Math games. Fascinating mathematics: tasks and exercises for preschool children Tasks for children 6 years old mathematical

In working with older preschoolers, it is necessary to use riddles, joke tasks, and entertaining questions. Entertaining tasks with mathematical meaning encourage children to use resourcefulness, ingenuity, a sense of humor, introduce children to active mental activity.

Of great importance in the development of thinking, imagination, perception and other psychological processes are riddles. When getting acquainted with numbers, you can invite children to solve such riddles in which certain numbers are mentioned.

For example, when getting acquainted with the number 4, I invite children to guess:

4 wings, not a butterfly. Waving wings, but not from a place. What it is? (windmill.)

Has 4 teeth. Every day he appears at the table, but does not eat anything. What is this? (fork.)

I stand on four legs, can't I walk at all? (Table.)

When studying the number 5, you can guess:

5 brothers: are they equal for years, different in height? (Fingers.)

For five boys - five closets, but one way out? (Glove.)

When you get acquainted with the number 8, a riddle will come in handy:

8 legs, like 8 arms, embroider a circle with silk. The master in silk knows a lot. Buy, flies, silk! (spider.)

Forming spatial representations, such riddles will do:

Green above, red below, grown into the ground. (carrot.)

Two are standing side by side, looking to the right - to the left. Only they can’t see each other at all, this must be very insulting to them. (eyes.)

Entertaining mathematical questions contribute to the development of ingenuity and resourcefulness in children, teach children to analyze, highlight the main thing, compare.

Examples of such interesting questions are:

Grandmother Dasha has a granddaughter Masha, a cat Fluff, a dog Druzhok. How many grandchildren does the grandmother have? (one granddaughter Masha.)

Burned 7 candles. 2 candles extinguished. How many candles are left? (7.)

Birds flew over the river: a dove, a pike, two tits. How many birds, answer quickly. (3.) etc.

When forming spatial and temporal representations, logical endings help.

If Sasha left the house before Serezha, then Serezha ... (left later Sasha.)

If the sister is older than the brother, then the brother ... (younger than the sister.)

If the right hand is on the right, then the left ... (on the left.)

If the table is higher than the chair, then the chair ... (below the table.), etc.

Children really like tasks in a poetic form.

The hedgehog walked through the forest

For lunch, mushrooms found:

2 - under the birch,

1 - at the aspen.

How many will there be

In a wicker basket?

Under the bushes by the river

May beetles lived:

Daughter, son, father and mother.

Seryozhka fell into the snow,

And behind him is Alyosha.

And behind him Marina,

And behind her is Irinka.

And then Ignat fell.

How many were all Guys?

Card file "Cheerful account"

Task 1. Pencils argued

Argued pencils in the box. Blue said:

I am the most important, the children love me more. The sea and the sky are painted with my color.

No, I'm the most important, - objected the red pencil. - Berries and holiday flags are painted with my color.

Well, no, I'm the main one, - said the green pencil. - Children use my color to paint the grass and leaves on the trees.

“Argue, argue,” the yellow pencil thought to himself. “I already know who is the most important. And why the children love me the most.

Question. How many pencils were in the box? (4)

Task 2. Counting guests and chairs

For her birthday, Mukha-Tsokotuha invited guests. She laid the festive table, arranged the chairs.

2 caterpillars crawled first and sat on chairs. Then 3 butterflies flew in and also sat down on the chairs. Soon the grasshoppers came up and sat on two chairs.

And when everyone was already sitting at the table and drinking tea, there was a knock on the door - a beetle crawled in and took another place.

Questions. How many chairs were occupied? (9)

How many guests were there? (8)

Problem 3. Bees treat animals

A magpie flew through the forest and said that the bees would treat the animals with honey.

The first to run to the hive was a bear with a barrel. The second galloped a squirrel with a mug. The third came a hare with a bowl. The fourth came the fox with the pitcher. Fifth, a wolf hobbled along with a saucepan.

Questions. In what order did the hare rush to the hive? (Third.)

