Didactic game "Matryoshka" in the younger group
The purpose of the didactic game “Matryoshka” is to teach the skill of working with a three-dimensional object, selecting and combining its components. This game, like the others, reinforces the idea of a national souvenir toy and fosters respect for folk art.
For the lesson, you need a split toy about 10 cm high. The teacher demonstrates it and explains how it opens to remove the next toy. When all the nesting dolls have been removed, the teacher shows the preschooler how to correctly assemble them in reverse order, and how to close the toy so that its upper and lower halves match the pattern on the apron.
Didactic game "Matryoshka"
Dear teachers and parents!
We offer you the Didactic Game “Matryoshka” for preschool and primary school children.
Didactic game "Matryoshka":
— develops the child’s logical thinking, the ability to group, find similarities and differences;
- promotes the development of fine motor skills, attention and perseverance;
— will teach the child to compare objects, arrange them in order of decreasing or increasing sizes, and make a whole from parts.
The didactic game “Matryoshka” includes various materials that allow you to play several versions of the game:
1) Set No. 1
Includes 21 color images of identical sized nesting dolls.
Each matryoshka consists of two parts: upper and lower, which differ in design.
Images must be printed, laminated, cut out and cut in half (along the visible border).
Game options. The child must connect the resulting halves:
- so that the identically designed upper and lower parts of each nesting doll match;
- in random order, getting different design options for the nesting dolls.
The kit contains:
- one sheet of A4 with an image of 21 nesting dolls (the images are small);
- three A4 sheets with the same images of nesting dolls, but larger in size.
2) Set No. 2
Includes 8 color images of identical sized nesting dolls, decorated in blue, pink and blue tones.
Each of the 8 nesting dolls is presented in different sizes in the amount of 5 pieces (large - smaller - even smaller, etc.).
In total, you get 8 sets of nesting dolls, 5 pieces each.
Images must be printed, laminated and cut out.
Game options. The resulting images of nesting dolls should:
— lay out from largest to smallest so that you get 8 rows of nesting dolls (do not confuse differently designed nesting dolls);
- lay out from smallest to largest so that you get 8 rows of nesting dolls (do not confuse differently designed nesting dolls);
— arrange into 5 piles depending on the size (we don’t pay attention to the design): the first pile is the largest nesting dolls, the second pile is smaller nesting dolls, the third pile is even smaller nesting dolls, etc.;
- find identical nesting dolls - make pairs (to do this, you need to print 8 nesting dolls of the same size twice to make 16 of them);
- count the nesting dolls (all the big ones, all the small ones, all the ones in a white apron, all the ones with red hair, etc.);
- find the nesting dolls by count (second from the left in the row, third from the right, etc.).
The set contains 4 A4 sheets with images of nesting dolls.
The total number of figures is 40 pieces.
3) Set No. 3
Includes 8 color images of identical sized nesting dolls, decorated in green, red and white colors.
Each of the 8 nesting dolls is presented in different sizes in the amount of 5 pieces (large - smaller - even smaller, etc.).
In total, you get 8 sets of nesting dolls, 5 pieces each.
Images must be printed, laminated and cut out.
Game options. Same as in kit No. 2.
The set contains 4 A4 sheets with images of nesting dolls.
The total number of figures is 40 pieces.
4) Set No. 4
Includes 8 color images of identical sized nesting dolls, decorated in multi-colored tones.
Each of the 8 nesting dolls is presented in different sizes in the amount of 5 pieces (large - smaller - even smaller, etc.).
In total, you get 8 sets of nesting dolls, 5 pieces each.
Images must be printed, laminated and cut out.
Game options. Same as in kit No. 2.
The set contains 4 A4 sheets with images of nesting dolls.
The total number of figures is 40 pieces.
How to make a game? Print out the kit materials on a color printer. For ease of use, printed sheets should be laminated (or covered with tape). When laminating, you can place thick paper or cardboard under the printed sheets. Then the nesting dolls will be denser. A film of 60-130 microns is suitable for lamination.
Materials are provided digitally in PDF format for self-printing.
The didactic game "Matryoshka" can be used:
- teacher - in classes and lessons, at extracurricular events, etc.;
- by parents - during homework with the child, for organizing family leisure (weekends and holidays), etc.;
— during thematic weeks and events on relevant topics.
Game delivery deadlines:
Applications are accepted from April 1, 2022.
Distribution of materials – within 2-3 days from the date of receipt of the application.
Procedure for ordering the didactic game “Matryoshka”:
1) Pay an organization fee of 40 rubles.
2) Fill out an application to receive the game in any form.
By filling out the application, you thereby consent to the processing of personal data.
3) Send by email to [email protected]
- application for a didactic game,
— photo of the receipt for payment of the registration fee.
In the subject of the letter indicate DIDACTICAL GAME “MATRYOSHKA”.
A set of cards is sent to the email specified in the application.
Materials are sent electronically. They are printed independently.
Count the nesting dolls
The game is optimal for improving mathematical knowledge in middle school preschoolers and strengthening counting skills.
The teacher lays out nesting dolls of different sizes in random order. The child’s task is to put the toys in a row according to size - first from largest to smallest, then in reverse order, counting their number.
Find the halves
For the game you need images of nesting dolls, divided transversely in half. The teacher lays out parts of the pictures in front of the player and asks him to assemble the toys into a single whole. It is important that the preschooler tries to combine the halves not only in size, but also in color and pattern on the apron.
For younger preschoolers, it is enough to take 2-3 pairs of parts; for students in the middle age group, you can increase the number of pictures.
Didactic game “Assemble a nesting doll”
The game, intended for younger preschoolers, teaches how to compose images according to the principle of puzzles and identify the component parts. The lesson requires cardboard images of nesting dolls, cut into several arbitrary pieces.
The player tries to assemble an image from parts. If there are several children, the game can be made competitive: the winner is the player who collects his picture first.
Didactic game “Dress up the matryoshka”
The game teaches you to see beauty and fosters a love of creativity. The goal is to learn the skill of laying out patterns according to a template.
