N. Petrinka-Shimanska

The author believes that early childhood education, above all, should be interesting to the child. The article gives examples of games and activities, which are interesting for pre-school children and that can be easily organized by a teacher. As an example, the author considers the game in the squares. To conduct a game a regular bed sheet is divided into squares which are painted in different colors. Then the teacher comes up with a variety of activities for children on the basis of this material: the search for the squares of some color, the correlation of colors with objects, demonstrated by the teacher; implementation of the rules in accordance with the color of the square (red – squat, green – hands up, etc.).