Who had the smallest dishes? (At the squirrel.)

Who had the biggest dishes? (At the bear.)

Task 4. A family came to the photographer

The family came to the photographer.

Take a photo of us, please.

Okay, but first you need to get planted properly.

Mom and dad were put on chairs. Grandmother - in a chair. Grandpa stood next to Grandma. The brother and sister were seated next to each other on a bench. And the smallest member of the family, curly Alyosha, was placed in the arms of his mother.

Questions. How many people are in the family? (7)

How many adults? (4)

How many children? (3)

Task 5. Animals in a forest hut

Animals lived in the forest hut.

Guess who?

Red, fluffy, cunning (fox).

Long-eared, short-tailed, cowardly (hare).

Round, prickly (hedgehog).

Gray, furious, toothy (wolf).

Clumsy, fat, grouchy, hairy (bear).

Question. How many animals lived in the hut? (5)

Task 6. Let's count the mushrooms

Tanya and Kostya went for mushrooms.

When they walked past the birches, Kostya found a boletus. When they walked near the oaks, Tanya found a porcini mushroom. We passed by the stumps, Kostya found 2 honey agarics.

And when they entered the pine forest, Tanya found a butter dish, camelina and fly agaric.

Questions. How many mushrooms did Tanya and Kostya find in total? (7)

How many mushrooms will the children fry? (6)

Problem 7. Anton has a birthday

Guests came to Anton for his birthday.

Makar gave him a live parrot, Stepan gave him a clockwork tractor, Liza gave him a wooden constructor, Valya gave him a set of decals.

Questions. How many gifts did Anton receive? (4)

How many children were at the birthday party? (5)

Task 8. Who has more catch?

The fox and the wolf went fishing. The fox took a small fishing rod with a short line, and the greedy wolf thought:

"I'll take the biggest fishing rod with a long, long line - I'll catch more fish."

Sat down to fish. The fox only manages to pull the fish out: either crucian, then bream, then catfish, then pike.

And the wolf caught a roach, began to pull it from the river, and got tangled in a long line.

While untangled, it's already time to go home.

Questions. Who caught the most fish? Why?

How many fish did the wolf and the fox catch in total? (5)

Task 9. Children and birds

Winter came. The children made a bird feeder, hung it on a tree and watched.

First, 2 titmouse flew in - pecked at the fat; 3 bullfinches decided to eat rowan berries; a sparrow flew in to refresh itself with millet,

and under the feeder 3 crows were strutting about, picking up scattered crumbs of bread.

Questions. How many birds flew to the feeder? (9)

How many small birds? (6)

How many big birds? (3) .

Task 10. Me and my family

We have a large and friendly family.

Mom is a doctor, dad is an engineer, older brother is a driver, elder sister- teacher,

grandmother is a pensioner, and I go to kindergarten.

Questions. How many people are in our family? (6)

Task 11. Who became the postman?

The animals gathered in the clearing to choose the postman.

A competition was announced: whoever runs to the finish line first will be the postman.

The rabbit came first. The second was a fox. A squirrel came up third.

The fourth was the elk. The wolf ran fifth. The sixth rolled a hedgehog. The seventh hobbled bear.

Questions. Who will be the postman in the forest? (Hare.)

What number did they run to the finish line: a fox? elk? hedgehog? (Second, fourth, sixth.)

Task 12. Guests from fairy tales

On New Year children were invited to visit fairy tale characters.

The first to appear was the Snow Queen. Puss in Boots came for her. Then Pinocchio and Malvina came running.

Then Carlson appeared, bringing Cinderella and Thumbelina with him.

A little later, the Gray Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood came.

Questions. How many fairy-tale heroes came to the children's holiday? (9)

From how many fairy tales did guests come to the Christmas tree? (7)

Task 13. I am already an adult

Semyon is 7 years old. "I'm already an adult, now I need to study. Can I give away my toys to small children?" he asked his mother.

Mom allowed.

He gave cubes and a teddy bear to his sister Olya.

