DIY speech corner
A manual made with your own hands, supplemented, expanded to suit the needs of children and the goals of the lessons, will always be of much greater value and will make learning more effective and efficient.
In preschool age, the predominant type of activity is play, so the materials presented provide the opportunity to perform exercises in the form of a fun game that solves serious problems. The creation of the presented manuals allows children to independently or with the help of an adult perform exercises that develop fine motor skills,
phonemic hearing, as well as consolidate acquired knowledge in the classroom.
Didactic manual "House"
As you know, the development of speech is closely related to the development of fine motor skills, so speech corners are necessarily supplemented with the necessary aids for this: lacing, massage balls, su-jok balls, etc.
Boards for the development of fine motor skills are also found in speech therapy practice, but more often they are an open version, and if they have closed holes, then with the least functionality, because often only a picture follows the door, and besides, the open versions of such boards are less aesthetically pleasing. This “House” manual is made mostly of plywood to lighten the structure, and for strength and ease of fastening the parts with fasteners, stiffening ribs were used, and there are hooks on the back panel to securely fasten the manual to the wall. Closed elements add not only aesthetics to the manual and a surprise moment for the child, but also, among other things, allow you to save space, since various elements are located not on one long panel, but on two (external and internal), and the most functional one is neatly “hidden” " The manual attracts the child's interest and includes many different devices for the development of fine motor skills of a preschooler. “House” is a simulator for developing fine motor skills through various manipulations with a switch, socket, latch, lock, door chain, door hook, lids, and doorbell. The presented elements are interesting to the child because they are encountered in his life every day without a playful orientation. Here it is possible to carry out repeated manipulations without damaging household items, at the same time developing dexterity of the fingers, and the acquired muscle memory will be very relevant in everyday life. In addition, fine motor skills develop, and for children with speech pathology this is especially important (accuracy, speed and coordination of movements suffer, mainly in children with dysarthria). This means that speech develops indirectly and directly, because you can play not only on your own, training your fingers, but also with a teacher, pronouncing your actions, choosing the necessary antonym, listening and following instructions.
Didactic manual “Snail”
Speech therapy snails and their variants have become firmly established in the everyday use of speech therapists and educators in classes on speech development and automation of sound pronunciation.
My manual, having absorbed the positive qualities of such didactic materials, is distinguished by the natural raw materials from which it is made. In addition, the presence and sufficient number of medium-sized pockets, and this already solves the problem of selecting the necessary painting material without special material costs. Mobility, a variety of cards on lexical topics, and the ability to be included in individual and group lessons make this manual multifunctional. This didactic manual solves the following correctional and educational tasks: to teach to form generalizing concepts on various topics, to consolidate and expand the vocabulary on the same lexical topics.
Correction and development tasks:
- develop sound-letter analysis skills, generalization and systematization skills;
- automate the sounds in words;
- develop coherent speech skills through composing a story based on pictures.
Children happily fill out the “Snail” with pictures, naming them, correlating them with the topic of the lesson, while doing a small grammatical exercise (“name it affectionately”, “count to five”, “one-many”, “pick up a sign”).
Thus, in a lesson, this manual can be used at any stage: both as an organizational moment, and at the main stage, as an independent exercise, and at the final stage when summing up the results. This “Snail” serves as the basis for compiling a sequential story based on pictures, an addition to the familiarization and generalization of material on various lexical topics, and the consolidation of the given sounds in words in different positions. In this manual, picture material, which can be supplemented if desired, is selected not only for various lexical topics, but also for the following sounds in different positions (beginning, middle, end of the word): [р], [л], [ж], [ w], [h], [sch], [ts], [z], [s].
The games and exercises listed below are just a small example of how this manual can be used, because its main positive quality is its versatility of use in classes, both individual and group.
Games and exercises
— Exercise “Select pictures for a given sound.” Goal
: automate the delivered sound in words.
Objectives
: develop phonemic hearing; develop sound analysis skills.
— Exercise “Choose a picture with a given sound at the beginning, in the middle, at the end of the word.” Target
: automate the delivered sound in words in different positions.
Objectives
: develop sound analysis skills; develop phonemic hearing.
— Exercise “Choose a picture on a given topic.” Target
: consolidate words on the lexical topic being studied.
Objectives
: develop generalization and systematization skills; develop attention, memory, thinking.
