How do Lego constructors contribute to children's development?

We have all been familiar with construction sets since childhood: different materials, colors and sizes allowed us to create entire universes and could captivate us for the whole day. Modern parents have already experienced the Lego era as children and remember how a new set was the most desired gift, and nothing could distract them from the construction process. Children today are also easily drawn to creating Lego models, and the new sets offer much greater opportunities for creativity. Let's figure out whether construction sets are beneficial for the development of children using the example of the most popular of them - Lego.

The process of playing the constructor

It should be noted that any designer is first and foremost a tool. And like any tool, it can be used in different ways. If we analyze the ways of playing Lego, we can highlight the following:

• The child independently constructs a model according to the proposed scheme,
• The child embodies his own ideas for models,
• Several children independently construct models and participate in a common game,
• A child or group of children constructs models with the participation of parents or teachers.

All these processes, although outwardly similar, will literally be different activities for the child, since in some conditions he will more actively develop creative thinking, in others the emphasis will be on the development of communication skills, and in some games, logical thinking will be primarily developed.

The benefits of playing with construction kits for a child’s development largely depend on how the process of this game is organized. By changing the conditions and rules of the game, we can gently guide the child’s development in the right direction: a constructor can instill perseverance and accuracy in a noisy fidget, while a shy child can find an excellent reason to communicate with peers.

LEGO - design and robotics in preschool educational institutions.

LEGO - design and robotics in preschool educational institutions.

Currently, new games and entertainment have appeared in the education system of preschool children. Children easily master information and communication technologies, and it is difficult to surprise them with traditional visual means. The development of the educational process goes in many directions, affecting mainly the formation of the personal qualities of a preschooler. The result of the educational activities of preschool educational institutions today is considered not the sum of knowledge, skills and abilities, but the personal qualities acquired by the child: curiosity, activity, independence, responsibility and good manners.

We, teachers, strive to use a variety of techniques and methods, realizing that we ourselves must learn modern technologies, because our students live in a world of computers, the Internet, electronics and automation. They want to see this in educational activities, to study, use, understand. One of these modern methods is considered to be joint (preschoolers, teachers and parents) integration activity - Lego construction.

Every child is a born designer, inventor and researcher. These tasks inherent in nature are especially quickly realized and improved in constructive activities. Construction is a very interesting and exciting activity; it is closely connected with the intellectual development of a child.

This type of activity is distinguished by its novelty in the use of Lego, a construction set with which the child has the opportunity to communicate, explore and play.

The construction set helps children bring their ideas to life, build and imagine, working with passion and seeing the end result. Lego encourages both your head and your hands to work equally. Lego is always a new discovery, a new idea. A new impetus for development.

Children who are interested in design are distinguished by rich fantasy and imagination, an active desire for creative activity, a desire to experiment and invent; They have developed spatial, logical, mathematical, associative thinking, memory, and this is the basis of the child’s intellectual development.

Construction is closely related to the sensory and intellectual development of a preschooler. It is of particular importance for improving visual acuity, accuracy of color perception, tactile qualities, development of small muscles of the hands, perception of the shape and size of an object, space. Children try to establish what an object is like and how it differs from others; master the ability to measure the width, length, height of objects; begin to solve constructive problems “by eye”; develop imaginative thinking; learn to imagine objects in different spatial positions, mentally change their relative positions. In the course of classes, work is being done on the development of the intellect of imagination, fine motor skills, creative inclinations, the development of dialogic and monologue speech, and the expansion of vocabulary. Particular attention is paid to the development of logical and spatial thinking. Pupils learn to work with the proposed instructions, develop the ability to cooperate with a partner and work in a team.

What are the benefits of Lego constructors for a child?

Undoubtedly, construction contributes to the development of children, so let’s figure out in which areas children’s development comes first.

Lego helps develop fine motor skills

Connecting and disconnecting parts of different sizes and shapes requires efforts from the child that vary in direction, strength and duration, thereby perfectly training the hand, preparing it for writing, and also contributing to the development of the baby’s thinking.

Lego develops creativity and out-of-the-box thinking

By inventing their own models, children learn to combine parts of different shapes, colors and sizes. By playing with Lego on their own, kids can create a variety of models, from a farmer's house to an alien spaceship. At the same time, children have almost no restrictions on the type and design of models, which means they have no fear of doing something wrong. It is these conditions that create the atmosphere for the development of imagination and creativity.

Lego develops attention, planning and problem solving skills

By creating models, children learn to plan their activities, find and solve problems, and develop voluntary attention. When creating a model according to instructions, the child learns to read diagrams, break the task into steps and monitor their implementation. When faced with a problem, the child has to double-check the previous steps and analyze where the mistake was made. All these skills will be useful to your child more than once at school and in adulthood.

Lego develops spatial and logical thinking

By creating models independently and according to a diagram, as well as with the participation of adults, the baby gradually becomes familiar with the concepts of color, size, shape, symmetry and balance and constantly has the opportunity to use this knowledge: the designer will stand only if it has legs of the same length, two small blocks can be replaced by one large one; the small base area makes the structure unstable. All these and many other discoveries allow the child to lay a solid foundation for subsequent learning in mathematics and physics, and also forms cognitive motivation.

Lego promotes child speech development

By playing with a construction set in the company of peers or an adult, a child learns to explain his ideas, describe the construction process and the difficulties encountered along the way. The child’s vocabulary is expanded by discussing models: for example, the child discovers that the front of the car has a hood, the place where gasoline is poured is called the fuel tank, and the driver can put things in the trunk. Using different stories and a strong desire to share his ideas, the child, without noticing it, begins to use more and more new words and expressions.