The plane, the steamer and the lunar rover were offered to the neighbor Vasya. He gave soldiers and a tank to his friend little Boris.

A beautiful car "Seagull", and a big fluffy hare Kuzma, after a little thought, left himself.

After all, they are the most beloved.

Questions. How many toys did Semyon have? (9)

Task 14. What do hares eat?

The hares got hungry and decided to climb into the garden to eat.

And in the vegetable garden, apparently - invisible. One hare plucked cabbage and beets, the other - carrots and turnips, the third - cucumber and zucchini, and the smallest hare plucked onions and garlic.

Suddenly they saw the hares of the watchman and rushed to their heels.

We ran to the hillock, sat down, began to lay out the vegetables.

And the old hare looked at them and how he laughed:

"Hare, why did you tear onions and garlic? After all, hares do not eat it."

Questions. How many hares got into the garden? (4)

How many vegetables did the hares pick in total? (8)

How many of the plucked vegetables will the hares eat? (6)

Task 15. Own library

Children, let's make our own library, - suggested Natalya Grigoryevna.

Let's go, - the guys were delighted.

The next day, Seryozha brought the book "Little Red Riding Hood" to the kindergarten. Lucy brought the fairy tale "Cinderella". Tanya - the book "Three Bears". Vasya brought the fairy tale "Teremok", and Andrey - "The Golden Key".

Tamara brought two books: "Ryaba the Hen" and "Kolobok".

But the children said: "We already know these two fairy tales by heart, let's give them to the kids."

Questions. How many books did the children bring? (7)

How many books are left in the library? (5)

Problem 16. Concert

Zoya Petrovna announced: "Come dressed up tomorrow, we'll go to the concert."

The concert was wonderful. First, one girl sang a Ukrainian folk song.

Then the girls and boys danced the flower dance. They were followed by the kids, showed an interesting folk game,

and someone's dad showed wonderful tricks.

I liked this number the most. I tried to repeat these tricks at home, but nothing worked for me.

Question. How many numbers were in the concert? (4)

Problem 17. Children at the party

Children came to the holiday dressed up, with balloons.

Roma brought blue and pink balloons. Katya had one ball long and the other round.

Nastya brought a yellow ball, Alyosha - red and green. And Slava brought a balloon tied to a flag.

Question. How many balloons did the children bring in total? (8)

Problem 18. Stepashka and ice cream

Stepashka wanted ice cream. He bought fruit - delicious!

"What if dairy tastes even better?" And I bought dairy.

"And I want butter too." Ate butter.

"Something I haven't tried ice cream for a long time," Stepashka thought and bought an ice cream.

Seller opened new box, and there ... popsicle. "Eskimo! My favorite! I'll eat it at home," thought Stepashka and bought himself three more servings.

Questions. How many portions of ice cream did Stepashka buy in total? (7)

What will happen to Stepashka now?

Problem 19. Animals visiting the elk

I bought an elk TV, invited all the animals to watch cartoons.

Guests came to the moose, and he only had two benches: one large, the other small.

An elk and a bear sat on a large one. And on a small one - a squirrel, a hedgehog, a marten, a hare, a gopher and a mouse.

Questions. How many animals watched TV? (8)

Which bench has more animals? Why?

How many animals fit on the big bench? (2) How many animals fit on the small bench? (6)

Problem 20. We are moving!

We got new apartment. Everyone helped move the furniture.

The cupboard was brought in by dad and grandfather, the sofa was brought in by Uncle Kolya and Uncle Vova.

The table was brought by my mother and grandmother, the chair was brought by my sister Olya, and Roma and I brought one chair each.

Questions. How many pieces of furniture are in our apartment? (6)

How many people moved the furniture? (9)

Problem 21. I got scared myself!

The red cat Vasily wanted to be like a tiger. He began to ask the cat Barsik:

"Draw black stripes for me, let the dogs be afraid of me!"

Barsik began to paint it: he drew one strip on his head, one strip on each ear, three thick stripes on his tail.

