Ability to compete with other peopleappears in children in older preschool age, when the child is five or six years old. It was during this period that the boys had a desire to measure themselves, to overtake their peers during the Olympics, and for girls to demonstrate their knowledge in the classroom, to receive praise from the teacher in the presence of other children or to win the drawing contest.
The use of contests in the process of children's education
Formation of graduate competitivenessSchool and university is one of the important tasks in the process of obtaining education. A graduate school must compete with admission, and a graduate of a higher educational institution - when applying for a job in a specialty. Therefore, throughout the entire period of study, children's competitions are an integral form of the educational process.
1) In the older groups of kindergarten at least four times a year, sports events and competitions are held. Group contests are organized, because children are still experiencing painful personal failures.
2) Educators and teachers widely usechildren's contests and games to consolidate the knowledge of children according to the results of the material studied. Therefore, final lessons of knowledge consolidation or extra-curricular activities, entertainment, where children have the opportunity to demonstrate their success, can be organized.
3) Конкурсы учебных проектов, олимпиады по separate disciplines are held with high school children, when their learning preferences have already come to light, when children's competitions become for them a means of self-affirmation in the school team.
4) For older students can be arrangedbusiness games with competitions for the best report on the topic of the essay in the framework of a scientific conference or a competition for the post of director of a school as a result of drawing up their election program. Thus, children can participate in school management, in the organization of the learning process.
Children's competitions in the organization and conduct of holidays
Based on state and national holidaysan educational program of educational institutions is being built. Celebrations are evenly distributed throughout the school year. Many school materials (poems, songs, folklore, the study of the traditions and customs of the peoples of the country) reflect the essence of the holiday, its significance for the people. Holiday becomes a means of summarizing a large section of educational material. In addition, with the help of the holiday, children relieve the tension that has accumulated over a quarter, a trimester, or half a year.
During the holidays, children's competitions areentertaining character, relieve stress. It is recommended that the same competition be held several times so that as many children as possible take part in it. As a result of the victory in such competitions, the child receives a small gift. The more participants will be able to receive a prize, the more joy they will experience from the event held.
Новогодние детские конкурсы проводит не педагог, and a funny fairytale character that allows children to be in a fairy tale, get presents. The most magical moment of such competition is when a child receives exactly the kind of gift or prize he has long dreamed of.
Participation in contests trains children's will,fosters self-confidence. The child learns to set a goal and find the means to achieve it. When organizing competitions, an adult should take into account the most advanced abilities of the child, which he can successfully demonstrate. If such situations of success are repeated more than once, then the child grows up as an active and competitive person.