Lego develops teamwork skills

Letting your little one play with building blocks with other children gives him the opportunity to improve his teamwork skills. If there is to be a joint design, you must first decide what it will be, a rocket, a spaceship or a racing car. By creating models together, children learn leadership and cooperation, assign roles and use different ideas to create more interesting games. Kids learn to subordinate their actions to a common idea, create and accept the rules of the game, explain their ideas, assign roles, set aside their opinions and accept amendments to the original plan.

The ability to organize interesting teamwork with the help of construction toys even prompted American psychologists to introduce a new direction of therapy, called Lego therapy, designed to help children with communication difficulties learn to interact with peers. During Lego therapy, children create models with the support of a child psychologist who helps children set goals, assign roles and achieve results together.

Lego develops determination and strengthens a child's self-esteem

When playing with Lego, children tend to build more and more complex structures. Such models require not only developed planning skills, but determination to achieve the goal. When encountering difficulties, a child can rebuild the model almost from scratch, but the reward in the form of a result will not be long in coming. The Lego set is designed in such a way that external factors have almost no effect on the final result - the parts rarely break and always fit together. Thanks to this, the child always gets results in accordance with the efforts made, which has a positive effect on his self-esteem.

Playing with construction sets has a positive impact on the development of a child’s physical, intellectual and communication abilities. Different ways of organizing the game allow you to pay attention to different areas of the child’s development: teamwork develops the child’s communication skills, creating a complex model develops patience and perseverance, step-by-step construction develops the child’s ability to plan and organize independent activities.

Robots Education Creativity

Details Published: 09.12.2018 10:50

Lightweight construction and the basics of robotics today are the most popular areas of development for children, and it doesn’t matter at all whether they are schoolchildren or preschoolers. Teachers search for lesson plans on the Internet or create their own innovative programs. Today we would like to introduce you to one of these programs.

It was sent by Narmina Azimovna Azimetova from the Tyumen region, teacher, MBDOU d/s “Sibiryachok”. The program is designed for children 3-4 years old.

Club activities program

"LEGO construction"

It's easier to do everything with LEGO,

It's easier to get smarter with LEGO.

LEGO is the most popular board game on the planet. The word “LEGO” has two meanings in Latin: “I learn” and “I add.” The British Toy Traders Association awarded LEGO the title of “Toy of the Century.”

The introduction of the Federal State Educational Standard for preschool education involves the development of new educational models, which should be based on educational technologies that comply with the principles:

• developmental education;
• scientific validity and practical applicability;
• compliance with the criteria of completeness, necessity and sufficiency;
• unity of educational, developmental and training goals and objectives of the education process for preschool children;
• integration of educational areas;
• solving program educational problems in joint activities and independent activities of adults and children;
• accounting for the preschooler’s leading activity—games.

LEGO is one of the most famous and widespread pedagogical systems, widely using three-dimensional models of the real world and a subject-based gaming environment for the learning and development of a child. Play is the most important companion of childhood. LEGO allows children to learn through play and learn through play.

During educational activities, children become builders, architects and creators; while playing, they bring their ideas to life. Starting with simple figures (from 3 to 5 years), the child moves further and further. Seeing his successes, he becomes more confident and moves on to the next, more complex stage of training.

The prospects for using LEGO technology are determined by the high educational opportunities that are required of these tools at the present stage: multifunctionality, technological and aesthetic characteristics, use in various play and educational areas. Paramonova L.A. believes that even the smallest set of building elements opens up a new world for the child. A child does not consume, he creates, creates objects, the world and life.

Games with construction sets help develop children's creative and intellectual abilities, design skills, imagination, and the ability to foresee the results of their actions.

Children begin to solve difficult problems through fun, creative play. Preschoolers develop fine motor skills and improve their speech quality. LEGO construction contributes to the sensory development of a preschooler, because Bright, functional details can affect literally all the child’s senses:

visual acuity, accuracy of color perception, tactile qualities, perception of shape, size of an object, space and much more are improved.

Building with LEGO helps a child see the world in all its colors. The brighter, more holistic, and more emotional children’s impressions of the world around them are, the more interesting and varied the buildings will become.

Tasks:

• Learn to see the design of an object, analyze its main parts, their functional purpose.
• Develop a sense of symmetry and aesthetic color schemes of buildings.
• To develop preschoolers' interest in modeling and design, to stimulate children's scientific and technical creativity.
• Improve children's communication skills when working in pairs, teams, and sharing responsibilities.
• Strengthen children's knowledge about the world around them.
• To identify gifted, talented children with unconventional creative thinking and abilities in constructive activities and to ensure further development.

LEGO construction is included in the regulations for the educational activities of the kindergarten and is implemented within the educational area “Cognition”, section “Design”, implemented by the preschool educational institution program of the L.A. Center. Wenger "Development+". The content of educational activities in LEGO construction is based on the methodological developments of L.G. Komarova. “We build with LEGO.”

Using the LEGO constructor, educational tasks with preschoolers are solved in the following areas:

• Development of fine motor skills of the hands, stimulating general speech development and mental abilities in the future.
• Learning to correctly and quickly navigate in space.
• Obtaining mathematical knowledge about counting, shape, proportion, symmetry.
• Expanding your ideas about the world around you - about architecture, transport, landscape.
• Development of attention, ability to concentrate, memory, thinking.
• Teaching imagination and creative thinking.
• Mastering the ability to mentally divide an object into its component parts and assemble a whole from the parts.
• Learning to communicate with each other, respecting one’s own and others’ work.

