Educational cards for children from 0 months. How to make baby cards more durable
Educational cards for children are an excellent learning material. But do not wave them in front of the child, it is much more interesting to play with them. Today I will tell you what educational games we play, then I will give links to the material that we have been using in the last couple of months. The most important principles that I follow are that the game should not only be educational, but also bring secondary benefits. This can be physical activity, speech therapy gymnastics, or repetition of long-traveled material in a form that is interesting for the child. I am sure that in this article you will find a lot of useful and interesting things for the development of your children.
In this photo my baby is 1 year 3 months old
- Foreword
- Description of 9 games
- French download
- English download
Hello dear blog readers. I often write that my son likes developing cards and plays with them with pleasure. I think my child is not the only one. I'm sure other kids are drawn to all sorts of cards. Now Alexander is 3 years 7 months old, in the last six months he can occupy himself for 15-30 minutes in an independent game. And if these are not cars, then definitely cards.
It would seem, why invent something if he himself can get them, play with them and put them back? However, any child with more interest will participate in the game with a favorite object. Another reason to organize joint games– My son still prefers me as a spectator. That is, he lays out, plays, and does not lose sight of his mother. And if I sit down next to him, he will immediately ask: “Mommy, do you want to play with me?”.
Just a week ago, my son woke up with the words: “Where is our poster with mushrooms?”. We beat the mushrooms in the second round a few months ago, and I was relieved to remove the poster so that I had a piece of the wall. That morning we had breakfast, played, worked out, and I went to cook dinner, and Alexander himself found something to do:
- He himself took out developing cards about mushrooms;
- he chose which he wanted;
- I started reading to myself.
When he read almost everything (they are lying on the sofa in front of him in the video), I nevertheless looked up from the stove and approached with the camera. Of course, Alexander noticed me, but this did not bother him at all.
Educational cards - games
1. How can you not just learn the alphabet, but really remember which letter comes after which? You will need developing cards "Alphabet". We lay them out on the floor and remove 3-5 letters. We give these 3-5 cards to the child, having mixed them in advance. We turn on the music and the child runs around the alphabet. As soon as the music has stopped, he must correctly arrange the letters that he has in his hands. The game can be played many times, removing all new letters. As long as the child has the mood and desire, you can play.
I do not turn on the music, I hum any melody, while holding the whistle in my hand. As soon as I finish humming and the whistle sounds, Alexander lays out the missing letters. Since I decided to write about these games, I'll post a very homemade video. It is spontaneous, I took it off on one of the Sundays - our English day. Alexander quite unexpectedly began to sing, I picked it up, in general, the child stretched his legs and vocal cords.
On that day, he took out his alphabet puzzles, which we used when we first started learning English (at the age of three). And so that my son would not just connect them, but there would be some benefit, I invited him to play.
2. Another alphabet game. In any container, open or in the form of a bag, we add cards with words. And on the other side, on the floor or carpet, lay out the alphabet. The child puts his hand in the container and pulls out one word. If the kid is reading, then he reads and finds the corresponding letter of the alphabet with which this word begins. If not reading, then the parent calls the word, and the child finds the letter. It seems to me that this game can arouse interest among children who are engaged in the Reading from Diapers kit.
3 . We take developing cards, for example, fruits or vegetables, and any food. Two people must participate in the game, since Alexander has no brothers and sisters, I am his partner. He chooses any card, and I turn my back on him. The child is trying to explain to me with suggestive sentences what is depicted on it. For example, “apple” - it can be green, red, yellow, it is juicy, juice is made from it, the peel is removed from it before eating, etc. Or “cupcake” - it is sweet, it is cooked in the oven, you can add raisins or nuts to it, etc. Then we change.
It is important that the child hears how a more experienced partner plays! So he himself imperceptibly learns. As you understand, this game develops vocabulary. We play it in English. not grown up yet.
And the last time we played this game, what do you think? With a set of 100 flowers from Umnitsa. We went through this kit a long time ago, but sometimes I see that information about the color is forgotten. I divided all the material into shades, took only red ones and began to ask leading questions in turn. So with pleasure they repeated the material that had been covered for a long time.
4. Basically, all educational cards have a picture and a word, that is, they are not made according to Doman. But we are “crazy hands moms” and we can do everything ourselves.
