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Sand therapy in speech therapist classes.
teacher-speech therapist MBOU "Secondary School No. 1" G. Pikalevo Abraeva Evgenia Sergeevna
Sand games
Projective
Aimed at carrying out psychological diagnostics, correction and development of the child.
Cognitive
Games to get to know the world around you
Educational
Games for the development of phonemic awareness, correction of sound pronunciation, teaching reading and writing.
Sand therapy techniques help the traditional method of correcting sound pronunciation become more interesting, exciting, more productive.
Subject : “Sound Sh Automation of pronunciation in words of all types"
Tasks:
sandbox with dry sand
size 100 x 140 x 8 cm.
Equipment:
Introduction to the rules of conduct
in the sandbox.
1.You cannot intentionally throw sand out of the sandbox.
2. You cannot throw sand at each other or put it in your mouth.
3.After playing with sand, you need to put all the toys back in their places.
4. After playing with sand, you need to wash your hands with soap.
Phonemic development
hearing and perception
Speech therapist:
Today we are going to visit Smeshariki. Smeshariki will help you learn to pronounce the sound Ш correctly.
Assignment from Kar-Karycha: If you hear the sound Ш, hide your palms in the sand. For other sounds, hold your hands over the sandbox.
(the speech therapist pronounces consonant sounds, the child performs the corresponding movements).
Automation sound in a syllable. Syllable track
A path was built from pebbles on the sand.
Speech therapist :
Walk along the path index fingers fingers and repeat “sha-sha-sha”
The child “steps” the syllables with his fingers.
Blue trail of syllables
Speech therapist :
We walk along the path with our middle fingers and repeat “sho-sho-sho.” We are going to visit Nyusha.
Formation of spatial representations
Speech therapist :
Nyusha has harvested the harvest and is now decorating the garden. Place a pear in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner - a cherry. Place a chamomile under the pear, and another pear above the cherry. Name all the objects.
Green path of syllables
Speech therapist:
Now we are walking along the green path. “Step” on the pebbles with your ring fingers and repeat the syllables: “shu-shu-shu.”
Development of the skill of syllabic analysis of words
Speech therapist :
Sovunya, Barash, Pin came up with a task. Using a brush, find pictures in the sand and divide them into groups according to the number of syllables. Pin will take pictures whose names have 1 syllable, Barash - 2 syllables, Sovunya - 3 syllables. Name all the pictures.
Purple trail of syllables
Speech therapist:
We walk along the purple path to Losyash. “Walk” over the pebbles with your little fingers: “shu-shu-shu.”
Making words from letters
Speech therapist:
Losyash has fun colorful letters for you. From the letters, make words starting with the sound Ш and read them.
Make up a sentence about Losyash with the words SCARF and HAT.
Summing up the lesson
Speech therapist: So our journey through the country of Smeshariki has come to an end. Today in class you learned to correctly pronounce the sound Ш and showed Smeshariki how well you are already doing it.
Gunenko Irina Alexandrovna
Job title: teacher speech therapist
Educational institution: MADOU d/s No. 369 "Kaleidoscope"
Locality: city Novosibirsk
Name of material: methodological development
Subject: Options for working on a sand table to automate sounds
Publication date: 14.02.2017
Chapter: preschool education
Options for working on a sand table to automate sounds
The most important
sound pronunciation
is
automation of the sound delivered by the speech therapist, which in turn includes
two points: direct automation of sound and differentiation of this
sound with the one that was replaced.
Modern life is filled with various technologies, computers,
gadgets, smart tables, smart boards, etc. And in the work of a speech therapist it is also ripe
improvements
diversity
modern
growing up
generation.
Sand
modern,
effective
diversify
improve the work of the speech therapist on the automation of sounds. Great advantage
working with sand is a psychological moment when tactile
sensations, fine motor skills, a moment of psychological relaxation, it’s not without reason
Playing with sand begins at a very early age. In addition, the sand table is not
material
assistants
materials or use a baking sheet with high sides.
Types of work when automating sounds
Isolated sound pronunciation.
