What are the characteristics of children's games?

Games are children's leading activities, which can cultivate children's noble sentiments, guide children to understand the objective world and promote children's physical and mental development. They are a powerful means to educate children in an all-round way. Children of different ages have different games and should be treated differently. With the growth of children's age, the difficulty of the games they play is also increasing, and they cannot be treated equally. So, what are the characteristics of children's games?

1, concreteness: the game has content, plot, characters, actions, language, activities, toys and game materials.

2. Fictitiousness: It is an activity that reflects reality under fictional conditions, and its plot, role-playing, activity mode and the use of body double are symbolic.

3. Interest: The form is lively and interesting, suitable for children's psychological and age characteristics, and allows children to actively participate.

4. Initiative: Games are generated by children's internal driving force. Children choose the game content and arrange the game process according to their own wishes, and carry out various activities according to their physical strength, intelligence and ability.

5. Sociality: Games are the reflection of social life, and the real life around them is the basic source of children's games. With the help of games, children learn the experience of adult social life and see the prospect of future life.

Children's games are activities that children reflect and explore the world around them through physical movements and psychological activities with the help of various objects, using certain knowledge and language. Games are happy and independent activities that meet the requirements of children's physical and mental development. Games can consolidate and enrich children's knowledge and promote the development of children's intelligence, language and other abilities. At the same time, games are children's favorite activities, which are also the most suitable activities for children's age characteristics, and are the most widely used and important educational methods in early childhood education.