So, for example, your child is learning body parts in Spanish. We make one card with a picture, and another with a word that denotes this picture. Lay everything face down and turn over two at a time. If the child got a picture - a nose and a word - a nose, then he takes them for himself, if not, then he leaves them for you. In other words, this is a Memory game, but in it you need to combine a picture with a word, which gives the child not only knowledge of the names, but also the practice of reading. I think that it is clear that the one who has collected more pairs wins.
5. Do not forget about the basics, remember how you flew, jumped on the “Children Reading” cards? If your educational material is laminated, then you can make a “bridge” across the “river”, along which the child must jump to the other side. With each jump, he names a card.
6. You need to print and cut out a medium sized fish. On the floor, stretch the adhesive tape for two meters, different in color from the floor. The child stands at one end, the parent at the other. An adult shows a card and the child must name it correctly. In this case, for kids, you can choose developing cards with pictures, and for older children with words. If it was possible to read a word or name an object, then the child can blow on the fish so that it “floats” along the river. When the fish swims up to the parent, it means that the child has won. I think that it is not necessary to talk about the importance.
7. If your baby allows you to blindfold him, then do it, if not, then let him close them. The parent divides the study material equally and places stacks in each of the four corners of the room. The child stands in the middle of the room and the mother begins to spin him, while he counts to ten (development). Mom tries to twist the child so that he stops facing one of the corners. The kid takes the cards from this corner, the parent calls them or he reads them himself. The game continues by spinning the other way...and ends when the cards from all corners have been taken.
The last time we played it was with “emotion robots”, which will be linked below. Discussed all the emotions in English. I learned so many interesting things about my child by asking questions: “Why do you think the robot is sad?”, “What makes you sad sometimes?”. And so about all the emotions - cheerful, frightened, proud.
8. Great practice for asking questions. The parent shows what topic the game will be about. Then the baby turns away, and the adult chooses one card and holds it face to face. The child asks questions: “Is it a dog?”, “Is it a ball?”, “Is it a book?” etc. If the child guesses the object, then he takes it for himself. Now the parent should ask questions about the object chosen by the child. Remember the importance of role reversal - you are setting the right example by quietly teaching.
We played this game with bulk . First, of course, they picked up household items for each card, and then they asked each other questions.
9. Animal theme. The parent has developing cards with animals and he agrees in advance that the child will be given 3 clues for each object. For example: he has 5 fingers on his front paws, he is very strong, there are stripes on his skin. Who is it? Of course the tiger!
The child can guess from the first clue or from the third. If you didn’t guess right, then put it off until the next time without showing the card to the child. Let him think about the clues, next time he will definitely succeed.
Download educational cards: review with link
Now I will share with you a variety of download links for the material. If you teach your child English or French, then the cards I have collected will definitely help you in interactive classes. You can read about how my son learns languages, as well as about bilingualism in children, in the articles of certain headings, which are located in the right column of the blog. Here, I advise you to go to the comments after reading it. There, parents share their experiences and get answers to questions.
So, let's begin. Wouldn't your child like these math pictures? And if you apply the games described above?
To download, click on Numbers 1 to 10 Flash Cards – A4 by going to Mr.printables
Teaching material in French
Fruit in French are given on the page along with the video and the correct pronunciation of each word in the voice recording. To download, you need to click directly on the picture.
Unfortunately this site has closed. Therefore, below I give links for downloading those cards that I have preserved.
Vegetables in French. Download.
Sweets in French
My dear mother! After studying them, my husband had to take us to the best pastry shop in the city, since we could not agree to anything less. I have never seen Alexander gobbling up so many sweets. We went, we ate, we calmed down.
Free download.
Alphabet in French
The French alphabet is very gentle, all colors are soothing. You can download it on the website Mr. printables
signs of nature
Study material in English
Alphabet in English
I can't imagine a person who wouldn't fall in love with this work of art, but here's the problem, the site provides a link to material in half a matchbox or in a huge size for decorating children's rooms. Therefore, in order for the training material to appear at the correct size, I had to manually edit each picture. Taken from the site Rookno17. And let me download my link with edited content.
Or maybe you like the clearer outlines of the minimalist? Then you here.
What I liked about this alphabet are words that are rarely used in English flashcards.
Did you know that you can make such wonderful pictures for a children's room from developing cards?
Flags for children
The modern world dictates its own rules of life. And today's children do not have books in their hands, but tablets and laptops. Therefore, various methods of early development of children are so popular.