One of the rules for working on a sand table is “don’t be silent,” which means
that any movement is accompanied by the utterance of an automated sound.
We ask the child to draw circles with the fingers of one hand,
with both hands
simultaneously, changing directions: clockwise, counterclockwise,
towards each other from the top half, towards each other from the bottom
half.
various
You can use one hand or two. Children really like the “Spiders” exercise -
burying your palms in the sand. Then “peeping out” from under the sand of individual
fingers. With this exercise we can simultaneously consolidate where the right
"burrowing"
alternately
naming
certain
exercise
automation
"Rain"
rash
produced
Rash
fingers
Rashes
sandbox, or maybe in another palm with a change of hands.
Simultaneously
automation
introduce
which represents this sound. Draw it with your finger or trace the template
this letter. Or you can “rain” the inside of the letter template.
On the sand table in the process of sound automation we can resolve the issue
orientation in space - graphic dictation on the sand. You can ask
child draw circles with his finger in the upper left corner, in the upper
right, in the lower corners. And if you put a letter in the center of the table, then the task
is complicated by the use of prepositions: “Draw a circle or build a hill ABOVE
letter, UNDER the letter, LEFT of the letter, RIGHT of the letter, make it so that
the letter was BETWEEN the circles.
sand
helps
development
phonemic
For example,
buries
Pictures,
the child digs one up, the speech therapist names it, the child says whether there is
automated
digging
Pictures
Necessarily
accompanied by the pronunciation of this sound.
Automation of sound in syllables.
Automation
assumes
utterance
child
speech therapist the necessary syllables in each type of work.
We “jump” with our fingers on the sand from one edge of the sandbox to the other in
directions.
"Let's jump"
fingers
We “jump” with one finger, two, four, five fingers. Is it possible
do it with both hands at the same time, alternately.
"We leave
applying
fists, knuckles, backs of hands.
"Fingers
bathing."
bury themselves
spreads his fingers and closes them again. Another option: the child collects
fingers into a fist - unclenches them. You can use both hands at the same time, you can
one by one. And then one finger at a time peeks out from under the sand.
“Let’s go visit.” This exercise works very effectively on open
syllables. A letter indicating an automated sound is placed in the center. By
Vowels are buried in the four corners of the sandbox. The child is first offered
dig up
accompanying
digging up
isolated
by pronouncing an automated sound, name it. And then from the center to this
to the vowel, draw a “winding path”: S-S-S-A. And so we do with
all vowels.
"Let's go down
parachute."
exercise
effectively
works
closed syllables. The vowels are placed near the side of the sandbox farthest from the child, and
the consonant is placed on the near side. Fingers from vowels go down to
consonant: A-A-A-S.
Laying out
various
assistant
material:
plastic lids, beans, large buttons, large beads, small
pebbles. And with counting sticks we lay out a ladder. Then with one finger
fingers
subjects
pronounce
speech therapist syllables.
Working with plastic bottle caps can be very
It’s good to diversify the work of automating sounds in syllables. These covers
can be red, green, blue, yellow. The exercise is called
"Musical Keys" The child is given the task to pronounce a certain syllable
for a certain color. A child can dig out lids from the sand,
remove from the opaque bag. I dug out the lid - named the syllable - laid it out
to the track. Then the child is asked to sing a song by pressing his finger on
“key”: SHA-SHO-SHO-SHA... You can start with two colors (two syllables),
gradually complicating it to three and four colors (syllables): SHA-SHO-SHU-SHI...
Automation of sound in words.
Automation
assumes
utterance
child
speech therapist of words in each type of work.
Exercises at this stage can repeat the exercises of the second point,
only instead of syllables the child pronounces words.
Plastic lids can be used as follows: red
cap - sound at the beginning of a word, green - sound in the middle of a word, blue - sound in
end of the word. The child digs up the lid and comes up with a word. If the child
finds it difficult
proposed
speech therapist
bury themselves
Pictures
automated
digs up, names and determines the place of this sound in a word.
