Geometry for kids is an ambiguous subject, because there are so many shapes, and there are even more ways to study them. Which of them should be taken for work in the first place and how to make the crumbs be interested in them? Let's discuss approaches that can be used to teach new material.
First you need to study with the children simple figures that will be understandable to them.
More complex concepts, such as a trapezoid or a rhombus, are best left for later. First, the baby needs to learn the simplest shapes: a circle, a triangle and a square. Having mastered this simple science, you will be able to start exploring new horizons. Psychologists and educators say that the circle is given to children to memorize the easiest way.
Time to study shapes
The first attempts to get acquainted with the figures can be started almost from birth. Game presentation of material will always be appropriate. Whether you show your baby a picture with a ball or a cube, you can always say in addition about their shape. Such an easy presentation will be perceived positively by the child.
A 2-year-old toddler should already be able to distinguish between:
- triangle;
- a circle;
- square.
3-year-old baby additionally knows:
- oval;
- rhombus;
- rectangle.
Following them, you can begin to introduce the child to the trapezoid, ellipse, etc. Don't forget to include games and fun in your activities with your children.
To make classes interesting, you should select fascinating didactic materials. The principle of mastering figures
Geometric figures for children in different periods are assimilated differently. Knowing the age characteristics, it will be easier for you to choose the appropriate technique and teach new concepts.
Choose a circle first to study. When the child learns it well, proceed to the next step. Beat the situation when a big circle came to visit the baby. Circle the circle with your child's finger, touch it with your palm, make an application based on it, adding round eyes and a nose.
Volumetric figures will be quite appropriate when studying forms. So the child will be involved in another sensory organ. The baby will always be able to touch the object, do some manipulations with it: build a tower, throw it, put it in a box. Such a multifaceted way of getting acquainted with a new concept will be very effective, because children at this age learn the world around them through visual-active thinking.
It is advisable to choose the same color and size for a start. Let all the concepts being studied be, for example, red, then the child will not have problems with the perception of the new, he will not be distracted by color and size differences.
It is very interesting when the figures are not just drawn on paper, but lively and voluminous. Learning Features
We list the features of child development, and in particular the perception of figures:
- At 1-2 years old, the baby compares them visually, learns to sort (we recommend reading:). The child begins to choose from the available figures the desired one and insert it into the appropriate hole.
- A grown up 2-year-old child is able to choose the called form from a number of presented figures.
- The development of a 3-year-old allows him to already name some figures on his own.
When playing and talking, always pay attention to the surrounding objects and compare them with already familiar geometric shapes. Walking in the park, you can also draw the attention of the little one to the appearance of triangles and circles, even outside the home. Constantly referring to this topic, you can easily find out what else needs to be worked out, and what the baby has already learned well.
The study continues in the following vein:
- comparison of flat and three-dimensional figures with the specified samples;
- search for a three-dimensional body using an existing flat image;
- reconstruction of geometric bodies (sculpting, drawing, cutting);
- analysis of a picture with a complex object, identification of its constituent parts.
Walking and playing with the child, you need to pay his attention to things of different forms. learning
Looking for geometry around
The development of children is not represented without the development of geometric shapes, but familiarization should be carried out gradually. To start, select just one shape. Once you've mastered and consolidated it, move on to the next one. We advise you to start with a circle, as the easiest and most memorable figure.
Print the forms using a printer or draw by hand on an A4 sheet. Again, all figures must be one-color and one-dimensional. Take a few days to get to know the circle. On the first day, show the baby a circle and tell what features it has. On the second day, start looking for objects that resemble a circle. Seeing that the child can not cope due to age, help him. Having found the desired object, let the little one run along its edge in order to remember and fix such a shape. Subsequent forms are entered in the same way. For an example of such a lesson, watch the video on the Internet.
Thinking that the child is still too young to remember the names, still do not stop studying. Your labors will eventually be crowned with victory, because all classes are postponed in the children's head. Even before the toddler reaches one year of age, you can show and name the basic concepts of geometry, namely the square, circle and triangle. To do this, you should use special video tutorials.