LEGO construction begins at the age of three: children in the second junior groups are offered the LEGODUPLO construction set. Children get acquainted with the basic details of the construction set, methods of fastening bricks, and children develop the ability to correlate the results of their own actions in constructing an object with a model.

In the middle group (from 4 to 5 years old), children consolidate the skills of working with LEGO constructors acquired in the younger group and get acquainted with the small LEGODASTA constructor for the first time. The last four classes are held with him. The predominant form of work is design by design. Children experiment freely with building materials. The sample may be shown at the beginning of the lesson and then removed. The organization of educational activities is built in individual and subgroup forms of work with children, the requirements of SanPin are met.

LEGO construction sets provide a great opportunity for a child to learn through experience.

LEGO games help develop intellectual qualities: attention, memory, especially visual; the ability to find dependencies and patterns, classify and systematize material; the ability to combine, that is, the ability to create new combinations from existing elements and parts; ability to find errors and shortcomings; spatial and imaginary; the ability to foresee the results of one's actions.

Most LEGO games are not limited to the proposed tasks, but allow children to create new versions of the task, that is, engage in creative activities.

Unbeknownst to the child, these games help to acquire a very important skill - to restrain yourself, not to interfere with each other, to think and make decisions, not to ask for help if you haven’t tried to do it yourself.

Program content

Middle group

• Acquaintance with new details of the Lego Duplo constructor, consolidation of knowledge about those already known to children.
• Teach children to create a plot composition on a board.
• Continue to teach how to build according to your own plans.
• Learn to plan your work, be able to tell.
• Continue to introduce children to the concept of stability of a building, its strength.
• Teach children to analyze a building from a picture and identify its main structural parts.
• Continue to teach how to work in a team, learn how to build a joint building, and plan the stages of its creation.
• Learn to convey the shape of an object using Legos, select parts according to shape, size and stability in accordance with the content.
• Learn to follow the teacher's instructions.
• Give the concept of symmetry.
• Continue to teach children to work according to the example.
• Continue to develop the ability to navigate in space (on a plane), to use words denoting spatial relationships.
• Continue to introduce children to different ways of fastening Lego pieces.
• Continue introducing children to Lego mosaics, teach them to distinguish geometric shapes, their color location in space.
• Learn to distinguish geometric shapes regardless of their color and location, learn to combine shapes by color and shape.
• Give children the opportunity to experiment with Legos.

Form for presenting the result: Technology of design skills, creative thinking in middle-aged preschoolers using LEGO construction.

— search and research methods that stimulate the cognitive activity of students;

— experimental research, design and research activities that develop the creative initiative of students;

- activity-based types of practical tasks that involve a creative approach.

Taking into account the age and physiological characteristics of the development of children of middle preschool age, in this program a large place is given to conducting classes in the form of a game.

In the process of working with Lego constructors, various forms of tasks were used:

• according to the model;
• on cards with models;
• according to one's own design;
• the teacher gives the task, the children complete it;
• tasks are formulated by the child and carried out by the children and the teacher;
• children give each other tasks;
• The task is given by the teacher and carried out by the parents and the child.

To successfully carry out activities with Lego constructors, certain conditions were created:

• free access to the construction set is organized so that children can choose the parts they need;
• children were thoroughly introduced to the sample;
• specially selected music to accompany productive activities;
• the safety of the building is ensured for some time.

TO THE LEVEL OF CHILDREN'S PREPARATION

Working with Lego parts stimulates and develops the potential creative abilities of every child, teaches him to create and destroy, which is also very important. Destroy not aggressively, not thoughtlessly, but to ensure the possibility of creating something new.

By breaking his own Lego building, the child has the opportunity to create another one or complete some of its parts from the freed parts, acting as a creator. Thus, Lego construction is a type of modeling creative and productive activity. With its help, difficult learning tasks can be solved through fun, creative games.

Each child is unique, and each is born with abilities that can and should be developed. Preschool children have a great desire to create and get results. By creating the necessary conditions for constructive activity, we help the child to understand the world around him and realize his place in this world.

Observing children's social role-playing games

Goal: Identify the use of different constructors in gaming activities. Ascertaining stage.

Children unite their crafts with one theme. They design according to ideas; graphic diagrams, samples in pictures, photographs, and technological maps are not used. Therefore, the designs of objects are not sufficiently appropriate for the age of children.

The final stage

All children began to use construction sets in their free activities.

Children often design based on ideas; they also use samples in pictures, photographs, and technological maps. Children's crafts have become more perfect and more expressive, which indicates acquired design skills.

The level of children’s knowledge acquisition can be determined using the criteria I developed for assessing children’s mastery of Lego construction and the development of their creativity.

The analysis is carried out twice a year at the beginning of the school year and at the end according to three criteria:

● Knowledge acquired

● Knowledge is not specific, gets confused, makes mistakes

● Knowledge not acquired

The child’s activities are also assessed at each lesson.

As a result of the first year of classes in the circle, the children learned well:

• recognize the details of the LEGO constructor, depicted from 3 different positions (straight, on top, on the side),
• recognize and correctly reproduce structures using development diagrams,
• create graphic models of structures based on analysis of a specific sample,
• The level of development of children's imagination has increased.

A worse result was obtained when completing the task “Constructing an object according to plan.” During the construction process, not all children were able to retain the idea and implement the design in accordance with the plan. The designs of the objects were not age appropriate (they were simple in execution).

By studying in a circle, children will acquire work culture skills: they will learn to maintain order in the workplace, distribute time and effort when making models (each lesson has its own topic) and, therefore, plan activities.

In addition, design is closely related to the sensory and intellectual development of the child: visual acuity, perception of color, shape, size are improved, and mental processes (analysis, classification) are successfully developed.