For the lesson, you need large images of nesting dolls without patterns on the apron and scarf, as well as small template images with different decor options. Separately, it is necessary to cut out multi-colored floral patterns and geometric shapes with which children will decorate aprons and scarves. The game task for the younger group is to lay out patterns according to the provided templates. Older children can be encouraged not to use templates, but to come up with a beautiful pattern themselves.
Card index of educational games with matryoshka
Svetlana Zaichenko
Card index of educational games with matryoshka
“We are confident that folk toys, when carefully studied, are an inexhaustible source of wise and creative pedagogy.”
E. Flerina.
Relevance
Today's children are oversaturated with a wide variety of modern games and toys.
But practically no one has folk toys such as nesting dolls and tops. Children sometimes don’t know how to play with them.
Talking with parents about what folk games they play with their children at home, we found out - none. And I would like for children, starting from early preschool age, to show interest in Russian culture, traditions, and customs.
Matryoshka is the most famous Russian toy. The wooden chiseled figurine of the girl Matryona in a sundress and with a scarf on her head involuntarily attracts attention with its bright coloring and causes a smile.
Games with folk toys develop aesthetic perception, logical thinking, attention, imagination, sensorimotor skills, dexterity, and ingenuity.
Purposefully introducing children to the Russian toy matryoshka is one of the parts of developing patriotism in children.
Problem:
A folk toy these days is rapidly turning into souvenir products that are not intended for children and do not require pedagogical support.
But it is the folk toy that has always carried the enormous potential of social heritage.
Unfortunately, modern parents underestimate the developmental role of folk toys.
Pedagogical value:
The proposed games will help systematize the knowledge of children from 4 to 6 years old about the Russian folk toy matryoshka.
While playing with a matryoshka doll, children identify different qualities and compare objects by height, width, color and volume. All this contributes to the development of coordination of fingers, eye, perception, thinking, speech, the desire to use folk toys in joint and independent activities.
Matryoshka helps in cultivating interest in the history of Russia and folk art.
Game “Fold the matryoshka”
Goal: The ability of younger children to assemble a complete image of matryoshka toys from parts.
Didactic tasks:
Continue introducing younger children to the matryoshka toy.
Exercise children in composing a whole object from two or more parts.
Promote the development of spatial thinking, observation, visual perception, fine motor skills of the child’s hand.
Foster love and respect for folk craftsmen
Material: large pictures with a complete image of matryoshka toys; small details with fragments of pictures.
Progress of the game
The game involves one or more players (according to the number of pictures).
They took the nesting dolls to the market,
Yes, the goods were scattered.
All the nesting dolls are broken,
Only fragments remained for us.
You guys, don't yawn,
And collect the fragments.
Children choose the picture they like and compose the image from smaller details. The child who completes the job correctly and quickly wins.
Game options:
1 – compiling an image by superimposing details on the picture;
2 – compiling an image by folding parts on the table, the picture serves as a sample;
3 - compiling an image from parts from memory.
Game “Decorate the apron of the matryoshka”
Goal: To develop children’s ability to decorate a matryoshka doll.
Didactic tasks:
To consolidate children's knowledge about the folk toy - matryoshka.
To develop the ability of younger children to lay out decorations on an apron, scarf, sundress using a matryoshka template.
Development of fine motor skills of a child’s hand.
To cultivate respect and love for folk art.
Material: Silhouettes of large nesting dolls, small silhouettes of nesting dolls with the proposed option for decorating an apron, skirt, scarf. Set of colored geometric shapes; set of knitted jewelry.
Description of the game: beautifully decorate the matryoshka doll according to the sample or as desired, using knitted flowers or geometric shapes.
Game “Make a Matryoshka”
Goal: To consolidate the knowledge of older children about the Russian nesting doll.
Didactic tasks:
To consolidate ideas about Semenovskaya and Polkhov-Maidanovskaya nesting dolls.
Distinguish the color elements of the painting.
Cultivate a love for Russian folk toys.
Material: wooden matryoshka toys according to the number of children.
Game rule: Find the corresponding half of the nesting doll.
How to play: The lower halves of the nesting dolls are placed on the table, and the children, holding the upper halves, compare by color, size, and connect the ones they need. Whoever bet the fastest wins.
Game: “Art Salon”
Goal: to consolidate the knowledge of older children about folk toys as one of the forms of folk arts and crafts.
Didactic tasks:
Learn to describe the selected nesting doll and recognize it by its description.
Develop concentration, speech - description.
Strengthen the ability to explain your choice (highlight the elements of painting, its color and the composition of the pattern on the product)
Foster love and respect for folk craftsmen.
Material: Semenovskaya and Polkhov – Maidanovskaya nesting dolls.
Progress of the games:
Matryoshka dolls are displayed on shelves. The seller is selected. The rest are buyers.
1 game option:
Children select an item to purchase and accurately describe it to the seller.
Game option 2:
The seller describes the toy and asks the buyers to guess it.
Game option 3:
Various toys are placed on the table. The teacher asks riddles about different toys, the children guess and choose the toys.
A toy shop
Through the game intended for the older group, preschoolers learn about the matryoshka doll as an object of arts and crafts, learn to comprehensively and competently describe objects based on external features, and express and explain opinions. The lesson promotes the development of speech skills and concentration, and fosters a respectful attitude towards craft activities.
For the game you need to prepare images of nesting dolls with different types of painting. The teacher lays out the images on the “store counter”. One child becomes the seller, the rest of the players become buyers. The game consists of 3 stages:
- Each player takes turns taking the picture he likes and describing it in detail. You can’t repeat yourself when choosing a toy.
- The seller describes the picture. And buyers must guess what we are talking about.
- The player approaches the seller, describes the toy he wants to buy, but does not indicate it. The seller must guess which picture they want to buy from him.
Matryoshka is a Russian folk wooden toy, which is a doll, inside of which there are smaller dolls nested one inside the other.