Shape Discrimination Games
For the game you will need a small bag in which you need to put the already known shapes. Show your child, for example, a triangle, and then ask them to find the same one in the bag. A little later, having realized the ratio of flat and volumetric bodies, show flat images, asking you to find the corresponding volumetric body, for example, a ball is a circle, a cube is a square. Having mastered this exercise, the child will eventually learn to show not figures, but real objects.
Lotto is a unique game that allows you to explore anything. We also easily learn figures with the help of loto. For the game, make cards with images of the concepts being studied (for toddlers, you should start with 3-4 forms) in duplicate. One of them is cut into separate picture cards. To begin with, make a loto with figures of the same color and size, and as the baby grows older, the variety of sizes and colors will increase. It is more difficult to search for color differing pictures.
Basic figures on the cards:
sort method
The sorter toy will be a great helper in learning geometry. Closer to the year, the baby, playing with this toy, discovers that each part has its own unique hole. Help the baby with hints: “You found a square, and this hole is round. Doesn't fit here. Let's look for a square hole?" You can make a simple sorter yourself. Take two boxes, make a round hole in one, and a square hole in the other. Invite your child to sort the cubes and balls into boxes. Accompany the actions of the little one with comments and naming the correct figure. In such a simple way, the baby will overcome all concepts. There are baffled sorters that prevent parts from mixing inside the cube. Such sorters are perfect for children who have difficulty distinguishing shapes.
For an interesting active study of figures, the sorter is perfect Insert frames come in a variety of directions, including geometry. Frames with basic shapes require inserting a suitable part into the desired compartment. The exercise game resembles a sorter. Video examples are widely presented on the Internet.
Sort by features: the child must learn the differences in the manipulation of figures, for example, one object rolls and the other does not, or with the help of some it is possible to make a tower, while others are not suitable for this, etc. By the age of 5, the child will be able to sort objects according to two criteria: you can roll and you can’t build a tower (ball), you can’t roll, but you can put on top of each other (cylinder), you can’t roll (cube). At the preschool age of 6-7 years, the future first-grader must perfectly master the initial primitive knowledge of geometry.
Applications
Performing applications will help to assimilate new concepts. Use various geometric bodies to plan your future application. The first samples should be made as simple as possible, for example, only triangles are glued to a triangular sheet, only squares to a square sheet. Let the baby decide for himself which figure to stick where.
Purchased or homemade applications are great for understanding geometry. Future appliqué details can be cut out from various materials: felt, cardboard, velvet paper, etc. By about a year and a half, the baby will master the process of gluing parts to the necessary places according to the template and will be ready for a new stage. Now you can begin to perform the most primitive compositional application. The basis for the exercises can be taken from the following manuals:
- Series "School of seven dwarfs 1+".
- Educational stickers for kids.
- Great stickers. Fun geometry.
Tactile creativity
Tactile work with geometric bodies allows you to remember them faster. Any creative activity (drawing, modeling, cutting) will become a handy tool in mastering new concepts. On an A4 sheet, print or draw large shapes. Show your child how to draw some of them with crayons, felt-tip pens or paints. Draw hand in hand so that the child understands the principle. Over time, he will begin to cope without your help. Most often, children are most easily given a circle to draw.
Do not limit the creativity of young children to one drawing. Figures can be laid out from threads, folded from toothpicks, the ends of which can be fastened with plasticine for fixation, sculpted from dough and plasticine, created from mosaics, etc. Combine street games with learning: draw shapes on the pavement with crayons, sticks on the ground, collect acorns and pebbles, and then lay out squares and circles. You can get inspired with the help of a large number of photos and videos of classes presented on the network.
