Perhaps, in each house there is an old box with various buttons that can be adapted in the most unexpected way - for games. Games with buttons are simple and diverse, do not require special skills, but they have an educational and training effect. Especially useful are the buttons for training fine motor skills of hands, which, as is known, directly affects the development of speech and thinking. In addition, by looking at different suit buttons, the child gets ideas about the size, shape, color - because all the buttons are so different and interesting.
Looking at the buttons, tell the baby that one is different from the other, what color is it, large or small. Do not forget to count the number of holes in it. You can take as a basis for lessons already ready-made games with buttons for children, and you can improvise and invent your own by adding a variety of attributes to the game. It is important to remember the safety rules - button games are not suitable for young children, they can swallow them or shove them into the nasal passage.
Developing activities with buttons
We bring to your attention ideas about what games can be invented with the use of buttons:
- Fold the buttons in rows in size: large to large, small to small. It turns out a kind of "trains" with different trailers.
- Try to fold the buttons out of the buttons - this kind of activity will require the baby to pay special attention and accuracy, so that the construction does not collapse.
- Put the button in a fist and ask the child to guess in which hand it is.
- Arrange the buttons into groups in colors.
- Sew a beautiful bag, in which you can put down the "treasure": let the kid takes out of it one button. To an older child, the task can be complicated - let him tell you what size, color, shape of the button he got, how many holes in it.
- Toddlers 6-7 years old can be taught to sew buttons to their own or doll clothes.
- Starting from a year old the child can be offered such a game: roll it out on a sheet
paper layer of plasticine and lay out the buttons, lightly pressing them down, making up drawings: flowers, butterflies, etc .; - Teach a child to string buttons on a string, making a "merry snake," while paying attention to the difference in texture. A small coquette can adapt a string with buttons like beads or a bracelet.
- You can use the buttons and for the team play: put the button on the index finger of the child. The task of his friend will be to shift the button to his finger without using the others. The one who dropped the item loses. If there are enough children, you can divide them into teams and organize competitions.