Matryoshka is not just a souvenir. This is an excellent educational toy for a child. With its help you can learn to compare objects by height, width, volume, and teach counting. It develops hand coordination, fine motor skills, and thinking in children.
And besides all other advantages, it has a very interesting story and there is a deep meaning hidden in it. For those who are not interested, you can skip this moment and immediately scroll down to educational games)
The history of the creation of the nesting doll and its essence
According to one legend, it was created in the 90s of the 19th century according to sketches by the artist Sergei Malyutin. And the idea of creating a nesting doll arose thanks to a Japanese toy with the image of the sage Fukurama, which contained several figures nested one inside the other.
The name Matryona, Matresha was considered at that time one of the most common female names, which was based on the word “mother”. Indeed, the matryoshka symbolizes the image of femininity, motherhood, fertility and the infinity of the world. A mother gives birth to a daughter, she gives birth to her daughter, etc. Those. life goes on forever. Thus, the nesting doll with its large family conveys to us the image of the Family, shows several generations of ancestors and descendants.
They say that this toy also contains the idea of searching for truth and the ability to find it by “getting to the bottom”, i.e. to the last matryoshka. Like in the fairy tale about Koshchei the Immortal, remember that one? Koshchei's death was in a needle, a needle in an egg, an egg in a duck, a duck in a hare, etc. Matryoshka also teaches us to look into the depths, not to perceive the world superficially and to learn to see the inner component behind the external. It’s not for nothing that they say, look to the root. This is exactly the same thing.
And the nesting doll seems to be one, but at the same time it consists of many of its manifestations, which are its small reflections. That is, it carries a symbol of unity and at the same time multi-manifestation of our world, the reflection of the small in the large, and the big in the small, the macrocosm in the microcosm and vice versa.
There is also an opinion that the nesting doll shows us the multidimensionality, multi-layered nature of the Universe and man (his chakras, energy bodies: physical, etheric, astral, mental, etc.). And the size of the nesting doll supposedly shows us when a certain human body is formed. For example, various sources indicate that the physical body matures by the first year of life. And the first, smallest nesting doll, is designed to help the baby establish himself in the world of reality; it is associated with the red chakra and should be red. The etheric body is formed by the age of three, it is associated with the orange chakra, so the next nesting doll is larger and orange. The astral body is formed by the age of 7, its color is yellow. The mental body is green and is formed by the age of 12-14. The Blue Matryoshka (throat chakra) is the causal body, which is formed by the age of 21. The blue nesting doll is the body of intuition and spiritual mind, when a person becomes a Father or Mother. And finally, the largest nesting doll, purple, symbolizes the human soul. You realize it best at the age of Grandfather or Grandmother.
The matryoshka dolls should be the same colors. To be honest, I have never seen nesting dolls painted in the colors of the rainbow, but the idea itself is interesting. They say that red is a very powerful color, but it has low vibrations. It attracts you to the earth and allows you to gain its life-giving power. When a person has little of this energy, he has little strength and vitality. Orange color carries the power of fertility. Yellow - health and stability. Green color supports mental strength and intuition. Blue helps communicate with people and gives intellectual strength. Blue helps to understand the laws of the Universe and gives the gift of foresight. And purple harmoniously distributes all energies.
All this is interesting, isn't it? It seems like such a simple toy, but what wisdom and depth lies in it.
How to play with a matryoshka doll?
1. Introducing the matryoshka doll.
In order for a toy to make an impression on a child and for him to want to play with it later, the introduction to it can and should be played out in an interesting way. For example, like this:
We show the nesting doll to the baby: “Look who came to visit us today! This is Matryoshka. What a beautiful dress she has, and what a scarf.” By describing the details of the nesting doll, we lay the foundation for the development of the child’s speech and vocabulary. We examine the Matryoshka together with the baby, show where its eyes, mouth, nose, etc. are, what it is wearing, what color it is.
Then we take it in our hands and say: “How heavy it is.” Let's shake her. “And how it thunders! There's probably something inside there. Let's see what?" We say: “Matryoshka, matryoshka, open up a little,” and open it. Inside the nesting doll we find another matryoshka. Together with the baby we are surprised at what happened. Let's look at the second nesting doll. We put two nesting dolls side by side and compare them. We ask the baby which one is taller and which one is shorter, what one is wearing and what the other is wearing. We tell the child that the matryoshka dolls are similar in shape, but different in size.
Then we invite the child to see if anyone is hiding in the new nesting doll. We pronounce the same words: “Matryoshka, matryoshka, open up a little,” we open it and find another one there. We put them side by side and compare them with the previous ones. We do this until all the nesting dolls come out.
We arrange all the nesting dolls in a row according to height. Please note that each subsequent nesting doll is smaller than the previous one by a head. We look at the nesting dolls, looking for similarities and differences in them.
2. My baby and I learn to open and close nesting dolls.
Be sure to name these concepts: “Let’s open the nesting doll,” “Now let’s close it.”
You can start the game like this. We will hide some surprise for the child in each nesting doll. These can be small toys, sweets (sweets, for example) or pieces of fabric, handkerchiefs. Then we’ll tell the baby that the nesting dolls have prepared gifts for him. “Let's see what gifts the nesting dolls have prepared for you!” If the child is unable to open the nesting doll, we help him. We look at the gifts, say “thank you” to the nesting dolls, and then close them.
When your baby learns to open and close the nesting dolls, you can play a game of finding the halves.
Let's open all the nesting dolls (you can start with two nesting dolls, then add the rest). We tell the baby: “Let’s help each nesting doll find and put on its own skirt.” So, together with the baby, we look for the lower half of each upper half of the nesting doll. And if the half fits, then we close the nesting doll. We make sure to comment on our actions: “This skirt is not suitable for a matryoshka doll, it’s small,” “But this skirt is just right.”
