The Role of Educational Games in Developing Language Skills in Early Primary Education

In selecting this topic, we considered the current trend of emphasizing the formative dimension of the educational process over the purely informative one. The activities described in this paper are intended for young learners in the preparatory class and aim to develop language skills through playful methods. It is essential for children to learn how to express their thoughts clearly, coherently, correctly, and expressively in order to meet the requirements of the current educational curriculum. This paper explores the role of educational games in the development of children's language abilities, focusing on objectives such as training the speech organs for clear pronunciation, correcting articulation and expression, enriching vocabulary as a communication tool, enhancing oral expression, and fostering speech expressiveness. Additionally, the work addresses the development of accurate language perception, correct articulation of words in their complete phonetic structure, and the improvement of phonemic hearing. Through engaging and accessible games, children can be easily drawn into the educational process and motivated to perceive school as a space of continuous playful learning. Considering that school activities rely heavily on language, we believe that the chosen topic holds significant importance in all instructional approaches.