Pictures with a certain sound, one or two syllables, are buried in the sand.
The child digs up a picture, names the word, and lays it out in letters in the sand.
plastic
split
speech therapist:
define
number of syllables, say kindly, one - several, count to five, post
cover the sound pattern of the word, name the stressed syllable.
bury themselves
Pictures
automated
digs up a picture, accompanying the action with words. For example:
“R” - I dig in the sand and found... a rocket, a shell, a sail, etc.
“Sch” - I’m looking, I’m looking... for a puppy, a raincoat, a brush, etc.
“Sh” - I found, I found... a hat and I’ll throw it in the car, etc.
“S” - Hidden in the sand... a sock, cabbage, bridge, etc.
“L” - The butterfly flew and landed on... a doll, a shovel... etc.
Differentiation of sounds in words.
Differentiation
sandy
pass
several
directions:
Differentiation of sounds mixed in a child’s speech.
Differentiation of hard and soft sounds.
Differentiation of voiceless and voiced sounds.
Differentiation of vowels and consonants.
I use the following exercises in my work.
Pictures with sounds that need to be differentiated are buried in the sand.
The corresponding letters are either placed in different sides of the sandbox, or
objects are placed: a bag and a hat (if we differentiate S - W), a boat and
box (if L - R), etc. The child digs up the picture, names the word and
assigns a picture to a specific letter or object.
differentiation
voiced, vowels and consonants, the speech therapist discusses with the child that attention
we turn
last.
bury themselves
Pictures. The child digs them up and names them. If, for example, in this word the first
the sound is solid, he places a blue bead (or button, pebble,
cover, chip), if soft - green.
The pictures are buried in the sand. On opposite sides of the sandbox are placed
Pictures
image
bell
headphones.
digs up
picture,
determines
bell or headphones.
To determine the vowel and consonant sounds, you can use red and
gray (any color) beads, buttons, cards, chips, caps.
Using a sand table gives the speech therapist the opportunity to improvise,
look for more effective ways to automate sounds. This is still
and a good assistant in establishing the necessary contact with the child. Getting distracted
on sand and manipulations with it, the child automates sound faster and easier
of your speech. In addition, from a psychological point of view, it is easy to remove
bad option - buried the picture - and start all over again, wrong
I wrote a letter and quickly erased it. The main thing is that many children simply love
play with sand.
Irina Gunenko
teacher speech therapist
MADOU d/s No. 369 “Kaleidoscope”
Mikhailova Yulia Alexandrovna
Job title: teacher speech therapist
Educational institution: MKDOU "Kindergarten No. 20 "Rosinka" combined type"
Locality: Berezovsky city, Kemerovo region
Name of material: article
Subject: The use of sand therapy in the work of a speech therapist teacher
Publication date: 21.06.2018
Chapter: preschool education
Annotation:
One of the most flexible natural materials is sand. His
use in speech therapy practice can have beneficial
impact on emotional, developmental and tactile perception in
child. By creating gaming motivation, attention increases, which
contributes to a beneficial effect on the development of motivation to
educational and cognitive processes. Using the method
Working with sand is possible from the youngest age of the child.
“Sand therapy in working with children diagnosed with Alalia.”
The use of sand-related games has a positive effect
developmental impact. Sand is a common natural
material,
usage
has
relaxing
action.
Sand
formation
mental
health
cognitive development of children at any age.
What is the “power” of sand? It has special properties.
Sand is a very flexible tool for creativity. Images from it
can be changed at any time. Anyone can work with sand, even
who has no artistic ability. The smallest grains of sand
activate
sensitive
tips
fingers and nerve endings in the palms. Drawings or construction of figures on
form
self-regulation
self-control.
Concentration
relaxes
helps
overcome negative emotions.
The sand therapy method was created in 1929, its authors are
Swiss
psychologist
English
psychotherapist
Lowenfeld, Swiss children's therapist D. Kalf. This is based on
The method lies in the formation of active imagination in children.