3. We introduce the child to the concepts of “big” - “small”, “high” - “low”.
We put the nesting dolls in a row. We point to each nesting doll and say: “This matryoshka is the largest (high)”, “And this one is smaller”, “This one is even smaller”, etc., “And this one is the smallest (low)”. We talk about the largest nesting doll in a low, weighty voice, and about the smallest one in a high and thin voice. Those. The timbre of our voice shows the difference between them. We give the nesting dolls one by one to the child’s hands so that he can feel their weight and feel the differences between them. When the baby has mastered the concepts, you can ask him to show which matryoshka is the largest and which is the smallest.
You can play the game "Confusion" . We put the nesting dolls in a row according to height, one after another. For example, they went into the forest to pick mushrooms. And on the way back we swap some nesting dolls. “The nesting dolls got their places mixed up. They forgot where (who) they stood behind.” We ask the child to arrange them correctly according to height.
So, in formation (according to height), the nesting dolls can go not only “to the forest to pick mushrooms or berries”, but also just “for a walk”, and also sit around the table to have lunch and dance in circles.
You can make houses for them from boxes or cubes and house them according to their height.
The rings from the pyramid are used to make chairs.
Or make chairs from insert jars of different sizes.
Items for nesting dolls can also be arranged according to their height. The largest nesting doll has the largest mushroom basket, food plate or crib, the smallest one has a small one.
4. We learn to hide nesting dolls inside each other.
To begin with, you can open the largest nesting doll and show your baby how another nesting doll can fit into it. You can take turns hiding the nesting dolls in each other. Thus, the baby will understand that a small nesting doll can be hidden in a large one, but a large one cannot be hidden in a small one.
Let's line up a row of nesting dolls. Let's reveal them all. We will get two rows of “handkerchiefs” and “skirts”. Let's tell the baby: “Let's hide the nesting dolls.” We hide the smallest one in the one next to it and put on a “handkerchief”. Then from the remaining ones we take the smallest one and hide it in the next one, cover it with a “handkerchief”. We give the baby the opportunity to hide the rest of the nesting dolls. So, the baby will understand the principle of assembling a nesting doll.
You can play this game:
We arrange the nesting dolls in a row. We hide one of the nesting dolls in the other. We ask the child to determine by ear where the nesting doll is hidden, in which one? Let him take turns bringing the nesting doll to his ear and shaking it. And when the missing item is found, let him choose the right place for it. Thus, the baby develops auditory perception and spatial thinking.
5. We study the concepts of “far” and “close”.
Let's place some of the nesting dolls close so that you can reach them with your hand. And some are further away. We tell the baby: “Let’s reach for the nesting dolls. They stand close to us and are easy to reach.” “Let’s try to reach those nesting dolls. Does not work. Because they are far from us."
6. Learning to count with matryoshka dolls.
You can easily teach your child to count in a playful way. Let's count how many nesting dolls went to the forest, and how many remained at home? How many nesting dolls sat down to eat at the table? How many plates do they need? How many nesting dolls sleep? Etc.
Let's arrange the nesting dolls in a row according to height, put next to each a plate and a square cut out of paper, on which we will write a number. The smallest nesting doll is number 1, the larger one is number two, etc. Now let's feed the nesting dolls. Food can be a mosaic, beans, cut cocktail tubes, beads, nuts, doll food made from play-doh or salt dough.
First, put on each plate as many beans (nuts, mosaics, beads, etc.) as indicated on the paper.
Then we open the nesting dolls and put the contents of the plates inside.
You can make the task more difficult. Feed one nesting doll with your fingers (put the doll food inside it with your fingers). Let it be the smallest opening nesting doll, which “does not yet know how to eat with a spoon.” Feed the other nesting doll with a spoon. Let the third nesting doll have a clothespin instead of a spoon. The fourth has tweezers. Etc. This task is very useful for developing fine motor skills of fingers and coordination of movements.
7. Games for memory development.
Let's put something in each nesting doll (a pebble, a shell, a small toy, a drying bag, etc.). Then we will close the nesting dolls. The child’s task is to remember what is in each nesting doll. You can start with two or three nesting dolls. Then increase the quantity.
8. Games for hearing development.
Together with your child, we will fill the nesting dolls with different fillings. This could be peas, beans, buckwheat, beads, mosaic, etc.). Then we will close the nesting dolls and try to guess by ear what is in each of them.
9. Role-playing games.
Matryoshka dolls are great for role-playing games with a child. You can play “mother-daughter”, “kindergarten”, play out various family situations, meetings with other children on the playground, holidays (Birthday, New Year, etc.).
I’ll show you how my daughter and I once played the game “Kindergarten” with nesting dolls.
Game "Kindergarten"
1. Distribute the nesting dolls into groups.
We lined up the nesting dolls according to height. I told my daughter that the nesting dolls came to kindergarten. But there are two groups in it: senior and junior. And we need to correctly distribute the nesting dolls into groups.
How to do it? I asked my daughter to show me the largest matryoshka doll and the smallest one. We remove the largest one in one direction (we take it to the older group), and the smallest one in the other (to the younger group). We repeat the same with the remaining nesting dolls, choosing the largest and smallest from them. We placed the middle one in the younger group.
As a result, we got two groups of nesting dolls. In one, the nesting dolls are large, and in the other, small.
The nesting dolls played a little, each in their own group. And then it was time for breakfast, and they went to the dining room to eat.
2. Breakfast in the kindergarten.
We made chairs, plates, tablecloth and food (apples) from paper a little earlier. To do this, my daughter and I traced the bases of the nesting dolls on paper. I cut out the resulting circles. We got chairs and plates of different sizes. My daughter decorated everything herself.
So, the nesting dolls came to the dining room. First, everyone had to find their own chair. Some large nesting dolls tried to sit on a small chair, and some small ones tried to sit on a large one) But then we finally seated them correctly. Then we brought each matryoshka a plate of the same size. Apples were placed in the middle of the table. Each nesting doll had to put the correct number of apples on its plate. The smallest one gets one apple, the larger nesting doll gets two, etc. Then we opened the nesting dolls and they began to eat their apples. We placed all the apples inside the nesting dolls.