The brain of a child is a blank slate. Everything that we have time to write down on this sheet will become the foundation for the further development of a successful personality. The easiest and most feasible method of learning at home is educational cards for children. Despite the civilizational breakthrough, humanity cannot do without elementary teaching methods. A small person needs to know the world around him, but at the same time be safe.
Educational flashcards are a safe and convenient way to get to know the world early
There are various options for the development of the child with the help of pictures and cards. But perhaps the most popular is Doman's training cards. Glenn Doman's technique arose on the basis of methods for treating and teaching children with severe brain injuries. As a result, children with a clear developmental delay began to outperform their peers both in physical and mental indicators. As a result, Doman created a simple and easy-to-use training program for healthy babies. Educational cards with a bright picture and a word make it possible for a mother at home to make her child, if not a genius, then a diversified personality.
Glen Doman cards are themed pictures with a caption. In the picture, a bright object-animal-plant, and so on. The signature under the object is clear, large and bright red.
- Things in the house.
- Clothing.
- Toys.
- Pets.
- Wild animals.
- Sea creatures.
- Birds.
- Insects.
- Vegetables.
- Fruit.
- Flowers.
- Berries.
- On the street.
Using cards, you can develop the horizons of the baby and show the crumbs how rich in colors the world around him is.
Along with this, they search and read:
Video: Teaching animals
How to use the cards
Pictures should be shown when the child is healthy, full and in a good mood. Do not insist if there is no interest in classes. In babies from birth to three years old, the peculiarity of the brain is such that the nerve centers responsible for various functions of the body cannot develop simultaneously and at the same speed. Therefore, if the child is physically active, there will be some delay in mastering speech. But don't let that scare you. The Doman method takes into account just this feature of the development of the child's brain. Education develops photographic memory, which further facilitates learning to read and count. Even before a year, not being able to speak, the little one will master a lot of names of objects and phenomena, which will serve the further correct development of speech and horizons.
It is enough to show the baby educational cards 1-2 times a day. Show quickly, 1 second per picture, pronounce the word clearly and cheerfully. If the baby shows interest in such a game, increase the number of card displays per day. But do not overdo it: learning games should be fun for both you and your baby. Gradually remove the studied material from the thematic set by adding fresh pictures.
According to the Doman method, the child sees the object, hears its name, remembers the spelling. That is, he learns to read, but not by syllables, but by the whole word. To teach counting, Doman suggests showing the baby cards with red dots. This is how the skill of counting in the mind is formed.
Doman or Montessori
Educational pictures, as one of the ways of understanding the world, also includes the method of Maria Montessori. But Montessori cards, firstly, are not the main learning opportunity, secondly, they are designed differently in order to highlight the object and control errors, and thirdly, there is a limit on the number of cards in favor of studying a specially created and natural learning environment. That is, instead of a picture with a flower, it is preferable to water a flower that actually exists in a flower bed. The cards themselves are designed in such a way that the child develops logic and correctly classifies objects by subject and category. On a white background, an object or animal isolated from the environment.
The cards are all the same size. The color of the frame in the picture determines the thematic group. For example, green frame - plants, red - animals, yellow - objects of the world of people. Since educational pictures are always located in a conspicuous place and by subject, the child has the opportunity to independently choose and study them. The teacher does not impose anything, but only presents and answers the student's questions. In this difference from the Doman training cards that are offered for study, their number and subject are controlled.
When to Start Early Childhood Development
In this regard, the recommendations of Doman and Montessori differ. The Doman Method insists on learning from birth. And under all favorable conditions, it is possible that a baby up to three years old will learn to read and count. If you do not set yourself such a global goal, then in practice it is good to start using Doman's developing cards up to a year (10-11 months). And by the age of three, the child will have a sufficient vocabulary and conceptual apparatus.
According to Glenn Doman, the intensive growth of the child's brain from one to three years provides the greatest learning efficiency. And after the age of three, the development of brain centers slows down and the ability to assimilate new material also decreases. In the original Montessori teaching is designed for children from three years old. It is based on the freedom of choice of the child and proper organization learning space. Therefore, the methods of Maria Montessori are popular in kindergartens for teaching younger children. preschool age. Already later followers of the Italian teacher extended the teaching to babies from the year of life.
At home, it is difficult to fully implement all the requirements of the Montessori method, especially in terms of organizing the learning space. But educational games and pictures are quite realistic to purchase and use at home.
