Good parents They know that they should not waste time in such an important matter as raising a child. Up to 6 years of age, children can acquire knowledge, skills and abilities that will become an excellent basis for further development.
Many parents independently conduct classes with their children and teach them to read and introduce them to the world around them.
Learning to read from age 5 will prepare your child for school
Preschoolers have phenomenal potential.
Therefore, adults often strive not only to provide basic knowledge, but also to teach the child to read English and independently compose simple statements in this language.
Development guidelines at 5-6 years old
Developers without a specific goal will not bring success. You need to know what to teach children. For example, at the age of 5 years, a child can cope with the following tasks:
- tell about yourself and your family;
- name the time of year, time of day;
- explain the simplest cause-and-effect relationships (mom does the laundry because...; dad took the umbrella because...);
- explain the purpose of household items (why do you need a table, chair, pan, pen);
- name geometric figures and objects similar to them in shape;
- count several objects going through ten;
- name the colors;
- tell what parts furniture and household items consist of;
- remember and pronounce words and phrases in a foreign language;
- shade the outline drawing; cut strips of paper with scissors and make a rug out of them; copy the pattern.
At 5 years old, children can explain their thoughts, know colors, and can count.
At 6 years old, children are able to perform more complex actions:
- understanding the plot connection of pictures and composing a story;
- explanation of the meaning of simple proverbs;
- performing basic arithmetic operations;
- generalization and division into groups;
- explanation of the meaning of the word (actions, signs, concrete objects and abstract concepts);
- drawing up the rules of the game;
- orientation in space and time;
- drawing a person, copying patterns and geometric shapes;
- performing game exercises, repeating and composing simple dialogues in English language.
Skills at 6 years old depend on the amount of homework and kindergarten attendance
Special home study opportunities
Educational activities with your child at home have many advantages.
A flexible schedule allows you to take into account children’s temperament, speed of perception and thinking, and character traits. During classes at home, various “rituals” (poems, songs, special words, fun warm-ups) are easily invented and performed, setting the child up to start or complete work.
Home classes are very convenient
Always at hand at home necessary supplies. During the lesson you may need not only paper and pencils, but also construction sets, cubes, and toys for role-playing games.
Even furniture is quickly turning into a piece of educational equipment. And if a child is learning English, then during the lesson the necessary cards with letters and words are quickly prepared. This will help parents teach their child to read English and prepare them to master written language.
Preparing for a “lesson” at home
In order to properly organize developmental activities for a 5-6 year old child, you need to take into account certain conditions.
It is very important to have a plan for the lesson cycle, as well as prepared tasks for each of them. It is necessary to clearly define the time and duration of the work.
Advice: you need to break the lessons into several parts, no more than 10-15 minutes each, because it is difficult for a baby to sit for 40-50 minutes.
Homeschooling should be fun and exciting
Classes at home will be interesting and useful if you structure the material correctly. Exercises to activate children's attention should alternate with fascinating logic puzzles, word games, and development tasks fine motor skills and coordination of movements.
Perceiving tasks by ear and with the help of various visual aids, musical breaks and physical education minutes, educational cartoons and inventing funny stories - all this will brighten up home activities with children.
Physical education for little ones is carried out after 15 minutes of classes
A variety of devices and forms of work is important. All necessary supplies are prepared in advance.
How to structure a lesson
Any lesson should have a motivating, main and final part. The habit of a logical structure will help positive role, when the baby becomes a student and enters the classroom.
The educational activity should be feasible for the child
Secrets of successful classes with preschoolers
Children 5-6 years old can perform well in home lessons. Adults must provide favorable conditions for this, for example:
- an exciting start with strong motivation (what we will do and why; we will learn..., we will find out...; we will play...);
- brevity in setting tasks (gradually you need to ensure that the child retains in memory the instructions of at least 3 points);
- accuracy of explanation of the task in accessible language (for correct execution you need to clearly understand what to do);
- inclusion of outdoor games and exercises as physical education minutes between complex tasks and as a separate block at the end of the lesson;
- summing up at the end of the “lesson” (what was learned, what was liked; reward for special achievements); the ending can be in the form of a funny poem that parents recite with their child at the end of each lesson.
Cooking classes are also included in the list of educational activities.
Parents should be very careful when studying at home. You need to listen to what the child says, think about your words, patiently wait for the task to be completed and invite the “student” to explain his actions. This forms self-control, activates attention and memory. Such qualities will be useful when entering 1st grade.
Children under 6 years of age develop unusually quickly. This is facilitated by flexible memory, developing attention and strengthening thinking. Very important qualities for learning to read in English!
