Health corner in kindergarten: design
Health corner in MBDOU No. 67 “Rosinka”, Kemerovo region, Kiselevsky urban district
It is best to place a health corner in a kindergarten in the locker room, where parents expect their children and they have the opportunity to pay attention to useful information.
All information presented in the corner must be written in simple and accessible language . A parent coming to pick up a child is unlikely to read a scientific monograph on the benefits of vaccinations. Now there are many articles on this topic on the Internet, you can choose ready-made ones or adapt existing ones.
Another important point is the font size. A finely written article is difficult to read. Considering the fact that children are often sent to kindergarten by their grandparents, who do not have the best eyesight, choose a large font .
Approach your educational work creatively, come up with interesting headlines , names that will immediately attract attention.
It will be useful to hold a competition in a preschool institution for the best health corner in a kindergarten and involve teachers in it. This will be an additional incentive for teachers.
Such a competition was held in the Children's Garden No. 12 "Berezka", located in the village of Malinovka, Kaltan urban district, Kemerovo region. Examples of corners:
Presentation on the topic “Valeology corner in the educational space of the group”
Description of the presentation by individual slides:
Valueology corner in the educational space of the group
In recent years, one of the leading ideas has become the idea of valeologization of education, according to which children’s health is considered a priority value, goal, necessary condition and result of a successful pedagogical process. The health of children in the process of their development can not only be preserved or increased, but also be built and rebuilt in a certain way. Therefore, in valeology, the most urgent task is to develop in children a conscious need for health and the development of practical skills for leading a healthy lifestyle. In this regard, the problem of forming the valeological culture of preschool children becomes urgent. Recently, the level of children's health has begun to decline significantly. The number of children with congenital pathologies and physical disabilities has increased, as well as an increase in colds and infectious diseases.
By giving children knowledge about health, a healthy lifestyle, protecting them from emotional or physical stress, as well as by qualitatively building a network of valeology classes, you can achieve in children the desire to lead a healthy lifestyle. Raising a healthy and full-fledged person is the most important task of society. Valeology is the science of health. High-quality classes on valeology in kindergarten will help the child maintain his health in the future and avoid getting into dangerous situations. Children in valeology classes expand their understanding of their body, health, situations dangerous to health and life, acquire skills in personal hygiene, verbal communication, and leisure culture. The child learns to treat others as himself.
Activities carried out in kindergarten to improve children's health: Maintaining personal hygiene. Balanced diet. Tempering procedures: air and sun baths, barefoot walking, salt and massage paths, garlic and onion inhalations, contrast foot baths, temperature and water conditions, room ventilation, walks, breathing exercises, acupressure. Maintaining a daily routine. Fortification (vitamin C, drinks from herbs and berries). Prevention of colds Cleaning the air from dust and microorganisms with the Chizhevsky chandelier. Desar. Quartz lamp. Creating conditions for physical activity. Morning exercises, physical education classes. The optimal combination of activities and relaxation.
To develop breathing and increase lung capacity, plumes and pinwheels, soap bubbles, balloons, and homemade games are used. Postural disorders that appear in preschool age can subsequently lead to the formation of persistent deformations of the skeletal system. To avoid this, preventive measures must be taken to promote the proper development of the body. Throughout the entire day of children's stay in kindergarten, it is necessary to ensure that they sit correctly during meals, activities, and rest. Moreover, in order to form a beautiful and healthy body, we not only show, but also tell you how to sit correctly. The “Correct Posture” poster can help with this. Also in the valeological corner there is information on dental care: algorithms for brushing teeth, healthy food for teeth, didactic games, thematic dictionaries. Card indexes of valeological games.
Children are also offered complexes of morning exercises and sports exercises for practicing at home or in kindergarten. The center presents attributes for games in which a child can reinforce the rules of hygiene and interaction with peers in problematic and everyday situations. Excursions to the medical office are organized. Conversations are held with children about the need to maintain a daily routine, the importance of physical activity, health and means of strengthening it, the functioning of the body and the rules of caring for it, children acquire cultural and healthy lifestyle skills, knowledge of the rules of safe behavior and reasonable actions in unforeseen situations .
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Possible topics for a health corner
The topics covered in the health corner can be very diverse. The key should be the concept of relevance. All articles are united by one goal - to tell parents about measures to strengthen the health and immunity of the child.
Examples of topics:
- Prevention of seasonal diseases: in the autumn-winter period, tips are posted on the prevention of colds, and in the spring and summer - on protecting a child from insect bites, sunstroke, and water safety. If quarantine is declared in a preschool institution, information about the symptoms of the disease and methods of combating it must be posted in the corner.
