{"id":1506,"date":"2018-06-22T17:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happychildren.life\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2020-09-04T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:44:48","slug":"7-funny-games-for-kids-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildren.life\/7-funny-games-for-kids-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Games For Kids With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you think it’s impossible to keep the children’s attention with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on games with rules, you’re mistaken. You just need to find the appropriate games for them. Those games should be in line with the characteristics of children with ADHD<\/a><\/span> and their age, interests and abilities as well.<\/p>\n

Teaching children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and raising her child with ADHD, my friend has discovered that some games are especially suitable for them. Besides the fact that children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder show the great interest in those games, those games also promote their attention, memory and increase knowledge about things and the world. Also, those games are based on pedagogical strategies for disciplining children with ADHD<\/a>.<\/span> Therefore they encourage self-control, improve self-confidence and alleviate impulsivity in children.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Fly, Fly,…<\/span><\/h2>\n

In this game, the task of children is to watch and react in a certain way when a particular word or sign appears. Children must squat waiting for the one who runs the game speaks some word. If that word represents something that flying, children must get up. On the contrary, if that word doesn’t represent something that flying, children must stay in a squat position. For example, if the person who runs the game says: “Fly, fly… a bird<\/em>“, children should get up if they immediately realize that the bird is flying. If the person who runs the game says  “Fly, fly… the sun<\/em>“, children must stay in a squat position because the sun doesn’t fly.<\/p>\n

You can modify this game according to the knowledge and interests of children. For example, if we want to teach children about vegetables and fruits, then we can change rules so that children must stand up on saying some vegetable, and stay in the squat position saying a fruit. For the content of this game, you can also use school subjects that children interest or even subjects that are difficult for them to learn. Thus, playing this game, children can learn which animals belong to the mammalian, which are nouns or verbs, … Simply, this game can have a lot of variations if you are creative. It’s only important to understand the purpose of the game. The purpose of this game is that children must concentrate on words that a person who runs the game say and act promptly and timely on words according to the rules of the game.<\/p>\n

This game is especially suitable for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder because playing it they:<\/p>\n