Using chopsticks requires the use of about 30 joints and 50 muscles! Without the coordinated operation of the brain, how can such a complex project be completed? We might as well play more chopstick games with our children.
Moving items
Number of chopsticks required: 1 pair
Effectiveness: It can cultivate childrens attention and improve the adjustment ability of arm muscles.
Give your child a pair of chopsticks and ask him to hold them flat. You put something lighter on the chopsticks and let the child hold the chopsticks flatly and carry them from one side of the table to the other.
Tips: The difficulty of carrying different things is also different. 1 small cake, 1 biscuit, multiple biscuits, 1 table tennis ball, 1 peanut, a bean... You can also have a small competition with the whole family, and the baby will have more fun.
Pinch the beans
Number of chopsticks required: 1 pair
Effectiveness: It can exercise childrens hand-eye coordination and improve fine motor skills.
Prepare two plates, put some beans on one plate, and let the child use chopsticks to transfer the beans to the other empty plate. If your child is not very good at using chopsticks, you can first let him pick things that are easier to pick, such as cotton balls, popcorn, etc.
Tips: Let the child pick up large things at the beginning to give him a sense of accomplishment. After he becomes proficient, he can pick up small things.
Towers
Number of chopsticks required: 10 to 20Double
Effectiveness: It can improve childrens attention and help them establish spatial concepts.
Prepare multiple pairs of chopsticks. Place each pair of chopsticks crosswise, rise staggered, and slowly pile them up to form a tall tower. If done well, the final result will be a quadrangular tower.
Listen to the sound of chopsticks
Effect: It can improve childrens ability to distinguish sounds.
Prepare chopsticks made of several different materials such as wood, bamboo, and plastic, and use them to tap each other to make different sounds.
Tips: When children play with chopsticks, be sure to pay attention to safety and do not let them run around with chopsticks.
Chopsticks "Triangle"
Number of chopsticks needed: 4
Effect: Using ordinary objects, you can make "instruments", which can stimulate childrens desire to create.
Tie 3 chopsticks together with string to make a triangle. Then, let the child take a chopstick and hit the "triangle". The performance begins!
Tips: Based on the previous game, discuss with your children which material of chopsticks to choose to make a "triangle" that makes a better sound.
Symphony of Pots and Pans
Number of chopsticks required: 1 to 2
Effect: The tapping action is very good for releasing emotions and allows children to fully vent. The different sounds produced when hitting different objects can also improve childrens perception.
Take out the pots and pans in the kitchen and let your children tap them with chopsticks to feel the sounds made by different objects.
Tips: When playing this game, be careful to control the volume and playing time, so as not to disturb the neighbors. in additionRemind your children that they can only knock like this during games and not while eating.
Glass Chime
Number of chopsticks required: 1 to 2
Effect: It can help children understand the relationship between the amount of water and the pitch, and gradually understand the concept of musical scales.
Prepare several transparent glasses, fill them with different amounts of water, and arrange them in order according to the amount of water. Let the children tap with chopsticks and pay attention to the different sounds produced by cups with different amounts of water.
Little conductor
Number of chopsticks required: 1 pair
Effectiveness: Music conducting exercises can allow children to express their emotions, exercise their sense of rhythm, and also allow children to experience the feelings of the conductor and improve their imagination.
Play some classical music that your child likes to listen to. Let him hold chopsticks and practice conducting according to the rhythm of the music. If you have the opportunity, you might as well take your child to a concert so that he or she can have a real feel for music conductors.
Tips: You can find a song that is familiar to the child, divide it into male and female parts, and the parents can sing it according to the childs command.