LEGO construction helps preschoolers enter the world of social experience. Children develop a unified and holistic idea of ​​the objective and social world. The lesson plan includes topics such as “Animals”, “Urban and rural buildings”, “Furniture”, “Toys”, “Such different transport”, “Ships”, “Journey to a fairy tale” and others. On calendar holidays, thematic exhibitions will be organized in the children's creativity corner, where we will present the works of children attending additional classes in LEGO construction

PLAN FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN

2 YOUNGER GROUPS

Annual planning of design classes in the middle group

1. TV, VCR, stereo system.
2. Posters, diagrams, dummies, books, illustrative material, photographs, toys, balls, etc.

Alternative opinion

There are teachers who criticize various aspects of playing with Lego: strict geometric shapes, limited expression of imagination when playing with modern sets, the formation of simplified ideas about objects. Let's figure out whether there is a real danger in playing with construction sets.

Speaking about simplification, it should be noted that you need to choose a construction set and the rules of playing with it in accordance with the age of the child. Any toy will contribute to the development of a child only if the child does not succeed in everything the first time. Sometimes kids themselves try to create more and more complex models; sometimes a timely question asked by an adult can help. Children grow out of their toys, and this is a sign of their development, and Lego allows you to increase complexity by purchasing new sets or changing the goals of the game.

Speaking about limiting the possibilities for expressing imagination, it is necessary to mention that today the choice of designers is quite wide. Some kits are really more suited to building a specific pattern, while more general kits offer more scope for creativity, and mixing different kits can lead to very creative solutions. Paying attention to your child's needs allows you to choose the set that best suits your child.

Critics often mention the unrealistic shapes in Lego sets. Indeed, if a child plays only with Lego all his life, he may not recognize a cat in a living cat. Fortunately, in reality, a child encounters a huge number of images of varying detail, which, on the contrary, enriches the child’s understanding of the variety of objects and phenomena of this world.

The Lego constructor, used consciously by parents, has many advantages, and the disadvantages are often associated not with the set itself, but with the ways of its use and the inadequacy of the child’s age. A construction set cannot replace all of a child’s other toys, but its rational use has a positive impact on the baby’s development.

A characteristic feature of the life of modern society is the increasing pace of change. We live in a world that is completely different from the one we were born into. And the pace of change continues to accelerate. Currently, society needs socially active, independent and creative people capable of self-development. The state has an urgent need for highly qualified specialists with high intellectual capabilities. Therefore, it is so important, starting from preschool age, to form and develop technical inquisitive thinking, an analytical mind, and to form the personality qualities designated by federal state educational standards. There is a need to search for new technologies and methods for implementation in working with preschoolers.

Psychological and pedagogical research (L.S. Vygotsky, A.V. Zaporozhets, L.A. Wenger, N.N. Poddyakov, L.A. Paramonova, etc.) show that the most effective way to develop children’s inclination to creativity is , the emergence of a creative personality in the technical field is the practical study, design and production of technical objects, the independent creation by children of technical objects that have signs of usefulness or subjective novelty, the development of which occurs in the process of specially organized training.

The possibilities of preschool age in the development of technical creativity are currently underutilized, meanwhile, the training and development of preschool children can be realized in an educational environment with the help of LEGO constructors and robotics.

Today I would like to present to your attention some aspects of my experience in using Lego technologies in educational activities with children with SLD.

A distinctive feature of the new generation standard is the system-activity approach, which involves alternating the child’s practical and mental actions. This approach is easy to implement in the LEGO educational environment, since LEGO constructors allow the child to think, fantasize and act without fear of making mistakes. In addition, by training our fingers, we have a powerful impact on the performance of the cerebral cortex, and, consequently, on the development of speech. This makes it possible to develop both speech and related non-speech activities in children with SLI. In addition, LEGO promotes the formation of such fundamental personality qualities as the ability to concentrate, the ability to cooperate with a partner, and most importantly, a sense of self-confidence. Therefore, the use of LEGO technologies is indispensable in the correctional and developmental work of teachers of compensatory groups for children with STD.

In addition, the relevance of LEGO technology and design is significant in light of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard, since:

• are an excellent means for the intellectual development of preschool children, ensuring the integration of educational areas (cognitive development, speech development, social and communicative development, artistic and aesthetic development, physical development);
• allow you to combine education, upbringing and development of preschoolers in game mode (learning and learning through play);
• form cognitive activity, promote the education of a socially active personality, develop communication and co-creation skills;
• combine play with research and experimental activities, provide the child with the opportunity to experiment and create his own world, where there are no boundaries.

Previously, our group used Lego construction sets, but only in children’s independent activities. The idea to make light construction a guided process rather than a spontaneous one arose several years ago, after participating in the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Innovative Solutions in Education: From School to Industry,” where I became acquainted with the work experience of Russian and international practitioners from the United States, Morgan Hines and Denmark Hanne Ravn, and also took part in a master class by certified LEGO trainer Alexey Kuzmin on the topic “Practical experience in using LEGO educational solutions in a preschool educational institution.”

In September 2015, our group had the opportunity to introduce Lego technologies into the practice of working with children, since LEGO educational construction sets were purchased for the kindergarten. Having studied theoretical and practical materials, I came to the conclusion that through the use of lightweight construction kits, it is possible to effectively solve the educational problems of the basic general education program implemented in kindergarten.

I have developed an additional education program “The Amazing World of LEGO”. Games, a series of activities, and cards for assembling models have been selected. The expedition website and teaching aids by E.V. Feshina helped me with this. “Lego construction in kindergarten”, Luss T.V. “Formation of skills in constructive play activities in children using LEGO.” The program I developed offers the use of LEGO constructors as a method for teaching preschoolers design, modeling, and the development of scientific and technical creativity.

