Table of contents:
- The house I live in
- Acquaintance with pets
- Forests, fields and gardens - get to know nature
- Observing inanimate nature
Video: Summer developmental activities: what to tell your child about in the country
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
“It's good in the village in summer, You all know about this …"
Irina Novikova
Long days, warm evenings, everything around grows, blooms and smells … Indeed, summer is the best time for a child to get acquainted with the surrounding nature!
In the village and at the dacha, you can not only have a good time, but also significantly expand the children's horizons. What to tell and what to show there to the kid? What developmental activities to spend in nature and what to do in your free time? We will tell you about this now.
The house I live in
Discuss with your child how a country or country house differs from a city one. Let the baby find the differences himself, and then answer your questions:
- How many floors are there in each house? Why do we need an elevator in city houses and why is it not in rural ones?
- What are the differences and what do the houses have in common (in the arrangement of rooms, decoration, decor, materials from which they are built, etc.)?
- Where do they wash their hands and collect water in the apartment and in the village? Tell your child about the city water supply, and then about the well, and if there is one nearby, show how to use it.
- Why is it warm in the town house in winter? How are village houses heated when it's cold? If there is a stove in the house, be sure to tell your baby how it works.
Acquaintance with pets
It's great if your relatives or neighbors have pets on vacation. Your kid will surely be delighted to meet them!
First, tell the little one about how pets differ from wild ones … Wild animals are looking for their own home, food on their own, they themselves heal and protect. But man tamed pets many years ago. And since then they have been useful to people, and we, in return, take care of them.
And now it's time to go around the entire farm and get to know the animals better
- Pick up herbs for ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens and then feed them grain.
- Change the water in the bird feeder, collect the eggs in the hen house.
- Feed your rabbits - they love carrots, cabbage leaves, and grass.
- Take a look at the pigsty - are there any little pigs?
- Take a walk in a field or meadow and see who grazes there - cows, sheep, horses, goats. Where do they go to drink? Where do ducks and geese swim?
- Where does milk come from? Have a child watch a goat or a cow being milked.
- Who "talks" how? Have your toddler copy the animal voices he has heard.
- Find out who eats what: poultry - grain and grass, horses - hay and millet, sheep, goats, cows - hay and grass, and pigs - everything.
- What are the names of animal babies: duck - duck, chicken - chick, cow - calf, etc.
- What are the benefits of domestic animals: eggs we get from poultry, wool - from rams, milk - from goats and cows, well, the horse carries the load and cultivates the fields.
If you don't have your own animals, take a walk around the neighborhood, and you will definitely meet someone.
Forests, fields and gardens - get to know nature
The gifts of nature are no less important and entertaining topic. And in summer there is more than enough visual material for young students!
Garden
Surely your little one is already familiar with many vegetables and fruits. But it will be useful for him to see with his own eyes how and where they grow, how they differ from each other, and also to harvest on his own.
It will be useful for the child to see with his own eyes how and where vegetables and fruits grow, how they differ from each other, and also to harvest the harvest on their own.
Show your child the fruit trees in the garden, pick fruit for compote or sweet pie. And take a shovel, a rake and a watering can, as well as a harvest basket for the garden. Let the baby also take part in the process and help the adults in the garden.
If you spend a long time in the village or in the country, then organize observation of the development of plants - from planting to collecting fruits. Regularly watch how the plants bloom, grow, fruit are tied on them, and how they then ripen.
Field
City children do not always know where bread, cereals or seeds come from in the store. Therefore, if there is a field nearby, be sure to walk along it with your child!
Tell him about the path that a seed travels to become bread. Show how buckwheat, millet and other field crops grow, which then become cereals and end up on supermarket shelves. It would be nice to observe the work of agricultural machines and tell the kid about what processes they perform.
Forest plants
If children are accustomed to seeing flowers, shrubs and trees on city streets, then they should go to the forest for berries and mushrooms. Name all berries and mushrooms that you come across. Be sure to tell your child what to collect and eat only those that are well known. Children over 3-4 years old can be shown poisonous specimens - so that they remember them well!
Observing inanimate nature
Being in such a picturesque area, far from the bustle of the city, teach your child to see the beauty in the world around him.
Pay attention to how the sky is in different weather conditions, how quickly the clouds move and how lightning flashes in a thunderstorm.
Pay attention to how the sky is in different weather conditions, how quickly the clouds move and how lightning flashes in a thunderstorm. And how beautiful the rural sunsets are, and how close the stars seem to be in an open area, without city smog …
A separate topic is reservoirs. Be sure to go with your baby to the nearest river or lake, because there are so many interesting things! You can build sand castles, learn to fish in different ways, observe the current and the aquatic life. Or finally learn to swim!
And to consolidate the "passed material", record everything new for the kid with a camera. Then from the printed photos it will be possible to make an educational aid in the form of a book, cards or a computer presentation. At the same time, the memory of the summer will remain!
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