I would like to draw your attention to games with cereals. They help develop sensory perception, improve sensory knowledge of surrounding objects, develop creativity, fantasy and imagination, have a calming and meditative effect, and allow you to spend time profitably.

What do you need to play games with cereals?

One large container and several smaller ones.
Cereals (buckwheat, rice, semolina, wheat, barley and others).

Legumes (beans, peas).
Various pasta.
Nuts.
Sifting strainer.
Pebbles, buttons.
Spoons.

The best place for such games is, of course, the kitchen. While the baby is busy, the mother will be able to cook something and the baby will be supervised during the game.

Today we will tell you about what games with cereals you can use to not only captivate your baby for a while, but also develop fine motor skills.

1. Give your child two containers: one large, one smaller. Pour semolina and some peas, nuts or beans into a large container. Give your child a small sieve and ask him to finish off the “treasure” by sifting the semolina. He must collect the beans (peas, nuts) and put them in a smaller container.

2. Give the toddler two containers and a spoon. Pour some cereal into one. Show your baby how to pour cereal from one bowl to another using a spoon. Tell him to pour all the cereal.

3. Drawing with cereals. Semolina is best suited for this activity. Take a large tray. Pour a little semolina and spread it evenly over the surface of the tray in a thin layer. Show your little one how to use your finger to draw various simple shapes.

4. Mix several types of cereals and legumes in one bowl. For example, peas, beans, buckwheat, rice and invite the baby to sort them into different plates.

5. You can combine modeling from plasticine and playing with cereals. Let the child fashion something and decorate it with cereal. It could be a ball, cake, pizza, hedgehog, etc.

6. Give your baby a few bottles and different kinds cereals Let him fill the bottles with cereal.

7. Give your child some pasta and some thick string. Let him make beads out of them.

8. Mix several types of beans and have your child separate them.

9. Game with cereals “Find a pair”. You will need an egg tray. We pour different cereals and legumes in one row. We pour the same components into jar lids. We give the child the task of filling the second row of the tray with the same components as in the first, using blanks in the lids. You can also use ice cubes for this game.

10. Paint the rice with food coloring. We use several colors. Then we give the child a transparent bottle and show how beautiful it looks when filled with layers of colorful rice.

11. If the child is very small, you can simply pour cereal into a large container, preferably semolina, let him play with it: scoop it into his fists, pour it out, mix it, pour it from one hand to the other, etc.

12. If the child is older, you can do it. For this you will need cereal and glue.

13. Also, cereals (pasta, legumes) can be used in the process of teaching a child.

We invite you to play these educational games with cereals. This activity develops not only motor skills, but also perseverance and attention.

There's only one important point: when your little one plays with cereals, legumes, and nuts, do not leave him unattended. He can taste them, stick them in his nose, ear, etc. Watch your baby carefully and be careful!

To clearly see what games with cereals can be used for little ones, watch the video:

Playing with cereals is not only a great educational activity for children. They also have a calming effect.

For such games, any cereal available in the house is suitable - beans, peas, buckwheat, millet, rice, semolina, as well as pasta and salt. Also have nuts, buttons, small toys, small cars, bowls of different sizes, a strainer, toy dishes, tweezers, and measuring spoons on hand.

To prevent cereal from lying around the house later, select a special place for the game:

In addition to simply sorting through cereals, you can offer your child other interesting and useful games. With their help, you can not only develop fine motor skills, but also practical skills, coordination of movements, logical thinking, imagination, the ability to count and even read.

1. Transfer the cereal from bowl to bowl using a spoon.

2. Using a small mug, pour the cereal from bowl to bowl.

3. Pour the cereal into the bottle using a funnel.

4. Use a small toy excavator to rake the grain.

5. Transfer the cereal using tweezers.

6. Throw grains into a small hole, for example, into the neck of a bottle or into a hole in a box or jar.

To make it more interesting, you can stick a picture of a bird on the box, which we will feed with grains:

7. Look for treasure in the cereal with your hands - small toys.

8. Look for toys, pasta, nuts, beans, and cereals in semolina, salt or flour using a strainer.

9. String the pasta with a wide gap on a cord to make beads or a bracelet.

10. Sort: mix, for example, pasta and beans, and then invite your baby to put them in different bowls.

11. Sort different cereals by color, shape, size.

12. Prepare one row of different cereals in an egg tray and the same cereals in separate bowls. The task is to find a pair, add the same row of cereals.

