Preschool age is the most important time in lifeevery child. Cognitive research activity in the course of personal development is no less important than the GCD itself. Experimentation in the middle group is a search for knowledge, their acquisition with the help of an adult or independently. The main task of the kindergarten is to develop and maintain in each child an interest in discoveries, new knowledge, research activities and to create all the necessary conditions for this. How to do it correctly?
Aims, objectives and requirements for the design of a corner of experimentation in the middle group of DOE
The main purpose of creating corners of experimentation for children of any age is the development of skills and abilities to interact with various objects of study in the laboratory.
The tasks of experimentation include:
- the development of primary ideas about the world of matter and nature;
- the development of activity, curiosity;
- development of logic and thinking (the kid learns to compare, summarize);
- the formation of skills to explore the subject of the necessary items.
Уголок экспериментирования в средней группе must be in accordance with the rules and regulations. The main requirements for it are security, which corresponds to the age of the pupils, fullness and accessibility of the location for the kids.
Making a corner of experimentation for the middle group
The main exhibit of the corner is a roomycloset or rack. By the way, a modern and convenient piece of furniture preschool can purchase, not without parental voluntary support. The cabinet must have many shelves and compartments of different sizes.
If there is no such furniture in kindergarten, thenexperimentation in the middle group can take place on a large table or a convenient cabinet. In the corner there should be a place for an exhibition-museum where collections of stones, feathers, shells, photographs from museums of the country will be exhibited. Also, be sure to have a comfortable place to store all the necessary material and conduct the experiments themselves.
Experimentation in the middle group: the content of the corner
The entire content of the experiment corner should be clearly divided into three components: didactic, stimulating, and equipment component. Read about the specific content of each section below.
- Didactic componentExperimentation in the middle group must be supported by educational material and various bright posters, the content of which explains the teacher. There should be educational books and encyclopedias suitable for children by age, various theme albums, interesting collections (cones, shells, fabrics, paper, stones), a mini-museum.
- Компонент оборудования.Children's experimentation in the middle group requires the complete filling of the corner with various objects. Be sure there must be sand, clay, earth and all sorts of devices for playing with them (shovels, shovels, buckets, sieve). There should be dyes (food, gouache, watercolor), seeds of different plants in jars or boxes, food (sugar, flour, salt, sunflower oil). Conducting experiments also suggests the presence of equipment such as loupes, vessels, magnets, mirrors, corks, clothespins, etc.
- The stimulating component is needed in order tochildren could experience themselves. Place here the algorithms of experiments in pictures and the rules of safe behavior in the corner. Settle in the corner of the character, on whose behalf all the problematic situations (Dunno or Pochemuchka) will come. Children will be happy to help!
The experiments of children of the middle group with soap
Experimentation in the middle group in the firstqueue should be fun for kids. Preschoolers of 4–5 years of age are very fond of games and experiences with soap and water. Such experiments will acquaint children with the properties of soap, help develop curiosity, thinking, and also teach proper and safe handling of the subject of hygiene. These experiments can be of this kind:
- touch, smell a piece of soap (felt its smoothness and aroma);
- explore the water (to conclude that it is warm and clear);
- immerse soap in water (it is slippery);
- rub the sponge with soap and put it in the water (the water changed color);
- take a straw and blow soap bubbles out of it.
Experiments in the middle group with sand
Medium group experimentation cornershould be convenient for conducting experiments and with sand. Classes acquaint children with the properties of sand, its origin, develop perseverance, attention, fine motor skills. Children can touch the sand, pour it from vessel to vessel, examine it through a magnifying glass, mix it with water or lower it to the bottom of the can with water.
All children are very fond of experiences with different subjects. Therefore, experimentation in the middle group should be allotted a considerable time!
