Game in Teaching Croatian Language Contents in Junior Grades of Elementary School

Igra je sastavni dio života djece i odraslih. Njome se razvija kreativnost, samopouzdanje, potiču se kognitivno-spoznajni procesi. U nastavi Hrvatskoga jezika primjenjiva je u svim fazama nastavnog sata i trebala bi biti jedna od osnovnih metoda poučavanja. Kod učenika budi interes za sadržaje, unosi živost u nastavu, potiče učenikovu pažnju. Učenici se lakše i brže koncentriraju na usvajanje i primjenu nastavnih sadržaja, uče se timskom radu, poštivanju pravila te razvijaju vlastite potencijale. U radu sam navela niz igara primjenjivih za različite dobne skupine učenika razredne nastave. Često se koriste u izvannastavnim aktivnostima. Kreativan učitelj moderator je nastavnog procesa koji će u svojem radu s učenicima koristiti njihove mogućnosti, a upravo igra pokreće sve fizičke i psihičke sposobnosti učenika. Kreativnost nije samo dar, nego osobina koja se stječe, a tome pridonosi igra u nastavi.Game is a constituent part of life of both children and adults. It is used to develop creatyvity, self-confidence and it stimulates cognitive processes. When teching Croatian language a game is applicable in all the phases of lesson and should be one of the basic methods of teching. Playing a game provokes an interest among students for the teaching content, brings liveliness to classroom and arouses student ́s attention. Students conventrate on acquisition and application of the teaching content with lwss effort, they learn how to work in a team, obey rules and develop their own potencials. In this paper I have listed a number of games that can be used with students od different age in junior gardes. Those games are often used in extracurricular activities. Creative teacher is the moderator of the teching prosess who will use his/her students ́ abilities when working with them, and it is the game that will instigate all the physical and mental abilities in students. Creativity is not just a gift, but also a trait that is acquired, and plying in class contributes to that end