The Stacking Games & Nesting that seem simple, they have a large number of advantages for the development of the first learning of the child. Here is how you could play to learn these classic games now:
Movement skills
For young children, the gripping objects and put in place helps them to learn the important skill of deliberate capture and release, and how control and placement of the fingers. Since infants do not have the dexterity or fine motor control even, whole use their hands to explore, to keep, release and put objects.
This means that older, bulky shapes, As the above in the picture is exactly the right size to be able to catch young children. Your child starts with larger pieces, moving into smaller. and remember – no need to first use all the pieces. Later, children can proceed to use the central pillars to lift and move the pieces. Since these have a lower region, require a thinner, more controlled craftsmanship.
Balance, control Core, & mixed Movements
Starting from the age of 6 months or more, babies gain stability of attitude, so they can sit on their own. They also work to coordinate their movements. The positioning when stacking allows babies to get used to stabilize their trunk as they move and use their hands. This early multi -task activity also gives them the opportunity to let their bodies find a way to balance and make adjustments to keep it.
Passing the Middle Line
The intersection of the middle line is the ability of the right hand to cross the center of the body to operate in the left hemisphere, and vice versa. This is an important skill for writing, cut with scissors, reading, food and anything that requires manually moved from left to right or from right to left.
To practice this skill, put all the pieces on the left side of the body, beside the left hip. Have the child reaches with his right hand to grab a piece and then set it either in front of or to the right. Make sure your child uses only the right hand, without using his left hand to help. You can see a video of this activity here (and learn more about how the rotation of the body may also contribute to promote oral competence mobilize the drift of language).
Language issues
When we come to issues of language skills, let's keep in mind that anything can be used as an opportunity to learn new words and themes and stacking toys are not excluded. Before starting let the child to demolish everything inside or outside the box. Children like to pull down! Then you need to gather, But they can pull down again and again until it's time for Round-Up. Let's see what we find out now:
- Use different sizes to work comparing. Place the smallest and the largest piece, next to each other and teach them that the big is the opposite of the small. Then add a medium-sized piece and work with large, largest, maximum.
- Stack three pieces together to start working on the issue of sequence and what follows. If the child has trouble with perspective skills, to settle for two pieces time. Place the smaller piece on the greatest authority for. Be sure to differ visually very diverse. Set up after the same set with one piece missing. Allow the child to recognize what is missing from the sequence.
- At this stage, take the opportunity to learn of matching colors, what is down and what the top as well as counting etc..
- Ask the child to play in turn. Let's first put a cube, after you, after that and so.
- Or tell the child to stack the cubes in a specific order to work directions. B.C. take a cube from your left and place him in front of you. Then take a cube from your right hand and placed it beside him.
Enjoy it!
Bibliography: ARKTherapeutic.com / Debbie’s Blog / HOW STACKING / NESTING TOYS CAN DEVELOP EARLY LANGUAGE AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS
