Kindergarten projects have become especially relevant after new educational standards were introduced into preschool education.
Educator, psychologist, politician John Dewey is considered the founder of project technology.
What is project activity
The essence of this pedagogical technique is that the teacher comes up with a project aimed at solving a specific research problem. Then it is introduced into work with children. Toddlers are happy to engage in search activities.
A project in a kindergarten in the senior group involves joint creative or play activities aimed at developing initiative, independence, purposefulness, and responsibility in the younger generation.
Design stages in preschool educational institution
Kindergarten projects in the middle group involve five stages:
- the teacher's formulation of the problem, the purpose of the work, the choice of tasks;
- planning activities aimed at achieving the goal;
- search for scientific information, involvement in workparents of pupils;
- presentation of project results;
- collection of reports: diagrams, drawings, photos in the portfolio.
The teacher himself performs the last stage, accumulates the materials of his pupils.
Project types
What projects can be used in kindergarten? Consider the main options:
- creative projects that involve the study of the problem, the demonstration of the results in the form of a theatrical performance;
- role-playing games in which children act as characters in a fairy tale to solve a task;
- creative research projects aimed at solving the problem in the form of a newspaper, design;
- informational and practice-oriented options, involving the collection of information necessary for the guys to design the group.
When choosing the forms of work, the teacher must take into account the individual age characteristics of preschoolers. Toddlers are characterized by increased motor activity, so projects are associated with play activities.
Classification
All projects in kindergarten are divided by duration into:
- short-term (several classes);
- long-term (during the school year).
The teacher can work both with one child (individual activity) and with a group of preschoolers (team work).
Kindergarten project in senior group is a great way toinvolvement of children in active creative activity. Such work contributes to the formation of cognitive interest in preschool children, helps the educator to build individual educational trajectories for each pupil.
For example, projects in kindergarten allow children to correct speech problems and develop communication skills.
Example of a project in a preschool educational institution
How to properly organize activities? In order to answer this question, we present ready-made projects in kindergarten. For example, in some preschool institutions, special speech therapy groups are allocated.
The project on the topic "Onion: tasty, he althy, interesting" is designed to develop the ability to find certain information, write reports, design newspapers.
Among the main tasks set by the educator:
- expansion of preschoolers' ideas about varieties, the place where onions grow;
- formation of the child's skills and abilities to prepare a retelling;
- increase the interest of parents in the creative activities of kids.
Such projects in kindergarten promote joint activities of children and adults. The result will be the creation of an informational newspaper about onions.
Participants in this project will be preschoolers, their fathers and mothers, a teacher, a music worker.
Ready-made projects in kindergarten involve the use of special equipment, visual materials. For example, the project in question will require seedlings, a workerinventory.
In the information corner, the teacher adds material on the topic related to onions: proverbs, riddles, growing tips.
You can start such a kindergarten group project with a role-playing game in which children choose their own responsibilities. Someone will plant onions, another kid will water. They also choose a child (a group of children) who will engage in creative activities: applications, drawings.
Action plan
The teacher organizes an exhibition of children on the topic "Work in our garden." Information material is selected for it: postcards, newspaper clippings, didactic games, fiction.
Next, they sow onions with their parents and teacher. The children from the preparatory group demonstrate the fairy tale "Cipollino" to the younger children.
A he alth worker prepares a lecture on the benefits of onions for a parent-teacher meeting. The teacher chooses with the guys the topics of messages on which they will draw up creative work.
After the project is completed, the results of activities are summed up, a newspaper is issued, delicious onion dishes are presented.
Music worker organizes the accompaniment of the best culinary awards ceremony.
Conclusion
Small projects in kindergarten are an integration version of the educational program. This technique is associated with the use of various techniques that contribute to the deep development of the topic. Project work helps teachers improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the educational project.
Withinimplementation of projects in state preschool institutions according to the second generation of the Federal State Educational Standard, kids receive independent work skills, the teacher acts as a tutor.
The process of solving the task set by the teacher fascinates the preschooler so much that he learns to plan work, control individual stages, and predict results. Among the main tasks that the project methodology successfully solves, we note the stimulation of the natural curiosity of preschoolers by increasing their self-esteem.
Kids who actively participate in research activities in preschool are much more successful and active than their peers during school life.
