Benefit from practicing modeling
The tips of children's fingers contain nerve endings that are connected to the speech center, which is why it is so useful to sculpt from plasticine and develop fine motor skills.
Plasticine modeling for children - funny snailscompete in runningPhoto: GettyCreative activities help develop the child's thinking and imagination. He becomes more attentive to details, assiduous, calm. Modeling with plasticine will help strengthen the muscles of the hands and prepare the child for school, where you need to write a lot. This activity also helps to develop sensory sensitivity - awareness of the shape, weight and size of objects, develops mathematical logic.
How to sculpt with a small child
A two-year-old child easily mastersBasic rules for working with plasticine. He rolls it into buns and sausages, kneads and pinches them off, makes flat cakes. For weak children's fingers, plant-based plasticine or salt dough are best. To make crafts from plasticine interesting, modeling should become part of the game. And there is no need to do the difficult work instead of the child, it is better to let the bun be a little crooked and cross-eyed. It is interesting to play the game of tea party with the little ones. Mom tells a story about a bear, a bunny and other toy inhabitants of the children's room coming to visit the doll. They all sat down to drink tea, but there is no treat, you need to help the toys. Together with mom, the baby makes bagels, pretzels, pies, candies, apples and other simple treats from plasticine. Then the toys go to the forest for mushrooms and berries, on the way they see a ladybug and a butterfly with a snail. It is very easy to mold a mushroom with a child. A short sausage is the leg, and a flat cake with curved edges is the cap. A snail can be made from a sausage rolled into a spiral, and a ladybug from a red flattened ball with black dots. A fairy tale invented by mom will develop the child's imagination. Dialogue and molding during the game will have a beneficial effect on children's speech and thinking.
What crafts to do with the child preschoolers at home
Flat crafts are made from plasticine -pictures on thick cardboard, mold three-dimensional figures or toys. The complexity of the idea depends on the age of the child. At 5 years old, he will already be able to mold, with mom's prompts, figures of birds and animals, heroes of favorite fairy tales and cartoons. After watching a new cartoon, do not miss the opportunity to work with the child and make a new toy.
At 5 years old, you can make a figurine with your childturkeyPhoto: GettyIt is interesting to mold the heroes of the fairy tale you have just read - the Gray Wolf, the cunning fox, the little hare. Or make a flat picture on cardboard - the houses of the Three Little Pigs, a strawberry meadow, a New Year tree. Before making a plasticine picture, a drawing is applied to the cardboard with a simple pencil, and the child fills in the contours with plasticine, smearing it or rolling small balls. Modeling from plasticine is very exciting, and the only thing that prevents parents from participating in children's creativity is the lack of time. But they will definitely find 20 minutes a day, knowing that modeling is not only an interesting game, but also an important contribution to the development of the child's personality.