I also wanted to draw a stripe on my back, but I looked at Vasily, threw away paints and a brush - and ran away from him as soon as possible: I thought that in fact there was a tiger in front of him.

Question. How many stripes did Barsik draw? (6)

Comic math problems for preschoolers

* The room has 4 corners. A cat sat in each corner, opposite each cat - 3 cats. How many cats were in the room? (4 cats)
* How to bring water in a sieve? (Water can be frozen, put a bag at the bottom ...)
* There were 7 brothers, each brother had one sister. How many people walked? (8 people)
* What dishes can not be eaten? (From empty)
* The animal has 2 right legs, 2 left legs, 2 legs in front, 2 in the back. How many legs does he have?
* How many nuts are in the empty glass? (Not at all)
* A bricklayer worked at the construction site. On the first day he built 2 twenty-story houses, on the second - 1 ten-story house. How many houses did he build in two days? (Not at all)
* 9 sharks were swimming in the sea. They saw a school of fish and dived into the depths. How many sharks swam? (9 sharks, only they dived)
* There were 3 tulips and 7 daffodils in the vase. How many tulips were in the vase? (There were 3 tulips in the vase)
* 7 boys cleared 1 path in the garden. How many lanes did the boys clear? (7 tracks)
* What bird hatches from an egg, but does not lay eggs itself? (Rooster)
* There were 4 apples on the table. One of them was cut in half and placed on the table. How many apples are on the table? (4 apples)
* How can one bag of wheat fill 2 empty bags, the same as the bag containing the wheat? (It is necessary to insert another into one bag)
* Grandma Dasha has a granddaughter Masha, a cat Fluff, a dog Druzhok. How many grandchildren does the grandmother have?
*Think of a number up to 5. Add 2 to it, and I will guess what number you have in mind. How much did you get?
* There is a tub near the wall, and there is a frog in the tub. If there were 7 tubs, how many frogs would there be? (Perhaps none.)
* How to cut a square so that 2 new squares can be added from the resulting parts? (For 4 triangles diagonally)
* There are 3 pencils of different lengths on the table. How to remove the longest pencil from the middle without touching it? (Shift one of those that is shorter)
* The first Ivan went to the market, the second Ivan - from the market. Which Ivan bought the goods, which went without the goods?
* The miller came to the mill. In each corner he saw 3 bags, on each bag there were 3 cats, each cat had 3 kittens. How many legs were on the mill? (Two legs, cats have paws.)
* Birds flew over the river: a dove, a pike, 2 tits, 2 swifts and 5 eels. How many birds? Answer soon. (5 birds)
* Burned 7 candles. 2 candles extinguished. How many candles are left? (2.)
* A flock of geese flew by. One goose in front, two behind. One goose between two and three geese side by side. How many geese are in a flock? (3)
* Sister is 5 years older than brother. How many years older will she be than her brother in 7 years? (for 5)
* Two went - 3 nails were found. Four will follow - how many nails will they find? (Probably won't find anything.)
* A woman was walking in and met three men. Each of them carried a sack, in each sack a cat. How many creatures were sent to Moscow? (Only a woman.)
* Why would a barber in Geneva cut two Frenchmen rather than one German? (Because it will earn twice as much.)
* Why are street manhole covers made not square, but round?
* Imagine that you have a box of one match in your pocket. You entered a dark room at night, where there is a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light first? (match)
* How many ends does a stick have? Two sticks? Two and a half? (6)
* A chicken standing on one leg weighs 2 kg. How much does a chicken stand on two legs weigh? (2 kg)
* One egg is boiled for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it take to boil 6 eggs? (4 min)
* How many months in a year have 30 days? (All months except February)
* A pair of horses ran 40 km. How many kilometers did each horse run? (40)
* Can it rain 2 days in a row? (It can't. Days are separated by night.)
* Two sons and two fathers went hunting. They killed three birds with one stone. Returning, each carried a hare. Could this happen? (Grandfather, father and son were walking)
* One and a half fish cost one and a half rubles. How much are 5 fish worth? (5 rubles.)
* A brick weighs 1 kg and another half a brick. How much do 5 bricks weigh? (10 kg.)
* The chariot has 10 spokes. How many spaces between the spokes? (Draw)
* The bookworm has gnawed through from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the second volume, to the right of the first. Each volume has 600 pages. How many pages did he gnaw through? (Binding only.)
* The doctor prescribed the patient 3 injections, one every half an hour. How long will it take for all injections to be given? (In 2 hours)
* Stands in the oak field. There are three branches on an oak tree, each branch has three apples. How many apples are there? (Apples don't grow on oak)
* Where can a small ball hide in an empty room without being crushed by a big ball? (In the corner)
* Is there the first of May in Australia? (Eat)
* You are the pilot of a plane flying from Paris to Moscow with a stopover in Kyiv. Flight time is 2 hours. How old is the pilot?
* The lighthouse then goes out then goes out. How long has the lighthouse been burning? (He didn't burn)
* When the goat is 6 years old, what will happen? (She will be in her seventh year)
* What color is the stopcock on the train and on the plane? (There is no stop valve on the plane)
* At two o'clock in the afternoon it was raining in Novgorod. Could there be sunny weather in Novgorod in ten hours? (No, it will be night)
* Chickens and dogs walk in the yard, all have 10 legs. How many chickens and how many dogs are in the yard? (1 dog and 3 chickens, 2 dogs and 1 chicken)
* There were 10 chairs in the room, on which 10 boys were sitting. 10 girls came in and they all found a chair. How could this happen? (Boys stand up)
* Along the path, 10 trees grow one after another, between which there are benches. How many benches are there? (9)
* Four legs and four paws are visible from under the fence. How many living beings are behind the fence? (Maybe 2 people and 1 dog, 1 horse and 1 cat, come up with another answer)
* A father with two children rode bicycles. There were 3 bicycles and 7 wheels. How could this be? (One bike was with 3 wheels)
* Six legs, two heads, one tail. Who is this? (Rider on a horse)
* How many ears do three mice have?
* 5 ducks swam on the lake, the hunter shot and killed one. How many ducks are left? (0)
* If you eat one plum, what will be left? (Bone.)
Serious tasks