For better adaptation little man in the outside world, cards on everyday topics are very important. If you apply the method of early development with the help of pictures, then the child will be oriented in household items, clothes and shoes from the age of one. Know the purpose and use of household items, such as a telephone, key, lock, book, glasses, and so on. From three years old, the baby will be able to distinguish species household appliances and determine which equipment poses a danger to his health and life (for example, a hot iron). Understand what clothes to wear and in what order. In what weather to use, for example, an umbrella or wear boots. Determine which dishes are eaten from and which foods are stored in.
Three years is the age at which socialization begins. The child goes into the world on his own, learns to make friends, communicate, express himself. He breaks away from his mother, goes to Kindergarten. So, with the help of early development methods from one to three years, the child is being prepared for life in children's groups. Where you have to dress and put on your own shoes, to distinguish your clothes from someone else's, to serve yourself. Every baby is an individual and a person from birth. Therefore, our task is to prepare the child for independent life in modern conditions with the highest quality and variety, to acquaint him with the world of people, nature and objects.
Here you will find a description of several ways to get some cards for classes at home, as well as some technical tricks (or a minimum of knowledge) for working with special programs that will help you make cards yourself.
So, you have decided to study with your child “according to Doman”. Well, or just deal with cards, according to some own scheme and method. Where to get them?
Before every active mother, this question constantly pops up - where to get it - namely, the dilemma of buying or doing it yourself. I have already given general considerations about toys and educational aids in general here, along with my own chips for choosing one or another option. Now - actually about the cards, and as the name implies - about the home-made version.
Buy?
You can buy separate sets, I myself purchased several sets cards from the Mozaika-Sintez publishing house (series “Tell the children about…”), and this was done as part of bulk purchases, that is, at a fairly attractive price. Pay for 10-20 pictures 100 or more rubles, with the price of color printing in mini-printing houses from 15 rubles. for an A4 sheet (and if you stop at the “two per sheet” cards, the cost is reduced by 2 times) I am mentally not ready. Another minus purchased options - they usually bear little resemblance to classic Doman cards(an object on a white background with a caption), and some are also aesthetically dubious (in other words, they are not very well drawn or the photographs are of poor quality). Publishers that make “correct” cards most often offer them in A4 size, which is not very convenient, and the images on them are drawn, not photographic. I wanted to show the child real objects.
I posted a collection of cards for review (just to decide whether to buy) in our Vkontakte group, You can check it out and even download it.
Do!
Here are a few ways to get hold of non-printing cards, that is, own or partially own production.
1. Download the electronic version and print.
The simplest technical option, which, however, requires time to search. Few people share really good cards in the public domain., 1-2 options for hand-drawn images are usually walking around the Internet, which do not cover all topics. For lack of a better way, you can start with them - what if they don’t captivate your child at all? Scans obtained in different ways didactic aids offered by different publishers most often have unsatisfactory scanning quality: the sheets are gray (this will affect printing), the pictures are cloudy and pale. In my collection most of cards - just scans, I corrected them a little in graphic programs, but I can’t vouch for the print quality, because. I myself use them mainly for demonstration from the screen(tablet or laptop), and also take the text from there (it is already adapted for children, no need to invent anything).
2. Prepare the cards yourself and print them out.
The only downside is time., some technical skills are also required, but otherwise - solid pluses:
- You choose the format yourself - a card in full sheet, in half (A5) or in a quarter (A6, the size of a standard photo).
- You select a picture that suits you in terms of quality and appearance. If you like drawings - make drawings, like photos - select photos: if you want - with a background, if you want - “cut out”.
Read below about the technical aspects of creating pictures on your computer, but for now, a few other comments and methods.
How and where to print?
If a you have a color printer at home - no questions, this is the cheapest option. If there is no printer, you can search with friends, with your husband at work, or go to a mini-printing house. In our city, printing a sheet in color costs from 15 rubles. (plus paper if you need cards on thick cardboard), so you should consider whether this is profitable.
For owners of black and white printers, there is an option print coloring pages and quickly bring them to life with pencils. Yes, it also takes time, but it is budget-friendly. You can color together with your child or ask an older one.
Don't Forget the Option screen demonstrations. With the spread of tablets, this has become very easy. The effect is essentially the same, but there are no costs. I started showing my daughter pretty early. electronic presentations, and we started looking at the cards when our printer was covered. We also sometimes look at task books from the screen, without printing, she shows with her fingers what to connect with what and what goes with what. It also saves space in the house, because. Printouts need to be stored somewhere. However, not everyone considers it acceptable to plant a child on any screen.