Celebrate the variety of sand games. Educational games promote
mastering the process of reading, writing, literacy and numeracy. Cognitive
Games give children the opportunity to learn about the diversity of the world around them.
Project games open up a child’s potential,
develop his creativity and imagination. Using sand therapy on
speech therapy classes help expand vocabulary,
correction of sound pronunciation, help mastering sound-syllable analysis
and synthesis of words, the development of phonemic hearing, contribute
formation of coherent speech, lexical and grammatical concepts,
help in learning letters, mastering reading and writing skills, developing
tactile sensitivity and fine motor skills of the hands, relieve muscle
tension, improve visual-spatial
orientation. In a sand game, a child and an adult easily exchange
ideas, feelings, which allows you to build trusting, partnership
relationships with each other. This is the relationship between an adult and a child
helps to overcome communication difficulties, develop thinking and
speech abilities in children.
sand therapy. A waterproof sandbox is used as a sandbox.
a box whose dimensions are 50 cm. – 70 cm. – 8 cm. Where 50 cm.-70 cm. –
this is the size of the field, and 8 cm is the depth of the sandbox. This size
sandbox corresponds to the volume of the field of visual perception. For
size 100 cm - 140 cm - 8 cm. Material for making a sandbox
use plastic boxes, but sand does not “breathe” in them. Bottom and sides
boxes (except for the upper plane of the side boards) are painted in
blue. Thus, the bottom symbolizes water, and the sides of the box symbolize
sky. Blue color has a calming effect, but you can
paint the surface of the boxes in one or more colors. Box or
the container is filled half or one third in volume with sand. He
must be prepared and cleaned in advance. The sand is washed and
sifted, then calcined in the oven. Sand cleaning
produced at least once a month. Sand must be poured from
sandboxes, sift, wash and heat again.
For activities and games you can use miniature
items
Apply
classification
items:
differing in age, profession, culture; 2) animals and birds
(domestic, wild). 3) inhabitants of the aquatic world (fish, shellfish, crabs). 4)
people's homes with furniture (houses, palaces, castles, other buildings, furniture
various
crops).
plants
shrubs).
heavenly
space
rainbow, clouds). 7) vehicles (land, air, water
civil
military
appointments
fantastic
facilities
movement).
a habitat
person
road signs). 9) landscape objects (mountains, volcanoes). 10) decorations and
accessories
buttons,
natural
natural
items
(crystals,
shells,
metal, water polished or rounded stones, decorative
plants).
fantastic
characters
cartoons, fairy tales, good and bad figures).
There are five rules for organizing sand therapy gameplay:
Demonstration
acquaintance
sandbox.
Demonstration
collections of figurines (no more than three during one lesson period). 3. Getting to know
rules of games on the sand, the implementation of which must be observed on
throughout
Formulation
instructions
games, the main content of the lesson. 5. Completion of the lesson, exit ritual
from the sandbox.
The main goal of sand therapy
- “not to remake” the child, but to give
the opportunity to be yourself, to learn to respect yourself for who you are.
Before you start playing with sand, you need to talk to your children about the rules.
sandbox games. A poem by the author T.M. will help with this. Grabenko:
“There are no harmful children in the country - After all, they have no place in the sand! It's not allowed here
bite,
rush!
ruin!
Don't shout loudly either. You can build and do wonders. You can create a lot:
Mountains, rivers and seas. So that there is life around. Children, do you understand me? Or should I
repeat, To remember and be friends?! Sand is a peaceful country. Did you remember
exercises
used
sand. "Sensitive
- Place your palms on
sand, close your eyes, feel what it is like. Open your eyes, tell me,
felt
(adult
Do
most, turning your palms the other way. Tell us about your feelings.
Place your palms on the sand and slide along the surface of the sand like a snake
or a car. Try, children, to walk with your palms like a big one
small
baby elephant,
Leave
prints
palms, fists, ribs of the palms. Draw patterns and drawings on the sand -
Sun,
Adult
shows
repeats.