You can even train on asphalt using colored crayons Using Doman cards
Many rightly consider the Doman method the most effective in the study of geometric shapes. With a minimum of effort, the child learns new concepts in the shortest possible time. Let's clarify one point: when we study new concepts with a child, this knowledge needs to be consolidated. It is possible through a variety of exercise games, which we talked about above. Unreinforced knowledge will be forgotten very quickly, almost as quickly as it was acquired. Most often, you can hear recommendations that it is better to postpone the start of classes on Doman cards until the age of 1 year. During this period, the child is already willingly engaged in sorters, applications, and insert frames. This method is often used in kindergartens.
It will be useful for children with the need to know the world around them through movement to offer games in which they need to move along a certain trajectory. The game track or path imitates this or that figure. Such an exercise will allow preschool kinesthetic learners to quickly learn new concepts. Game complexes and towns also help.
You can include elements of familiarity with geometry in any active game The game-exercise "Go around the figure" will be appropriate for children from one to two years old. The baby, who has mastered walking well, is already ready to participate in the game. With the help of chalk or rope, mark the shape, mark the start and finish, which are one point. For the background, turn on funny songs. As a task, invite the children to walk around the image by walking, jumping, crawling, etc. As the baby grows, the tasks become more difficult: you can ask to get around by tossing the ball or carrying a spoon with a ball in your hand.
A good game for three-year-olds is catching up using figure houses. Mark houses on the floor or ground. These can be pre-cut large figures, or they can simply be drawn with chalk or houses made of sticks. In such houses (circles, squares and triangles), a child can hide from the driver only if he names the shape correctly.
When we learn the basics of geometry, we can use modern tools. Developing videos and cartoons telling about various geometric shapes will be useful. Pay attention to such cartoons as: "Kids" and "The Engine Chuh-Chukh".
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Summary of the lesson in the younger group for children 3-4 years old "Journey to the country of geometric shapes"
NOD type: class to consolidate knowledge, skills and abilities.
GCD theme: « Journey to the land of geometric shapes» .
Age group of children: 34 years.
Program tasks:
Improve the ability to distinguish, recognize and name geometric figures, exercise children in comparison of the shape of objects with geometric figure.
To consolidate the ability to distinguish contrasting objects in size, using words "big", "little".
To consolidate the ability to compare two objects that are contrasting in width, using the overlay technique, denoting the results of the comparison with the words wide, narrow.
To consolidate knowledge of primary colors; form at children idea of different shades of color by lightness, using words in speech "light", "dark", "lighter", "darker".
keep shaping spatial relationships"on the", "under", "near" activating these words in speech children.
Develop the ability to analyze, compare, identify and continue a given pattern (change in shape and color)
Develop attention, memory, speech.
To cultivate friendly relations between children, the habit of playing together, studying; wish children help the characters in a difficult situation.
vocabulary work: "wide - narrow", "big - small", "one - many", prepositions:
Equipment: toy "Kolobok", fabulous geometric figures, easel, toys arranged along round group.
Demo material: geometric shapes of various shapes, color, size.
Handout: "rosettes" in count children, regularity in the form "scarves" With geometric shapes, triangles: big and small, tracks: wide and narrow, brushes: thin and thick, jars for drawing, napkins, red gouache.
Lesson progress:
I. Organizational moment.
Children, guests have come to us today, let's say hello to them. What joyful faces our guests have, they really liked your greeting.
Let's go and see who else came to visit us? (Kolobok). - Hello, Kolobok! From whom did you leave ... - Children, from whom did the bun leave? (from grandmother, from grandfather, from a wolf, from a hare, from a bear) and Kolobok rolled up to us. And to what a geometric figure looks like a gingerbread man? (per circle).
1. Game "Find out figure» .
The gingerbread man brought us many different geometric shapes but does not know what they are called. Who can help him? Sit down on the rug, and you sit down and memorize the gingerbread man.
(start with the same figures) - Children, what is this figure? - What form? - What colour? (6 geometric shapes of various shapes, color, size).
- That more: circle or square? And which one is smaller? How can we check? Overlay figures each other and check.