13. Sprinkle flour, semolina or salt onto a tray in an even layer and draw images or paths between toys on it with your finger or stick.

14. Lay out paths from the cereal - short and long, in various patterns, geometric figures, letters, etc.

15. Lay out beans in paths different lengths, count and compare beans - how many more there are in one path than in the other.

16. Sprinkle small grains or a pinch of salt.

17. When the child learns to sprinkle with a pinch, invite him to draw paths from one object to another in this way.

18. Draw invisible lines or a design with a glue stick, pour semolina on top, and then blow off the excess.

19. Apply PVA glue to the paper, pour randomly different types croup - it will turn out to be abstract and interesting.

20. Use cereals in applications in combination with colored paper and other materials.

We made this applique with Seryozha when he was 2 years old.

21. Apply glue to the coloring book and fill each part of it with cereal of a certain color.

22. Color salt or rice with paint or food coloring. Pour into layers into a transparent jar or bottle.

23. Make applications with colored salt or rice.

24. Pour the cereal into a bowl and stomp your feet in it.

25. Press the cereal into plasticine or dough.

26. Pour the cereal into bags or socks. We play with sewn pillows and balls filled with cereal. For babies during the first three months, place them in their fists.

27. Look for bags with the same cereal filling.

28. Throw bags of cereal at a target - a bucket, bowl, hoop lying on the floor.

29. Stir salt and sugar in water.

30. Dip pasta and beans into paint and leave imprints on the paper.

31. Make rattles from cereals and Kinder Surprise containers or small plastic bottles. Look for similar sounding ones.

32. Fill cookie molds or plasticine with cereal.

33. Make a tactile domino by gluing not pictures, but different cereals onto cardboard.

34. Stick numbers on bottles, cups or matchboxes and put the required amount of grains or pasta into these containers.

35. Stick pictures and names of cereals on matchboxes and put the corresponding cereals in them.

36. Rinse the cereal.

37. Soak and sprout the cereal.

Previously, I already talked about several useful games for developing sensorimotor skills in one-year-old children.

In this article you will find several more options for interesting activities for an entertaining and useful pastime with children.

So, here’s what you can play with a child from 1 year old:

1. Play with cereals, sand, and water.

When walking on the playground in the warm season, do not pass by the sandbox. Playing with sand promotes development fine motor skills hands, and also introduce the child to the basic physical properties substances.

You can also organize a lot at home interesting games with bulk substances, you can make a mini-sandbox or (this is especially true in the cold season). In your homework, instead of sand, you can play with cereals: peas, millet, buckwheat, semolina. For a variety of tactile sensations, try to use several types of cereals.

Of course, it’s still too early to build Easter cakes at 1 year old; the baby is unlikely to find this activity interesting. H Should I then practice in the sandbox? Here are some interesting game options:

• Show your child how pour sand/cereals from one container to another . Small glasses, children's dishes, and sand molds are suitable for this purpose. The main thing is that the baby can comfortably grasp the dishes with one hand. The child, repeating after you, will learn to coordinate his movements.
• If you also use in your game small jug , then you will help the baby practice another very useful type of grip (the child holds only the handle, and not the entire container), which will diversify the baby’s sensory experience.

• Teach your child “salt” with sand your toy soup (put your fingers in a pinch and rub against each other), this way you encourage your fingers to do fine work.
• Dial together with the baby, place cereals/sand in the palm, then, unclenching the palm, pour it out- it turns out to be gymnastics for the palm.