— Exercise “Tell me according to the diagram.” Target
: to develop skills in writing a story using pictures.
Tasks
: consolidate words on the lexical topic being studied; develop the grammatical structure of speech through the coordination of words in a sentence; develop attention and memory.
Zhanna Glazkova, teacher-speech therapist, MADOU D/s No. 119 o.v. "The Nightingale", Magnitogorsk
The speech center is one of the main ones for the development of speech
Most often, the speech development corner is combined with the book corner. The tasks for both are similar. They form a vocabulary, learn to listen, describe objects and phenomena.
The content of the thematic rack of these two centers can be as follows:
- Books – fiction and educational.
- Didactic games for speech development.
- Sets of plot, subject and thematic pictures.
- Various games and lotto.
A literary center for the little ones can contain only 4-5 books on cardboard or a thick base. Volume – up to 5 pages. We need to prepare a few more replacement books. Editions with moving eyes, windows, etc. would be very appropriate. A good option would be transformable books, folding ones, panoramas with moving figures, etc. Publications with animal voices will also come in handy.
Now - in more detail about filling the speech center for the first junior group. Try using these elements:
- Sets of thematic pictures or postcards (4-6 pieces each) on the theme of domestic and wild animals, birds, fish, trees, flowers, fruits and vegetables, food, transport, furniture, dishes, clothing.
- Pictures for grouping according to a specific criterion.
- Pictures (3-4 pieces each) to create a sequence (plot of a fairy tale, story).
- Pictures 4 pcs. for times of day and seasons.
- Large, colorful pictures on social everyday life or fairy tale themes - something that will be interesting to the child.
- Lotto with images of birds and pets.
- Various games and aids that form correct breathing (“Butterflies”, “Leaves”, tubes, light snowflakes made of paper, etc., where you need to use a stream of air).
- Aids and toys for the development of phonemic awareness (rattles, noise instruments, music boxes).
- Aids for articulation exercises, including wall and individual mirrors.
The speech development center must have sufficient space. So that children alternately study while sitting on the carpet, at tables, or move according to the rules of the games. Equipment for story-based didactic games can be stored not only on stands. But also in baskets or boxes. It is worth putting the appropriate pictures on them so that the children themselves can get what they need.
Where should you start?
The use of a developmental environment is directly related to its organization. The task of the preschool educational institution staff is to take care of the main centers (or corners) in the kindergarten group, focused on the development of a particular skill. Several subject centers will help you improve, develop, and polish your speech. More on them a little later.
For a methodologist who will draw up methodological recommendations, it is important to understand two things: what to write and how to write. How to write, that is, the structure of recommendations, can be seen in other similar documents. I have selected a small list of references that you can refer to. And additionally extract useful information from these manuals. So, publications on the topic:
- A manual on planning and monitoring the subject-spatial environment for senior educators.
- A publication with notes and presentations on creating a developmental environment according to the Federal State Educational Standard. Includes both book and CD.
- Another guide to creating a developmental environment. This time only the disk .
- The subject-spatial environment must not only be created and developed. We need to monitor her condition. An assessment and control journal in the form of a paper book and a program for installation on a PC .
- A couple of useful offline webinars. The first is to build a developmental environment in an early age group. And here is another version of the same webinar. The second is more specialized and concerns specifically the speech environment in preschool educational institutions.
- And another webinar . He will tell you how to systematize the environment in accordance with the age of kindergarteners.
- Advanced training course on designing a subject-spatial developmental environment in preschool educational institutions . There is an option to start in August. And there is the same one that starts in September .
- Professional retraining course . Concerns issues of subject-spatial and inclusive environment.
Corner of speech development in the preparatory school group
Kolosanova Natalya Dmitrievna
Corner of speech development in the preparatory school group
The process of speech acquisition is a complex process that is carried out in all types of children's activities in preschool educational institutions.
According to the provisions of the Federal State Educational Standard for preschool education, teachers are required to improve the quality of educational work with children through the organization of a subject-spatial developmental environment in the group. The subject-spatial developmental environment carries enormous opportunities for improving children's speech.
In our kindergarten, in each group, teachers decorate speech corners with their own hands.
When creating a speech corner, we try to fulfill all the requirements for the speech development corner according to the Federal State Educational Standard for Education.
Optimal location: the corner is well lit, located in a quiet place next to the book, theater and sensory development corner.
