Senior preschool age (5-7 years old) is the period when a child develops knowledge and skills that he will need later in school and in life. At this time, the children go through a period of "why", and the children begin to be interested in more global issues. A preschooler should already be able to read, count to 10, know the names of the main geometric shapes on the plane and in volume. Very important during this period is the formation of concepts: "good and bad." At 5 years old, a child can already concentrate well on a specific task and complete it without being distracted. That is why at this age it is necessary to develop the child in all directions. Tasks for a 5-year-old child will help him prepare as much as possible for school.
Speech development in preschoolers
As a rule, at this age, children already speak well. They know a lot of words, are able to build complex sentences, and also describe events and objects using synonyms and antonyms. Children aged 4-5 years are verylisten carefully to what adults say, and copy their style of communication. It is very important that a five-year-old child learns to pronounce every sound and word correctly. In order for the child's speech to be clear and sonorous, it is necessary to perform speech development exercises with him.
Speech therapy classes
Speech therapy tasks for children 5 years old are divided into several categories: finger exercises, articulatory gymnastics and tongue twisters. Tasks using the fingers are very conducive to the development of speech, articulatory gymnastics allows you to correctly open your mouth and put your tongue while pronouncing sounds, tongue twisters, in turn, consolidate the knowledge gained. Let's consider each of the categories separately.
Finger gymnastics
An example of a task for a 5-year-old child to develop fine motor skills: "Flower"
Hands, folded so that they form a flower bud. Reading the poem, open the flower on the words “opens”, and close the flower on the word “lays down”.
Articulation gymnastics
Articulatory (facial) gymnastics are exercises for the development of the muscles of the tongue and lips. If these parts of the child's body are not sufficiently developed, then he will not be able to pronounce sounds correctly and clearly. It is recommended to complete tasks for a 5-year-old child to develop articulation near a mirror.
- Ask your baby to show his tongue. Let him imagine that the tongue is a swing, and shake it on the count of times - to the upper teeth, on the count of two - tobottom.
- Exercise with lips: on the count of one - stretch your lips into a tube, on the count of two - smile broadly. You can also try scratching your upper and lower lip with your teeth.
Patters
There are a huge number of tongue twisters for each sound. All of them help to develop the child's speech: to make it clearer and more expressive.
Developing tasks for children 5 years old in the form of tongue twisters:
Such tongue twisters teach to pronounce the sounds [t][d][h]. Children love to read and learn such funny rhymes.
Develop memory
A child's memory must be developed as early as preschool age. At the age of 5, children perceive and remember new information very well, and in order for such results to be preserved in the future, some effort must be made. So what kind of developmental tasks for children 5 years old help train memory?
- Memorizing items. Lay out 4 different items in front of the baby (for example: a typewriter, a pen, a phone and keys). Ask the child to take a good look at them and turn away. Move objects out of sight. Now, when the child turns around, ask him to name what he saw before. If it is not difficult for him, complicate the exercise - ask the color of objects, shape, purpose.
- Memorizing words (objects and actions). Say 4 different words in a row (objects - table, cup, house, flower, or 4 different actions - sit, read, play, laugh) askchild to repeat them. If such tasks for a child of 5 years old turn out to be easy, feel free to use 5-7 words.
- Spot the difference pictures, as well as reading and analyzing books you read help train your memory. For example, start reading a long story to your child. Read half and leave the rest for the next day. Before reading the next part, ask the child what he remembered from the previous one, analyze together the characters and events of this story.
Developing tasks for logic
Logic is a very important ability that needs to be developed. The thinking of a child at the age of 5 years is very peculiar. Surely, many mothers have noticed that at this age, children are sometimes smarter than adults. It is very important not to miss this period and help the child develop.
Before studying logical tasks for children of 5 years old, it is necessary to determine what types of thinking the child already operates at this age. As a rule, at the age of 5, children are able to compare, analyze, classify and synthesize objects and actions.
Exercise "Draw"
The bottom line is that the child needs to finish drawing part of the object.
Children's puzzles help develop logic. Collecting puzzles with the whole family is a very fun and rewarding activity. In addition, math assignments for children 5 years old help develop thinking. For example, lay out 8 coins on the table and give the child matches. Ask him to put it on the tableas many matches as coins.
Spend at least 30 minutes every day with your child. However, you should not overwork and force the baby, be sure to take breaks for gymnastics. The process of studying with a child should look like an exciting game for him, and then he will learn and remember everything well.
