Preschool is the best time for developing creative abilities. Kids with great pleasure draw pictures, make crafts and applications, while creating something new. Most children enjoy plasticine modeling classes. In kindergarten, much attention is paid to them, because plasticine is a universal material. Absolutely everything can be fashioned from it, the main thing is to have a developed fantasy.
Best toy
In Philadelphia, it was plasticine that was recognized as the perfect toy for children. A large-scale study involved 215 babies from 3 to 5 years old. They all lagged behind peers in development. A year later, after daily modeling, this lag was significantly reduced. Children began to communicate more actively, 30% of them improved their speech. 70% learned the letters, began to make up the first phrases from them.
Plasticine modeling in the garden stimulates the development of kids, prepares them for school. Creating plasticine figures, children:
- improve fine motor skills, which contributes to the development of speech;
- develop imaginative thinking, attention, imagination, memory;
- learn accuracy, perseverance;
- get used to finish the work begun;
- form an aesthetic taste;
- get positive emotions.
Choosing the right plasticine
Dozens of sticky packages are on store shelves. How to choose the right material for kindergarten classes? Pay attention to the following parameters:
- Composition. Plasticine is traditionally made from white clay (kaolin) and binders: paraffin, petroleum jelly, wax. Chemical solvents, thickeners, dyes in the composition should not be.
- Smell. Do not buy plasticine that smells like gasoline, alcohol or rubber. Aromatic options also leave on the shelf - they can cause an allergic reaction in children.
- Softness. For children under 5 years old, purchase a special children's clay for modeling. He warms up better, stretches perfectly, does not stick to his hands and does not leave greasy spots. Older preschoolers can buy classic clay with a denser structure.
- Markiness. The selected material should not stain the clothes of babies, thereby causing unnecessary problems for parents.
Plasticine food
Plasticine modeling classes are held regularly in both senior and younger groups. Children 2-3 years old are taught to roll balls and sausages. This process is necessarily beaten. Sausages turn into sausages for the puppy. If their ends are connected, the steering wheel comes out. The ball may be a berry, tomato, orange, apple. If you flatten it, you get cookies or cake for the doll. Nipping off pieces from plasticine, babies feed the chickens with grains.
In 3-4 years, children will cope with the modeling "Vegetables and fruits." To create it, you need to be able to analyze the shape and color of objects. So, the cucumber is obtained from a thick, short sausage. Tomato and orange are balls. Carrots are elongated, cone-shaped sausages. Apple, plum - slightly flattened balls on the sides of the corresponding color. Grapes are many small peas stuck together. For tops need elongated, oval cakes. Such modeling can be a continuation of the conversation about the autumn harvest, consolidate the knowledge gained.
We master insects
Plasticine molding for 3 years old children involves the creation of simple toys. A fun caterpillar can be made from several balls by connecting them together. For the eye you will need two small white cakes. Glue tiny black balls to them, gently squeeze.
It’s easy enough to mold a ladybug. A ball rolls from red plasticine, then it is pulled into an oval, a section is made along the back of the stack — wings. Black spots are molded in random order. For the head, plasticine of dark color is taken, a smaller ball is rolled out, connected to the body.
The body of the bee represents a yellow oval. Thin and long sausages are rolled out of black plasticine, glued to the body, flattened. Strips are ready. Eyes are two small specks. To make wings, take a white plasticine. Roll small balls, flatten them, giving the shape of droplets. Sit on the back. With such crafts, kids love to play, inventing their own stories.
Dishes for dolls
The plate can be blinded by the pupils of the younger groups. It is enough to flatten the ball into a cake and slightly pull off the edges. Invite the kids to decorate the saucer with a pattern that is applied with a felt tip cap or a stack.
Modeling from plasticine in 4 years involves the creation of more complex crafts. Make with children:
- A bowl. To do this, lift the edges of the plate up, glue the rim-sausage on them.
- A cup. A depression is made in the middle of the ball with fingers. A thin sausage is attached to the side, which is shaped like a handle. If you take a larger ball and make two pens, you get a pan.
- Kettle. We roll the gingerbread man, we attach the nose to it - the sausage, narrowed at the top. The lid is made of tortillas, on which a small ball is molded. The handle is a thin flagellum curved by an arc.
- Spoons and forks. We roll sausages, we give them the necessary form with our fingers. Cut the teeth of the fork with a stack.
Animal world
Favorite crafts of preschoolers - all kinds of animals and birds. Before sculpting from plasticine, the children are shown a picture of the animal, the shape, color and number of parts that will be needed for work are analyzed.
Birds are sculpted from two large balls, to which are then added flattened wings, beak and tail. The same scheme can be used for the manufacture of animals: bunnies, bears, cubs and cubs. The body and head are made of two large balls, and the legs are made of four small balls. Then small details are added. And here in front of us is a sitting animal.
Four-legged animals can be made in another way. Roll an elongated roller from the ball, cut it in half from two sides. These ends will become the paws of the animal. They need to be rounded, bent so that the character stands on its legs. The head can be made of a ball (for example, in a cat or dog). If you make a horse, roll up a sausage, bend its upper part, giving the clay shape of a head. Apply the finished neck to the body, carefully smoothing the joints.
Folk crafts
Plasticine molding at the age of 5 becomes more difficult, since the children have already gained practical experience and are familiar with the basic methods of work. The program involves acquaintance with folk toys. The children are able to make a Dymkovo horse or a cock. They will also cope with the production of the lady, if the usual plastic bottle is at hand.
Its upper part will serve as the basis for the toy. The workpiece inside is painted in white gouache. A pattern of plasticine flagella, circles is pasted on top. It turns out a fluffy skirt. The cork is coated with plasticine, the arms of the young lady and the round head are attached to it. Hair is formed from cakes, add details: eyes, mouth, braid. Kokoshnik cut out of cardboard and coated with plasticine, decorated with patterns. The toy is ready.
Plasticine storyline
In the senior and preparatory groups, the children are ready to create complex compositions. Such crafts consist of several figures united by one idea, history. The plot can be taken from everyday life or borrowed from your favorite fairy tales, cartoons. The main task of the educator is to teach children to make a reliable, dense stand and logically place characters on it.
At the beginning of the year, children create compositions from homogeneous figures: a cat and kittens, a dog with a puppy. They learn to transfer sizes correctly. Then, more complex plots are offered: "Bunnies play," "Fox and the bun," "The boy sculpts a snowman." The kids learn to convey the dynamics of movements. Often they, on their own initiative, sculpt additional details: trees, hemp, benches.
In the preparatory group, children learn to choose their own plots based on fairy tales, personal impressions. Much attention is paid to collective modeling, when the guys coordinate their actions and create one common composition.
Modeling from plasticine is a useful and extremely interesting activity, often flowing into the story game. It often becomes a favorite among babies and contributes to their full development.