Adult
offers
the child “walk” or touch each finger of the right and left
hands alternately. Then sift the sand through your fingers or from folded
sift your fingers into a pinch of sand, which can be colored differently
color or be contrasting in texture. Lay out different items with your child
according to the size and structure of pebbles or natural material, build from them
different figures or geometric shapes. You can post it using
chips are geometric shapes that can differ from each other in
swipe
toy
sandy
paths or labyrinths previously built on sand. Together you can
can “play” with his fingers on the surface of the sand like a piano or
computer keyboard.
Try to do tasks with your child that develop imagination.
Initially, sift the sand through a sieve, draw a pattern with a brush or
with a stick.
Draw
fantastic
post
toys, try to make up a story about the world that has arisen, let the child
voices toy characters and answers questions or composes a story from
their name.
There are a variety of sand games and exercises that develop
imagination
fantasy.
relate
built
"Paths from sand". Show your child how to scoop up a handful of dry sand and
slowly pour it out, while creating various shapes, for example,
paths to the house of a bunny or a bear cub. Sandbox can be used
in order to find figures hidden in it at a shallow depth
toys or animals. A similar game is "Magic Bag". In the second
In this version of the game, the child can be asked to find letters buried in
sandbox, name them and come up with words that contain these letters.
You can “sculpt”
letters made of sand, raking it with the edges of the palms. In Game
a child can turn the letters “L” into “A”, “H” into “T”, “O” into “I”, etc.
child
make up
pronounce them. This exercise makes it easier for the child to master
memorization
names
printed, then written letters. Do this with the finger of one hand,
then with a stick, holding it like a pen. Sand allows you to preserve it longer
the child’s performance; a mistake on sand is easier to correct than on paper
– this allows the child to feel successful and confident when
working with malleable sand material. A game "Name the Sound"(author N.V.
Durova): An adult invites children to dig small holes in the sand for
tennis ball. Then he pushes the ball into the child's hole and calls
long any consonant sound. The child listens to the teacher or parent and
repeats the sound and at the same time rolls the ball back into the hole with his finger
teacher Then, from sounds you can move on to repeating syllables and words.
Example: Ssss; su-su-su; SS-susu-mka. D-d-d; do-do-do; dd-dodo-m. R-r-r-, ro-
ro-ro;rr-roro-t.
conduct
difficulties
pronunciation
distinctions
master
pronunciation skills. Tasks for distinguishing the sounds S-SH in syllables.
The child repeats the syllables after the adult: as-ash, ash-as, sa-sha, sha-sa; then: os-
osh, osh-os, so-sho, sho-so.; us-ush, ush-us, su-shu, shu-su.
“Discrimination of sounds S-Sh” using words as an example. You can hide it in the sand
pictures or figures depicting the following objects: catfish,
sled, hat, bag, fur coat, shorts or others. The child says for a long time
adults
repeats
fully.
pick up
certain
consolidate
correct pronunciation in logs and words. Distinguishing the sounds S-Sh in words
using sand therapy: an adult invites the child to “find
treasure." The child takes out one of the figures or pictures from the box and names
their images. For example: airplane, wardrobe, table, car, dog, horse,
owl, bag, etc. The area of the box with sand is divided into two parts. To kid
suggest putting figures with the sound “C” on one half of the box,
discrimination
The adult lays out pictures in front of the child that depict
animals, the child must name them and arrange them in two columns (cat
“k” is a hard consonant; kit "k" - soft consonant sound; mouse "m" -
"m" - soft;
"b" - soft).
"Dividing words into syllables": children are asked to draw houses with
four
windows,
post
pictures, distribute by number of syllables. 1. House, cat, catfish, mouth. 2. Summer,
sea-re, lo-to, li-sa. 3. Ku-bi-ki, be-ge-mot, ra-ke-ta, bu-ma-ga. 4. Che-re-pa-ha,
TV. Children can first clap the words and count the number
syllables in them. A game "City of Sounds": the adult invites the child to choose
figures or pictures whose names contain a pre-named sound (in
next game it may be different). The child arranges the figures
names them, then the adult asks them to make sentences or talk about
them. The child can compose an oral story about this city and its inhabitants.