I remember everything, kolobok figures? - Yes, I remember, thank you very much, children! Would you like to travel with me? Then stand next to each other.
One, two, three, four, five,
Let's go for a walk with a bun
Through the snowdrifts, through the snows,
Through the snowy forests
Make way for us
We walk together in step
We are not cold scary,
Because we are friendly.
2. D/I "Find an item"
Who is meeting us? (a circle). That's right, this is our friend circle, he has already come to visit us. Hello, circle, what are you telling us? - children, the circle invites us to look with our eyes in a group of round objects, and finding them bring a kolobok and name what you brought.
That's how many round objects are around us.
Krug, come with us.
3. Game "Christmas trees and paths".
Oh who is it? (triangle). - The triangle has prepared some kind of game for us. - What is on your table? (triangles and stripes - tracks). What are our stripes? (wide and narrow). But how can we check where the string is, and where is the narrow one? (put on top of each other). How many triangles do you have? (a lot, but me? (one). What can be laid out from triangles? From large triangles lay out large Christmas trees, from small triangles - small Christmas trees.
Katya, what kind of Christmas tree did you get? And you, Sasha? Etc.
And now let's pick up the Christmas trees tracks: to a large Christmas tree - a wide path, to a small one - a narrow one. - Plato, what path did you choose for your Christmas tree? Are you Fedor? Etc.
What good fellows you children are, how great you are doing.
Thank you triangle, it was interesting for us to play with you, but we are in a hurry, if you want, come with us.
One, two, three, four, five,
Let's go for a walk with a bun
Through the snowdrifts, through the snows,
Through the snowy forests
Make way for us
We walk together in step
We are not cold scary,
Because we are friendly.
4. Game "Continue Pattern".
Who is crying here? (Square). Square, what happened? I wanted to give scarves to my friends, but I mixed up the whole pattern, what should I do now and-and-and-and. Children, who will help the square?
See what is shown here? Continue the pattern.
Thank you, you helped me a lot, now I can please my friends with gifts.
5. Game "Hide Kolobok".
Children, do you like to play hide and seek? So the gingerbread man loves and now he will play with us. He will hide, and you will will look for. Close your eyes. Where did the bun hide? (under the table, on the table, on the floor, etc.)
Sasha, where did the bun hide? And etc. children.
Oh, children, look what the gingerbread man found under the table? (tassel). But our brush is not simple, but magical, we will now turn into wizards with you and we will create magic.
6. "Water Coloring".
Today we will be magicians, we will color the water, you will get red water of different shades. What's in your cups? (water). And I also have a glass of water. It is colorless, and we will make it colored.
Wet the tip of the brush in a glass, dip a little in the paint and paint our water with a brush. We wipe the brush on a napkin, now we dip it completely into the paint and color the water in another cup. What a miracle we have! In one glass we got light red water, and in the other dark red.
Put our magic brush in a glass of light red water. And now with dark red.
Fedya, where did you get dark red water? ….
We got beautiful, multi-colored water of different shades - light and dark. Did you like helping the kolobok? And I liked helping the kolobok with you.
7. Bottom line classes.
Children, thank you very much, I enjoyed playing with you so much. Can I stay with you group? Kolobok prepared a surprise for us - soap bubbles ... And I suggest you go to Cheburashka group, where together with Kolobok we will blow soap bubbles.
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There are a lot of techniques for children representing geometric shapes on the modern market. Below are the main ones, as well as games that develop the child.
Nowadays, the early development of the baby is of great importance. The crumbs begin to be taught almost from the hospital. There are many games, books, video and audio materials that help children quickly master such simple - at first glance - topics as letters, numbers, shapes, colors. Especially popular are cards showing geometric shapes for kids. This guide is clear and concise. It allows the child to quickly and easily master the necessary knowledge.
When to start learning geometric shapes?