3. Dress for a walk.
Matryoshka dolls need to get dressed for a walk. But they mixed up their clothes. Let's call the top of the nesting dolls a scarf or a hat, and the bottom a skirt or panties. Some large nesting dolls took skirts from small ones, and small ones from large ones. We help the nesting dolls dress properly.
4. Let's go for a walk.
Finally the nesting dolls are dressed. Let us again divide them into two groups: senior and junior. Divided? Now let the largest one from the older group take the arm of the largest one from the younger group, etc.
Lined up in pairs? Now let's go for a walk!
5. On a walk.
And during the walk we celebrated the birthday of the youngest matryoshka) We put her in a circle and began to dance around her: “How on Matryoshka’s name day we baked a loaf…”.
My daughter didn’t like that we called all the Matryoshkas the same, and they immediately came up with names for all of them. Then the birthday matryoshka, as expected, chose the one she loves most. And then all the nesting dolls congratulated her on the holiday, each wished her something different and gave her gifts. Someone gave beads, someone an apple, someone a bracelet. In general, little Matreshenka was pleased. 
6. Let's go wash our hands.
After the walk, the nesting dolls went to wash their hands one after another, lining up by height (by seniority). I put them in a row myself, deliberately mixing them up. I told my daughter that it seemed they had mixed up their places and were standing out of order, and that we needed to help them find their place. My daughter put them in the correct height.
On the way back they changed their places again. Let's help the nesting dolls find their place once again.
7. Quiet hour.
It's time for the nesting dolls to go to bed.
My daughter and I drew and cut out paper cribs, and my daughter decorated them.
Each nesting doll was helped to find its own bed.
The game didn't end there. Then we also played doctor, since some children in the kindergarten got sick and went to the doctor. Parents picked up sick children from kindergarten. The game ended when evening came for the nesting dolls, and their parents took them all from kindergarten.
This is such an interesting game.
Isn’t it true that a nesting doll is a wonderful toy?
My father gave our nesting dolls to his daughter, he brought them from a business trip.
In general, nesting dolls can be found in any souvenir shop. They are also available in online stores. Matryoshka dolls in the Labyrinth . In My-shop ( option 1 , option 2 ). There are painted dolls for those who like to draw. Some nesting dolls are painted like fairy tale characters. For example, nesting dolls based on the fairy tale “Kolobok” , or nesting dolls based on the fairy tale “Turnip”.
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Antonina Efimova Vesna,
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Matryoshka
The game, intended for middle preschool age, develops mathematical and speech skills and improves tactile perception. Its goal is to consolidate ideas about colors, sizes, spatial distribution, number of objects, expand thematic vocabulary, and develop the skill of answering questions competently. The activity promotes the development of fine motor skills and visual, in particular color, perception, and develops the skill of systematizing objects and distributing them by size.
To play, you need to make 7 nesting dolls, corresponding to the colors of the rainbow, with the image of a certain geometric figure on the apron. Each toy has a certain type of fastener: zipper, button, button, silk ribbon, lace, Velcro tape, buckle. You also need award chips and small decorative items: beads, rings, buttons, figurines, badges.
By playing with a red doll, a preschooler reinforces the idea of the number 1 and the square shape, and gains the skill of zipping up zippers. For the orange toy, the number 2, rectangle and button are relevant. For yellow - 3, circle, button. For green - 4, triangle, silk ribbon. For blue - 5, diamond, lace. For blue - 6, oval, Velcro tape. For purple - 7, polygon and buckle.
You can play with the presented material in different ways and come up with your own rules. The game can be individual or group. Here are some options:
- Make a series of nesting dolls according to the size and colors of the rainbow.
- Dress up the dolls using small decor in quantities corresponding to the number on the apron.
- The toys are in the correct order. The players close their eyes. The teacher hides the matryoshka doll. The pupils, opening their eyes, try to remember which toy has disappeared.
- The toys are arranged in the correct order. The students close their eyes. The teacher changes the location of the two toys. Opening their eyes, the players say what has changed.
For preschoolers of the younger group, it is advisable to place no more than 5 dolls in a row.
The player with the most chips for correctly completed tasks wins. If the game was individual, the player who completed the tasks should be encouraged.
How to teach a child to assemble a three-seater nesting doll?
Typically, children learn to assemble a three-person nesting doll between the ages of 1 year 9 months and 2 years. We will need three nesting dolls with a difference in size of 3-4 cm, for example, a small matryoshka can have a size of 4-6 cm, a large one - 7-9 cm, a large one - 10-12 cm). If your child has never played with a nesting doll before, it is best to use it as the smallest one-piece nesting doll in the set.
If the child easily copes with this task, complicate it with matryoshka dolls that differ from each other in height by 1.5-2 cm.
Step 1. Give your child three nesting dolls and ask them to show you the biggest one, the smallest one, the smallest one. Let the child study them carefully. Ask him to line up the nesting dolls in a row: first the small one, then the big one, then the big one.
Step 2. Then invite the child to open the nesting dolls and ask each matryoshka to give it a “skirt” (put the bottom of the nesting dolls - their “skirts” in front of the top). If you have difficulty, show yourself how to do it.
Tell them that the nesting dolls really want to try on their “skirts” and ask the child to help them. “Where is our skirt for the largest nesting doll? Let's help and put a skirt on the matryoshka. Where is the skirt for the smallest nesting doll? Choose a skirt for the smallest nesting doll. These are beautiful nesting dolls!”
Step 3. Then ask the child to “hide the nesting dolls” (i.e. collect the nesting dolls). It may not be easy for your baby at first, so he will need your help and a show. Sometimes you may need to hold her hand and perform the desired action with your child's hand.
In the future, repeating the game with nesting dolls, the child will become more independent. It should be taken into account that young children very quickly forget what they have learned, and therefore more repetitions are required (at least 2-3 times on the same task).