Pedagogical feasibility

The pedagogical feasibility of the program is determined by the development of children’s design abilities through practical skills. A number of special tasks for observation, comparison, conjecture, and fantasy serve to achieve this.

Basic principles of organizing activities:

• a personality-oriented approach (appealing to the child’s experience, providing children with broad independence, encouraging their initiative),
• conformity with nature (taking into account the age and individual characteristics of children),
• cooperation,
• accessibility and visibility,
• consistency and systematicity of training and education,
• “from simple to complex” (one topic is presented with an increasing degree of complexity).

The purpose of the work was as follows:

creating favorable conditions for the development of initial design skills and creative abilities in children with SLD through the introduction of LEGO technologies into the educational process.

To develop creativity and systematize children’s knowledge, the following tasks are set:

• develop preschoolers’ interest in modeling and design, stimulate children’s technical creativity;
• to form spatial thinking, the ability to analyze an object, highlight its characteristic features, main functional parts, establish a connection between their purpose and structure;
• develop the ability to design according to a model, drawing, given diagram, according to plan;
• develop children's cognitive activity, imagination, fantasy and creative initiative;
• to form the prerequisites for educational activities: the ability and desire to work, carry out tasks in accordance with instructions and the set goal, bring the work started to completion, plan future work;
• improve children’s communication skills when working in pairs, teams, and sharing responsibilities;
• develop fine motor skills of the hands, stimulating general speech development and intellectual abilities;
• education of a person capable of independently setting tasks and finding original ways to solve them.

I work on Lego construction in direct and joint educational activities with children. The topics of direct educational activities are developed in accordance with the calendar and thematic plan of the group. Additional education classes are held with a subgroup of children of up to 8-10 people, once a week.

Mastering Lego constructors is carried out sequentially from simple to complex.

First stage of work:

• at first we simply examined the details of the construction set: size, shape, color, what they were made of, at this stage the games helped: “Wonderful bag”, “Find the same part as on the card”, “Guess where such a part is”, “Arrange the parts in places”, etc.
• tested experimentally for strength and buoyancy.
• Together with the children, we determined the name of each shape (cube, brick, boot, beak, plate, skirt, head), and based on their fantasies, we developed a LEGO dictionary. At this stage, you can offer games: “What does it look like?”, “Name the details”
• got acquainted with the methods of connecting cubes (stacked, overlapped, stepped).

Second stage: Construction was carried out using a visual model from a large construction set from a small number of parts (3-5), followed by an increase in parts, where they learned to analyze the sample and relate their actions to it (for example: “Gates”, “Fences”, “Houses” etc.).

Third stage: Design according to diagrams. I used a sample on the cards that are available in the “Build a Story” construction kits. The children analyzed the sample shown on the card, selected the necessary parts and reproduced the construction.

At the next stage, I complicated the types of proposed buildings by enlarging the details and drawing up diagrams using various types of construction kit.

In my classes I use basic types of construction, such as:

1. Design from a model - when there is a ready-made model of what needs to be built (for example, an image or diagram of a house). Design based on a model, which is based on imitative activity, is an important educational stage where it is possible to solve problems that ensure the transition of children to independent search activities of a creative nature.

2. Design based on a model - a model is offered as a sample, in which the outlines of its individual elements are hidden from the child. Children must reproduce this model from the construction set they have. Thus, the child is offered a certain task, but is not given a way to solve it. Model-based design is a more complex type of model-based design.

3. Design according to conditions - there is no sample, no drawing-scheme, only the conditions that the building must meet are set (for example, a house for a dog should be small, and for a horse - large, build a bridge for pedestrians and cars, etc.) .

4. Design using simple drawings and visual diagrams. The external and individual functional features of real objects are recreated from designer parts. Opportunities are created for the development of internal forms of visual modeling.

5. Design by design assumes that the child himself, without any external restrictions, will create an image of the future structure and embody it in the material that is at his disposal. This type of construction develops the child’s creative abilities better than others.

When working with children I use mainly playful, story-based and integrated forms of educational activities:

• Creating joint buildings
• Conversations
• Variety of games
• Making items for games, educational and research activities
• Creating Layouts
• Project activities
• Cognitive and research activities
• Experimentation
• Exhibition design
• Productive activity.

I use a variety of methods and techniques to teach children LEGO construction.

When organizing Lego construction classes, I adhere to the following algorithm for completing the model:

1. Greeting. Creating a problem situation - entering a game (plot) situation using our LEGO - friend “Legoshi”.

2. Demonstration and examination of paintings depicting an object for construction.

3. Observation of natural objects.

4. Sensory examination of parts to get acquainted with shape, color and determine the spatial relationships between parts, or presentations in which intellectual tasks are presented (Games “The Fourth Wheel”).

5. Demonstration of variable connections of parts.

6. Explaining the sequence of execution or watching presentations, videos with stories on the topic, which show the moments of assembling the structure.

7. Study, if necessary, diagrams and drawings.

8. In accordance with the plan and theme, making crafts from parts.

9. Analysis and evaluation.

10. Playing out - using buildings to organize games in joint and independent activities

Before performing the model, finger gymnastics must be performed, as well as physical education, which are selected taking into account the topic of joint activity.

