All parents dream that the child grows up healthy and smart. Various developmental toys, of course, help the child intellectually improve. This is where cognitive books come to the rescue.
An important point in the child’s mental development is the improvement of fine motor skills. This should be dealt with from birth. To begin with, learn to do the usual massage of the fingers and palms of the baby. Of the general methods of such massage, which contributes to the development of speech, it should be noted stroking the hands. You should also rub your fingers, starting from the tips and moving to the base, while gradually adding strength, thus increasing sensitivity. It is useful to easily press on the upper phalanx of the fingers. Do rubbing in a circle, starting from the tip and moving to the palm. In addition, you should rotate the finger clockwise, taking it by the top.
Good finger motility is one of the main indicators of the baby’s intellectual development, his readiness for further education. The ability to think logically, well-developed memory and attention, as well as coherent speech - all this is the result of the development of fine motor skills. This is facilitated by various games in which pens and fingers participate. Here you should perform certain movements in strict sequence. Lessons with small objects are also useful - they are not very convenient to pick up, but if you try, it is quite possible to do so. Children really like competitions in which they need to quickly pull out, squeeze or unclench, sprinkle something. And of course, all kids love to draw with pencil or felt-tip pens on paper. When collecting a child outside in the cold season, do not fasten the buttons yourself - leave this activity to him. Let him try on his own to dress and undress.
Perfectly develop fine motor skills finger games. They are very easy and simple to carry out at home. It does not require special equipment or teacher education. Remember some poem or song, and start doing finger exercises with your child. Here you can use any movements and gestures of the baby's hands . Hold them and help display any movements.
Fascinating finger games can be played with various objects. You can roll a small ball between your palms or do the same with a stick or with a pencil. It is very important to use the maximum number of acupuncture points.
Your baby will become more attentive if during the game you change the timbre of your voice: either higher, lower, quieter or louder. All words of a poem or song should be spoken clearly, while looking at the child so that he can see your face and read your speech. Such classes should last from five to seven minutes daily. Do not forget to praise the child for any achievement.
Do finger exercises with a child under such a rhyme:
We will raise the handles higher
And put our palms together.
We got a roof
And beneath her, we are with you.
We bend our palms in an arc
And raise them higher.
We got geese -
They look at each other.
If we close our palms
And raise high
That will work with us
The bridge is simply the highest class!
Speaking this rhyme, do all the movements yourself, so that the child repeats after you.
When you play finger games with your child, do not forget to perform movements with both hands. If we work with the right hand, the left hemisphere of the brain develops, respectively, the left hand stimulates the right hemisphere. Systematic exercises will help improve the child’s mental processes, as well as develop speech. This is a very effective way to increase the efficiency of the cerebral cortex. Finger games in the preschool years will help the child to form as individuals. At this stage of development, children try to imitate, enjoy the achievements.
Development games are very useful even for the smallest children. Various nursery rhymes stimulate the baby’s thinking, and the massage of the pens and fingers, which is carried out during such games, helps to influence certain points, and therefore the brain centers.