Games for you and your children
 
Card games
 
1. UNO
You can play with a large group like with trivia quiz. It’s convenient to take a deck of cards with you when visiting or on the road. There is excitement, attentiveness, bluffing, and a fairly fast pace.
Any age and any company. The rules are simple - it’s easy to explain them to everyone, you just have to lose the first time. The task is to get rid of the cards. When a player has only one card left, he must say: “Uno!”
 
2. 7 by 9
Here you need to count and throw away cards. The main thing is quickly. A great way to practice reaction time and math.
 
3. Ratuki
Warm-up for the head. You need to play quickly, look carefully, and count correctly. But the game is simple, there are no complex calculations. The main thing is to react as quickly as possible.
 
Tabletop
 
4.Memory
Memory. The main thing to remember here is. Each card has a pair. The cards are mixed up face down. Each player must pick up a card and remember its location (you can only pick up one card in one turn), then look for a match and throw out both cards. Whoever throws out the most pairs (that is, who is more attentive) wins. The game perfectly trains visual memory.
 
5. Monopoly, Citadels, Magic Cards
Don’t be alarmed, there are also simpler versions of Monopoly for children. But Citadels are strategies, more complex and with a plot. You need to build and destroy enemy buildings. Magic cards are a favorite game of many teenagers. If you want to become closer to your child, delve into the difficult rules of the game - you yourself will get involved, and you will definitely find something to do together.
 
6. Imaginarium
The game has many names like black history trivia, but the meaning is the same – to invent and feel. This is a simple and interesting game. Players need to come up with associations for unusual pictures on the cards, and guess what association your opponent might have. The Imaginarium captivates and develops creativity and imagination.
 
7. Scrabble
Or Erudite. Names may vary. The point is to form words from letters. Get points for each letter. The more letters, the more points. Increases vocabulary, teaches literacy. The rules are simple and clear.
 
At home
 

8. Associations

Players are divided into pairs. Choose a theme for the game. For example, New Year. Everyone writes on a piece of paper some word related to the New Year. The pieces of paper are folded and dropped into the hat. First round of the game: Pairs take turns. One in a pair pulls out a piece of paper and tries to explain the written word to his partner. Any words except those with the same root. You need your partner to guess correctly in 20 seconds. When the papers run out, the pairs count the points. The pieces of paper go back into the hat. Second round: everything is the same, only you need to explain the words with gestures and facial expressions, silently. Also 20 seconds. Third round - the same words must be explained by pronouncing just one word.
 

9. Do you believe that...

The presenter says: “Do you believe that I…” then talks about some of his actions or any event. The players' task is to guess whether he is telling the truth or lying. Whoever guessed right gets a point. If you didn’t guess correctly, it’s a point for the presenter. Everyone takes turns leading.
 

10. Never...

The presenter says: “I have never...” then goes on to tell what he has never done, for example, tried pineapple. All other players - those who tried the pineapple, bend 1 finger, those who did not try it too - do not bend their finger. If no one has tried, then the leader bends the finger. Those who bend all 10 fingers are eliminated. Whoever remains wins.
 

11. What to do?

Choose any object and, one by one, begin to figure out what you can do with this object. The one who can't come up with one loses.
 

12. Truth or Dare

 
The host asks one of the players: “What do you choose – truth or dare?” If the player chose “truth”, he must answer the host’s question honestly. If an action, then he must complete the task of the leader.
This is a game of trust. And advice to parents is not to get carried away with questions.
 

13. Find a clue

Adults hide some gift for children in a safe place. And they draw clues that can help you get to this gift. Children receive the first clue - for example, this is a piece of paper on which the location of the second clue is drawn. And so on. After completing the entire quest, the children will find their treasure. Sweets are best.
 

14. Theater evenings

 
- You can arrange a duel - children put on a play for adults, and adults - for children.
- You can teach children to show shadow figures with their hands and perform a shadow performance. Remember to place your hand between the directional lamp and the white wall (or curtain).
- You can arrange a guessing theater. Children act out some fairy tale without words, and adults guess what kind of fairy tale it is.
- You can write different genres on pieces of paper - comedy, tragedy, detective, horror, melodrama, etc. Parents tell a fairy tale, and the children take out one of the pieces of paper - in what genre should this fairy tale be acted out? The detective from “Kolobok” will be very funny!
- Put up a screen and you can perform a puppet show.
 
Twister
In order to warm up and laugh, you don’t have to buy the Twister game with a drawn field and roulette. Everything can be organized independently. Place pieces of colored paper on the floor (with tape). Lay out two stacks of papers - in one the name of the “limbs” (right leg, left leg, left arm, right arm), in the other stack of tasks (for red, for yellow, for blue, etc.) Players must take out the papers and complete tasks!
 
On the street
Our children don’t have time to go out at all, and the holidays are a real opportunity to get some fresh air. Moreover, you can also play in the yard or in the park
 

16. Stretch a rope between two trees and tie small souvenir prizes wrapped in beautiful paper onto it on long threads. Children must cut their gifts blindfolded.

17. Hugging tags. These are ordinary catch-ups, only there is a nuance - you cannot make fun of those who are hugging. In turn, you can hug (and thus be in the house) for no longer than 5 seconds.

18. Treasure map. You can bury or hide a gift in the yard or in the park. And give the children a map by which they can navigate and look for this treasure. A variant of the game is to split into two teams (families or children against parents). Each team must draw a map to their opponents. Whoever completes the task faster is the winner.

19. If the snow is suitable, you can sculpt themed snowmen. For example, cats or food. Use your imagination!

20. Frozen toys. In molds or plastic cups you can freeze entire compositions - from twigs, toys, figurines. Pour water on top (and don’t forget to freeze the thread there, on which you will then hang the toy). When the toys are frozen, they can be hung on trees, on Christmas trees, and decorated in the yard and park. By the way, the water in the molds can be tinted with gouache or watercolor.

 
Ice balloons
Pour water into the balloon. Give it a shape (to freeze a flat shape, you need to put something on the ball). When the water freezes, the balls can be removed and an exhibition of ice figures can be arranged.