So another option is
make scrapbook cards.
"Raw materials" can be newspapers, magazines, advertising booklets, catalogs, outdated or torn children's books, used workbooks and albums for creativity (for example, the well-known brochures "School of the Seven Dwarfs"). The minus of clippings is the lack of consistency. That is, it is rather difficult to make a selection of exactly vegetables, because it is still unknown what pictures you will find in your old magazines. Yes, everyone will be different in size. From my own experience, I was convinced that with clippings, quantity quickly turns into quality. If you collect pictures with enviable constancy, after some time any objects and any animals will be found there. They can be glued to paper or cardboard, and signed by hand. Great cards!
The last option - as they say, with your own hands from and to - is
draw your own cards
pencils, paints, in any other available techniques. The process is laborious, it takes time and some talent on the part of the mother. I have seen similar examples on "mamosites" and sincerely admire such craftsmen. Such cards can then be saved for the next generation of children; there will be a unique family, if not a relic, then a very valuable thing.
Technical minimum!
Now some technical information for those who prefer to follow a relatively simple and affordable way in modern realities - to make up cards on their own for their subsequent printing.
Programs to help you:
— Adobe Photoshop. If you have it, you probably know how to perform a couple of actions in it, namely, you will need to “set image size”, “insert” (picture) and “text”, and scale both. Video tutorials are enough, they are easily accessible. The most difficult thing, in my opinion, is the installation of the program. There is also an online version of a program similar to Photoshop - Photo editor online. You can work directly on the network, you don’t even need to download anything. There are fewer functions than in the usual one, but to create cards, you need the most elementary ones. By the way, if you are going to master the program and will look for distributions, do not chase the new version. Even the oldest one, from the 90s or early 2000s, has all the buttons you need.
- Corel Draw and other vector graphics editors. I do it in Korel, this program is dear to me. There you need to learn all the same elementary actions - select the sheet format, insert a pre-prepared picture, insert a signature. The advantage is that you can create multi-page documents in this program (In Photoshop - only the current picture), that is, prepare a whole set or several at once, as well as easily clone pages, place several cards on a sheet, etc.
— Banal MS Word. If there is no way to work with graphic programs, then you can do it there. It is very easy to make an A4 format picture - “Insert” (picture), move the cursor down the sheet and make a signature - large, bright (Doman recommends red signatures). If you make 2 cards on a sheet, you can create a table in 2 columns to repeat the steps. Or split the page into 2 columns. Otherwise, placing 2 pictures one next to the other will be problematic. Well, it will seem more convenient for someone to make signatures using the Signature tool.
Image viewers. Among them there are programs that have fairly wide possibilities for editing images. By changing the brightness and contrast, moving the color gamut sliders in different directions, cropping the edges and rotating the images, you can significantly improve appearance pictures that you come across on the Internet. For example, a jaguar / elephant / watermelon is good for everyone in the photo, then it is dark / cloudy / with an ugly edge. A couple of mouse movements, and you no longer need to look for a new picture. I have previously used ACDsee now in love with FastStone Image Viewer, and one of the most valuable features for the lover of homemade printed games - batch image conversion. In particular, I did not post my collection of cards for a long time precisely because editing each image to make it at least pleasant to look at is quite a chore. And when you can correct the color and brightness, and at the same time rename 20-30 at once ... beauty!
Where to get pictures, how to find them.
A simple and obvious resource - Yandex.Pictures and picture servers of other popular search engines. I prefer the Yandex service, and here's why. There you can set additional search parameters:
"The size". For printing, a small one will not work at all, at least a medium one will do, but it’s better to take large ones, “wallpaper” rarely has the white background we need (both “according to Doman” and saving paint when printing at home).
"Type of". Enter a query (for example, "giraffe", "pear"), click "clipart" and rejoice! For those who have had little to do with images, clipart is just pictures (and more often collections of pictures) without a background that designers use.
"Color": if you choose white as the dominant color, we get a similar effect, namely, pictures on a white background.
"File" (meaning the format). The PNG format is especially interesting - pictures have not just a white, but a transparent background, that is, a png image can be placed on a different colored background and you don’t even have to cut or crop anything in graphic programs.