LEGO constructors are used in games of various types:

– diagnostics (free constructive play activity allows not only to quickly establish contact between the teacher and children, but also to more fully reveal some of the child’s characteristics from the point of view of the formation of the emotional-volitional and motor spheres, identify the child’s speech capabilities, and establish the level of communication);

– didactic games (using them for conducting exercises for the purpose of developing and correcting speech and mental processes in children, developing interest in learning, and developing communicative function);

– during the theatrical play, the child has the opportunity to create his own hero and endow his character with the qualities he wants. Games create conditions for the development of speech, creativity and have a beneficial effect on the emotional sphere. Through the heroes of a fairy tale, made with their own hands, it is easier for a child to reveal his individual characteristics.

LEGO sets have proven themselves all over the world as educational products that meet the highest requirements for hygiene, aesthetics, strength and durability. Due to their pedagogical versatility, they turn out to be the most preferred visual aids and educational toys. Play is the most important companion of childhood. LEGO allows you to learn by playing and learning through play.

When using LEGO technologies, I can note some of their advantages over other innovative constructive and playful techniques used to correct the speech development of preschool children:

• A child can play with crafts made from LEGO construction sets and touch them without the risk of spoiling them. The constructor is safe: there is no risk of cutting yourself or swallowing toxic chemicals, such as glue. The child’s hands remain clean, and the crafts can be put away quickly and easily.
• When using a LEGO constructor, a child can create colorful and attractive designs, regardless of his or her skills. He experiences a mental state of success.
• The LEGO constructor does not evoke a negative attitude in the child, and all correctional and developmental work is perceived by him as a game.
• Since the construction set can be placed not only on the table, but also on the floor, on the carpet, and even on the wall, the child does not need to maintain a static sitting position during classes, which is especially important for somatically weakened children.
• When working with LEGO, it’s good to practice grammatical structures: agreement of numerals with nouns (how many windows are there in your house? How many berries are on the bush?).
• When creating buildings according to a certain storyline, children learn to correctly correlate “right”, “left”, “behind”, “in front”, “under”, “above”, distinguish between the concepts “between this and that”, etc. ., thereby forming an understanding of the spatial relationships between objects.
• Working on lexical topics with the help of a LEGO constructor, which has a wide range of sets, allows children with SLI to memorize new words using tactile and visual analyzers. The best way for such children to accumulate vocabulary is through what they see and understand.
• Designing animal figures helps children learn to identify parts of a whole and practice case endings (a kitten without what? - without a tail). Compiling parts of different animals helps develop understanding of the formation of complex words (the game “Magic Zoo” where the head of a crocodile and the body of a tiger are combined to form a crocotiger).
• Retelling the story not according to the plot picture, but according to the three-dimensional image of the scenery from the construction set, helps the child to better understand the plot, which makes the retelling more detailed and logical. At the same time, work on coherent speech is carried out in order of increasing complexity, with a gradual decrease in clarity.
• LEGO constructors allow you to take into account the gender characteristics of children. Thanks to this, during the game there is an assimilation of the content of the female and male personality model, the formation of a system of needs, interests, value orientations and certain modes of behavior characteristic of one or another gender.
• Since correctional work is carried out not only on the “external” speech defect of the child, but also on his communication skills, as well as on changes in personal characteristics, one of the most effective methods for restoring communication in the process of dialogue is the LEGO game (dramatization games, plot -role-playing games).

I believe that working on speech development using LEGO technologies makes the correctional and developmental process more effective. Children perceive classes as a game that does not cause negativity in them, but teaches them to be attentive, persevering, and accurately following instructions. This helps to better assimilate the necessary material.

Lightweight construction is successfully integrated with all educational areas.

Integration of educational areas through Lego construction.

LEGO - the constructor is used during GCD in FEMP with the aim of consolidating and developing the skills of forward and backward counting, comparing numbers, and geometric shapes; the ability to navigate on a plane, the ability to classify by characteristics (“Find the missing figure”, “Turrets”, “Multi-colored paths”, “Continue the number series”, “Where is more?”, etc.); can be used as a conventional measure when comparing objects by length, width, weight.

In addition, LEGO is used in experimental activities as the material from which the construction set is made (“What is it made of?”, “Find the same one,” “How are they similar and how are they different?”, “Tell me about the properties of the object,” etc.).

With the help of LEGO, children convey in buildings the knowledge and impressions they have gained from activities, excursions, observations and walks. The resulting designs are combined into a thematic structure “Bird Yard”, “Zoo”, “Transport”, “Miracles in the Forest”, “My City”, “Animals of Africa”, etc., which are subsequently used not only in educational activities, but also in children’s independent play activities and contribute to the development of communication skills.

Thus, the use of Lego constructors contributes to:

• Development of fine motor skills of the hands.
• Development and improvement of higher mental functions (memory, attention, thinking, ability to compare, analyze, classify, generalize.
• The ability to fantasize and think creatively.
• Correction of speech development deficiencies.
• Development of sensory concepts (about counting, proportion, shape, symmetry, strength and stability of the structure).
• Formation of the skill of creating various designs according to a drawing, diagram, conditions, verbal instructions and united by a common theme.
• Uniting the children's team, developing a feeling of sympathy for each other, the ability to communicate, organize joint games, respect one's own and other people's work.

During educational activities, children become builders, architects and creators; while playing, they come up with and implement their ideas.

An important role in work in this area is played by the interested attitude of parents. At the initial stage of work on the use of LEGO construction sets in the cognitive development of preschool children, 40% of families had a construction set, but did not use it as developmental material. To reveal to parents the possibilities of LEGO, I use a variety of forms of work:

• parent meeting, at which I introduced parents to this area of ​​work, talked about the types of Lego construction sets, and what educational problems I plan to solve when using it in the classroom and in joint activities.
• consultations (on constructive, creative activities of children, what a child should know and be able to do at a certain age, how to develop children’s creativity, what visual materials and construction sets are best to purchase).
• exhibitions of children's works.
• workshops, master classes.

