Modern manufacturers of products for children andChild psychologists offer to engage in the development and training of the child almost immediately after his birth. How to deal with the techniques is only for parents, but some basic concepts should be explained outside the main program. Geometric shapes for kids are no less important than the colors and names of basic household items. How to correctly acquaint the child with circles and ovals?
Why do we need geometry for preschoolers?
The concept of shape and size helps to perceivethe world and objects, compare them with each other. You, without thinking, say, describing some unusual piece of furniture, that it looks like two rectangles with rounded edges. Now imagine how difficult it is to describe and compare some objects without knowing the names and concepts of simple forms. That is why it is useful to learn geometric shapes for kids as early as possible. By the age of 2-3, the child should know at least a circle, a square, a rectangle, a triangle, a rhombus. Gradually, you can add more complex shapes.
Let's go in search of figures!
The easiest thing is to teach a child in the process.games. Try to interest the baby, submit a new material in the original game form. For the little ones, you don’t even need to organize classes, you can learn in between times. Tell that the cup is round and the book is rectangular. Visual aid, revealing the concept of "geometric shapes" for kids will be the most ordinary toys. Compare cubes and balls together, complicate the task by adding dishes or fruits to play in the store. Older children can take a long time, asking to find in the room as many circles or triangles as possible. Help to show all imagination and explain that the figures can “hide” on the fabric or wallpaper in the form of a pattern, represent a whole object or a part of it.
Interesting geometry
Learning 5 geometric shapes is much easier.if you draw them yourself. Offer the kid a creative task, take a sheet of paper and paint, pencils and felt-tip pens and draw a circle, a rectangle, a square, a triangle and a rhombus. A more interesting version of this game is that mother draws a geometric shape, and the child draws some elements, turning the shape into an object or animal. You can also draw a rectangle on a sheet of paper and hang it in a prominent place. Of course, one of your guests will be surprised at such an interior decoration, but you can always answer: "We are teaching geometric figures with babies." The next day draw a circle and hang it next to the rectangle. And then offer to compare the figures with each other. Gradually add other forms and be sure to spend a few minutes a day on this training.
Useful toys for learning figures
В изучении основ геометрии помогут разнообразные games and toys. The easiest option: buy ready-made cards with the image of figures. Typically, these kits are focused on learning shapes and colors. Cards can be many, the figures on them are repeated, but vary in size and shade. You can play with this board game for hours. Ask to collect all the same forms, then expand them in size. Then mix the cards and offer to find all the shapes of the same size or color. If desired, this game can be made with your own hands. A special children's lotto can also help in the study of geometry. If desired, it is not at all difficult to find such a game dedicated to figures. And yet the most popular geometric toys remain sorter. Usually this is some kind of basis (capacity, frame), having slots of different shapes. Colored geometric shapes are inserted into the holes. The task of the child is to select for each small object the corresponding slot on the base. Sorters are decorated in different styles, but choosing the simplest - geometric, you get the opportunity to learn the names of the figures during their placement at the base. To help in the study of forms can also wooden or cardboard frames with inserts, made on the principle of sorter. It is also useful to watch special educational cartoons about geometric shapes for kids. Combine all the proposed training options, and then your child will not have problems with the geometry.