In general, it is possible to acquaint a child with forms from the first months. There is nothing wrong if, in a playful way, without annoying the baby, you show him pictures or toys, clearly pronouncing the name of the figure (circle, square, etc.).
Thus, by the age of two, the child should know three forms well:
- triangle;
- a circle;
- square.
By the age of three, this list should include:
- oval;
- rhombus;
- rectangle.
By the way, much attention is paid to the study of geometric shapes in the method of Maria Montessori. In her materials there are several games that help the child quickly learn to identify the shapes of objects. We will talk about them further.
Why study geometric shapes for a baby?
Much has already been said about the benefits of early development. It is the active learning of the baby in the period from birth to three years that forms his creativity and fluency of thinking, diligence and love for knowledge, the ability to quickly assimilate information.
The study of forms is necessary for several other reasons.
- The whole world around consists of figures (a circle is a car wheel, a plate, the sun; a square is a window, a chair seat, etc.).
- Preparing for school - the sooner the child masters simple knowledge, the easier it will be for him to study at school.
- The study of forms will allow the baby to play those games that are inaccessible to children who do not know what a circle, square, etc. are.
- Studying geometric shapes, the child expands his horizons, trains the brain, increases vocabulary.
5 rules for learning geometric shapes
It is worth remembering that all the information that seems elementary to us is new and often incomprehensible to children. With geometric shapes, this rule almost always works. Therefore, if a child confuses a circle with a square and does not want to correct himself, be patient and do not scold the baby for mistakes.
For faster and easier assimilation of knowledge by the crumbs, follow simple tips.
- Point your child to geometric shapes in everyday life. Showing the book to the child, say that it is rectangular, showing the saucer, give it the definition of “circle”.
- Try to get feedback. Find out from the baby which category the house, table, pillow belongs to. Watch the instructional video and ask your child to describe what they saw.
- Use toys of regular geometric shapes. Buy crumbs round and triangular molds, cubes, a ball.
- Play games that require knowledge of the names of the pieces (see below).
- Watch videos and cartoons about shapes (like "Baby Einstein").
Games "Geometric shapes" for children
sorter
This is one of the first educational toys for the baby, which allows you to learn about the properties of different figures. The essence of the sorter is that for a certain hole you need to pick up a toy of the appropriate shape (ball, cube, and others). The child very quickly begins to understand what's what.
Such a toy not only teaches the little one to quickly distinguish figures of different geometric shapes, but also trains fine motor skills of the fingers, and also develops logical thinking.
Montessori games
Maria Montessori, as mentioned above, attached great importance to geometric shapes in the developmental games of the baby. In her methodology, there are several ways to introduce a child to geometry in a playful way. For instance:
- Place the figures in an opaque bag or bag. Let the baby take one toy in turn and, without taking it out, determine what shape it is.
- For an older child, you can come up with the following task: say a word-definition, for example, “ride”. The kid must name the forms that have this property.
- You can invite the baby to name all the shapes with or without corners, with or without edges.
- Creative version of the game with figures. Ask the child to dream up and say what a circle, square, triangle looks like.
In the Montessori method, there is a special device called "Frames and inserts." This is a kind of analogue of the sorter, which we talked about above.
Drawings and stencils
If your child likes to draw, then use this to teach him to distinguish between shapes. Draw a house together. Speak all the details: The windows are square, the roof is a triangle, etc.
You can also offer the child stencils. You can cut them yourself from thick paper or buy ready-made ones.
Outlining this or that figure, the kid will learn to draw them (“fill his hand”), and your comments (this is a circle, this is a triangle) will help the child remember their names faster.
Doman cards
The Doman method is very popular among parents interested in the early development of their child. It involves the use of visual cards for better assimilation of the knowledge gained by the baby. Doman has a separate set of cards dedicated to geometric shapes. It can be bought or downloaded on the Internet (there you can also find a video about this technique).
Literature and didactic material
Below are the most popular and effective methods and materials for introducing children to geometric shapes.