English lessons at home will help your child adapt to school faster
It is important to know: at 3 years old, a child’s visual skills predominate. creative thinking; From 5 to 6 years old, the abstract-logical begins to form.
Therefore, when teaching children a foreign language, you can safely use phonetic, graphic and verbal methods.
Children aged 5-6 years easily perceive words and phrases in English by ear, remember and reproduce them. Older preschoolers are able to compare oral explanations, the sound of English words and phrases and their graphic form.
Video. English lessons for preschoolers
The main stages of teaching children to read in English
- English words and phrases are perceived by ear and repeated.
- Continuing to study words and phrases by ear: the children are offered letters and words on cards.
- Compose word combinations and read simple sentences (using cards with images of the word and the corresponding object).
- Reading simple texts (prose or poetry) composed of phrases known to the child.
- Reading more complex texts in accordance with the expansion of the vocabulary, watching cartoons with subtitles, reading fairy tales.
Wonderful moments of shared knowledge
Home developmental activities are an incredibly exciting stage in the relationship between parents and children. Playing games together, searching for solutions to logical puzzles, discussing funny questions and answers, the joy of watching a baby in the process of enhanced mental or physical activity will be remembered forever.
Activities with children - wonderful moments of intimacy
Wonderful experiences will add to the treasury of family joys and make children happier.
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For the correct and comprehensive development of a child, development is simply necessary. In the future, it will help the child analyze any situation and choose The best way solving a task or problem based on the conditions existing at that time.
It is advisable to start playing with children who are already 5-6 years old. A child of this age can independently draw logical conclusions, can understand which object is the odd one out of those given to him, can find commonality in objects and form them into groups based on this characteristic, and can also tell short story from pictures and understands how to apply theory in practice.
Pictures with children's exercises allow them to develop logic in the form of a game. These games are very simple, but will be interesting for both the baby and the adult playing with him.
There are simpler games with pictures on, such as:
But there are also more complex games for children 5-6, which allow them to develop analytical abilities in the scope of development of logic.
For example, an adult should draw several shapes on a piece of paper: circle, triangle, square, circle, triangle, square, circle, triangle. The child will have to look at the drawn figures and draw the figure that will follow the triangle.
A good game for developing analysis in five-year-old children would be a game where the child will have to line up cubes by size in descending and then ascending order.
A game called “Friends” has proven itself well. It perfectly develops attentiveness and intelligence, the child acquires the ability to analyze what is happening, and also applies his existing mathematical skills and develops them.
The essence of the game is that the child must draw his best friends himself, but at the same time he must accurately depict their height. For example, Petya is taller than Masha, and Masha is taller than Katya, and Marina is the shortest girl. Under each friend you draw you will need to write his name.
Now the child will have to name which of his friends is the tallest and which is the shortest. You can also ask the child to say how many guys he has drawn, ask him who is depicted first in the drawing, who is second and who is fifth, who is drawn to the left of Katya and who is to the right of Masha. You can invite the child to count how many children there will be in the picture if two leave, and also how many children there will be if another girl joins the game.
Another interesting game for children 5-6 years old will be a game called “Abstract Artist”. While playing, the child will develop memory and intelligence, the baby will try to organize his work himself, and also, if two or more children play, they will also be able to develop their competitive abilities.
An adult will have to draw a telephone dial and arrange the numbers on it, but not in order, but in discord. The child will have to look at the drawing and correct any visible errors.
If there are several children, prepare more drawings and ask the children to correct the mistakes. You can give a small prize to the first person to complete the task.
Games for preschoolers
It is very easy for preschool children to be interested and drawn into a game where logic is developed through questions.
But only now little ones will answer questions, and adults will ask. This game is suitable for children five and six years old; it should take place in a calm, friendly and fun atmosphere. Be sure to praise your child for his efforts and correct answers.
A couple to warm up interesting tasks, you need to complete the logical missing elements:
The “Believe it or not believe it” game is that the child will have to learn to think for himself and will not rush to accept as an axiom any information that comes from adults. This is an extremely important skill for children aged six.
So, the adult says the phrase, and the child listens and concludes whether the statement is true or false. Examples of phrases can be very different:
- All apples are green.
- Dinosaurs live in the forest.
- Raspberries grow on a tree.
- It rains in summer.
- There is snow only in January.
- All the birds fly.
Ask your baby not only unambiguous phrases, but also ones that can be answered in two ways. Let the child think, justify his point of view, this is how curiosity develops, the desire to get to the bottom of things, observation develops and the baby gains his own life experience.
Another interesting game for six-year-old preschoolers will be the game “Name in one word.”