Next time, you can conduct a lesson with a matryoshka a little differently, for example like this:
Step 1. Show the three-seater matryoshka doll and shake it. What's rattling? Take the central nesting doll from the nesting doll and place it next to it. How beautiful and smart they are! Ask your child to shake the large and small matryoshka dolls. Oh! It turns out that something is also knocking inside the baby! What is this? Let the child take a smaller doll.
Step 2. Place three nesting dolls in a row - large ones
, small , and between them – on average. Ask your child to show you where the big matryoshka is, where the small one is, and where the middle one is.
Step 3. Assemble the nesting doll. Firstly, you need to put a small one in the middle matryoshka (children often make mistakes in the assembly sequence, so clarify this point: which nesting doll should be hidden first). Show the 2 remaining nesting dolls. So, open the big one and put the middle one inside.
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Step 4. Give the child a toy for independent play. Let him take the nesting dolls apart again, arrange the dolls in a row, and then put them in one - “hide.” Help me match the pattern on the matryoshka doll.
Matryoshka, show yourself!
The goal of the game is to develop reaction speed, observation and the ability to act in accordance with the command.
For this activity, you need a small separable doll so that it can be conveniently placed in a child’s palm. Pupils sit on chairs forming a circle. With their hands behind their backs and palms open, the children watch the teacher. And he walks along the circle, bends over to each child, and quietly places half of a nesting doll into the palm of the two players.
Then he gives the command: “Matryoshka, show yourself!” Players who receive a toy in their hand must jump up from their seats and jump into the middle of the circle so that their comrades do not have time to stop them. The task of the other players is to guess who has the hidden parts of the toy and to catch these guys.
Card index of games with nesting dolls
Story game“WHAT ARE THE NESTING DOOSES DOING?”
Features of the game and its educational significance.
In this game, children discover a new quality of objects - size. They are offered a Russian folk toy - matryoshka. The design of the nesting doll provides an element of surprise, surprise, which attracts children, creates an emotional upsurge, and arouses interest.
Rules of the game
direct children to perform various actions with the toy (comparing nesting dolls by height). It is also important that in this game children can use their already acquired skills to distinguish the color and shape of objects. Success through familiar actions instills self-confidence, which in turn promotes cognitive engagement in solving a new problem.
The game is story-based.
It reproduces life situations close to the experience of children. The educational significance of the game lies in the fact that it promotes the formation of friendly relationships, teaches children to express their desires in the appropriate speech form (both in content and intonation). In addition, kids learn to fulfill each other's requests.
Game material
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It is advisable to have a complete set of nesting dolls (souvenir), including 10-12 items. If this is not available, you can use two or three sets of ordinary five-seater nesting dolls, which are available in all kindergartens. You also need to have a block or strip to separate one group of nesting dolls from another.
Description of the game and methods of its implementation.
The teacher, with the help of the kids, arranges chairs and places a large table opposite them at a short distance. The children sit down more comfortably, and the adult puts a large matryoshka doll on the table: “Look what a beauty has come to us!” Everyone admires the nesting doll and examines it. The teacher asks what the matryoshka is wearing, what color is its sundress, scarf, etc. Having admired the toy, he picks it up and says in surprise: “It’s somehow heavy. Maybe there's something there? Let's get a look!" Holding the lower part of the nesting doll with one hand, he lifts the upper half with the other, saying the following words with the children: “Matryoshka, matryoshka, open up a little!” The process of opening the nesting doll is deliberately slightly delayed in order to increase the anticipation and curiosity of the kids.
Having opened a large nesting doll and seeing the next one in it, the children and their teacher are surprised and admire it. The new nesting doll is placed next to it, facing the children, and viewed like the first one. The teacher draws attention to the fact that the nesting dolls are of different heights. He asks which one is taller, what color is the handkerchief of the one that is taller and that of the one that is shorter. Then, picking up a new nesting doll, he again offers to find out if there is anything else hidden in it. The children again say the same words in chorus (“Matryoshka, matryoshka, open up a little!”), and the next matryoshka appears. This continues until all the nesting dolls come out.
Having lined them up in order of height, the teacher draws the children’s attention to the fact that each nesting doll is dressed differently and that each subsequent nesting doll is smaller than the previous one by a whole head. After that, he divides the large and small nesting dolls into two equal groups and says that all the nesting dolls, like children, go to kindergarten, but only the big nesting dolls will go to the older group, and the little ones to the younger group. A place is allocated on the table for the younger and older groups (fenced off with a stick, a block, a line, etc.). The teacher calls the children one by one and gives them an assignment - to take any nesting doll that he chooses to the senior or junior group. This question is decided by the child himself. All other children, together with the teacher, check the correctness of his actions. When all the nesting dolls fall into the appropriate groups, the teacher summarizes the results, i.e., emphasizes: “The taller nesting dolls ended up in the older group, they are larger, and the smaller nesting dolls came to the younger group, they are still small. When they grow up and go to the senior group. Now let our nesting dolls do a little round dance, and we’ll sing them a song!” The teacher calls several children, gives each of them two nesting dolls standing next to each other, and offers to show how the nesting dolls walk. one after another. All children sing a song together with the teacher. "Stop! - says the teacher. “Now let’s play loaf.”
The summoned children place the nesting dolls in circles (in both groups), and two round dances are formed on the table. “Let’s play loaf with you and teach nesting dolls,” the teacher suggests to the other children. The kids form a round dance and play a familiar game. Then everyone takes their places, and the teacher calls new children, who, holding the nesting dolls in their hands, while the others sing (“This is this wide, this is the dinner, loaf, loaf, choose whoever you want!”) show how the dolls play loaf, i.e. they expand and narrow the circle, jump up, bend over, etc.
“Now our nesting dolls will go for a walk,” the teacher suggests. — The elders will lead their sisters from the younger group. First, let’s gather the matryoshka dolls from the older group for a walk.” He instructs one child to build large nesting dolls one after the other in height. Then, calling the kids one by one, he gives a new task: for each large matryoshka, find a pair among the small ones, according to its height. Having called one child, the teacher invites him to take the largest nesting doll, go with it to the younger group and find its sister, that is, the largest among the nesting dolls of the younger group. Having chosen a pair for a large nesting doll, the child takes both nesting dolls to the other edge of the table. The first couple is ready for a walk. The remaining pairs of nesting dolls are selected in the same way. This is how this version of the learning task is solved.