- "School of the Seven Dwarfs"
In the cycle of books for the early development of children "School of the Seven Dwarfs" there are two devoted to forms: "Square and Circle" (for children from birth to one year old), "Form. Color "(for children from 1 year to 2 years). The books show the main figures in a large and visual way.
- Geometric figures. soft mosaic
A very convenient and bright way to introduce the child to the forms. The mosaic is made of safe soft material. It will be interesting for the kid to consider its details and collect pictures from them.
- coloring pages
There are many such books on the market today. You can select "Smart coloring. Smeshariki" with children's favorite characters from the cartoon of the same name.
- stickers
Reusable stickers will also be very useful during the period of teaching the child "geometry for the little ones." These stickers can be applied anywhere! In the bathroom, in the nursery, in the kitchen. Offer the baby a game: in the environment you need to find objects of one kind or another.
Cartoons about geometric shapes
Conclusion
Teaching and introducing a child to geometric shapes is not only important, but also very interesting! Show your imagination, come up with your own games and tasks for the child, show interesting videos, and he will answer you with love and gratitude.
One of the important aspects of the development of mathematical concepts in preschoolers is the study of the basics of geometry. In the course of acquaintance with geometric shapes, the child acquires new knowledge about the properties of objects (shape) and develops logical thinking. In this article, we will talk about how to help a preschooler remember geometric shapes, how to properly organize games for teaching geometry, and what materials and aids can be used to develop a child’s mathematical abilities.
Many parents are visited by the question of whether young children need to get acquainted with geometric shapes. Experts believe that it is optimal to start classes in a playful, relaxed form from the age of 1.5. Until this age, it is appropriate to pronounce to the child the names of the shapes of objects that the baby meets in real life (for example, “round plate”, “square table”).
When introducing a child to geometric shapes, be guided by his reaction. If your baby started to show interest in them at an early age (by playing with the sorter or looking at pictures), encourage his curiosity.
At 2 years old, the baby should be able to distinguish between:
- A circle;
- Square;
- Triangle.
By the age of 3, you can add to them:
- Oval;
- Rhombus;
- Rectangle.
At an older age, a child can remember shapes such as a trapezoid, a pentagon, a hexagon, a star, a semicircle. Also, children visiting the Constellation Montessori Center get acquainted with geometric bodies with interest.
Teaching a child geometric shapes should take place in stages. You need to start new figures only after the baby remembers the previous ones. The circle is the simplest shape. Show your child round objects, feel them, let the baby run his finger over them. You can also make an application from circles, mold a circle from plasticine. The more sensations associated with the concept being studied, the child receives, the better the baby will remember it.
To get acquainted with the forms, you can use three-dimensional figures. It can be made by a designer, a sorter, lacing, frame inserts. Since at an early age the visual-effective type of thinking is most developed, various actions with figures will help to remember them better.
The operations that a child can perform with geometric shapes, and how he perceives forms, depend on the age of the baby. In accordance with age characteristics, the following stages of training can be distinguished:
- In the second year of life, the baby is able to visually recognize familiar figures and sort objects by shape.
- At 2 years old, a child can find the desired shape among a number of other geometric shapes.
- By the age of 3, babies can name shapes.
- At 4 years old, a child is able to correlate three-dimensional figures with a flat image.
- At senior preschool age (and sometimes even earlier), you can begin to study geometric bodies (ball, cube, pyramid). Also at this age, the child can analyze complex pictures consisting of many shapes.
Regardless of the age of the baby, try to pay attention to the shapes of the surrounding objects and compare them with known geometric shapes. This can be done at home and on the go.
In order for the child to be interested, learning geometric shapes should take place in a playful way. You should also select bright and colorful materials for classes (you can buy them in a store or do it yourself). Here are some examples of games and tutorials for learning geometric shapes:
- Sorting. Games with a sorter can be started from the age of 1. Invite the child to find its window for the figure. So the child will not only memorize geometric shapes, but also develop fine motor skills, thinking and spatial representations, because in order for the part to fall into the hole, you need to turn it at the right angle. You can also sort any other items, such as building blocks, Gyenesch blocks, or counting material.