The child will learn to think abstractly and will be able to develop generalization abilities. An adult will have to name a group of words that have one common feature, and a child of five or six years old will have to say how these words can be called in their entirety:
- “Bedside table, shelf, table, chair” – the general name for “furniture”
- “Eraser, sharpener, felt-tip pen, marker” – “stationery”
- “Cucumber, tomato, onion, cabbage – “vegetables”
- “Cat, dog, cow, crocodile” – “animals”
- “Chicken, parrot, pigeon, seagull” - “birds”
Math riddles
At the age of five, a child should already be able to count to at least ten, as well as perform simple mathematical operations. You can teach your child to perform simple mathematical operations in everyday situations; you don’t need to set aside any special time for this.
An example of such a game would be counting the objects that surround us in life every day. You can ask your child to count how many chairs there are in the room. Ask your child whether there will be enough chairs if you need to seat six guests on them. If not, ask how many chairs will need to be brought into the room to accommodate everyone. The purpose of this game will be the development of such mathematical operations as addition and subtraction, but at the same time their development will occur in the form of an easy and unobtrusive game and the child will better learn the material.
Use blocks or other toys to help your child understand how to add 2 and 2 to make 4; ask your child to count how many blocks will be left if he gives two of the five blocks to his friend. Such mathematical riddles, supported by actions and visual images, will be remembered by the child much better than working with the same actions on paper.
Classes for children 5-6 years old to develop logical thinking, mathematical abilities, and writing. Also this best time for learning to read.
Working with five-year-old children is a pleasure. And if until the age of 5 the child still resisted preparing for school, then from this age he dreams of growing up as quickly as possible and becoming a student. Now new knowledge and skills have been discovered, and the maturity of mental functions allows you to concentrate on a task for quite a long time.
In developmental classes, children aged 5-6 years master writing, arithmetic operations, and learn to recognize all the sounds in words. This is also the best time for learning to read; preschoolers study letters with interest and quickly grasp the principle of merging them into syllables.
However, the entire learning process should still be based on gaming activities, and the classes themselves should be distinguished by the variety of tools used. IN otherwise, “tedious” lessons will only bring irritation, and the baby will lose interest.
Tasks for classes with children 5-6 years old
By the age of 5-6, children have already accumulated a fairly large amount of knowledge and skills. Along with increased intellectual capabilities, tasks also become more complex.
Mathematical exercises and assignments
By this age, the child most likely already counts to 10, knows the basic figures and knows how to compare them.
Now the future first-grader needs to learn to operate with numbers up to 10 (subtract and add, comprehend the composition of the first ten), solve puzzles and problems in one step, compare sets (greater than, equal to, less). In addition, before school you need to strengthen the ability to navigate in space, learn forward/reverse order of the number series. Older preschoolers divide a circle or square into several equal parts, learn to write numbers and arithmetic signs.
Try to involve your baby in learning unobtrusively. For example, let him himself pour 5 tablespoons of sugar into the pie according to the recipe and break 3 eggs. Or ask to count out money for travel, change, divide the pie between family members, etc.
Walking board games, in which the number of moves depends on the value of the rolled dice, will also help. The best of them are described in the article “”.
Logic tasks
When preparing for school, parents need to understand that their main task is not to count and write beautifully. They will be taught this at school too. The main goal should be the development of mental processes. S good developed memory, attention and thinking, a little student will always have success in learning. In addition, the development of these same intellectual abilities
most effective when the child is small.
- As for logical thinking, in the sixth year children master the following skills:
- divide objects into groups, naming some characteristic;
- compose a story based on a picture or make up a story from the beginning;
- find an extra item;
identify a pattern and continue it.
Logical tasks for children 5 years old can be graphic (find something similar, color according to a pattern, go through a labyrinth, complete a drawing, solve a puzzle), verbal (ingenuity problems, riddles), puzzles. All this can be found in printed developmental manuals and programs.
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Several examples of logical tasks.
Frog Zhu sat down on a pink leaf. The IA frog is not on pink or blue. Place the frogs correctly. Or, a problem about patterns. You need to think about what might be missed. (IN in this case
living and inanimate objects alternate).
Children, like adults, have different abilities to remember. One thing is certain, memory can be trained. Therefore, when organizing games to develop memory, start small - first offer to remember three objects, then more. As a rule, at the age of 5 years, a child can reproduce 5-6 visual images, 4-5 unrelated words, 3-4 numbers, and repeat 5-6 actions after an adult.
Letter memorization tasks
At school, learning to read and write proceeds from sounds to letters. Therefore, before you start learning the alphabet, you need to make sure that the baby can distinguish sounds in a word well and can build a sound diagram of the word.
To help your child quickly remember the graphic image of a letter, you can sculpt it, figure out what it looks like, and hang cards with letters around the room.