There are many separate sites with collections of clipart. Allday.ru, for example. You can “luckily stumble” on a good collection once and be provided good pictures throughout the child's childhood. True, it is rarely possible to download pictures from them directly, more often through file hosting, captchas and other complicating life.
On sites representing wallpaper collections- screensavers on your computer desktop, you can also find a lot of good photos. It is convenient when they are grouped by topic: Animals, Mountains, Sea, etc.
Presentations for children is another source of images for cards. This refers to ppt and pps files. How can I get pictures from there?
Ppt is a format that implies editing a presentation, its working mode. The picture can be obtained from the slide in view mode. To do this, select it and right-click to call the context menu, in which select "Save as picture", then select the location on the disk where to save.
It is more convenient for me to save the entire presentation at once as a series of pictures from slides. It's faster, and you can always cut out an image without captions from a slide picture. To do this, select File / Save as / Other formats, then in the drop-down list at the bottom, select "Picture in JPEG format". By default, in the same folder where the presentation was located, a series of images will appear, one per slide. If the presentation is of high quality, you will immediately get a series of cards for printing.
Many presentations are presented in pps format, that is, in view mode. They start right away, you can’t affect the speed of switching slides in any way and you won’t be able to make any edits at all, except to pause in the context menu until ... resave to ppt format. I know this way: in the Total Commander file manager, hover over a presentation in pps format and press F3 (or View) - the presentation will open in the working window, and from here you can already change animation settings (for example, change slides on click, not on time ), format, and save it as images. Another way - from the file manager or regular Explorer - select "Create" in the context menu, the result is the same.
Women's forums, sections of mothers-designers. Some mothers who have begun to master design and Photoshop on maternity leave are fond of creating their own clipart and kindly post it for public use. Previously, there were many such collections on the Motherhood forum. Although such archives of designer moms can probably be found on any popular women's forum in the “hobbies” section.
In general, I will not hide, the process of creating cards with your own hands, like any needlework and “hand-making” is not always fast, sometimes painstaking, requiring personal time and attitude, as well as minimal technical skills, but at the same time addictive and creative process. Try it!
08.08.2018 Julia Tatarinova
In a previous article, I shared ideas for children. Today I publish a review of the cards.
Someone prefers drawings, someone photographs. But the most important thing about cards is their durability.
When buying, pay attention to the size. Large cards are better than small ones. We have both and Antoshka likes to play with the bigger ones. And small cards are convenient to use for sorting games, because it is desirable to have a lot of them and it would be nice to be inexpensive.
Series "Smart cards"(Ozone, My-shop) from Rosmen publishing house.
This is our favourite. Each set contains 32 cards, some 36. The ideal size is 155 x 105 mm. The cardboard is dense, the images are bright and very realistic. A huge selection of kits: animals, food, sports, professions, letters, counting and much more.
Some kits, such as "Colors" and " Geometric figures» are slightly smaller in size, but also definitely worth it to buy them.
On the reverse side are various tasks and questions for the child. So this is an additional source of ideas for card games.
Handout cards
In a set of 16 pieces. The cards are small - 87x64 mm. This is their minus. But the price is great.
For a penny, you can have a whole set of cards on a wide variety of topics: dishes, tools, hats, wintering birds, etc.
Demo Pictures(Labyrinth, Ozone, My-shop) from the Sfera publishing house.
The same series, only these are not quite cards, because. they are very large (220x175 mm). This is the perfect equivalent of handout cards, only much larger. And the themes are the same. Well, they cost more.
On the reverse side - a poem, riddles, questions and information about the object.
Demonstration pictures are ideal for learning topics such as trees, birds. After all, it is important to be able to see the details.
The set also includes 16 cards.
IQ Baby Series(Ozone, My-shop) from Iris-press publishing house.
We do not have such cards, but they look attractive in terms of price and appearance. According to reviews, not very thick cardboard. Size - 80x90 mm.
Huge selection of topics. In every set different number cards - from 12 to 23. Sets with three-dimensional figures, polyhedrons are very interesting.
Educational cards "Wunderkind from the cradle"
There are sets with mini-cards - 84 - 100 cm, and there are with large ones - 165 - 195 mm. Thick cardboard and convenient packaging. There are sets of 20, and there are 40 double-sided cards.
We have on the topic "Car Brands". On one side of the car, and on the other - their logo.
