The more the baby plays with objects that are different in structure to the touch (soft, hard, rough, smooth, etc.), the more actively and correctly he speaks.

Groats (one type) can be poured into the basin . Add a spoon or a small scoop, various jars, bottles, animal figurines that can be hidden in the groats. You can put beads in the groats and then take them back with your hands and put them in a jar. You can sort them by color.

Grain games

pouring.Take several plates or other containers. Let the child pour the cereal into the bowls. He can do this both with his fingers and with a spoon. Pay attention to the baby that there is a lot of cereal in one plate, little in the other, and nothing in the third. Compare quantities: more, less, the same.

Rain. Pour cereal from one plate to another. In the process, show the little one that you can raise the plate higher and lower. Hear how she makes noise. Play the game "Rain": let the child pick up a handful of cereal, raise the handle and pour out the cereal, imitating how it rains. For her, it is better to take beans or peas to make it easier to clean.

Games with cereals will help develop the child's muscular, visual, nervous and skeletal systems

Tracks. From beans, for example, you can make paths - short and long, lay out various drawings - geometric figures, letters, houses, etc.

Filling out the forms. Take any molds (for example, for plasticine or sand), put them on a flat surface and invite the child to fill them inside with grits. It can be picked up by hand or with a scoop.

Tweezer games. Give the baby tweezers and invite him to grab the beans with them. This game develops perseverance, and, of course, motor skills.

Well. Take any plastic bottle. Tell the child that this is a well that is completely empty, there is no more water in it. And our bear is very thirsty. Help the bear fill the well. Take the cereal and pour it into the narrow neck of the bottle with your hands.

You can also :
- Spoon the cereal from one bowl to another.
- Try it with a fork. Explain to the baby why he did not succeed.
- Pour the peas with a glass, a plastic bottle (you can take it from under the yogurt).
- Pour the cereal into a glass through a funnel.
- Pour the peas into a deep and flat plate.
- Ask the kitten to pour cereal into a bowl yellow color, and a blue chicken, etc.
- Pour and pour the peas into the container by hand.

You can start playing with cereal from a year old, or even younger (under the supervision of your mother, of course). This is an excellent material that can be used to develop motor skills, sensory sensations; cereals are also an integral part of many games, crafts, activities. Let's look at some ways to use them.

sensory pods

Rice is the most popular "ingredient" for creating so-called "sensor boxes". You can use both regular - natural color - and tinted rice. In any case, it should be washed and dried before use.

The "theme" for the sensory box can be anything: dinosaurs, a zoo, a garden, the sea.

The topic "Construction" will be especially interesting for boys.

Naturally, the boxes can be filled with more than just rice. Diversified and multi-colored cereals look good and are interesting to the child.

Millet, semolina - we use it as sand

Millet, like rice, must be washed and dried before the game. The millet is small, free-flowing, and it rustles pleasantly when poured - the child likes it.

You will need: millet, a sand mill, a basin, a smaller container, a spoon for bulk products, a stick, and other toys.

First, we simply show how to pour millet into the mill with a spoon, how the blades will spin, explain the process and let the child play on their own. Further, the course of the game will depend on the baby. A child can pour cereal from a container into a mill, play with animal figures (or with cars).

If it happens that the millet gets stuck, show how you can clean the hole with a stick.

It is better to play with decoy in a limited space. It is suitable for drawing with a finger or stick. To do this, it is enough to distribute it evenly on a tray or other surface. Can be used in other games as well (read the article about sand games, especially dry sand games, for ideas for playing with decoys).

Beans, peas - lay out, lay out, sort, count

With beans and peas, you can come up with many mini-games. Beans are larger than millet and rice, so use them for development fine motor skills convenient. Here are some examples of its application.

1. Homemade sorters

Make a hole in the cap of the milk bottle. Or in the side wall of a porridge box. Let the kid stuff the beans in there. Tweezer grip, coordination of movements is trained.

2. Lay a path, lay out a pattern

Draw two characters at opposite ends of a piece of paper (for example, a zebra and a giraffe). Draw a path between them. Ask your child to help lay out the path with beans. Explain that the path goes through a swampy swamp, it must be paved so that friends can visit each other.

3. Sort

As in a fairy tale about Cinderella: mix beans and peas, put two cups in front of the child - let them lay out. Don't forget the goal! The goal - albeit invented and the most primitive, but fascinating - should be in every game.

The little bear loves beans, and the hamster loves peas. Baby, let's help them so that everyone gets what they like for dinner! And what do you like to eat for lunch?

Pasta

Pasta is not exactly a cereal, but it is found in any kitchen and is great for games and activities. You can strengthen the vertical “base” in plasticine, on which the child will string thick pasta. An option for girls is beads from a variety of pasta.