If you have magnetic or wooden letters, you can put them in a bag and take them out by touch. You can also make “relief” letters using cereals, rhinestones and beads.
If your child has already learned letters and knows how to add syllables, you can play with words.
For example, read the word by its first letters.
Or think about such a task.
Diversify home literacy lessons and puzzles with letters.
Developing speech
By the age of 5, a preschooler should clearly state not only his first and last name, but also his address, telephone number, and know the details of his parents. In general, the speech of a 5-year-old child is no different from that of an adult. The preschooler correctly uses grammatical norms, can conduct a conversation, build reasoning, and ask questions.
The formation of the sound side of speech is carried out through tongue twisters and articulatory gymnastics. Games for determining the positions of sounds in a word and putting words together from sounds will also help.
For example, a parent pronounces words, and the child, having heard a pre-agreed sound, “catches” them by clapping or jumping.
Thematic material:
In another exercise, the parent throws a ball and names a syllable. The child needs to come up with a word for this syllable and throw the ball back.
Development of children 5-6 years old online
A computer will also help you develop and study at home. Today there are many educational sites and online platforms available that offer a variety of puzzles and game exercises for children.
Tasks for them are usually differentiated into categories according to age and topics - logic, literacy, mathematical material, broadening one's horizons, etc. Therefore, choosing the necessary exercises is not difficult.
For example, the following problem with Euler circles can be included in the logic section for 5 years.
If the answer is correct (in this example, “sun”), the child will be praised by the announcer. In case of an error, you can find out the correct answer and explanation. (The lantern is not warm, the chicken is dim).
Using educational online exercises for children 5–6 years old, measure the amount of time you spend at the computer. If it is noticeable that the student’s attention is scattered or the decision is delayed, change the type of activity.
5-year-old children feel their failures very deeply. Therefore, if something doesn’t work out, encourage, offer to cope with difficulties together! This way the child will not lose faith in himself and will be open to new knowledge!
Logical thinking in children begins to develop in early age, but it strengthens only closer to the school period (6–7 years). The main type of thinking in the development of logic is figurative thinking, which should develop most directly.
The mental development of a child is a very important and significant process, in which tasks in pictures can help.
Children who are in the developmental stage of 6-7 years face several challenges:
Knowledge of the surrounding world;
Perception of patterns characterizing objects and phenomena;
The ability to identify common and standard features of objects.
Stages of development of logical thinking in children 6-7 years old
1. Assimilation. The baby, like a sponge, must absorb as much as possible and as quickly as possible. Master the basics of logic - quantitative and qualitative characteristics of objects and learn to apply this knowledge in Everyday life- the primary task.
2. Implementation. A little person should be able to formulate his thoughts into words, putting together and voicing complete verbal reasoning.
3. Replacement. This stage is the complete opposite of the above stage. It is necessary to be able to replace visually perceived objects and phenomena with mental operations.
Requirements for developmental classes
For normal standard child development, by the age of six to seven years, a child should be able to reproduce the following actions:
1. Combine certain objects into groups, identify patterns, distribute objects and phenomena according to various criteria, and also continue logical chains independently, without outside help or external prompts.
2. Find an extra item in a row and clearly explain the reason why this or that item was highlighted.
3. Also, without outside prompts, compose complete, complete stories based on the proposed pictures.
4. Distribute objects into groups, explaining the reason and sign of this distribution.
Types of games and activities for child development at 6-7 years old
There are a huge number of games that develop children's logic, which can be divided into several categories:
1) Graphic games
. Aimed at developing fine motor skills and basic preparation of the hand for writing.
2) Math classes. Basically, these are rebuses and puzzles that contribute to the development of oral and written counting, as well as abstract thinking.
3) Speech classes. Thanks to them, vocabulary quickly increases.
4) Puzzles and board games. They help you form your thoughts, group them strategically and draw conclusions based on them.
Options for logic-developing games and activities for children 6-7 years old
In order to small man developed according to his age, parents need to devote the proper amount of time to him, exercising and solving all kinds of problems in the form of games and entertainment.
Lesson I. “I made a wish”
The point of the game is that the parent makes a wish for one or another object. The child’s task is to guess this object using leading questions. The essence of the game is to learn how to correctly formulate and express your thoughts, constructing questions correctly.
Lesson II. "Compare"
The little participant is offered several objects and phenomena, some similar to each other, and some, on the contrary, different. The child’s task is to accurately determine all the similarities and differences between these things.
Recommendations for the older generation
You should not force your child to do anything. You need to be able to present this activity to him in such a way that he wants to do it himself.
Therefore, the more positive energy and energy comes from adults, the more willing will be the desire to play games or learn something new and unfamiliar with developmental activities.
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