Thanks to this work, 100% of parents purchased LEGO construction sets of various sizes for their children and note that such work gives boys and girls the opportunity to show their creative abilities, brings real pleasure and brings invaluable benefits in preparing children for school.

My observations suggest that the use of Lego technology is effective and efficient. At the moment, we can state: children show high performance throughout the lesson, work with pleasure both in mini-groups and individually, take the initiative into their own hands, show creativity in decision-making (for example, if there is no part of a suitable color or shape , replace it with another), are not afraid to make mistakes when completing tasks.

Systematic classes with children, as well as the active use of construction sets in independent activities, showed that children began to actively use construction sets in their games. They learned to depict environmental objects and use them in games. We began to understand the diagrams and firmly connect the parts.

Parents say that at home their children show interest in various construction kits; they can work with concentration for a long time without being distracted. Children remember what they do in class and then talk about it in detail at home, play out the stories and situations that they worked on in class using LEGO. All this speaks of the relevance and understandability of these activities for the children themselves, and their high play value.

Analyzing this work from the perspective of the Federal State Educational Standard for preschool education, I state that this technology helps to ensure all targets at the stage of completion of preschool education, namely:

• the child shows initiative and independence in various types of activities: play, communication, construction, etc.; is able to choose his own occupation, participants in joint activities
• the child has a positive attitude towards the world, actively interacts with peers and adults, and participates in joint games
• the child has a developed imagination, which is realized in various types of activities and, above all, in play; masters different forms and types of play, distinguishes between conditional and real situations
• the child has a fairly good command of oral speech, can use speech to express his thoughts, feelings and desires, construct a speech utterance in a communication situation
• The child has developed gross and fine motor skills
• the child is capable of volitional efforts, can follow social norms of behavior and rules in various types of activities, in relationships with adults and peers

• the child shows curiosity; capable of making his own decisions, relying on his knowledge and skills in various activities.

Thus, I believe that this innovative Lego technology can be successfully used not only with children with STD, but also in groups with a general developmental focus.

In the future, my work plans include continuing to run a Lego construction club with children aged 6-7 years, using Lego constructors (smaller parts). As well as adjusting the work program for children in the seventh year of life to master the basic general education program of preschool education in the compensatory group for children with severe speech impairments, taking into account the introduction of Lego technology across all educational areas.

Unconventional ideas

The versatility of the construction set's elements allows it to go beyond the playing area. There are many non-standard ideas for using Lego for the development and organization of children's leisure time.

Lego household items

Armed with a search engine, you can find many ideas for creating night lights, key holders, bird feeders and pencil holders from Lego. Together with your child, you can create a gift project for relatives, make a glass for storing pencils according to your own design, or use your imagination to solve the current problem of organizing space at home.

Using a construction set for such purposes has a number of advantages: it is difficult to break, a child can easily correct any mistakes on his own, the item can be disassembled at any time, and the construction set itself does not get dirty and does not require special storage conditions.

Constructors in training

Recently, more and more teachers are using construction sets as visual material when teaching writing and reading, developing the child’s thinking, memory and attention. Addition and subtraction, multiplication and division are explained more easily when using blocks of different sizes. The letters printed on the blocks make learning to read a truly entertaining process. Working with the constructor, the child connects physical activity to the learning process, which makes this process much more effective and interesting. Here is one example of educational games made from Lego:

Creating new tasks is limited only by your imagination, and new ideas can always be gleaned from teachers and parents whose approaches you trust.

Construction sets can become not only an excellent toy, but also educational and creative material for preschoolers and primary schoolchildren. Varying ideas and elements creates almost unlimited possibilities for organizing educational activities for children.

Conclusion

Construction sets are an excellent educational toy for children of different ages. Modern kits provide a wide range of ways to play: from creating a simple model according to a diagram to designing and creating radio-controlled robots with your own hands. Classes with construction toys develop spatial and logical thinking, voluntary attention, speech and communication abilities of children, teach them to plan their activities and control the process of completing tasks, and develop their personal qualities. Different ways of organizing children's play involve different areas of their development, and the use of construction sets as educational material makes playing with construction sets an element of learning to read and count.

MAGAZINE Preschooler.RF

Prepared by the teacher of the first qualification category of MDOU general developmental type No. 28 “Stork” Elena Evgenievna Moroz. Administration of the Podolsk City District Education Committee

In May Decree No. 204 of 05/07/2021. “On the national goals and strategic objectives of the development of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin drew our attention to the fact that the country needs specialists in the field of engineering technologies. And for several years now, our students and I have been working on this topic.

If a child did not learn to create in childhood, then in life he will only imitate and copy.” L. N. Tolstoy

The development of design abilities activates the child’s thought processes, gives rise to interest in the creative solution of assigned problems, in interaction with peers (working in pairs or teams), in ingenuity and independence, initiative and the desire to search for something new and original, and, therefore, contributes to the development of talent . A child does not consume, he creates: he creates objects, the world and life.

Why did I start turning to LEGO construction more often in the educational process? The most important task of the Federal State Educational Standard for Preschool Education is a system-activity approach, which involves alternating the child’s practical and mental actions. This approach is easy to implement in the LEGO educational environment, since LEGO constructors allow the child to think, fantasize and act without fear of making mistakes.

Another important task of the Federal State Educational Standard for Education is integration between educational areas. Integration can be easily accomplished by introducing LEGO technology into the educational process.

