Nikitin's Cubes "Fold the Pattern"

Currently, there are a huge number of early development techniques, as well as a large number of different benefits, according to which the authors offer parents to engage with children from an early age. The most famous and popular of them are the methods of Maria Montessori and Glen Doman , but no less attention deserves the early development system created by Soviet educators Boris Pavlovich and Lena Alekseevna Nikitin.

Nikitin's method, or Boris Nikitin's system, is a complex of developing, creative, intellectual games for children of different ages. In this article we will focus on the cubes "Fold the pattern."

Description of the game on the method of Nikitins "Fold the pattern"

The game set consists of 16 cubes, the same size, the length of one edge is 3 cm. All the faces of each cube are necessarily painted differently, in 4 colors. The shape of the sides is also different (triangles and squares). The cubes can be bought not only in the store, but also quite easily produced independently, using the appropriate literature.

From such quantity of cubes it is possible to add simply an improbable quantity of the diversified patterns. First, the child is given the task to lay out a certain pattern, then the inverse problem is to draw a picture, which is formed by cubes and, finally, the last - to come up and create a new image independently, while explaining what is on it. First, children begin to play with only 2-4 cubes at a time, gradually involving in the game all the new pictures.

Nikitin's games "Fold the pattern" are not only very fond of children, but also incredibly useful for early development. In the course of classes, children develop imagination, fine motor skills, creative activity is activated, the child learns to analyze, synthesize, and later independently invent new patterns. In addition, the baby begins to distinguish between the concepts of "small - large", "low - high", remembers the basic colors and much more.

For the game according to the method of Nikitins "Fold a pattern", an album with tasks is also purchased in addition. It offers a variety of drawings that can be made of cubes, and the tasks are arranged in ascending a level of complexity.

At what age can I start classes?

Nikitin's cubes "Fold the pattern" are designed for children from two years old, but you can start showing them to your child much earlier. The toy has a bright color, so it is sure to please even babies up to a year. Of course, a very small child will initially use cubes for other purposes. The crumb will knock them against each other, fold in a box and, of course, try it on the tooth. In this there is nothing to worry about, since Nikitin's cubes "Fold the pattern" are made of wood that is safe and does not have harmful impurities.

Starting from 14-16 months, the baby can already put one cube on another, arrange them next to each other and, of course, will pay attention to a variety of patterns. Parents should show their children how to put up cubes, build turrets, locks and much more from them, while always explaining what they have done. Do not worry if the child will only break your buildings, eventually he will learn everything and everything.

After two years, crumbs will be interesting to repeat after you, and he will independently build various structures and make simple pictures of cubes. And further, depending on the age and development of the child, offer him more and more difficult tasks, and soon the kid himself will want to play with you, and will invent new original patterns.