Experimenting in a senior group is an important part of the educational process. Therefore, this section should be given special attention. Let's talk about what features should include children's experimentation and what are the most successful options for conducting.
Benefits
But before we start scheduling the plan for the year, let's talk about why our chosen topic is important and remains relevant for long times.
Children's experimentation is an important process of toddlers' self-education. It helps children to better remember the actions performed and the results obtained. In addition, at this time, there is an active development of thinking and usually hand motility.
Experiment games can now be found in any store. On the shelves appear products such as "Young Naturalist", "Biologist", "Physicist", "Ecologist", "Fashion Designer" and so on. For the guys, the name does not make sense - they care about what lies beneath it. Of course, in preparation for school, such toys are simply irreplaceable - they prepare kids for adulthood and allow you to understand complex processes.
Place of games in the senior group
Experimentation in the older group, as in all others, should be organized as games. But why exactly does the game help the child develop?
The fact is that the children's brain is designed so that if the baby is not interested in a particular item, no matter how hard you try, it will not be able to remember and understand it properly. In the end, a situation may arise when the child completely begins to reject this or that occupation. So, the baby needs to be interested. Then experiment games come to the rescue.
All children (and many adults) like to receive knowledge without undue stress. This helps to absorb more information in less time. If the lesson in the older group of the kindergarten is organized correctly, then in the end the kid will be fully prepared for school life, and even get a wagon of useful additional knowledge that will help him at an older age.
So, games for the older group are the main source of knowledge about the world and its features. The game method has a number of goals that should be fully realized during various classes. Which ones?
Experiment Objectives
Of course, the first thing teachers pay attention to when drawing up a lesson plan, which includes children's experimentation in the older group, is to create an interesting environment for each child. The knowledge of child psychology and features of the age category of children 5-6 years old helps in this.
In addition, games for the older group should form knowledge about the world and the properties of various substances with which the kids will interact (water, sand and so on).
Experiments are also a great way to teach children how to handle certain objects, use them for their intended purpose in order to achieve the desired result. Experimenting in the older group allows the children to open up and put their knowledge into practice.
Tasks
Any business and occupation should pursue its tasks, which must be carried out for the time period spent. Thus, games also have them. Every activity is important for them. Experimenting in a senior group develops cognitive interests in kids who are almost ready for school. This is extremely important, as lack of dedication leads to loss of attention and concentration. And this adversely affects further performance.
Games also develop children's thinking processes and thinking in general. Sometimes to solve this problem it is necessary to take a non-standard approach. If a person does not have the opportunity to develop his thoughts, then there is no place for the right decision.
Experimenting games in the older group should form a humane, tolerant and correct attitude towards people and the environment in children. In addition, in the end they also need to learn some discipline and rules of conduct.
Partitioning
Undoubtedly, all experiments conducted with children should be somehow systematized and divided among themselves. The most successful way is to "crush" by month. This helps to form the most suitable approaches to game processes, taking into account all the features of a particular month.
It should be understood that at different times of the year, children's experimentation is significantly different from each other. So, for example, in the winter you can’t play in the sandbox, and in the fall - with snow. Therefore, the features of the place of residence and the current time of the year should be taken into account.
The games for the senior group of the kindergarten that we will offer you will be divided just taking into account the time of year at which this or that lesson should be held. A preferred breakdown of 2 months. We will be guided by it.
September October
At the very beginning of the year, it is preferable to organize classes related to the study of sand, clay and their properties. Such classes teach children to notice even the smallest features and inconspicuous objects. Working with sand and clay helps to analyze and generalize certain properties.
You can conduct such experiments in the older group both on the street and in the walls of the kindergarten. You will need different items that can be easily found. Collect enough clean, dry sand and prepare a deep tray for it. You will also need small trays - plates, saucers are suitable. Prepare hourglass, sieve, pencils, paper tubes, magnifiers, transparent containers, jars.
Using this equipment, teach your children to measure sand and compare volumes. This will help the mathematical development and visual perception of the volumes of different components. In addition, in the course of such experiments, an idea of the properties of sand should be formed and consolidated in children. Here you will need an hourglass.
Next, you can teach children how to use clay. So the first knowledge of visual forms appears. As a result, children learn to perceive fashioned figures from clay, to determine the differences between clay and sand.
It is also worth playing games using wet sand. Invite the children to wet the material, and then check those properties that have been studied. Explain the differences between dry "raw" and wet.
November-December
This section can be called "experiments with air." During the games, children will receive different knowledge about the properties of air masses. Occupation in a senior group on a similar topic will require you to have several balloons, bags, tubes, soap bubbles, turntables, ribbons.
The experimentation games in the older group should also tell the children what the sources of air pollution may be. In addition, the guys must understand how to take care of the environment and air.
Games should also include activities that help detect air and learn about its properties. Here, prepared balls, turntables and even soap bubbles will perfectly help you . It is even better to prepare soapy water and tubules - let the children blow bubbles through them, and you explain that the air can take a different form.
January
The first month of the new year can be devoted to games with water. Here, as you might guess, the properties of water should be studied. Among other things, it is your responsibility to explain some of the physical properties of the fluid. Namely, that steam is also water.
Help the children understand the properties of freezing liquids. Explain that snow and ice are also water. Teach the kids that the liquid has no form - here you will be helped by vessels of various shapes and water. Such activities will be interesting to all children.
February
The second month of the new year is most preferably given for the study of man. More precisely, to give a more detailed picture of people's lives. We can say that you can "play a doctor" all month. Stethoscopes, cotton wool, products, perfumes and other items - all this will definitely help you in knowing a person.
Introduce your children to the organs of hearing, sight and smell every new day. In the end, show the relationship of all the senses. Quite successful will be the option when you can accurately trace the connection between taste and smell. Enough to cover your nose - most tastes will not differ, since the receptors located on the tongue are very dependent on the human scent.
The final stage
At the end of the year, namely in the spring, it is best to conduct games that summarize all the knowledge gained over the year. Experimenting in a kindergarten senior group is a great and visual way to tell kids about the world.
Create drawings, crafts and sculpt from clay. Play a doctor, feel like a chemist, a physicist, or even a mathematician - all such “toys” perfectly help the development of children's mindset and prepare children for school life.
It’s a good idea to stock up on children’s educational sets, which are also called different professions. For example, "Chemist" or "Biologist." In such games, experiments already have everything you need to conduct this or that lesson. Wherever there is an interesting game, children will be very pleased to participate and develop.