Currently, there are many methods of early development of children, including perhaps the most famous is the technique Zaitsev. This system of teaching mathematics and language, which was invented at the time Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev has a lot of fans. Playing with special toys, the child learns new skills easily.

Traditional training

What is the traditional method of teaching a child, say, reading? Children who beg their parents to teach them to read - a rarity. More often, mothers and fathers, recalling that their daze it is time to learn to read and write, beginning to engage with the child, making it hard to remember the letters and sounds. In most cases, these classes are not too attracted to children, and as a result the kids, of course, learn to read, but read without pleasure.

First, children are taught to memorize the letters. To memorize the letters used pictures - it is quite logical from the point of an adult. But the kid thinks differently. In his mind, the letter is inextricably linked with pictures, that is, he believes that the letter "A" indicates no corresponding sound, and a picture of a stork, and the letter "B", respectively, a picture of a drum. Not surprisingly, the child is difficult to fold the letters into words, even the most simple.

The technique

Method Zaitseva based on the fact that at an early age children learn best new knowledge of the game. Teacher-innovator proposed to abandon the traditional way of learning, which is not for all kids.

Nikolay Zaitsev introduced such a thing as a "warehouse" - a kind of alternative to the letters and syllables. Warehouse can be called one letter, as well as a pair of consonant and vowel or consonant and hard (soft) sign.

To train depots were created special sets of dice. These blocks have a number of features. The set includes fifty-two dice, which are divided on several grounds:

• The size (in large cubes written solid depots, and small, respectively, soft);
• The color of writing letters (consonants are written in blue What colors are combined with blue: the fashion new solutions , Vowels in blue, and hard and soft signs - green);
• By the sound or filling (iron - with voiced warehouses; gold - with vowels; wood - with muted warehouses, timber and gold - with warehouses with a soft sign, wooden train - cubes with warehouses with a solid mark).

In addition, the cubes can be double or single and differ by weight. And on the edge of the white cube bearing the punctuation.

These blocks, of course, much more complex traditional, but because they differ in size, weight, color, and make sounds, the child can clearly see the difference between the various warehouses and letters. As a result, the child learns gradually, in the course of the game.

Features techniques

Training takes place in the form of a game in an informal setting. From children one does not need to sit quietly and listen to the teacher: kids can walk in the playroom from one table to another, search for and select the desired blocks.

The child uses both sight, hearing and touch. This allows you to better perceive the material. Classes are quite short, less than an hour. The child is involved, it is interesting. This lesson should be regular to consolidate the results.

Methods of teaching is universal. It is suitable for preschool children and for school children and even adults. Education of children of preschool age (three years) has its own characteristics, but also possible.

The advantages of learning

Pluses techniques will become apparent. The most difficult thing for a kid - to combine the letters into syllables. In teaching "by Zaitsev" it is not necessary: ​​the baby immediately remembers warehouse.

All stocks on the dice are written according to the rules of the Russian language. And the child who learned warehouses rather than letters alone, will never be, for example, to write "Ms" or "Chi" with the letter "s." Thus, children, learning the procedure Zaitseva reading simultaneously acquire Russian grammar (or any other) language.

When training all the senses develop and train the eye muscles: it is required to practice sometimes "run around" the eyes of the entire room. It is important that the training is very effective: the children begin to read long before those who are learning according to traditional methods.

Disadvantages techniques

If a child is enrolled in pre-school age by the method Zaitseva, it will be difficult to understand the school curriculum, which is fundamentally different from the familiar to him. Children who are engaged in a program of Nikolai Zaitsev, find it difficult, for example, to make a literal analysis of the word. Adopted in elementary school color-coded letters can also be confusing because different than in the method Zaitsev.

On cubes Zaitseva have a combination of letters, which is rarely used - such as "BE" or "CE". As a result, the child may confuse some sounds. In addition, children who were engaged in the procedure Zaitsev often "swallow" the end of words.

Not to mention the complexity of techniques. Not every parent can quickly master this method of learning to read, so different from the traditional. Also of note is the high cost of educational materials. Theoretically, dice and tables, you can do it yourself (so did the parents enthusiasts fifteen years ago), but it is difficult. Clumsily made didactic material is ineffective, and the value has everything: color, shape, size, sounds.

Not only reading

Using techniques Zaitsev can effectively teach the child not only to read in their native language, but other languages. In addition, it is possible to teach a baby in such a way and math: children quickly master account and arithmetic.

Moreover, by the four-year child can learn (and understanding), and that a fraction of degree. Although the methodology for teaching mathematics Zaitseva used less frequently than for learning to read, it is also very popular.

Maria Bykov

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