The list will be updated. If you have an interesting version of the game with cereals, please share in the comments.

We play with grits.

Fine motor skills are a set of coordinated actions of muscle, bone and nervous systems of a person, often in combination with the visual system in performing small, precise movements with the hands and fingers. When exposed to the fingers, impulses enter the corresponding part of the brain, which also affect neighboring parts of the brain, including speech.

Each child develops fine motor skills individually. At first, hand movements are clumsy, awkward and inharmonious. There are many exercises and various games for the development of fine motor skills., which also contribute to passive massage. Performing various exercises with fingers, the child achieves good development hands, they acquire good mobility, flexibility, stiffness of movements disappears. The ability to work with fingers does not come to children immediately, so teachers and parents can turn learning into an exciting process - a game.

One of the favorite ways for children to develop fine motor skills is to play with cereals and draw on it. They not only train and massage the fingers, but also relieve nervous tension, calm children, and develop the brain. Games with cereals stimulate the development of sensory perception, fingers become more flexible, receptive to small details. Classes with various types croups develop children's sense of touch, stimulate the process of their speech and mental development, develop auditory perception. Also, children develop perseverance, accuracy, sensory experience is enriched. The child gets acquainted with such concepts as: deep - shallow, narrow - wide, many, few, primary colors. How much joy they bring to children. It is also a wonderful way for parents to spend time at home.

When starting games with cereals, one should not forget about safety rules. All games must be supervised by an adult. For the youngest children, you can use small cereals: corn semolina, wheat, barley. For games with cereals such as beans, peas, buckwheat, beans, you need to be careful.

Goals and objectives:

Develop in children imagination, attention, memory, perseverance, thinking; visual analysis and synthesis, hand-eye coordination, subtle finger movements, tactile sensations;

develops accuracy, perseverance;

contribute to the development of speech;

stimulate creativity;

learn to navigate on the plane.

"Beads for a doll".

Target. To teach children to distinguish colors: red and blue, to form the ability to alternate colors. Develop finger motor skills.

Game Description . Katya doll comes to visit the children. She really wants to have beads. Children are offered pasta of different colors: red and blue. Invite them to name the color of the pasta, show the children how to make beautiful beads, alternately alternating them with each other. Giving children the opportunity to do this is not an easy task.

"Find a couple."

Target. To form an idea of ​​the types of cereals, to develop coordination of movements, attention, perseverance.

Game Description. Offer children egg cells that are half filled with different types of cereals. Children need to fill in the second half of the cells. Show how to take the cereal with three fingers - a pinch.

"We feed the chickens."

Target. Develop coordination of movements, fine motor skills of the fingers. Build meticulous skills.

Game Description . Create a game situation: the chickens want to eat. You have to feed them grains. Children's task: take one grain at a time and throw the cereal into the hole in the box.

"I am an artist".

Target. Develop creativity and imagination. Learn to navigate on the plane.

Game Description . Children are offered a tray with semolina. Show how you can draw with your finger on the croup. You can draw whatever you want. Give children the opportunity to complete the drawing, come up with something of their own.

"We are expecting guests."

Target. To form children's knowledge about cereals of different sizes, to develop imagination, motor skills of fingers.

Game Description . Game situation: "Guests will come soon and we need to bake a cake." For each child on the table there is a plate with small cereals: semolina, ground corn. For decoration - beans of different colors, peas, pasta of various shapes, lentils.

"Find all the treasures."

Target. Develop tactile sensations, stimulate the development of sensory perception, activate active points.

Game Description . Hide small toys in a tray with different types of cereals. Game situation: "A treasure is hidden at the bottom of the sea, let's find it." Give children the opportunity to come into contact with the croup, thereby carrying out a natural massage of the palms and fingers.If the child is already speaking, ask him to feel and name what is hidden in the cereal.

"We are musicians."

Target . Develop auditory perception, attention, thinking.

Game Description . Pour in the presence of children different types cereals in identical containers and show how they sound. And then offer to guess: in which box which cereal rattles.

"Massage for feet".

Target. Stimulate the active points on the heels, develop tactile sensations.

Description . Game situation: "Guys, let's walk along the river bank now." Different cereals are poured into the basin, and the children are invited to stomp their feet on the cereals, and then clean the fingers themselves from the stuck cereals.

Cereals are not only valuable food product in the arsenal of the hostess. This is also a good game material that develops fine motor skills and imagination in children from the age of one. It is easy to organize games with buckwheat, semolina, rice cereals, lentils or beans, pasta. It is advisable to gradually introduce children to each of the bulk materials. They have different colour, shape, degree of hardness, which provides a wealth of impressions and sensations.

