The first one (Hide-and-Seek) was described in my post titled “Cuckoo”. As it was stated earlier this game develops attention of the child; teaches him/her to concentrate. The condition necessary for playing it is child’s ability to move (creep, crawl, walk) freely.
We started playing it, probably, a bit too early, when Maria was 6 months old. Now after some training, of course, she became a professional, but in the beginning she was not very much interested in the process.
After installing some new items (soap plate holder, tissue holder, towel ring etc.) in our bathroom, we’ve got some spare boxes, which I decided to use in our games with Maria. I also took her favourite toy Minnie to encourage her to participate actively in the process. I hided Minnie in one of the boxes in front of her eyes and asked her to find it. Upon successful task fulfilment, I changed the places of boxes (again in front of her eyes). As she did well, I was gradually increasing the number of boxes. The successful result of searching Minnie is always praised by me and I can notice that Maria is also enjoying her success!
I'm sure there are many ways how to play this game. One just needs to be creative!
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