How good it is to be able to read!Don't pester mom, Don't shake grandma: Read, please, read! "Valentin Berestov "Ma-ma my-la ra-mu" Remember how in childhood we diligently ran our finger along the page of the ABC book? Sometimes learning was a joy, and sometimes the kids burst into tears, unsuccessfully fighting with the naughty letters. Time flies, many things change, but the ability to read remains an indispensable skill for any person. And children still fight with the alphabet. Someone continues to do it the old-fashioned way, under duress and with a scandal. However, in our time there are a huge number of ways to teach a baby to read without coercion, in a playful way. Similar educational programs can be found everywhere: in children's magazines, TV shows and, of course, computer games, for example, "Baba Yaga Learns to Read". This is what will be discussed below. Recently, more and more parents and children's teachers prefer such a series of educational games as "Baba Yaga" by the company "Media House". This educational series includes games aimed at teaching a child to write, read, and get acquainted with the world around them. The series consists of such games as:
- "Baba-Yaga learns to count"
- "Baba-Yaga learns to read"
- "Baba Yaga. School on chicken legs »
- "Baba Yaga. Go there, I do not know where "
- "Baba Yaga and Prosh. We study the world around us »
These training programs are designed for the mostlittle kids. For those who are older, there are other programs in which Baba Yaga will help you learn foreign languages and introduce you to computer science. However, today we will talk specifically about learning to read - about the game "Baba Yaga Learns to Read".
The principle of teaching reading
As already mentioned, many teachersuse the game "Baba Yaga Learns to Read" to teach preschoolers to read. And this is not without reason: the game is based on the method of advanced learning. This type of training is built taking into account the peculiarities of the psychology of children aged four to seven years, so it is the most effective. As a rule, children of preschool and primary school age have difficulty maintaining concentration on one thing. And the game "Baba Yaga Learns to Read" allows you to play it, completing tasks in any order. The child, in order to start playing the next stage of the game, does not necessarily need to finish the previous one. Having launched the game, you and your baby will immediately plunge into a fairy-tale atmosphere with a slight touch of detective. Baba Yaga steals a significant part of the letters. And your task is to find them. However, on the way to the letters, various tests and tasks await the child. And only after solving them, the child will receive a letter. Fairy-tale animals will help your baby. You should not prompt the child the correct options - let him cope with them on his own. Each step of your child is accompanied by various comments and poems of animals. Child psychologists have long ago established that information given to a child in poetic form is absorbed 40% better than any other. By the way, the poetic form is the basis of the entire game "Baba Yaga learns to read".
The essence of the game
This game is ideal not only forthe youngest children who do not yet know the letters, but also for those kids who already know the letters, but do not yet know how to put them together to form syllables. The game will introduce the child to letters, teach how to put syllables and words together. And thanks to the wonderful graphics and professional voice acting, "Baba Yaga Learns to Read" is very similar to a cartoon, in which the child can feel like the main character. The entire educational program consists of three stages:
And finally, to all the kids who successfullyto complete all the tasks offered to them, a surprise from Baba Yaga awaits. We will not spoil the impression and tell you in advance what kind of surprise it is - you will definitely see it yourself. Some parents believe that there is no need to teach a child to read on their own. They say that the time will come and the child will be taught to read at school. On the one hand, this is true, but on the other hand, remember two things:
- Self-evaluation of a child
The vast majority of children come to schoolalready able to read. And your baby may develop an inferiority complex. And at this age, such a phenomenon is extremely undesirable, since self-doubt can accompany the child throughout his entire school life.
- Love of reading
In case your child will studyread "under duress", it is unlikely that in the future a love of reading will be his distinctive feature. Learning in the process of play does not cause any rejection of the reading process in the child. After all, be that as it may, but still "How good it is to be able to read!" And the game "Baba Yaga learns to read" will help your baby.
