Uloga govorno-jezičkih igara za razvoj komunikativnih sposobnosti kod djece predškolskog uzrasta
The role of speech-language games for the development of communicative abilities to children of preschool department

Summary/Abstract: It is known that the child of pre-school age has a need for playing and the play is his/her natural necessity, a basic life activity and that need can be satisfied by playing, wherever it is possible. Playing is an integral part of the childhood life and an irreplacable means for children's growth. By playing, children develop psychical, intelectual, emotional, physical, social, and moral abilities. A happy childhood is not possible without playing. A child has an inborn need for movement, so through the games he/she gets some knowledge about himself, about his/her environment, about other people, develops creativity, opinion and communication. By playing, they practice abilities of observations, clasifications and memories. The best way of learning for a child is through interaction with surroundings. It is possible to learn a lot more by playing than by accepting finished products /results. Whatever is lived through or experienced, gets a good base for further knowledge and learning. The play affects the whole development of a child, encourages his/her motoric, emotional, cognitive, social, communicative skills and selfconfidence. For the whole development of a child, the most important part is speech. The speech is higher psyhical activity of a man and it enables a man, by using system of signs, to express his own feelings, needs and opinions. The basic symbols in human speech are words. They cost nothing and it is desirable to speak in any situation. By developing speech and communicative abilities, we affect the development of all other abilities and skills. Children learn much faster with fun activities. In early childhood, by reading, singing and chanting, children's speech is developed and their vocabulary is expended. Later, by playing, children get communication experiances, which is also precondition for knew knowledge and for getting social and other skills. Although the speech is spontaniously developed, children need to have stimulating environment for high quality speech. It is also necessary to give opportunity to children for expressing themselves freely. It is possible to reach speech language games by reading, singing, speaking and participating in dialogues, and also by monologue expressions, says Goldberg (2003). Nowadays, at the time of high technology, the significance of the speech language games with the children of pre-school age is very important, because they spend more and more time by watching TV, or by playing computer games. The importance of speech language games, together with some examples and way of their implementing, will be shown in this work.

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