It is probably impossible to find a person who has not been familiar with a game such as mosaic since childhood. This fun is justified by time and recommended exclusively on the positive side. Games with floor mosaic perfectly stimulate the brain through the use of fine motor skills of the hands, and also contribute to the development of patience, perseverance and attentiveness.
What is the use?
Floor mosaic for children is not just a game, but a whole magic. During the lesson, you can form an image or a whole picture from small pieces.
This game perfectly trains the motor skills of the hands and fingers of a small child. In addition, it develops attentiveness, perseverance and abstract thinking. Mosaic teaches the child to work according to the given rules and bring what has been started to the final result.
And for the youngest children, the game allows you to study shapes and colors. In addition, children's mosaic helps to develop sensory and visual attention.
Popular varieties
Most parents scatter their eyes from a variety of children's products. In the shop windows you can see the most incredible and exotic mosaics. But how do they differ and what role do they play in educating a child?
- Floor mosaic for children with large details is very convenient to use. Children can create any ornaments and drawings on the floor. And the combination of parts among themselves ignites a special interest in children of an early age category.
- Soft polymer mosaic has special advantages. The game can be used in the bathroom and even mounted on tiles and walls with water.
- Magnetic mosaic is used with a special floor board made of metal. To play with such a set is very convenient, since the details do not move and do not pop up during the session.
- Floor mosaic alphabet. The set consists of letters with the help of which the child will be happy to learn the alphabet and make words.
- Self-adhesive mosaic. It consists of several parts with an adhesive side on the back. The kid will have to peel off the protective layer of paper and place the picture according to the outline, which is indicated on a special field. As a result, this type of game not only captivates the child in the process of occupation, but also enthralls the result. Pictures are very bright and beautiful.
For babies from 1 to 3 years old
- For kids under 2 years old, it is better to choose spherical or cellular mosaics. Items should be large, so it will be easier for a child of this age category to play with them. Pay particular attention to the elements snaps into place. Otherwise, the picture will decay, and the child’s interest will soon fade to the game.
- Kids who have reached the age of more than 2 years old can use floor mosaics for children with legs. Prefer sets with a small number of elements and a modest color scheme. Since children under 3 years old are not yet particularly tuned to the game with pictures and images. Games with a similar mosaic have a positive effect on the development of imagination. In addition, patterns with drawings are often attached to sets. So, the baby will be able to repeat any of the images you like.
3 years and older
- Kids over 3 years old prefer to collect pictures from puzzles. Outdoor mosaic for children (in the zoo, on the forest edge or the treasures of the sea and other topics) will be great fun for a child of this age category. In addition, children over 3 years old love to collect puzzles with their favorite cartoon characters. In addition to all of the above, it can be noted that the details of such a mosaic are quite large and consist of a material that can adhere to the surface with the help of moisture. This means that such fun will appeal to children who love to play during water procedures.
- For preschoolers from 5 to 6 years old, a complex floor mosaic for children is suitable. For example, sets that include magnetic elements with numbers. And to them is an instruction, in accordance with which the elements are combined into a single whole image. The most pleasant thing in such sets is that even adults will be interested in collecting them with children. After all, sometimes they consist of 1 thousand elements.
How else can you use mosaic?
In addition to assembling patterns, elements and pictures, children's mosaics can be used in learning. With the help of a variety of parts, you can sort them by color, size and shape. In addition, learning to count, subtract and add can also be used during gameplay.
No less exciting activity aimed at developing memory is the following game:
- Put in front of the child several elements of different shapes and colors. Enough from 4 to 6 pieces.
- Ask to remember his objects and their colors.
- Hide.
- And then ask the baby to repeat the colors and shapes that he remembered.
In addition to training sessions, you can use role-playing games with cartoon characters in the form of toys, dolls, cars and more. Floor puzzles with images of castles, parks and shops are especially suitable for this.
Mosaic floor for children "Transport"
This type of soft jigsaw puzzle is especially popular among boys' moms. They note the high quality of details, the brightness and contrast of the drawings, as well as the resistance to abrasion of the color image.
On the applied tracks toy cars can ride, little men walk and communicate with each other. Children over 3 years old are very addicted to such games and can spend enough time with such exciting fun.
Now more and more often you can find floor mosaics not only with details, but also with inserts in them, which depict a variety of elements (cars, balloons, boats, etc.). All of them can be easily removed and stacked into a single image. This set not only teaches a little bit of attentiveness and contributes to the development of visual perception, but also introduces various modes of transport.