Today we will talk about really cool services - educational sites for children of different ages. After all, new, high-quality and relevant knowledge is truly one of the most worthwhile gifts you can give to your child.
In the age of the Internet and universal digitalization, it is a sin to complain about a lack of information. And if you still don’t know where and how you can have a great time keeping your child busy, then you should definitely come to us. Let's talk about online platforms, mobile applications and games.
Whatever your child's interests and abilities, there is something for everyone online. Today about learning platforms that are aimed at developing skills such as:
- logics;
- attention;
- memory;
- general erudition.
Increasingly, parents are turning to the Internet in search of interesting educational sites that are suitable for both young children (4-5 years old) and older ones (11-12 years old.)
But you should understand: such games on a computer, tablet or phone are not a “nanny” for a child, not a magic pill that will give you a break from your parental responsibilities. This is a real opportunity to help a child become more developed, savvy and erudite. A great opportunity to take advantage of the World Wide Web.
How to choose an online platform
There are many points that we recommend paying attention to when choosing online classes for comprehensive training:
- How old is the child?
- What are his strengths and weaknesses?
- What does he excel at and what are his leading abilities?
- What is the best time to study?
- Is the site safe?
- How much is it?
In our rating, we tried to take into account all of the above aspects. Let us immediately note that none of the listed sites spam advertisements or offer malicious external links, which ensures complete safety for children.
DEVELOPING SPEECH
If a child has problems with pronunciation, speech classes should include articulation exercises for each complex sound. You may need the help of a professional speech therapist.
In general, good speech development activities for a preschooler at this time would be:
- poems, songs learned by heart;
- discussion of plot pictures or works read;
- solving riddles;
- listening to audio stories;
- discussion of everything that happened to the child during the day;
- familiarization with sounds and letters;
- determining the first letter in a word, dividing the word into syllables.
Speech skills can be developed with simple game exercises. You can ask your child:
- “What happens...?” (long, red, hot, sharp, etc.);
- "What happens if… ?" (the ball will fall into the water, a black cloud will appear in the sky, I will eat the snow);
- “What can you do...?” (with an apple, a book, a ball, cookies, scissors...);
- "What do you mean where?" (what items are in the bedroom, hallway, kitchen; in which room is there a TV, bed, frying pan, hanger...);
- "Who is this?" (for example: long-eared, gray, coward - who is this?).
GAMES TO DEVELOP LOGICAL THINKING
At this age, the child should already be able to generalize and differentiate objects according to a certain characteristic, work according to a model, and build simple reasoning to solve any problems.
In order to stimulate a preschooler to think logically, you can offer him a variety of games. These can be either store-bought development toys (sorters, puzzles, construction sets, children's lotto) or completely household ones.
For example, your child will have to use their logical skills in the following tasks.
- He is asked to generalize objects according to some characteristic (name everything round in the room, everything yellow, everything soft).
- Determine how two pictures or toys are similar and how they are different.
- Choose identical objects from a variety of objects (balls, bunnies, cubes, etc.).
- Assemble a building from a construction set according to a model.
- Find an extra item from several and explain why it is extra.
- Find paired objects (both real and on cards or pictures). The child will have to determine the sign by which to look for a pair (for a plate - a spoon, for a hat - a scarf, for a chicken - an egg).
- Find a way out of the drawn labyrinth (they are often found in children's educational books or magazines). Variations of such “confusions” can be different: help a cat catch a mouse, meet a dog with a puppy, find a key for Pinocchio, etc.
Brief overview of platforms
To make it easier for you to understand, we have selected platforms according to age:
- Online services with game elements and entertainment content for children from 2 years old, 4-5 years old. They are mainly aimed at developing their horizons, getting to know the world around them and the world of letters and numbers.
- Educational sites with numerous tasks for the development of all thinking skills and erudition for preschoolers and primary school children (5-6 and 7-9 years old).
- Educational services for children 10-11 years old with a variety of online simulators, thematic courses and exercises.
Cognitive activities
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Integrated educational activity with children of middle preschool age on the topic “Zayushkina’s hut”
Program content. 1. Clarify knowledge about domestic and wild animals. 2. To form an idea of the meanings and functions of a traffic light. Instill traffic rules. 3. Strengthen the ability to determine the length of objects by...
FGT topic Furniture 2 junior group
“Rainbow” - topic “Furniture” Form ideas on the topic “Furniture” 2-ml. group To form an idea of the concept of “furniture”: • purpose; • Types of furniture; • Furniture parts; • What furniture is made from; • Methods of handling. Table,…
Three periods of autumn (compendium)
Summary of direct educational activities on the topic: “Three periods of autumn.” (preparatory group) Educational area “Cognition”: systematize children’s knowledge about autumn and autumn phenomena, consolidate ideas about...
Integrated lesson for children of senior preschool age using TRIZ “Oh, my bast shoes”
Goal: 1. Continue to develop the need for knowledge of the man-made world. 2. Improve knowledge about everyday objects (their color, shape, size, material, purpose. 3. Develop coherent speech. 4. Exercise in…
Summary of an open lesson with children of the preparatory group. NGO "Cognition", "Communication". on Topic: “The Journey of Water”
Lesson notes for the preparatory group Fr. O. “Cognition” “Communication” on the Topic: “The Journey of Water” Form of teaching: open lesson on cognitive and research activities of children. Number of children: subgroup Purpose:…
Summary of direct educational activities. "Autumn Fair"
Goals: to generate interest in the fair. Objectives: To summarize and systematize ideas about autumn according to the main, essential features, to consolidate knowledge about a person’s autumn preparations for winter in the garden. Activating the dictionary for...
Corrective lesson on the topic Clothes
Correctional lesson on the topic Clothes Goal: To develop the ability to differentiate clothes by season, to practice the use of pronouns, to use plural nouns in the nominative case in speech, to develop...