A game “Whose trace is this?”: you can leave it on wet sand with your child
traces from the wheels of a toy car, animals, buttons of different sizes,
pea seeds and other plants. The child must guess whose print it is.
and write a story about it. Make a sand applique with your child: with
apply
sprinkle
multi-colored and pre-dried. Picture: house forest, sky and sun and
etc., then shake off the sheet and dry the painting.
We wish you pleasant activities and games with sand!
Speech is one of the most important mental functions of a person and a complex functional system, which is based on the use of the sign system of language in the process of communication. Speech communication creates the necessary conditions for the development of various forms of activity. A child’s mastery of speech contributes to awareness, planning and regulation of his behavior.
We all know very well that well-developed speech of a preschool child is an important condition for successful learning at school. It is necessary to help the child overcome speech disorders, as they negatively affect all mental functions and affect the child’s activities and behavior. Severe speech disorders can affect mental development, especially the formation of higher levels of cognitive activity, which is due to the close relationship between speech and thinking and the limited social and speech contacts, during which the child learns about the surrounding reality.
Speech disorders can negatively affect the formation of a child’s personality, cause mental complications, specific features of the emotional-volitional sphere, and contribute to the development of negative character traits. This has a negative impact on literacy, academic performance in general, and choice of profession.
Today, everyone involved in the upbringing and teaching of preschool children has at their disposal extensive practical material, the use of which contributes to the effective speech development of the child.
But we are faced with difficulties in correctional work due to the increased number of speech pathologies. In special magazines, in various methodological and popular scientific publications, defectologists, speech therapists, teachers and psychologists present new non-traditional forms of work with children-speech pathologists in addition to academic methods. Such authors as M.A. Povalyaeva, M.I. Chistyakova, E.A. Pozhilenko, T.D. Zinkevich-Evstigneeva, T.M. Grabenko and others worked on these works.
According to V.M. Akimenko, any practical material can be divided into two groups: firstly, helping the child’s direct speech development and, secondly, indirect, which includes non-traditional speech therapy technologies. This
Japanese finger massage technique - massaging the thumb increases brain activity. If children get excited when speaking and twirl objects in their hands, you should not snatch them from your hands - this is how the child’s body relieves excitement. Japanese scientist Yoshiro Tsutsumi developed a system of exercises for self-massage. It included: rubbing the fingertips, massage of the palm surfaces with stone, metal or glass multi-colored marbles, massage with walnuts, massage with hexagonal pencils, massage with “rosary beads”.
In correctional pedagogy, non-traditional methods of correctional influence have become widespread: phyto, aroma, chromo and other types of therapies.
The use of these correction methods cannot be considered independent and self-sufficient; their use, most likely, serves to create a favorable emotional background, which ultimately improves the effectiveness of the corrective effect. These methods include
The therapeutic effect of playing with sand was first noticed by the Swiss psychologist and philosopher Carl Gustav Jung. It would seem that everything is very simple - a child builds something out of sand, without regret destroys the creations he himself has created, and builds again... But it is this simple action that keeps a unique secret - there is nothing that is irreparably destroyed - the old is always replaced something new is coming. By repeatedly living this secret, the baby reaches a state of balance, anxiety and fear go away. Another important psychotherapeutic property of sand is the ability to change the plot, events, and relationships. Since the game takes place in the context of a fairy-tale world, the child is given the opportunity to change a situation that is uncomfortable for him. He learns to overcome difficulties on his own.
Playing with sand is a natural and accessible form of activity for every child. A child often cannot express his feelings and fears in words, and then playing with sand comes to his aid. By acting out the situations that agitated him with the help of toy figures, creating a picture of his own world from sand, the child is freed from tension. And most importantly, he gains invaluable experience in symbolically resolving many life situations, because in a real fairy tale everything ends well.
Observations by psychologists show that it is precisely the first joint games of children in the sandbox that can clearly show parents the characteristics of the behavior and development of their children. Parents see that the child is becoming overly aggressive or timid when communicating with peers - this may be a reason to think about the education system.