While doing this review, I found excellent sets that I will definitely buy: Masterpieces of Artists and Cosmos. On the reverse side - Interesting Facts and assignments.
Series "Entertaining cards"(Ozone, My-shop) from Iris-press.
Large and colorful pictures aimed at teaching counting, reading, spelling, study of English language and familiarity with the environment. Each set is designed for a different level of mastering the skill of reading or counting.
The game uses both front and back sides.
There is detailed instructions for parents.
Like this series very much. High quality. We still have a set of "Mice". Antoshka works with great pleasure.
Series "Clever. World in the palm of your hand"(Labyrinth, Ozone, My-shop).
There are large sets of 144 cards, dear. And there are less. There are interesting facts on the reverse side.
In my opinion, it's too expensive. The series is very popular, but there are also reviews full of disappointment.
Educational cards from the publishing house "Umka"(Ozone).
Presented in three series.
There is a series of "16 educational cards", size - 190x120 mm.
The cardboard is thin. Photos and facts are shown on the front side. It would be better if the information block was moved to the reverse side.
"Tear-off cards", which also indicates insufficient cardboard density. And there are only 12 cards.
And there is a series of 36 cards, the packaging is similar to "Smart cards" from Rosman. On one side - pictures, on the other - tasks for the child. But the quality of "Smart Cards" does not cause me any doubts, unlike these.
memory
Memory is a well-known card matching game. Develops memory and expands horizons. It is interesting to play for both children and adults. It is convenient to take this game on a trip, because. it takes up little space.
My husband and I play these sets (Labyrinth, Ozone, My-shop):
There are special kits for kids.
labyrinth
My shop
labyrinth
Ozone
My shop
labyrinth
Developmental techniques for children great amount, Glenn Doman's theory is the most famous of them. You can learn about the essence of the methodology, advantages and disadvantages, as well as download Doman cards (conveniently arranged into categories) on this page.
The essence of Glen Doman's technique
From birth, the human brain is tuned to the knowledge of the world around us by all possible means. Using this feature of it, it is possible to carry out successful learning earlier (note that we are talking about learning, not development!). It is recommended to start exercising from 3-6 months of age. The Doman technique allows you to lay the foundations for the development of a high level of intelligence, form a strong craving for knowledge, teach incredibly early reading in your native and foreign languages, and mathematics. So says the author of the method.
Training cards were specially developed for the methodology. They contain an image of an object and an inscription-word denoting it. Presented in the form of sets, united by a common theme. For example: "Flowers", "Fruits", etc. You can download such Doman cards by going through the sections of this page.
When developing them, numerous nuances of perception and attention of young children were taken into account, which directly affects the efficiency of work. In this section, cards are available for free download, made strictly in accordance with the principles of Doman. Each of them displays only one object on a pure white background, they are large, without frames and colored edging, all important details are perfectly visible in the picture. All items have their own name. It is written under their image in large font in bright red.
Just download Doman's cards, print them out and give them to your child? No, parents will need serious organization and, over time, a huge fantasy of how to catch, seat and show these cards to the child in the end. The problem of the interest of an ordinary, healthy child in the process is the complexity of the methodology. In addition, there are certain rules. It is necessary to start the exercise when both the baby and the adult are in a good mood. Be sure to say: "Now I'll show you ... (birds, trees, etc.." After that, start the show. It is recommended to demonstrate each card for 1-2 seconds. At the same time, the adult pronounces loudly and clearly, in a calm voice, the word written under drawing.The number of cards can be from 10 to 120, depending on the interest of the child.Important points:
- It is impossible to look at the card when demonstrating, so as not to interfere with the child's view of the image.
- Classes are initially carried out 1 time per day, then their number is increased.
- One card should not be shown more than 3 times per day.
- It is not necessary to require the child to repeat the names, unless he himself wants to do this.
- It is better to stop the game before the baby loses interest.
- Gradually, you need to add new sets, and remove well-studied ones.
- Shows should be systematic, only in this case you can achieve results.
How to make Doman Cards yourself?
We suggest you download Doman cards and print them for your child. It is better to do this on matte (so that there are no glare) paper with a density of 250-300 g / m2 or stick it on cardboard. It is advisable to laminate ready-made cards, then they will last longer, and they can be used in other educational games.
This didactic material can also be successfully used in the method of Makato Shichida, aimed at developing photographic memory, creativity, and intuition. To do this, you only need to cut off the names of objects along the dotted line.