* Kolya sculpted 4 soldiers, and Slava - 1. How many soldiers did the guys sculpt in total?
* There were 6 porcini mushrooms and 3 boletus in the basket. How many mushrooms were there?
* There were 6 mushrooms in the basket, 1 mushroom turned out to be inedible and was thrown away. How many mushrooms are left?
* 5 roses bloomed on the bush. Mom cut 3 pieces, how many are left?
* There were 3 roses in the vase. Mom cut 2 more. How many roses are in the vase?
* There were 5 red cups and 1 blue cup on the shelf. How many cups were there?
* 8 tomatoes ripened on the bush. Picked four tomatoes. How much is left?

Math problems on “More/less"
* Tanya found 3 acorns, and Marina found 1 more than Tanya. How many acorns did Marina find?
* Kostya drew 4 planes, and his brother drew 2 more. How many did your brother draw?
* The boys decided to build a house. Dima brought 5 cubes, and Sasha brought 2 less. How much did Sasha bring?
* The gardener cut the bushes. On the first day, he cut 6 bushes, and on the second day - 1 bush less. How many haircuts on the second day?
* Brother is 9 years old and sister is 3 years younger. How old is she?
* There are 4 cups of cranberries in a jar, and 2 cups more in a plate. How much is in a bowl?
* Sasha's strip is 9 cm long, Petya's is 3 cm shorter. How long is Petya's stripe?
* The student made 7 flags, of which several are green and 4 are red. How many green flags did he make?

Some parents challenge their children with developmental tasks “so as not to mess around”, others teach the basics of arithmetic to prepare for school or simply to reveal their interest and ability in mathematics.