- Recommendations for the physical education of preschoolers: oral hygiene, maintaining correct posture, preventing flat feet and others.
- Devices that promote health: ionizers, humidifiers and others.
- A healthy diet for a child, recommendations for preparing dishes from seasonal vegetables and fruits.
- Child’s clothes in kindergarten and at home, daily routine.
- Information about vaccinations: schedule, description.
- Contact information of medical institutions in the area: telephone numbers of the clinic reception, office hours of local pediatricians, etc.
Conventionally, three zones can be distinguished in the health corner:
- Activities that were held in a preschool institution aimed at improving the health of pupils (Health Holidays, Implementation of the project “The ABCs of Healthy Eating in Kindergarten” and others), or an exhibition of thematic drawings/photos of children.
- Recommendations addressed to parents and aimed at improving the health of children.
- Children's health corner, which provides advice directly for children in the form of colorful illustrations. The pictures depict fairy-tale characters leading a healthy lifestyle: brushing their teeth, washing their faces, and washing their hands before eating. It is better to place this area at the child’s eye level so that it is convenient for the baby to read the information. The children's corner can be entitled “Advice from Doctor Graduskin”, “In the country of non-sick people” and so on.
Remember, a healthy child is a happy child, so a health corner in kindergarten should be present in every group.
Author: Maria Danilenko.
Where to begin?
Before you start decorating a group in a kindergarten and creating various thematic corners in a kindergarten, you should definitely take care of the general decoration inside the group . When painting, you should not use a lot of bright colors. It is better if the tone of the main paint is light and “warm”:
- beige,
- peach,
- pearl and so on.
Photo wallpapers with characters from fairy tales and cartoons, as well as stickers with children's themes, look good in children's groups.
It is better to decorate all the group’s rooms in the same style and think in advance about a theme that will tie together the bedroom, reception area, study area and play corners in the kindergarten. Before you start designing specific corners, you should consult with your parents, discuss together and get acquainted with possible options for children of different ages. Here are some corners that can be organized in a kindergarten; for an example, see the photo.
Developmental environment
Play space
Traditionally, each group has a separate room for a bedroom, and the common group room is divided into an activity area and a play area. Play corners for kindergarten are designed differently depending on the age of the children in the group, free space and the creative scope of the organizer. For example, in the play area, a separate place is often allocated for a mummering corner in a kindergarten.
The location for it must be chosen with special care, it must be easily accessible and constantly open to children. The purpose of its design is to create conditions in the group for the creative activity of children, the development of imagination, the formation of gaming skills, the implementation of gaming plans, and the cultivation of friendly relationships between children. You can decorate such a place in the form of a model house, a stylist’s office, or a small screen with a variety of outfits:
- professions,
- animals,
- artists,
- fairy tale heroes and so on.
Once the location has been determined and the design option has been selected, you can begin the practical part. The boundaries of the corner are formed using furniture. This could be: a low rack with shelves, drawers and a crossbar for clothes hangers. For convenience, a table and chairs can be located in the corner. A mandatory attribute in the mummers' corner should be a mirror where children can examine and evaluate their appearance. You can paste pictures of various suits, hats and other items of clothing on the wall.
Design options
Sometimes a hairdresser’s corner in a kindergarten fits harmoniously into such a corner. Here everything is ready to equip the hairdresser’s workplace - a table, a chair for the client, a mirror. On the table you can put bottles, combs, hair decorations, etc. You can glue pictures of scissors and combs on the wall. The apron for the master can be located on one of the hangers on the crossbar.
If space allows, the hairdressing salon corner in the kindergarten is designed separately, as an independent area for the role-playing game “Barbershop”. First, the necessary furniture and shelves are also installed. Instead of a rack with outfits, you can place a bedside table or mini-wardrobe with hairdressing supplies. You can also sew wall pockets for them. Then game items are added. Usually such a place is made as a children's corner for a girl, based on an interest in hairstyles, jewelry, and so on.
Sports family – healthy child
Parents are the most significant people for everyone throughout their lives. For a small child, they are role models. The child’s life activities directly depend on their lifestyle. The health corner should also contain information about a healthy lifestyle and the need for parents and children to spend time together. Parents need to cultivate in their child the need to take care of their body, eat well and properly, be active and play sports. At the same time, they themselves must adhere to the same attitudes, accept them and demonstrate them in behavior.
It is not necessary to fanatically follow the idea that a healthy body means a healthy mind. But we also must not forget about the need for vitamins, the quality of food as a source of energy, and light gymnastics that can be done even with a baby and which will strengthen his health - these ideas are definitely needed convey to parents.