Play in the sand with your child. Place your palms on the sand and tell him how you feel: “I’m pleased. I feel the warmth (coolness) of the sand. When I move my hands, I feel small grains of sand. How do you feel? Let the child try to talk about how he feels. Make prints of your palms, fists, edges of your palms, creating patterns (sun, flower, etc.); “walk” through the sand with each finger in turn. These simple exercises are of enormous importance for the development of a child’s psyche. They stabilize the baby’s emotional state, teach him to listen to himself and articulate his feelings. And this promotes the development of speech, voluntary attention and memory, which is very important for children with speech disorders. But the main thing is that the child gets the first experience of self-analysis, learns to understand himself and others.
Games with sand are varied: educational games provide the process of learning to read, write, count, and read and write; educational games give children the opportunity to learn about the diversity of the world around them, about the history of their city, country, etc.; Projective games will open up a child’s potential and develop his creativity and imagination.
Sand games
You can play in the sand not only on the street - you can set up a mini-sandbox at home, in a kindergarten, or in a speech therapy room.
General conditions for organizing sand therapy.
A large waterproof box is used as a sandbox. Its traditional size in centimeters is 50 x 70 x 8 cm (where 50 x 70 is the size of the field, and 8 is the depth). It is believed that this size of the sandbox corresponds to the volume of the field of visual perception. The traditional sandbox size is designed for individual work. For group work, we recommend using a sandbox measuring 100 x 140 x 8 cm.
Material. The traditional and preferred material is wood. In the practice of working with sand, plastic boxes are more often used, but the sand does not “breathe” in them.
Color. The traditional sandbox combines the natural color of wood and blue. The bottom and sides (with the exception of the upper plane of the side boards) are painted blue. Thus, the bottom symbolizes water, and the sides symbolize the sky. Blue color has a calming effect on a person. In addition, the “blue” sandbox filled with sand is a miniature model of our planet in human perception. If funds and office space allow, you can experiment with multi-colored sandboxes, when the bottom and sides are painted in one or more colors.
Now it can be filled one-third or half with clean (washed and sifted), oven-calcined sand. The sand used needs to be changed or cleaned from time to time. Cleansing is performed at least once a month. The sand must be removed from the sandbox, sifted, washed and calcined.
To organize games with sand, you will need a large set of miniature objects and toys, which together symbolize the world. In classical sand therapy, there is the following classification of objects used in the process of creating sand paintings.
So, everything that is found in the surrounding world can take its rightful place in the collection. If there are not enough image figures for classes, they can be sculpted from plasticine, clay, dough, or cut out of paper.
A collection of figurines is located on the shelves. If there is not enough space on the shelves to accommodate the entire collection, then transparent boxes can also be used.
Partial transfer of speech therapy classes to the sandbox provides a greater educational and educational effect than standard forms of training. Firstly, the child’s desire to learn something new, experiment and work independently increases. Secondly, tactile sensitivity develops in the sandbox as the basis of “manual intelligence”. Thirdly, in games with sand, all cognitive functions (perception, attention, memory, thinking), and most importantly for us, speech and motor skills, develop more harmoniously and intensively. Fourthly, object-based play activities are improved, which contributes to the development of role-playing games and the child’s communication skills.
Based on the methods of working in a pedagogical sandbox, a teacher can make the traditional methodology for expanding vocabulary, developing coherent speech, and developing phonemic hearing and perception in older preschool children more interesting, exciting, and more productive.
Before you start playing with sand, you need to talk to your children about the rules of playing in the sandbox. A poem by T. M. Grabenko will help with this:
There are no harmful children in the country -
After all, they have no place in the sand!
You can't bite or fight here
And throw sand in your eyes!
Don't ruin foreign countries!
Sand is a peaceful country.
You can build and do wonders,
You can create a lot:
Mountains, rivers and seas,
So that there is life around.
Children, do you understand me?
Or do we need to repeat it?!
To remember and be friends!
Good luck!