Solutions from the LogicLike educational platform

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• familiarity with mathematics and arithmetic, basic mathematical concepts;
• development of mathematical abilities, development of logical thinking and formation of the foundations of mathematical thinking.

For the first case, children's magazines will be enough for someone, you can find an arithmetic simulator so that the child “trains his hand” in solving the simplest examples of addition and subtraction.

The second block requires a comprehensive approach. We have created a Knowledge Base in which we publish useful materials for children to study with their parents. Start with these materials:

• Games and tasks that will help teach your child mental counting.
• How to develop attention in a child? Games and exercises.

More than 3500 on LogicLike exciting tasks in a simple and understandable form for children - with pictures, answers and explanations.

Learning to do tasks on your own

At preschool age, it is important not to "go too far." If the child has no interest in solving examples and problems, do not torture him. Let's leave the "training" for solving certain types of problems to school mathematics.

There is another approach to children - to interest, captivate and allow them to develop their abilities with pleasure!

Greetings to all readers of my blog. Mathematics for preschoolers is a very broad concept. Let's first talk about the stages of development of preschool children, we will understand what activities are suitable for each age. Then I will share with you some fun DIY tasks that are easy to prepare with your own hands. I will share a wonderful math game that you can download. And I will give my opinion about the notebooks with examples that my child is using.

All photos in this article will enlarge when you click on them.

The age of preschoolers is of course different, and the possibilities in mathematics for a three-year-old child will be very different from a five-year-old. Everything that will be described in this article, you can change to the level of your child.

Preschool age is the stage of mental development of a child in the age range from 3 to 7 years. It includes three periods:

1. Jr preschool age- from 3 to 4 years;
2. average preschool age - from 4 to 5 years;
3. senior preschool age - from 5 to 7 years.

All parents know that the more interesting the training is, the more the child is aware of it. Mathematics is not equally easy for everyone, so it is in this subject that attention should be paid to interactive classes. It doesn’t matter if these are games, tasks, logical tasks, you need to try to make them pass in an interesting form for a preschooler. To set the baby up for a lesson, you can spend a fun physical education session with him.

An entertaining game - Cooking pancakes

I'll start with a game that was a big hit with my son, who is now 4 years 11 months old. It took me 10 minutes to prepare the material.

I needed:

• Thick cardboard;
• marker;
• scissors;
• an object helping to draw a circle;
• kitchen spatula.

I took a sheet of cardboard from the box, which I cut into circles. These are our pancakes, I even gilded their edges with a marker. I wrote examples on the front and answers on the back. The child is invited to cook delicious pancakes for mom, but they will be tasty only if he gives the correct answer.

I was an active participant in this entertaining math game and, of course, I reacted violently to the quality of the cooked pancakes. I will say that while watching the child, I realized another skill that is being practiced here. It took a while for my preschooler to flip the pancakes with a kitchen spatula. Be sure that in this fun game and coordination of movements develops.

After all the pancakes were ready, Alexander decided to continue the game according to his own rules. He took the rest of the box and informed me that it was my plate. Gently with a kitchen spatula, the child transferred all the pancakes to an imaginary plate. Then mom had to eat them. That's when I got to know the memory of my son! He offered to try each circle by calling it a different name.

- Mom, this is a kulebyaka with rice, meat and a little fried onion. And this is a rum baba with chocolate sauce.

And so with all 12 mugs that I was offered to taste. The interesting thing is that the child never ate those dishes that he called. He learned about them from the books we read and from classes in English or French.

Entertaining activities on the math board

When I saw this video on YouTube, I really wanted to do something similar, and I was not mistaken! My son found this kind of math very entertaining.

I had a board in stock, which was bought to work with plasticine, but was not used for its intended purpose. Its color is brown and I decided not to paint it with black paint. The preparation of the game was 5 minutes.

I needed:

• Thin plank;
• hammer;
• stationery carnations;
• crayon;
• rubber bands.

As you can see from the photo, we have used this board many, many times. At first I wrote examples only for addition, then only for subtraction, then I began to alternate them.

