As winter approaches, children need indoor play activities that are fun and educational. We recommend parachute games. Playing parachute games encourages cooperative play. Children will learn how to share and take turns.
While playing with a parachute, children can increase strength in their shoulders, arms, and hands. It will help with their sense of rhythm and also improve their language skills, perceptual motor skills, and listening skills.
When children work together they can make playing with a parachute fun! Incorporate songs, rhymes, and movement activities to energize them.
Activities to play:
1) Play see-saw/tug-of-war while sitting down
2) Make waves with the parachute
3) Ball Roll – make the ball roll into the hole in the center of the parachute
4) Parachute Tag – call out a child’s name and have him run under the parachute before it comes down
5) Chute Ball – Place the ball on the parachute and throw the ball as high in the air as you can
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