Aesthetic design. The speech corner has its own name; we tried to decorate the corner colorfully.
The speech development corner is equipped and filled in accordance with the age and individual characteristics of the pupils.
Every year it is enriched with new games and aids to make it interesting and productive for children to study here.
In our corner there is a Katyusha doll, a talker, made by caring parents.
Having an animated character - a doll or toy - is very important. The character who owns the corner encourages children to engage in speech activity: he tells funny stories, invites them to play, and asks questions. With the help of an animated toy, motor exercises and articulatory gymnastics are demonstrated.
Miracle Tree helps children get acquainted with a new letter and reinforce what they have learned.
In the speech corner there are many games for the development of speech activity through the improvement of fine motor skills.
Materials for sensory development: magnetic mosaic, lacing games, construction set. Older preschoolers also really like games made with their own hands: “Collect beads”, “The hedgehog lost his needles”, “Fasten a button”, “Laces”.
Our corner presents items and play sets for the development of speech breathing. For these purposes, waste material and simple toys are used: plastic tubes and cups, ping-pong balls, cotton balls, plumes and pinwheels, flags, balloons. The teacher includes breathing exercises in game activities: “Push the ball into the goal”, “Captains”, “Gluttonous fruits”. Children develop the ability to control the strength and duration of exhalation: exercises with moving objects using exhalation are based on the principle of increasing the weight of objects.
A mirror is a must in the corner. It is needed to perform articulation exercises; the child monitors his facial expressions, learns to independently control and direct his actions. We have large mirror and small customized mirrors.
In the speech corner there is a place for board and printed games. The selection is made up of games with letters and words.
Didactic games: for composing words and sentences, for retelling, for distinguishing vowels and consonants: “Say in one word”, “Arrange the episodes of a fairy tale and retell”, “Match the initial letters to the pictures”, “Come up with names for the plot pictures”, “Choose a word/sentence according to the scheme”, “Name as many as possible”, “Continue the thematic series”.
We made albums: “Synonyms and Antonyms”, “Articulatory Gymnastics Exercises”.
We have collections of tongue twisters and riddles, puzzles that we love to solve.
Materials for dramatization games.
Sets of fairy-tale characters are very useful for acting out dialogues in the speech corner. In the theater corner, which is located nearby, there is a lot of interesting and useful things, various types of theaters.
Handmade talking toys help improve dialogic speech.
In the library, when selecting literature, we take into account the regional component.
A variety of copybooks in which children learn to write with pleasure; all materials and games are freely available.
Regular classes in the speech corner help create a positive emotional atmosphere within the children's team and form sustainable motivation for active and cultural communication. Success in the future directly depends on the level of development of the child’s speech.
Thank you for your attention!
Which centers in the group should be used for speech development?
Speech is one of the important mental functions. It allows you to transfer information. The child must acquire speech skills in preschool age. They are not given at birth, and speech has to be taught. This applies to all children without exception. Few people perceive speech by ear and independently. In most cases, it takes a lot of effort to teach speaking skills on time. This is a concern for both preschool teachers and parents.
A developing subject-spatial environment is an organized space with selected materials and equipment. It helps teach a child a variety of age-appropriate skills. Here it is written in detail about the requirements for a development environment.
A subject-spatial environment conducive to speech is formed in the premises of the preschool educational institution group. It consists of several centers (corners, or stands). For children of different ages, the list of stands may be almost the same, but their content will differ. The following centers will help you work with speech:
- speech and book;
- game;
- theatrical;
- art center;
- sensory-constructive;
- others (indirectly).
There are certain requirements for the developing subject-spatial environment in kindergarten. According to the Federal State Educational Standard, it should be easily transformable, rich in content, multifunctional, accessible, safe, aesthetically attractive, and psychologically comfortable. And quickly transform into a conventional space for the current game: a clinic, a cafe, a clearing in the forest.
An organized subject-speech environment should help resolve the following issues:
- develop vocabulary;
- work on grammatical structure (teach word formation and correct grammatical structures);
- develop coherent speech (learn to retell, describe, guess riddles);
- to form a full-fledged sound culture of speech (improve breathing, improve auditory attention and clarity of sound pronunciation);
- develop fine motor functions.
The group environment should be age appropriate. And allow the alternation of different activities: educational, social and independent. A rich and appropriate developmental environment will be exciting for the child. It will improve speech and diversify the development of the baby.