The benefits of playing with cereals

Many parents, for safety reasons, are in no hurry to acquaint their one-year-old children with small objects. It is important not to hide them from the baby, but to teach them how to handle them correctly. The first months of exercise with cereals, one way or another, will be under the close supervision of adults. Mom will be able to observe how the child behaves and prevent dangerous situations.

The benefits of didactic games with cereals have been proven by psychologists, speech therapists and other children's specialists. Classes stimulate and develop:

• fine motor skills important for drawing and writing;
• imagination and attention;
• sensory perception;
• sensory cognition of substances and objects;
• speech development.

For many children, developmental exercises with croup in a calm, trusting environment have a calming effect. You can practice them with children who have learned to sit.

Initially, it is quite difficult to focus the crumbs' attention on this lesson. However, over time, the child will learn to concentrate and will play with cereals for longer and longer.

Preparing for games

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main attribute similar games- a variety of cereals that can be completed in a plastic tray divided into sectors. At first, it is better to deal with a baby who is sitting in his highchair. All the necessary components will be conveniently placed on the countertop, and to localize the cleaning area, you should lay an oilcloth or newspaper on the floor.

For exercise mom will need:

• small toys (cars, figurines from kinder surprises);
• toy dishes;
• plastic scoop;
• several bowls or containers;
• strainer;
• rustling candy liners;
• chestnuts, acorns or nuts.

We play with kids 1-2 years old

The introduction to cereals is usually easy for the little ones, because most children like everything new. If the baby was apprehensive about the new activity, the adult should also get involved in the game, demonstrating its capabilities. Children under three years of age learn through imitation of loved ones. They see how interesting it is to translate small items and gradually learn to do it on their own.

At first, it is enough for the child to shift the cereal from the box to the box, try to hold the grains with his fingers. Gradually, the task becomes more difficult, and the child learns:

• transfer bulk into containers or children's dishes with a spoon or mug;
• take beans, pasta or peas with tweezers;
• throw grains through a narrow hole in the bank, listening to the sounds;
• look for a small “treasure” (a toy, a candy) in a tray with loose goods with your hands;
• look in the semolina for larger bulk (pasta, beans) sifting with a strainer;
• lay out colored letters, paths, ornaments from cereals;
• independently bury and dig out small toys;
• pour small groats, semolina or salt with a pinch;
• stomp your feet on the groats scattered in the basin.

To occupy the crumbs in the kitchen while mom is preparing food, the sensory box will allow. To create it, you need a large plastic container, which should be filled halfway with cereals of different sizes and colors. In the lid, you need to make two holes for small hands so that the baby can sort out loose, but not litter at the same time.

We play with a child 2-6 years old

After 2 years, the baby will like to sort cereals of different shapes, colors and sizes. Before work, several types of bulk materials should be mixed and a tray with divisions should be prepared so that the baby can decompose each variety separately. You can use plasticine or modeling dough, showing the baby how to press the grits into it and create a pattern.

In order for the child's fantasy to fully manifest itself, you can paint the cereals in the colors of the rainbow. There are several ways to do this:

• fry semolina in a pan so that it changes color;
• dilute gouache in two tablespoons of vodka, pour 5 tablespoons of semolina or rice, mix and air dry;
• crumble the crayons and mix them with semolina;
• crumble the pencil lead, rub it on paper, pour semolina on top and mix;
• color white beans, pasta, rice or semolina with food coloring or diluted gouache water and dry in the oven at a temperature of 150-200 degrees;
• large pasta can be painted with gouache.

Games with cereals with a child of 3-6 years old become more difficult and interesting. At this age, he distinguishes colors and shapes well, can create amazing compositions from cereals and pasta.

For general development, you can try soaking and germinating cereals, or decomposing them into matchboxes and signing each. A more difficult task is drawing and applications from bulk materials. It requires not only imagination, but also perseverance.

Drawings with sand and semolina

Many parents are attracted to special sand drawing tablets (we recommend reading:). To understand whether the child likes this activity and whether it is worth buying a tablet, you can try drawing with semolina. For the first time you will need a bright tray. Mom should evenly distribute semolina over the surface and show the baby how you can draw beautiful patterns with your fingers.

There are many master classes on the topic of drawing decoys. For example, you can complicate the task by using colored semolina or rice. It is necessary to prepare a simple picture on paper (for example, a flower or a boat). Alternately, you should coat it with glue and ask the baby to pour the cereal onto the glued area. It is important to immediately shake off the remnants of cereals and gradually form beautiful picture, which will decorate the creative album.

Pasta Applications

Pasta of various shapes - nests, shells, bows, stars, spaghetti, are well suited for cute children's applications. To work with a preschooler, mom should prepare:

• pasta of various shapes after dyeing;
• liquid glue;
• thick cardboard;
• paints and brushes;
• plasticine.