• Offer your child pour the cereal/sand with a spoon from one container to another . Important: place the dishes in front of the baby so that he has to pour the cereal from left to right. In this way, we gradually prepare the hand for the correct position while writing.

• The baby can gain experience interacting with cereals and other bulk substances by playing with a variety of sensory boxes . Here is an example of one of those boxes (you will find other options) that you can offer to an already one-year-old baby. Pour any cereal into a container or bucket and hide small toys there so that only the edges are visible to the child. Offer to your baby find toys . You can play similarly in the sandbox.

• And, of course, continue to practice, fill buckets and molds with sand/cereals together with your child.

How to play with water? From the age of 1 we just learn to pour water from one dish to another. The requirements for containers here are the same as in the game with bulk ones (read above).

2. Learn to push objects (sorter, piggy bank and other useful things).

I have already mentioned these games earlier in. From 1 year of age sorter (Ozone, Labyrinth, My-shop) becomes more and more interesting to the child. In addition to the fact that the baby is attracted to the “pushing” process itself, at this age he also begins to pay attention to the fact that not every figure will fit into any slot he chooses. Therefore, classes with a sorter are very useful for improving motor skills. In this regard, it is worth noting that if you want to study geometric shapes using a sorter, when buying a sorter, pay attention to whether it contains basic shapes or whether it contains only stars and hearts.

The “pushing” skill (which, by the way, is very useful for developing coordination and motor skills) can also be practiced on other household items or toys that you can easily make yourself.

Option 1. On a small box (for example, for children's porridge), stick the face of your favorite character drawn by yourself or printed on a printer and make a slit in place of the mouth. Children usually really like it feed such “box” friends pasta. The more accurately the size of the slot corresponds to the diameter of the pasta being pushed, the better the baby’s motor skills will be practiced.

You can use two boxes with slots of different diameters. So during fun game You will also reinforce the concepts of “” and teach your child to select an item by size.

Option 2. It is no less interesting to push various objects into plastic bottle - it is transparent, it will be interesting for the child to watch how the object falls inside. As pushed objects, you can use nuts in shell (hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts), small pieces of foam rubber (cut up dishwashing sponge), pasta, hairpins, rubber bands and other small toys that fit the size of the hole in the bottle.

Option 3. Another fun activity is to push cotton swabs or cocktail straws into colander holes (it is better to cut the tube into 2-3 parts in advance). It should be noted that sticks and tubes do not fit into all colanders. Therefore, this game is only for owners of colanders with large holes

Option 4. Offer to the baby play with a piggy bank . It’s better to immediately offer your child a separate, clean piggy bank, and also wash a few coins, so that you don’t have to wash your hands after each game with the piggy bank. Naturally, such a game needs to be carefully watched, because... Nothing good will happen if even a clean coin gets into the baby’s mouth.

Option 5. In the article “” I also mentioned a color sorter; it is easy to make from any box. You can push mosaic parts, construction sets, multi-colored paper clips, buttons, etc. into such a sorter.

3. Play with lacing

In stores, as a rule, there are two types of lacing. Most often found lacing (Ozone, Labyrinth, KoroBoom), which are a set of flat pictures (and sometimes from volumetric toy) with many holes and a lace with which the child must lace these same holes.

In another version lacing (Ozone, Labyrinth, KoroBoom) instead of a picture with holes, there are many different details (these can be animals, fruits, vegetables) that need to be strung on a cord. As a result of playing with such lacing, you should get something similar to beads.

For a baby who is just beginning to master the art of lacing, in my experience, the second type of lacing is much better suited. Making beads for a child’s favorite toy is clearer and closer than threading a needle through numerous holes without any purpose. But it’s still too early to lace bananas to a palm tree (like our toy in the photo). Therefore, at this stage, I suggest you purchase lacing beads.