Math for preschoolers with a board, as well as with a game of pancakes, has great potential. In both cases, the mother can write examples according to the level of knowledge of her own child. The board can be easily used with two children - erased, wrote for the second. In addition to mathematical abilities, we train fine motor skills with rubber bands and nails. And most importantly, that the training takes place in an entertaining way and the child enjoys it.

Entertaining tasks - Collect the flower

My son loves stationery cloves. Having made the board described above, I realized that the child's interest would be even greater if he himself had to stick the carnations. Already having the practice of such activities, I took a piece of foam, it does not leave marks from the point and can be used many times. It took 15 minutes to make the material.

I needed:

• colored paper;
• a piece of foam;
• stationery carnations;
• chenille wire;
• hot gun;
• marker,
• mitten for rubbing the machine (you can get by with colored paper).

At the time of the lesson, we had prepared cores 80, 90 and 100. The child is offered one core and many petals and leaves. A preschooler is quite capable of finding examples whose answer is the number written in the center. Thus he collects the flower.

For entertaining tasks, you can make petals for addition, subtraction, in the future I plan to do multiplication and division. It all depends on the level of the preschooler in mathematics.

I advise you not to make each flower a different color, otherwise the child will simply collect the color scheme without bothering to count.

Here is a finished flower that can be easily disassembled and you can collect the next one. I complete the numbers as much as possible and keep all the paper pieces in a zip bag.

Our mathematics for preschoolers in games is described. I highly recommend reading about mobile and board games.

Auxiliary material for Zaitsev's table

Many people use the Zaitsev table and there comes a moment when the parent is already denied the fantasy of its entertaining use. We have, though not for long, an auxiliary table. It took me 10 minutes to make it.

I needed:

• A sheet of colored paper;
• marker;
• ruler;
• scissors;
• laminator (you can take cardboard, then the laminator is not needed).

Having measured the size of the compartments on the Zaitsev table, I drew five rectangles. The middle remains open. The numbers on the left, right, top and bottom open in the form of windows. The child is invited to put an open window on any number chosen by him, and try to count what numbers are in the other four windows.

I had an idea to make the same entertaining table the next day, only with numbers -2, +2, -20, +20. I would need to flip a sheet of colored paper horizontally to fit the windows. But this was not necessary, as Alexander stated:

- Mom, this is a stupid game!

Here's the trend I've been seeing over the past few months. My son is very fond of cartoons that he watched as a kid and is happy to review them. He loves books that we read a couple of years ago and periodically asks to re-read them. Even toys for kids attract Alexander's attention, he can ask where his pyramid is, because he wants to collect it. But! If in mathematics I give my preschooler tasks that he easily completes, then they are not interesting to him. So, under a stupid game, he meant “Mom, what's there to count!”.

Nevertheless, I think that some parents will like the idea, and they will be able to diversify the classes on the Zaitsev table with their children.

Math for preschoolers - download game

My son brought a board game from the lyceum where he studies. They were tiny hand-drawn cards, apparently by the caregivers. But I really liked the meaning of the game and I decided to make it of good quality for my subscribers.

At this age, it is necessary to teach the child not only to count (at least up to a hundred), but also to be able to solve the simplest mathematical examples, as well as to distinguish between maximum and minimum and be able to solve simple equations. All this will help the preschooler not only be a little more confident in the classroom, but also develop his logic. But what are the best tasks and techniques to use?

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Teaching methods for older preschoolers

Cards with numbers

Cards are a real salvation for parents: with their help, you can use numbers, develop his memory, attention and logic.

Especially skillful parents will play whole representations with cards and explain the most difficult mathematical operations: subtraction, addition, division and multiplication.

It is better to make two sets of cards (one will remain with you, and you will give the second to the child). Next, you ask the baby to find a pair for the card you have taken out and name the number (mindfulness development). Or put all the cards together, inviting the baby to find the same pairs (memory development).

coloring pages

Coloring pages have always attracted the attention of kids, because with them you can do whatever your heart desires. That is why it is impossible to pass by a wonderful opportunity to use this property when teaching a kid math.