An educational activity with elements of work activity. “A hut is not red in its corners, but red in its pies”
Cognitive lesson with elements of work activity in the senior group. “A hut is not red in its corners - it is red in its pies” Goal: To introduce children to ancient household items and their purpose. Give children knowledge about what yeast is and...
Cognitive-speech lesson in the second junior group. "What grew in the garden"
Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution, child development center - kindergarten No. 19 “Joy” Cognitive - speech lesson in the second junior group TOPIC: “What grew in the garden” Prepared by: Marina Efimova...
Topic: “Journey to the Homeland of the Tomato”
Lushnikova M. V., teacher of the 2nd qualification category of the MKDOU D/s “Cherry”, Vargashi village.
Topic: “Journey to the homeland of the tomato.” Software tasks. Educational: to give children an idea of the plant’s need for light, ... Pages: ...
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MEMORY IS NOT ONLY VISUAL
A person remembers not only what he sees, but also what he hears or does. Little Man is no exception. Therefore, memory development must be comprehensive and affect all these aspects.
- Visual memory is developed by games for memorizing a drawing or picture with their subsequent description, describing from memory the location of objects in a room, on a shelf, on a table. You can ask the child to remember what he wore for a walk yesterday, what his mother was wearing. Or draw a grid of several cells on paper, place small objects in each, and then, after giving the child time to memorize, turn it away and swap several objects. Let him try to restore the original arrangement.
- Auditory memory is trained by memorizing poems, nursery rhymes, songs, as well as retelling fairy tales or impressions of significant events, and following oral instructions from an adult. For example, buy several items in an impromptu store and not forget anything. Or place items, setting the table, in a certain sequence.
- Motor memory can be trained by all kinds of games in which children repeat the movements of adults in a certain order. Sometimes an adult can “make a mistake,” while the child needs to do everything correctly and not get lost.
Advice
When going to the store or for a walk, plan your route in advance and ask your child to comment on where to go next. This is also auditory memory training.
MUSICALITY, SENSORY, MOVEMENT
One of the main factors in the proper development of a preschooler at this age remains movement. He must move a lot. This increases his agility, endurance, coordination, develops muscles, and strengthens the skeleton. Therefore, the lesson program should have a lot of space for gymnastics, dancing, exercises, cycling, and all kinds of outdoor games. You can enroll your preschooler in some sports section.
And if motor activity is accompanied by well-chosen melodies, the child will also receive musical development. He will have an improved sense of rhythm, perception of fast and slow music, sad and cheerful.
Advice
At this age, a preschooler can be given to listen not only to children's melodies, but also to classical ones. He already has his favorite tunes, to which he begins to dance or hum.
Sensory perception is, first of all, the development of tactile sensitivity. The baby should have the opportunity to touch a variety of materials and textures: soft, hard, smooth, rough, fluffy, prickly, warm, cold. A good game is to recognize objects by touch without seeing them (for example, by taking them out of a bag).
Improving fine motor skills plays an important role. This helps improve all mental abilities: thinking, speech, memory. In addition, good fine motor skills prepare the hand for writing: the child will hold the pen correctly, the hand will strain and get tired less. Games with small objects and materials are good for this purpose: cubes, construction sets, mosaics, sand, cereals. This also includes finger games, tying shoelaces, fastening zippers, unscrewing corks, drawing, appliqués, and modeling.
ATTENTION – ATTENTION
In order for a child to grow up attentive, be able to concentrate and quickly respond to any changes, it is important to train his attention. You can start as early as 4 years of age. At the same time, it is also not necessary to purchase expensive manuals: the suitable “equipment” is always at hand.
For example, you can play these games.
- Variations on the theme “edible - inedible” (sweet - unsweetened, flies - does not fly, clothes - not clothes).
- "What's new?" (on the table, in the picture, in the guise of dad, in mom’s clothes).
- “Find the differences” (in two pictures).
- “Caravan” - the mother names the animal, the child repeats it and adds his own. Mom repeats both and adds a third. You need to repeat in the order in which the animals are named. They play until someone gets lost.
- "What changed?". During a morning walk, mother and child try to remember everything that surrounds them, and in the evening they compare what has changed (someone hung up the laundry, old women sat on a bench, a car drove up to the next door);
- Close your eyes and name as many different sounds as possible in the room (a clock, the noise of a refrigerator, the purring of a cat) or outside the window (cars driving, birds singing, the wind rustling).
- Close your eyes and tell what order is on the shelf, on the table, what mom is wearing.
It is important to start with easier tasks, gradually making them more difficult, and not forgetting to praise your child for success.
READING AND WRITING
Your child will need these skills in school. After all, the first thing he will have to master by first grade is reading and writing.
In the fifth year, you need to plan lessons with your preschooler to prepare your hand for writing. Here you will already need the first teaching aids - children's copybooks. These are excellent “developers” for the hand, helping the child develop the necessary muscles so that the hand does not get tired while writing. In children's copybooks, the child is asked to trace simple patterns point by point and then reproduce them independently.
To reinforce the perception of the first sound in a word (the entire study of letters is based on this), you can glue cards with images of letters to different objects in the house. Let the child determine in which case the card is glued correctly and in which case it is not.
When teaching preschoolers to read, more and more mothers choose Zhukova’s primer. It consistently shows how letters “merge” into syllables and gives important recommendations to parents. In addition, Zhukova’s teaching methods meet the requirements of school curricula.
Advice
Before you start teaching your child to read, teach him to hear all the sounds in words, in different parts of the word (at the beginning, middle, end), and also to isolate syllables in words. You can find many entertaining games for this.
Only with this approach will the child learn to read and write without errors (children often transfer into writing what they hear or perceive incorrectly).
