The Game Helps Your Child To Awaken His Critical Thinking

Believe it or not, a simple way to help your child develop his learning is to let him play freely. Let him practice, repeat his actions and even the phrases he says, let him be surprised and above all encourage him to discover the world in his own way.

Encourage him to solve his own problems spontaneously and creatively, which he can do when he reaches his own conclusions. Yes, the game does all of that.

One of the best things parents can do for their children is to respect their criteria, because it is through their particular way of thinking and actively participating in situations that arise that they will put into practice their ability to reason in such a way. logic.

And it is this kind of reasoning that will lead you to function properly in modern society and in your life as an adult.

Developing logical thinking is a tool that will serve your child for a lifetime. Now that he is a child, this way of thinking helps him experience less frustration when it comes to playing, it also reduces discipline problems and improves his skills to undertake tasks.

In addition, this type of reasoning (which is developed through free and structured play) contributes to improving their interest, commitment and motivation in general.

Play helps your child understand the world

When your baby is not sleeping or eating, playing is his main activity. Playing not only helps a baby to entertain himself but also stimulates his natural ability to imagine, create and learn, so it is very important that you play with your baby from the first day of birth, if possible.

At first, the games are soft, because at that age they only respond to stimuli such as sounds, smiles, caresses, but little by little – as he grows up – the game will become more enjoyable.

Always keep in mind that playing, as we mentioned earlier, helps your child develop critical thinking: A rational psychological phenomenon that uses the resources of thought to solve a specific problem. 

And at that age, “problems” are situations that begin to captivate you. For a baby, solving a problem may be finding out what it is that caught his or her attention; And doing everything possible to discover – through your senses – what it is that captivated you, stimulates your critical thinking.

Playing games that invite your young child to fit a piece of colorful color into a structure, for example, stimulates your child’s curiosity and like most free or structured games invites him to move, to think, to improve every day their cognitive and motor skills, as well as social ones.

Every time your baby plays, he is learning something new. Play helps you understand the relationship between the causes and effects of an action; You learn it with simple things like knowing that if you apply some force to a ball, it will move. That simple action helps you recognize that every act we do has an effect. That is a lifelong learning!

In addition, letting your baby play freely, that is, without intervening in his play, helps him strengthen his sense of independence. Bearing in mind that adults must respect the child’s game is very important when they invite us to play with them, as it is vital that as adults we respect the rules of their game and do not fall into the temptation of wanting to impose our own.

The game helps to think

Since time immemorial, play has been a social activity and also a leisure activity, as well as an activity that helps us develop as a species:

• Every time your child plays, he naturally knows his environment, an activity that enhances all his senses.
• Playing in a structured way, together with other children, encourages your child to learn values ​​and control himself. With this type of activities, aspects such as security, self-initiative, honesty and healthy competition also work.
• The game also helps your child to boost his social skills because he learns to live together with other children, to negotiate, to manage his emotions, to follow the rules, to develop common sense and also to have solidarity.

• Developing language skills is another advantage of the game. Speaking is a skill that is directly related to critical thinking and also to play; You will see good communication is essential to be able to develop and function in a game because it helps you establish clear rules, set the objectives of the game and get together in teams.
• Every time your child gets excited about a game, they must use their thinking to analyze the best alternatives they have to win, solve problems creatively, let their imagination run wild and satisfy their curiosity. This is how a game helps your child to concentrate, to analyze various situations and therefore to develop more and more his critical thinking.

Let your child play for as many hours as he can, because although for many the game is a simple leisure activity, the truth is that the game is one of the best tools that exist for children to develop their physical, motor, and cognitive abilities. affective and social.

Always keep in mind that the more hours of play your child has, the more possibilities he has to develop his critical thinking, because in reality playing for children represents a challenge that deserves to analyze and solve problems.