On a sheet of paper, mark the contours of the application with a pencil. Apply glue along the contour and apply pasta until dry. Let the kid choose the shape and colors of the pasta. For example, the eye of a fish is a dark wheel, and the scales are wavy yellow or green pasta. You can dream up together, “populating” the lawn with orange and red pasta stars, or making a fluffy coat of spirals for a lamb.

magic pouches

Beans are one of the most suitable materials for a variety of games and applications. She has different shape and color palette, makes interesting sounds when in contact with plastic, wood, water and other materials. In addition, it is absolutely harmless to the crumbs (even if he accidentally swallows a grain, nature will help to cope with this).

Games with beans or peas develop the tactile sensations of a 3-4 year old baby, teach counting and comparing sizes and shapes. After getting acquainted with them, you can consolidate the impressions received with the help of magic bags. To do this, you need 3 similar bags and the same amount of semolina, buckwheat and beans (peas).

You should offer the baby to shift the cereals into bags, tie them with ribbons and re-sort. Further, according to the sensations of the fingers, he needs to determine in which bag which cereal is located. Don't put them away after the game. It is possible that the baby will want to touch them again, stimulating the development of tactile sensations and fine motor skills with the help of cereals.

Finger exercises with bulk materials are unlikely to bother a child, because there are a considerable number of them. The main thing for parents is the willingness to constantly develop in crumbs Creative skills. The result of early exercises will be high mental activity of the child, good imagination and clear speech.

Didactic games with cereals. Game set "Krupenichka" and various forms of work with it.

Klyuka Natalia Alexandrovna, teacher of the MBDOU "Kindergarten of the combined type No. 46 "Sun", Korolev, Moscow Region.

Grain games are fun development child!

I offer material on the creation of the game set "Krupenichka" and possible options for children's games with cereals. The material can be useful for kindergarten teachers and parents.

Games with bulk materials perfectly develop the sensory perception of the world, fine motor skills of children's hands. It is known that the development of fine motor skills of the hands stimulates the improvement of such body systems as visual, nervous, muscular and bone. This becomes possible due to the complex interactions of all these systems when performing small and precise movements, which is the essence of fine motor skills. In addition, any fine motor skills exercises have a beneficial effect on mental development, and therefore on the process of speech cognition, have a calming effect, and develop imagination.

Description of the game tool:

Game set "Krupenichka" is a set of 5-8 plastic containers,
filled with various types of cereals:
- semolina
- oatmeal
- buckwheat
- rice
- millet
For older children, the following may additionally be included:
- barley
- corn
- barley, etc.
(plastic spoons, strainers are attached to the set)

Purpose:
Designed to familiarize children with various types of cereals, sensory cognition of objects and substances, for the development of fine motor skills and children's creativity.

Description of the developmental properties of the manual:
Promotes the development of fine motor skills, tactile sensations, visual attention and orientation on the plane. Activates imagination, creativity. Cultivates perseverance.

Age Range: addressed to children 4-7 years old.

Tasks:
1. Introduce children to various types of cereals - semolina, oatmeal, buckwheat, millet, rice, pearl barley, corn, barley;
2. To teach children to distinguish one cereal from another visually and by touch;;
3. Introduce the technology of making porridge through the game;
4. Develop children's creativity;
5. Activate and enrich the vocabulary of children.

- drawing grits;
- application of cereals;
- didactic games with cereals;
- role-playing games using cereals.

The list of game tasks or exercises with a game tool:
- didactic games and exercises: "Make a couple" (cereals + the name of porridge), "Identify by touch" (magic bags with cereals), "Cinderella" (disassemble two cereals - for example, rice from buckwheat);

Organoleptic game "Guess the taste of porridge" (this game can be played every day at breakfast, children are invited to eat porridge and guess its name, then find and show a container with a sample of the corresponding cereal).

Role-playing games “Cookers”, “The doll got sick, didn’t eat at breakfast”, “Kindergarten”, “Shop”, “I am on duty”;

- creative tasks “Lay out the picture” (invite the child to lay out on a colored A4 sheet, for example, his favorite toy, winter forest, fantasy flowers, chicken, dog, numbers, letters, etc.).

Additional uses:
- can be used for individual lessons in mathematics to fix the orientation on the plane (for example, “Lay out the sun from millet in the upper right corner, the buckwheat tree in the lower left, the oatmeal cloud in the upper left, the semolina house in the lower right, in the center - a flower from any cereal);
- you can give creative homework for joint family creativity;
- it is possible to use for the development of fine motor skills in children with disabilities.

Games with cereals are a fun activity for children and parents!