- Liner frames. In fact, this manual is similar to a sorter. For each geometric figure, you need to find its place.
- Geometric lotto. To play, you will need a field with the image of geometric shapes and handout cards with each figure separately. A child can take small cards out of a chest or bag, and then look for their place on the playing field. This game also perfectly trains the attention of the baby.
- Geometric application. Cut out various geometric shapes from paper and, together with your child, make a picture out of them (for example, you can make a Christmas tree from triangles, a house from a square and a triangle).
- Drawing (including using stencils).
- Modeling.
- Laying out figures from counting sticks.
- Geometric mosaic.
- Lacing with geometric shapes.
- Card games.
- "Guess by touch."
- Active games. Draw geometric shapes on the pavement with chalk. Ask the child to imagine that the figures are houses that you need to run into on a signal. Next, you name a geometric figure, and the child runs to it.
In addition, educational cartoons can be used to study geometric shapes. Here is one of them:
Teaching the basics of geometry at preschool age is an important part of developing a child's mathematical and sensory representations. Acquaintance with the figures should occur gradually (first, simple figures - a circle, a square, a triangle). To keep your child interested, study geometric shapes in a playful way. Your assistants in this can be such educational aids as insert frames, mosaics, lotto, sorters, sets of geometric shapes and bodies, stencils. You can also study geometric shapes on the street: just talk to your child about what you see around and what shapes these objects look like. Then the kid will definitely learn to distinguish geometric shapes and remember their names.
Conclusion
For the comprehensive and harmonious development of each child in the children's center "Constellation" a Montessori environment has been specially created. In the process of free work in it, children not only get acquainted with the basics of geometry, but also develop their cognitive processes, fine motor skills, learn to write, read, and count. In addition, the Montessori environment gives the child the opportunity to fully demonstrate independence and responsibility. We will be glad to see you and your baby at our center!
How to introduce a child to geometry?
Geometry- a science with which it is possible and necessary to teach children from an early age.
This page contains a selection of materials - cards, coloring books, themes for assignments, games, with the help of which it will be easy for you to introduce your child to the basic geometric shapes and figures.
You can open, download and print all materials via direct links.
Cards with geometric shapes and shapes
Bright cards with the most basic geometric shapes and forms. The cards can be used as a visual aid in the first lesson.
Geometry for children - coloring, copybook, workbook
1. Coloring book for children 3-5 years old. On each page of the notebook there are simple graphic exercises and tasks.
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2. Workbook in 2 parts with clear and interesting tasks for children 3-4 years old. By completing tasks, the child will get acquainted with geometry and learn the names of geometric shapes and forms.
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3. Another very good book for introductory classes with geometry for children 4-5 years old. There are a lot of exciting and funny tasks in the notebook, completing which the child will easily learn the basic basics and concepts of geometry.
4. A notebook with educational and developmental tasks for children 6-7 years old.
In the notebook, the child is invited to complete simple graphic tasks. The child learns to work with a ruler and a compass.
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Books about geometry for children
1. Entertaining book in verse "Merry geometry for the little ones" - author Alexander Timofeevsky.
Funny and playful poems will help kids quickly get to know and remember a lot of important information about geometric shapes and the scale of objects.
In the cheerful poems of A. Timofeevsky, humor and a joke will help the little reader to correlate the still incomprehensible geometric concepts with long-familiar everyday objects. Children will see a trapeze in a skirt, a circle in a plate, and a cylinder in a pipe. And, as the poet said, "school sciences will fall into their own hands."
The book can be downloaded and printed, but of course it is better to purchase the original.
Map second language of geography
Literary games in elementary school Games for children in the library elementary school
Presentation "role-playing games in dow"
The green color on the physical map shows what the colors on the physical map represent
Intellectual game "through the pages of history"