When my daughter and I just started mastering lacing (and Taisiya’s interest in lacing appeared around 1 year and 2 months), we played like this. I held the piece, directing the hole so that it would be convenient for my daughter to insert the lace into it. She took a wooden needle with a cord in one hand and inserted it into the substituted hole, then with the other hand she took out the end of the needle that appeared on the opposite side. When this movement began to work out well, I began to teach my daughter to independently hold the piece with one hand and push the needle with the other. After the needle was inserted into the hole, she needed to transfer the part to her other hand and use her free hand to reach the end of the needle. To my surprise, my daughter quickly mastered this skill, but at first it seemed to me that this task was very difficult for a one-year-old child.

For the first lacing, you can also try this option: take any ribbon that is not too long, and use bagels (drying) or pyramid rings . At the same time, also explain to your child that you are making beads for a bear, for example. The holes in the dryers are much larger than in the lacing parts, which makes the task easier for the baby. However, my daughter liked ordinary lacing much more, perhaps because it is more convenient to use a needle than a ribbon.

4. Roll the ball/ball along the slide/grooves.

Watching the balls roll down is a great way to train a child's eye muscles, and also gives the child a first understanding of the basics of the law. universal gravity. And, of course, it’s just very exciting for kids to watch the balls roll.

For this game you will need to build a small slide from scrap materials; even a book will do for this purpose, but something bigger is better. The main thing is that the slide should not be too steep, otherwise the ball will roll down too quickly and it will be difficult for the child to keep track of it.

There is also a special toy for sale for this game, it’s called bowling alley (Ozon, Labyrinth, My-shop). The bowl is a structure with grooves along which balls and other figures roll. Invite your child to place the ball on the top track and see what happens next. Or you can release several balls one after another at once.

5. Carry a gurney

I think all parents are familiar with this game. Quite often you can see a child walking through the park with a gurney. There are two types of gurneys: on a string (Ozone, Labyrinth, My-shop) – her baby will need to be pulled along – and on a stick (Ozone, My-shop) - you need to push it in front of you. Both gurneys are useful for developing a child’s motor skills, coordination, and sense of balance. As soon as the baby begins to walk more or less confidently, he can already be offered this toy.

I hope that you liked these educational games and that you will take them into your arsenal. How do you play with your baby? What games does he like best? Share your ideas!

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

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

Games with cereals

Let's pour.Take several plates or other containers. Let the child pour the cereal into the bowls. He can do this either with his fingers or with a spoon. Draw your child's attention to the fact that there is a lot of cereal in one plate, not enough in another, and nothing in the third. Compare quantities: more, less, the same.

Rain. Pour the cereal from one plate to another. In the process, show your little one that he can lift the plate higher and lower. Listen to how she makes noise. Play the game “Rain”: let the child pick up a handful of cereal, raise his hand and pour out the cereal, imitating the way it rains. It is better to take beans or peas for her to make cleaning easier.

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

Paths. For example, you can make paths from beans - short and long, lay out various designs - geometric shapes, letters, houses, etc.

Filling out the forms. Take any molds (for example, for plasticine or sand), place them on a flat surface and invite your child to fill them inside with cereal. You can pick it up with your hands or a scoop.

Games with tweezers. Give your baby tweezers and encourage him to grab beans with them. This game develops perseverance and, naturally, motor skills.

Well. Take any plastic bottle. Tell your child that this is a well that is completely empty, there is no longer any 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 to do this with a fork. Explain to the baby why it didn’t work out.
- Pour the peas into a glass or a plastic bottle (you can take it from a yogurt bottle).
- Pour the cereal into a glass through a funnel.
- Pour the peas into a deep and flat plate.
- Ask to pour cereal into the kitten’s bowl yellow color, and the chicken is blue, etc.
- Pour and pour the peas into the container by hand.

Cereals are very useful for developing fine motor skills. Also, digging in the cereal has a calming effect on nervous system child and develops the brain.

Be prepared for the fact that your child may be distrustful of cereals; children are conservative and wary of new things. Do not force your child to touch the cereal; let him watch his mother play with a new object. After a while, curiosity will take over and he will become interested in the game.

