Various Benefits of Traditional Games
Do you still remember the fun of childhood games? It’s fun to remember the time of playing, the sound of laughing boisterous children, also running and jumping as if they don’t feel tired.
Apart from being a means of reminiscing, playing traditional games has many benefits for children, you know, Ma. Traditional games have holistic benefits for exercising motor, sensory, math and social interaction skills.
Some traditional games that you can play with children:
Congklak
You can play this game with your little one. Playing congklak is useful for training children’s fine motor skills by grasping and releasing congklak seeds. The child will practice removing the congklak seeds one by one from the grasp of the hand, not immediately opening the grip so that all the congklak seeds will come off.
In addition, it can also teach math concepts to children. He will learn to count the number of congklak seeds and make strategies to win the game. This game also trains children’s patience
Engklek
Apart from being fun, this game is also healthy and intellectual. Of course, this game is dominated by tiptoeing and jumping activities.
Dorit Palvanov, Pediatric Nutritionist, Say, jumping is especially beneficial for 2-8 year olds. By jumping, children will learn to control their body movements. When jumping, both sides of the brain and body will coordinate to maintain body balance. Jumping also plays an important role for a child’s heart health, strengthening muscles and bones. At the same time, the child’s gross motor skills will be trained. No less important, jumping can also prevent obesity in children.
Jumping as an important part of exercise, produces hormones that trigger happiness and calm, such as dopamine. In addition, by doing sports, the pressure and blood flow will increase throughout the body, including to the brain. So that with feelings of happiness, calm and the more blood that flows, the more oxygen will also encourage the maximum work of the brain.
Fine motor skills of children can also be honed when drawing crank squares. In addition, the child’s cognition and concentration will also be trained. He’ll learn how to throw the gaco so it doesn’t cross the line.
Jump rope
More about jumping. Playing jumping rope can also teach sportsmanship to children. You can teach your siblings not to cheat, such as shaking the rope so that it hits the playing leg to lose. Also, it can teach patience while waiting for your turn to play.
Well, Ma, more than all these benefits, playing traditional games can also prevent children from dependence gadget. As they say Dr. Tamis-LeMonda, children need to be involved with real objects. They need to learn to handle various objects, throw, drop, pick up, or build. And it cannot be replaced by the game on gadget.
So, what traditional games will you play with your little one?
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