Then the teacher calls other children who move the nesting dolls (walk with them) around the table. The nesting dolls move freely, run, jump, etc. At the end of the walk, they are again lined up by height. Other children are already doing this, and everyone else is watching them and, if necessary, correcting mistakes.
“Now let’s play differently,” says the teacher. “The nesting dolls will hide each other.” He picks up the smallest nesting doll, places it opposite the one next to it and, as if on her behalf, asks: “Sister, sister, hide me!” “Tell me what color my handkerchief is,” the matryoshka replies, “then I’ll hide it!” The little nesting doll answers, and the larger one opens and hides it.
The teacher calls two children and instructs them to play with the next two tallest nesting dolls. Everyone else listens carefully to the dialogue between the nesting dolls. Another pair of children acts with the next pair of nesting dolls, and the game continues until all the nesting dolls are collected into one big one. “Here she is, our greatest beauty,” says the teacher. The matryoshka is placed in a prominent place, and the game ends there
Story game
"FUNNY MATRYOSHKA"
Features of the game and its educational significance.
In this game, children learn to distinguish and compare objects according to different qualities of size. They are offered several variants of the task: compare objects by height, compare the sizes of planar and volumetric figures, etc.
Her plot character
is important for the development of creative initiative in independent games and prepares children for role-playing play. The game promotes the development of size perception, visual memory, thinking, and spatial imagination. All this is very important for the mental development of preschool children. It is carried out with a small group of children (five to six people).
Game material.
Two sets of five-seater nesting dolls, two sets of different-sized circles (plates for nesting dolls), a turret made of hollow cubes. If such a toy is not available, it can be replaced with elements of building material from which nesting doll houses are built. In addition to the items listed, a homemade stadiometer is used. It can be made from a pyramid by removing all the rings from it. The nesting dolls will be placed on the pyramid stand, and one of the rings will be placed on the matryoshka’s head. On a vertical tablet, which is installed at the back, you can use a pencil to mark the growth of the nesting dolls.
Description of the game and how to play it
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At the invitation of the teacher, the children sit at a common table on which there is a nesting doll. The adult turns to the kids: “I want to play funny nesting dolls with you, but I see that there is only one nesting doll here, but where are the rest? (Looks around, then picks up a matryoshka doll and shakes it.) Something is rattling in the middle. Let's see what's there. (Takes off the top half of the nesting doll.) It turns out that’s where they all hid! (All the nesting dolls are lined up in a row.) Let’s get to know them!” The teacher calls the name of each doll, tilting it: “I am Matryosha, I am Natasha, I am Dasha, I am Masha.” Etc. Each child chooses one of the nesting dolls (the teacher takes one doll). The game begins.
First, the nesting dolls walk (walk on the table). Then they are called to the nurse to measure their height. They line up one after another and, one by one, starting with the smallest one, stand on the height meter, and the teacher lowers the ring and, together with the children, notes how tall each of the nesting dolls is. He asks the children and clarifies which nesting doll is the tallest, which is a little lower, which is the lowest, which is a little taller. Then all the nesting dolls go to dinner. The teacher places a set of circles (plates) of five sizes on the table, calls the children in turn, who select the appropriate plates for their nesting dolls. After lunch, the nesting dolls get ready for a walk. The teacher puts the second set of nesting dolls on the table, and the children select girlfriends of the same height for their nesting dolls. Pairs of nesting dolls move around the table. Then they run away and mingle (“The nesting dolls wanted to run”). Unnoticed by the children, the teacher removes a pair of nesting dolls of the same height from the table: “It’s time to go home,” he says, “get into pairs!” The nesting dolls are lined up in pairs, and suddenly it turns out that a certain pair of nesting dolls is missing. The teacher invites the children to call the nesting doll by name (if they remember). Everyone asks her to come back in unison. At the request of the teacher, the children show where the pair is missing. The nesting dolls appear, the kids put them in place, and the toys go home.
The teacher puts on the table a tower made of hollow cubes (one side is missing) - these are houses for nesting dolls. At the request of the teacher, each child finds a home for his nesting doll. The nesting dolls bow, say goodbye and go to their houses.
Rules of the game.
1. Each player chooses a matryoshka doll. He must remember her name and act with her in accordance with the learning task. The teacher takes one of the nesting dolls and shows a clear example of game actions.
2. Participants in the game must listen carefully to the teacher and carry out the actions that he suggests to them.
Funny nesting dolls
For the musical game you need cardboard images of 5 nesting dolls of different sizes and colors. It is also necessary to give the players a pair of wooden musical spoons.
The music teacher places the pictures in a row in front of the children. Introduces the pupils to the dolls: Dashka, Sashka, Glashka, Irinka, Marinka. Explains that the guests love to dance. And the children need to play along with them on a folk musical instrument. Then he taps a different rhythm on the spoons for each nesting doll. And the children repeat. The teacher does not need to use spoons to demonstrate musical rhythm. You can play another instrument, and let the children play along with spoons.
Games with matryoshka dolls for kids
Matryoshka dolls are useful. First of all, this:
- Development of sensory skills (vision, hearing, touch). The child gets acquainted with a variety of sizes and shapes. Using the nesting doll as a rattle, we develop its auditory perception.
- Speech development, attention, logical thinking.
- Development of fine motor skills, coordination of movements.
It's time to share educational nesting doll games with you.
We look for and show the body parts of the nesting doll
First, get to know the nesting doll, describe it, admire its beauty: “This is a matryoshka. Her name is Matryosha. How beautiful! What eyes he has, what a nose, what a mouth, what cheeks! What a gorgeous scarf! The nesting doll has eyes. Where is Vasya...?”