Try to choose coloring pages according to the child's preferences and gender.

The baby will be interested in coloring pictures with cute animals, and not with creepy monsters, and the boy will quickly get bored with coloring princesses.

Recipe

If you feel that your baby is extremely insecure in writing numbers and with difficulty making numbers out of them, then print out several different prescriptions, every day offering the baby one of them to choose from.

By tracing and drawing numbers, the baby will not only gradually memorize them, but also develop fine motor skills of the hands, write much more accurately and get used to holding a pen or pencil in his hand correctly.

Choose captions that make it interesting for the child to complete the specified tasks (for example, you can choose captions with funny cartoon characters that will tell the child the task). Besides. in this case, it will always be possible to justify the failure of the kid by the failure of the character (for example: “Look, your bear drew the six wrong! Let's help him correct his mistake?”).

connect the dots

Drawing by dots is a favorite pastime for kids. But how to make this game useful for a child learning numbers and numbers?

Everything is very simple: we give each point its own serial number and invite the child to connect all the numbers in order, thus obtaining a beautiful picture, which can then be carefully colored (in this way we additionally train accuracy and fine motor skills - extremely important qualities for a preschooler).

If the kid can easily cope with the task, complicate it by inviting the child to connect the dots in reverse order (that is, from the largest number to the smallest). Countdown training is a very important activity that is designed to develop the left hemisphere of the brain.

Puzzles

This game is designed for kids who are just getting acquainted with numbers. It will help them remember the correct order of numbers and their symbols.

Take any picture that will arouse interest in the baby (for example, boys will like a picture with brave robots, and a girl with their favorite princesses) - it is better to take a large format picture so that the baby does not get confused - then cut the picture into 9 vertical strips and for each strip glue (or draw) a number (from 1 to 9). So that the picture does not wrinkle during classes, it is better to laminate it (this can also be done at home using transparent tape).

Do a mindfulness exercise regularly: ask the child to turn away and swap the stripes, and then ask if the picture is assembled correctly.

If the baby gives a negative answer, ask him which numbers are wrong (it is important that the child is guided not only by parts of the picture, but also by the order of the numbers).

Even with such a seemingly unnecessary thing, you can arrange a wonderful game for practicing counting: take a dice and any coloring picture. Next, on each element, write a number from 1 to 6. The kid will throw a bone and paint over one dropped number. Thus, you will not only train the count, but also check the level of attentiveness and fatigue of the baby. If the child copes with the task very quickly, complicate it by adding another dice (thus, the numbers from 2 to 12 will be present on the coloring book).

Workbooks

Such notebooks are already recommended for schoolchildren, since mathematics for children aged 6-7 usually does not include a large number of pictures (unlike manuals for preschoolers, which are literally full of bright drawings that attract children's attention), replacing them as much as possible with examples.

If you think that your child will be able to cope with the task even without pictures that attract attention, then the notebook will be an extremely convenient option for you: it is compact and contains a large number of tasks. and also has control blocks. with the help of which you can control whether the baby has mastered a particular topic, or you need to repeat the material.

walks

When you learn the numbers, you can start the so-called "number walks". You can conduct them at any time of the year - the main thing is that during the walk you can train the skills of forward and backward counting.

For example, if you go for a walk in the forest, invite your child to count all the birds that he meets on his way. If you like to walk in the park, then invite the kid to count all the passers-by (if the park is popular, then simplify the task: count all men, women or children).

If you like to go on picnics in the summer, then invite your child to count the fruits in the basket, the number of plates and napkins.

Remember - outdoor activities are as productive as possible and leave behind only pleasant memories.

This is interesting!

A group of psychologists conducted a study with two control groups (in both cases, classes were held every day for an hour), the first of which worked out in the open air, and the second - indoors. Two months later, psychologists compared the results and found that the progress of the first group was much higher, the children answered questions smartly and behaved much more actively than their "colleagues" from the second group.

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