different opinion. Here, not only do you need to get all the holes of the parts onto the right pins, but you also need to understand in what order and which side to apply these parts.
This is serious for a baby logic game, requiring attentiveness and concentration.
What's available: A stand on wheels with pins, a picture showing a correctly assembled airplane, multi-colored wooden parts with holes
Baby's task: Arrange the parts on the pins to create an airplane
For what age: Masha has been pestering him since she was two years old. At first I simply randomly distributed the parts among the pins and proudly showed off the plane.
She more or less began to get the right plane only now, closer to three
What we are developing: attention, perseverance, intelligence, logic, fine motor skills
Where to find: I didn’t find the same colorful plane, but with the same set of parts there is a plane on Ozone, and in the same section of wooden constructors You can also choose other similar wooden toys from the My-shop store.
Matching games
A game of intelligence and attention
Mini-puzzle "Family"
Good game. This is a small box with picture cards. Masha gets it often. Fussing with pleasure
Available: Cards with pictures of babies, moms and dads. Here we have a human family in one copy, and all sorts of birds and animals. There are domestic ones, and there are wild ones.
Baby's task: Collect all the families shown on the cards.
Each card has a connecting bulge and a slot, suitable only for cards for relatives.
Those. A cat mother will not be able to adopt a lion cub without the use of brute physical force :)
What we are developing: motor skills, attention, knowledge of the surrounding world, intelligence
For what age: Masha has been playing it for a long time. I think about two years old. At first, of course, it didn’t work out very well. Sometimes I got angry. And now she’s playing - yesterday I met her assembled on the floor in the bedroom.
Where to find: It was the easiest thing to find! I was really happy. Here game Family on Ozone, and this game Family in the Labyrinth.
How to learn to count? Domino "Numbers"
Counting game for kids
Also a matching game.
We play it often. And now without active participation We can't get by with our mothers.
And at the same time we learn to count.
Available: Ten large wooden cards, divided into two parts. Each card, just like in the “Family” game, is divided by a certain bulge and notch. At the top of each card is a picture depicting a certain number of objects, at the bottom is the corresponding number.
Baby's task: Match the parts with the picture with the corresponding number. Well, learn to count at the same time.
How we play:
I take all the numbers for myself
and Masha all the pictures.
And so, she takes one of the pictures and counts. He comes and tells me:
- Mother! I have two lions! I need number two! (I’m idealizing this, of course. Masha says something like “Mom, give me two!”)))
And I give her the number two. Masha checks whether the number two matches her lions.
If they come up, it means you counted correctly! Well, if not, then let’s recalculate.
For what age: We have been playing according to the specified scenario since we were about two and a half years old.
Where to find: Here they are! It... Domino... Domino "Numbers" on Ozone.
Oh, and I searched! Until I found an inscription on the back of the box saying that this is Domino “numbers”.
Magnetic games for kids
Eh, but in our time...)))
No. It wasn’t just paper ones!
I remember I had some kind of plastic person... My parents hid it in the closet, and I found it. I say:
- Look! What did I find!
And they told me:
- And this is Santa Claus, when he came, he accidentally waved his sleeve, and the doll fell out of his sleeve!
And how I climbed onto the closet... However, somehow. Like all seven-year-old children, probably...
Yes, sir. Let's return to the toy. Everything is clear with her, in my opinion?
Magnetic doll, magnetic clothes. I need to dress up Lala. Well, then, it’s whatever your imagination desires.
At Masha's Lately This toy is especially popular. At two years old, no matter how long I showed her this doll, I remained indifferent.
Those. We became interested closer to three.
What we are developing: motor skills, imagination, solving matching problems, expanding our knowledge of the world around us
Where to get it: in the My-Shop there is Ours called "Change Maggie".
There's another one there too "Dress up the little mermaid" And "Dress the horse".
Which magnetic construction set is better?
Magnetic construction set MagFormers – our reviews
It’s probably worth talking briefly about magnetic construction sets. We have seen many different ones.
Magnetic construction set, theoretically, is a very useful and entertaining game for a child. Only if this construction set suddenly does not magnetize, or vice versa, it is impossible to tear the parts away from each other... This can be critical for children 2-3 years old and will only cause resentment and disappointment.
That’s why I decided to leave our review on this issue.
We also have those with amazing designs drawn on the box that supposedly can be assembled, but in reality, children only assemble something that is located on the plane of the floor.
This same year we came across this option.
Of all the ones we came across, it is the most interesting and the most magnetic (it often happens that the construction set does not magnetize very well and the building falls apart), but also the most expensive. That's why we bought the smallest one - to try it.
In general, from large sets you can create miracle figures, cars and spaceships...
That's what it's called
Here the parts are very well magnetized to each other. And they demagnetize perfectly. Moreover, from this number of parts you can make a development of the house, wave it and the remaining edges themselves will be magnetized until the final construction of the house is completed.
Overall, we thought this was a good magnetic game for kids.
And, of course, they are also sold in large sets. There are also simply large sets, and there are themed sets such as “princesses” or “robots”.
