Probably, almost all adults remember from the childhood a game "in a hide-and-seek". Game variations at each age different. Than the child becomes more senior, especially difficult is hide-and-seek. But at any age this game renders positive effect on development of the child.
Hide-and-seek for the smallest
Hide-and-seek - actually the first game which the kid begins to play. It is the game meaning not just manipulation with a subject, and interaction with other person, communication with it.
For the baby there is no concept of time and constancy of objects. If mom left, then it forever. And leaving is equated to loss of visual contact. Therefore the first hide-and-seek is the game ""ku-ku"" when mom closes to herself eyes hands (hides), and then is. For the kid not the hiding, and otyskivany mothers, restoration of contact with it brings joy. The kid feels the joy that mom did not get to anywhere.
Over time the child begins to hide the face in hands or a diaper, hiding from mom. A hide-and-seek at such early age is a way to constantly strengthen relations with mom. Also the baby learns the principle of constancy of the world. For children's mentality the world disappears when the child closes eyes. ""I do not see you, so you do not exist"" - a formula of thinking of the baby. Hide-and-seek just helps to overcome this formula and to understand that the world remains the same, even when you do not look at it.
Hide-and-seek after a year
When the child grew up already a little, it is possible to think up many options of a hide-and-seek. It and hiding of a subject in a hand (""Guess in what hand""), and an otyskivaniye of the treasure hidden somewhere in the apartment and a hide-and-seek with mom, and many other things what there will be enough imagination of parents for. As well as in a case with the baby, something gives the child huge joy to find or to be found. Thinking of the child develops. A hide-and-seek helps it with it: itself needs to set the object (search of a subject or mom) and to reach it that is not always simple, it is necessary to make diligence and effort. Thus, a hide-and-seek helps to form processes of goal-setting and develops persistence of the child. But the most important that a hide-and-seek is time of active positive communication with mom. Saturation of life of the child such positive emotions is very useful for his development.
Hide-and-seek during adaptation to a garden
Separately it would be desirable to tell about advantage of hide-and-seek when the child is sent to a garden. For some time before the child begins to visit preschool educational institution, it is better to begin to play hide-and-seek with it. In this case the moment of an otyskivaniye of mom is important. By means of this game in subconsciousness of the child the confidence is formed that mom surely will be, it will not disappear forever. The child also faces alarm about it just, coming to a garden. Before it constantly was at home together with mom, and here she leaves. The child begins to be nervous that mom about him will forget, will leave forever. Playing hide-and-seek with the child at home, mom helps with a symbolical look to cope with this alarm.
Hide-and-seek at preschool age
Children of 3-6 years already play hide-and-seek with each other. A game becomes rather difficult: there is a leader (the one who looks for all hidden) and rules of the game. As well as any other collective game at this age, a hide-and-seek teaches children to interact with each other and to agree. Rules of the game in each collective the. In some group of children it is rather simple to find hidden, and at other children it is necessary to reach quicker it to the agreed place, etc. It is necessary to agree about rules. Each specific child learns to conform to the discussed rules. If he does not do it, other children simply will not play with him. Also a hide-and-seek at this age learns to show leadership skills. It concerns the one who offers a game, acts as her first leader or becomes the initiator of change of rules. Therefore if parents want to cultivate leadership skills in the child, they have to pay his attention to these moments: where he can show an initiative in collective.