During LEGO construction classes I set a number of educational, developmental and training objectives (according to the Federal State Educational Standard for Education):

• to cultivate a personality capable of independently setting tasks and finding original ways to solve them;
• to form the prerequisites for educational activities: the ability and desire to work, carry out tasks in accordance with instructions and the set goal, bring the work started to completion, plan future work;
• improve children's communication skills when working in pairs or teams; identify gifted, talented children with unconventional creative thinking;
• develop preschoolers’ interest in modeling and design, stimulate children’s technical creativity;
• develop fine motor skills of the hands, stimulating speech and cognitive development, mental abilities;
• teach design according to a sample, drawing, given diagram, according to plan.

When working together with older children on LEGO construction, I trace the individuality of each child’s development and his creative potential. I base organized educational activities on the principles of cooperation and co-creation of children with each other. I take the topic of OOD in accordance with the calendar and thematic plan of the group. I master the LEGO construction set sequentially from simple to complex.

In classes with children I use basic types of construction, such as:

1. Design according to a model - where a clear example of construction is given;
2. Design based on a model - a model is offered as a sample, in which the outlines of its individual elements are hidden from the child. Children must reproduce this model from the construction set they have. Thus, the child is offered a certain task, but is not given a way to solve it. Model-based design is a more complex type of model-based design.
3. Design according to conditions - a sample, a drawing-scheme - where only the conditions that the building must meet are specified;
4. Design using simple drawings and visual diagrams. The external and individual functional features of real objects are recreated from designer parts. Opportunities are created for the development of internal forms of visual modeling.
5. Design by design assumes that the child himself, without any external restrictions, will create an image of the future structure and embody it in the material that is at his disposal.

When working with children I use mainly playful, story-based and integrated forms of educational activities:

• Creation of joint buildings.
• Conversations.
• Variety of games
• Making items for games. Creation of layouts.
• Cognitive and research activities.
• Experimentation.
• Exhibition design.
• Productive activity.

I use a variety of methods and techniques to teach children LEGO construction.

Methods

When organizing LEGO construction classes, I adhere to the following algorithm for completing the model:

1. Greetings. Creating a problem situation - entering the game (for example, what will happen if there are no cars).
2. Demonstration and viewing of paintings depicting an object for construction.
3. Observation of natural objects (examination of transport while walking).
4. Sensory examination of parts to become familiar with the shape, color and determine the spatial relationships between parts (fixing the name of the parts).
5. Demonstration of variable connections of parts (personal demonstration or demonstration of children).
6. Explaining the sequence of execution or watching presentations, videos with stories on the topic, which show the moments of assembling the structure.
7. Detailed study (if necessary) of diagrams and drawings.
8. Examination of finished buildings.
9. Analysis and evaluation.
10. Playing out is the use of buildings to organize games in joint and independent activities using additional material. (figurines of animals, people, trees, etc.)

Before performing the model, finger gymnastics and physical education are required, which are selected taking into account the topic of joint activity.

We model objects for role-playing games, in which, uniting in small groups, children create their own spontaneous play story. ( “Car Garage” , “Airport” , “Fairy Castle” ), etc.

Our children also use the buildings created from LEGO in theatrical games, which children really like. Such games create conditions for the development of speech, creativity and have a beneficial effect on the emotional sphere of preschoolers.

My observations have shown that at the moment children show high performance throughout the entire lesson, work with pleasure both in mini-groups and individually, take the initiative into their own hands, show creativity in decision-making, and are not afraid to make mistakes when completing tasks.

The systematic use of construction sets in independent activities gives children freedom of creativity and allows them to depict any objects in the environment using only LEGO construction sets. The guys are fluent in diagrams, know how to tightly connect parts, etc.

Analyzing our work from the perspective of the Federal State Educational Standard for Preschool Education, we can say that this technology contributes to the effective provision of all targets at the stage of completion of preschool education, namely:

• the child shows initiative and independence in various types of activities: play, communication, construction, etc.; is able to choose his occupation and participants in joint activities;
• the child has a positive attitude towards the world, actively interacts with peers and adults, and participates in joint games;
• the child has a developed imagination, which is realized in various types of activities and, above all, in play; masters different forms and types of games, distinguishes between conventional and real situations;
• the child has a fairly good command of oral speech, can use speech to express his thoughts, feelings and desires, construct a speech statement in a communication situation;
• the child has developed gross and fine motor skills;
• the child is capable of volitional efforts, can follow social norms of behavior and rules in various types of activities, in relationships with adults and peers;
• the child shows curiosity and is capable of making his own decisions, relying on his knowledge and skills in various activities.

With children we do not stand still. The preschoolers were so interested in designing that we decided to take part in competitions.

The results speak for themselves.

• All-Russian children's design competition "Lego Country" (winners);
• International competition in LEGO construction and robotics "Legograd - 2019" (winners);
• Center for the growth of talented children and teachers "EINSTEIN" All-Russian creative competition in LEGO construction (Winner).

Our efforts were not in vain! We joined the “Science in the Moscow Region” . We became members of the Naustim . We took part in the Technostart AND WE DON'T STOP HERE!

Thus, I believe that this innovative LEGO technology can be successfully used in all age groups with a general developmental focus, and with the right approach and organization it will give a positive result in the work of a teacher.

In the future I will continue to improve my professional level and use Lego technologies taking into account modern requirements. After all, we understand that engineering education in the Russian Federation needs to be brought to a new higher level. We are faced with the task of making sure that children remain children, live their lives brightly, interestingly, meaningfully and at the same time prepare for “real” adult life.

I continue to work with Lego constructors and in the preparatory group, but I am already involved in robotics.

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