This is for babies from one to two years old. You can complement them, come up with something of your own, you can come up with a huge number of games with cereals.

• Remember, if you are distracted from your baby during class, all the cereal will quickly end up on the floor. Tell your child not to spill cereal on the floor.
• It is better to conduct classes sequentially from the first to the second.
• Before moving on to the next lesson, first master the previous one and practice it several times.
• Mastered classes can be combined.

Lesson 1: Introducing the baby to semolina

Will need:

• semolina - 100 grams,
• children's unbreakable plate.

Pour semolina into a plate and show how you can play with semolina, draw something on it and be sure to tell the child what it is. Then take one finger alternately on both hands of the baby and draw different patterns. You can draw the sun, a mushroom, a cloud with rain, a circle, faces and anything you want.

Show the baby how to take mana put it in your fist and sprinkle from top to bottom. Learn how to salt with your fingers. Say the word “as often as possible” semolina“So that the child will remember the name of the cereal over time.

Class 2: Getting to know buckwheat

You will need:

• buckwheat - 2 kg;
• a jar with a lid for vitamins.

Buckwheat perfectly massages a child's hands. Lower your baby's hands into the cereal so that the hands are completely immersed. Squeeze and unclench the buckwheat into a fist, pass it through your fingers, then carefully pull the handles out.

Give your child a jar and let him scoop the cereal into it with his hands and pour it back out. Fill the jar one third with buckwheat and close the lid tightly with the child. Let the baby rattle the jar, and then unscrew the lid with him and pour the buckwheat into the pan.

Don't forget to tell your child often that we are playing. with buckwheat so that he remembers the word.

Lesson 3: Cooking porridge from semolina and buckwheat

You will need:

• buckwheat - 1 - 2 kg;
• semolina - 0.5 kg;
• 5-6 liter saucepan or food-grade plastic box;
• a tray or plastic shallow plate, preferably colored;
• small sieve;
• wooden or plastic spoon.

If you often did the first two lessons with semolina and buckwheat, then the child has already learned to distinguish semolina from buckwheat. We show the cereals to the baby and ask him to determine which is buckwheat and which is semolina. Let the child dig into the cereals, and then pour them into the pan with spoons.

Mix the cereal with a spoon and prepare porridge. You can feed porridge to a bear or dolls from a spoon.

Using a sieve, sift the cereals: the semolina will sift into a plate (tray), and the buckwheat will remain inside the sieve. Let the baby also try to sift the semolina, and then draw on it with his fingers. Repeat the word " sieve“So that the child remembers it.

Place your baby's hands into the buckwheat, squeeze it into your fists and unclench it, pass it through your fingers and pull it out.

Lesson 4: Cereal bags

You will need:

• buckwheat;
• semolina;
• 2 small bags laced at the base so you can tie them tightly.

Let your child spoon semolina into one bag and buckwheat into another. Tie the bags tightly so that your baby cannot untie them.

We ask the child to determine by touch which bag contains buckwheat and which contains semolina. Let the baby roll the bags in his palms - the cereal will massage the hands through the fabric. After a few lessons, the child will be able to easily distinguish cereals from each other by touch.

Lesson 5: Getting to know beans

You will need:

• large beans - about 10 pieces;
• plastic transparent bottle with a volume of 0.5 liters - 1 piece.

Place the beans on a plate in front of the baby and tell them that they are beans. Let the child touch it and get to know it, but be careful not to put it in his mouth.

Take one bean and throw it into the bottle, now let the child take one bean at a time and throw it into the bottle. We invite the child to close the lid and show how the beans rattle in the bottle.

Lesson 6: Magic bags

You will need:

• bags of semolina and buckwheat from lesson 4;
• large beans - 10 pieces;
• a small bag similar to the bags from lesson 4.

We invite the child to pour the beans into the bag, then tie it tightly. Now the baby needs to determine in three bags where the semolina, buckwheat and beans are.

Do not put the bags away after the lesson; let them be in a visible place so that the child can sort through them if desired and develop his tactile sensations.

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