Opening and closing the matryoshka doll
Show your child how to open and close the nesting dolls and how to remove them from each other: “What a heavy nesting doll. What's in a nesting doll? What's thundering inside a mother? Knock-knock, matryoshka! Knock, knock, knock, bye, show us your secret!”
The boys are very curious and are looking forward to continuing. Open the nesting doll and smile every time and be surprised by what you see:
"Oh! Yes, there is a smaller nesting doll. What's there? The matryoshka is even smaller... And here is the smallest nesting doll. There are no more nesting dolls!”
After you have completely disassembled the nesting dolls, assemble them again into a larger one.
Looking for surprises
Children love moments of surprise. You can hide anything you want in a nesting doll: beads, sweets, ribbons. The child will definitely be interested and want to open the nesting doll if he sees a piece of tape peeking out. Fill the nesting dolls with different materials, compare sounds, master the concepts very little. Another game option: teach your child to determine by ear where an object is hidden. We can say that one of the nesting dolls ate a candy, but which one needs to be determined by shaking each nesting doll:
Our dear matryoshka, I wanted to eat it! Mom didn’t listen, but she ate the candy. Where are you, our matryoshka, do you have porridge?
Having found the desired nesting doll, ask the child to wave it with his finger and “feed him porridge.” At the same time you can feed the rest of the nesting dolls. Inside the nesting dolls you can put a different number of objects (for example, plasticine balls). For example, the nesting doll ate 1 candy, the second - two, the third - three. Count the number of items along with the crumbs and match them with the plastic numbers (1,2,3).
We are looking for halves of nesting dolls
We mix the parts of the nesting doll and ask the child to assemble the matching halves. Important! Let your baby make mistakes. Let me put some halves on top of each other, try to stack them, stack them on top of each other, etc. In the course of such actions, he will draw many important conclusions. Let him play as he wants. From time to time I show how to find and connect matching halves.
Comparing nesting dolls
“The nesting doll is big, but this one is small.” You can speak for the nesting doll in several voices:
“I am a big nesting doll” (in a quiet voice). “And I’m a little nesting doll” (loudly) “Wow! Look how many nesting dolls there are. And here is the nesting doll.” We teach older children spatial orientation, with the help of nesting dolls we master concepts such as: many, few; right left; front back; above under; behind-front.
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Find by description
When the child has already learned to play with matryoshka dolls and distinguish them by their main characteristics, you can assign him simple tasks: “Give me a doll that is bigger than this one” “Give me a matryoshka doll that is smaller than this one” “Give me the lower nesting doll of this one “I am a doll in a blue scarf / in a red sundress” “Give me a medium-sized nesting doll” “Give me an open nesting doll” “Give me a nesting doll that rattles” You can also come up with the names of the nesting dolls and ask each one to perform some action: let Masha’s nesting doll jump, Katya’s lie down, Dasha’s will sing a song.
Playing math games
A set of nesting dolls is perfect for role-playing games. You can play daughters - mothers or in medical school... It’s easy to build a table and chairs from cubes and have a tea party. All that remains is to seat the guests and place a plate of treats and a cup in front of each person (individual correspondence). By the way, three-year-old children can complicate the game by asking them to give the nesting dolls plates of different sizes. Matryoshka dolls can be put to sleep (on rectangular beds of a suitable size), rolled into a stroller, in a car, or taken for a walk. To collect nesting dolls for a walk, you need to line them up in a row. Matryoshka is big, for example, mother, and the rest are daughters of different ages. Either the big nesting doll is a teacher, and the other nesting dolls are children in kindergarten. If the child gets confused when lining up a row, place two nesting dolls next to each other and determine which one is taller together. If you have two sets, you can play that the babies are mixed up, and you must place them in pairs, that is, large, medium and small nesting dolls are related to each other (that is, find the same ones). Build nesting dolls (large and small) from bricks or builder and, to your surprise, you will find that a large nesting doll does not look very good in a small house. There are many options! Every day you can stage a new fairy tale.
Painting nesting dolls
In any craft store you can find wooden blanks and paint them with your child. Remember, the main thing is to enjoy the process. Be sure to praise your little one’s creativity!
We arrange the nesting dolls according to the diagram
Schematically drawn nesting dolls (large, medium and small) in different sequences, and the child positions himself. At the same time, we are learning the concept of object projection. We show the child that if you put on a matryoshka doll and search, you will get a pear, and if you put on and search, you will get a circle. You can play that the pears are cribs, and the circles are chairs on which you need to put the nesting dolls.
So many useful educational games with nesting dolls! The matryoshka will be of interest to your baby for a long time, so be sure to buy this wonderful toy. It will not only decorate the interior, but will also help make your child’s free time as productive as possible.
Running errands for a matryoshka
This active competitive game promotes general physical development and teaches one to navigate in space.
Children sit on chairs in a row. The teacher sits against the opposite wall, holding a matryoshka doll in his hands. Gives the command: “Here, to the nesting doll!” Children are running. The one who runs last loses. Then the teacher commands: “Now run back!” The children rush to their chairs. And so on several times until the winner is determined, who was the first to reach the toy more often than others.
Matryoshka travels
The game, intended for the older age group, reinforces mathematical concepts, teaches counting, quantitative comparative analysis, and spatial orientation. Children learn to compare objects by size, make verbal conclusions, and also indicate the position of objects using prepositions.
To play, you need to prepare an applique: paste an image of a river, a boat, a bridge, a tree, a berry bush, and flowers onto a cardboard sheet. Separately, you need to cut out the image of the nesting doll.
The matryoshka sets off on its journey: the children place its image near the river. At the same time, they explain in detail what they are doing. She is about to cross to the other side: the players drag the picture across the bridge. The matryoshka wanted to rest in the shade: the children put a picture under a tree. And under the tree there grows a bush with ripe berries. The doll looked at the tree, then at the bush, and thought what was higher: the students were doing a comparative analysis. Then I looked at the tree and the flowers around, and thought, what else is there: again, a comparative analysis. She counted how many flowers there were in the clearing - a lot. How many bushes - one. How many berries are ripe on it - a lot.