What we are developing: motor skills, imagination, memory
Where to find: There’s no need to really look for it. Eat Magformers constructors both in MyShop and in the Ozone store
How to develop fine motor skills in a child
Lacing and stringing games
Stringing beads
Lacing and wooden beads for small children
Beads are a very good thing!
A baby can fiddle with beads like these for a very long time.
Not only can you string them, you can also play with them! Because a good half of the beads are also some kind of animals, fruits, or something else interesting.
In general, such things are for kids - real universal board games. He took out the box, put it in front of the child - and then he himself comes up with what kind of game he is playing today.
Maybe today it is developing motor skills, or maybe imagination, attention, or matching colors and shapes.
What we have: Laces - two pieces. Both have a thick and long wooden needle at one end. And multi-colored curly beads
Baby's task: collect beads. For myself and for my mother.
You can wear the resulting beads a little and be happy. Of course, you won’t go to a corporate event in them, although... Anything can happen. People are different. And that's good :)
Clue: When your baby starts collecting beads, be sure to tie a knot on the side where there is no needle. Otherwise, the beads will roll off and the mood will spoil.
What we are developing: fine motor skills, imagination, ability to compare and contrast
Age: we have been using them since we were two years old
Where to find: These are it beads like we have in My-shop. In general - in the section of wooden lacing - very a lot of things can be laced.
By the way! I remember now that we have more wooden tree, here it is.
So, for some reason it’s not very popular among us. In my memory, it was collected from us five times...
Apparently for the same reason as the cubes for older people. The complication did not do him any good...
We can also tell you the following about lacing - we also have this one
Stringing set
It is made of cardboard, therefore it is compact and cheap.
Masha sometimes turns to him. But only under the leadership of Marina. She doesn’t sit with him
Therefore, we determine his age - 3 years. Or maybe all four. I’ll tell you a secret, Marina has been seen more than once lacing up after Masha :)
What we have:
Laces, a base picture of a mushroom and a ladybug, details with holes for lacing
Baby's task: decorate a mushroom and a ladybug using details and laces
Where can I buy: Since I don’t consider this particular toy particularly valuable, I didn’t look for just such a toy. On MyShop in the section Cardboard lacing- a large assortment. Good luck with your choice!
By the way...)) Here it is caterpillar and apple, I think - ideal for children 2 - 3 years old. No more!
Comparison games
Wooden mushrooms in a clearing
Probably, all the games that are listed here can to some extent be considered games for comparison.
But the game, wooden mushrooms in a clearing, is perhaps the most authentic to this definition.
What can you do with a 2-3 year old child with these mushrooms in front of you?
At first glance, it seems like there’s nothing special. Whatever the case! You can count them, sort them, rank them, compare them, distinguish colors with them, and simply collect them in the forest!
What we have: Wooden stand with wooden pins and wooden mushrooms with grooves for pins on the leg
Baby's task: distribute the mushrooms, for example, by color, or size, or picture on the cap, count the mushrooms, or simply play with them
What we are developing: motor skills, imagination, learning colors, ability to compare, learning sizes
Where to get it: There are so many of them in MyShop 15 pieces of mushrooms. And this is exactly the case when more is possible :)
And what we have left, in my opinion, is all that can more or less be called puzzles for kids.
Well, that is. — puzzles and games with folding pictures for children.
I wanted to write about them in this article, but I see that it’s too cumbersome.
Perhaps this will be another article. - let's call it that.
This is where we will probably end our review (or rather, the first part of the review) of what a mother can do with a 2-3 year old baby if she has some urgent matters, or wants to relax and, for example, read.
Here we talked about our board games for children 2-3 years old, which develop motor skills, logic, intelligence and attention, creative thinking... However, I think that puzzles for kids also develop all this.
I hope that our reviews, based on personal experience, were useful to you and your kids. And now you know exactly which logic games, or any other games, are necessary for your kids.
The next big article will probably be an article about our board games for the whole family. We have a lot of them. And there are very unusual and interesting
By playing among their peers, children master communication skills, undergo social adaptation, and also learn to wait patiently for their turn, accept losses and rejoice in victory.
Our online store offers you to buy board games of all kinds, with different configurations and prices:
- Developmental
- Educational
- Desktop-printed
- Walking games
- Intelligent
- Puzzles
- For communication (leisure), etc.
For the little ones, it is better to choose sets with large, bright details: soft cubes, lotto with pictures, mosaics. Suitable for preschoolers and primary schoolchildren play sets with more complex tasks such as traveling with chips across the field, as well as puzzles, construction sets, logic puzzles etc. Sets on military-political topics, intellectual tasks where you need to show diplomatic cunning, are intended for teenagers.
Any board game for several participants will allow you to learn a lot of interesting things about their character. Breathtaking game process reveals such traits as creative thinking and cunning, the ability to think logically and the desire to beat an opponent at any cost. IN game form children learn perseverance, develop fine and gross motor skills, and train various skills (attention, observation, etc.). And for parents, playing with their child is a great opportunity to bond, find common hobbies and just have fun.