We read syllables according to the method of Zaitsev. Nikolay Zaitsev's method of teaching reading Reading by Zaitsev's syllables

10.06.202327.05.2017

You can study according to the method of Nikolai Zaitsev not only in the children's development center, but also at home. Get manuals, tables, a long pointer and the cubes themselves. Begin?

As you may have guessed, this technique is different from the usual for absolutely everyone. Is that the letters here also learn to write. But not immediately in copybooks for preschoolers or in squared notebooks. The nervous system of the baby is not yet ready for small writing, it is difficult for the fingers. And according to the “I write beautifully” manual, everything happens easier, the child does not spoil his eyesight and posture, because the manual consists of 46 cards, where the letters are divided into elements and written large.

You can practice writing both printed and capital letters, and there are numbers here too. And who said that it is necessary to do this at the table? Attach it to the board with a magnet - and trace with your finger in parts, and then the whole letter, and immediately write it on the board with chalk! Many people like to work on the floor - the position is easy to change. And when all the letters are mastered, you can move on to writing in notebooks in a large cell. And up to 4.5 years, it is better to stay longer on large and convenient cards.

Separately, I want to say about the guys with special needs in development. Their mothers and fathers will probably be interested to know that this technique suits their baby like no one else. And developmental delays will not prevent him from learning to read and write. Along the way, the developmental lag will also decrease: the child will begin to speak better, think faster, learn to concentrate. Only you need not a simple teacher, but a specialist - for example, a speech therapist, defectologist or psychologist.

Parallel work on sound pronunciation always brings amazing results. With the help of cubes, you can develop the child comprehensively. It just takes a little more time. But right away - the love of reading for life is guaranteed!

Homeschooling has many benefits. One of them is that your child, even with a cold and a runny nose, will not be suspended from classes, which means that their effectiveness will be higher. However, you also have a great responsibility for the final result. If the baby does not learn to read in 6-7 months, refuses to study, you will not be able to express your complaints to the teacher. All claims - to yourself!

But there are situations when you simply have no other choice but to deal with the child on your own. And even if your baby is not yet 3 years old or he is often sick, you are quite capable of teaching him to read and write on your own. Only we will do it according to all the rules!

Games and exercises for toddlers 3-4 years old

Where to start learning? We hope that you will find a place on the wall for tables: they are quite voluminous. Having collected the cubes (and it will take you 1.5-2 hours), put them in a pile on the table under the tables. If space in the apartment is a real problem, put the cubes in a box that you will only take out for classes. Make a pointer from a long rail (at least 1.1 m). Well, you can start!

Game "Steam locomotive"

Invite your child to build a locomotive. To do this, put a locomotive (a toy trailer) and a large golden cube with the letter A on the shelf (for the first lesson). Say that all the cars in the train will be with the letter A, and show on the first cube (on any large one) how to find the side with the letter A. Place it next to the locomotive. Let the child try to put the rest of the cubes himself. Intervene only if the baby does not understand how to look for the blocks with the letter A.

Be sure to explain that the letter A is only on large cubes. Thus, the child works only with them, gradually highlighting them visually. When the locomotive is built, it must set off, but for this all the “carriages” must be read: PA, TA, NA, SA, FA, SHA, CHA, etc.

How it's done?

Make sure the child's eyes are on the engine. With the index finger of your right hand, show the first large golden cube and name it. Let the child repeat. The same is true for other “cars”, and first your finger moves to the next cube, and only then the warehouse is announced.

Instead of a finger, you can use an accent cube that moves on top of the "cars". In the following lessons, other vowels on the large and small gold cubes are taken as a sample. In the future, the child himself decides with what letter the “carriages” of his train will be.

Game "Funny words"

Invite the kid to write any word he wants from the cubes. To do this, you just need to pick up the cubes you like and put them together. In the process of work, unobtrusively remind the child how to put the cubes: from left to right, side by side, "on the legs, not on the head." Then read the written word as usual. It turns out, of course, abracadabra.

Toddlers usually have fun because a ridiculous thing came out and try to repeat the game. Encourage your child's initiative! This game helps to teach kids how to put cubes correctly and intuitively feel the boundaries of words (after all, a word cannot be too long - from 9-12 cubes). This is the stage of preparation for independent and conscious writing of words from blocks.

Exercise "What song should you sing?"

It is one of the most important in the initial stages of learning. Tell the kid that our cubes are not simple, everyone has their own song. Several dice are "sung" (see below). Then invite the baby to choose from the total mass of the cube that he would like to listen to. In the future, such a free choice is necessary for the child, since he gets the opportunity to work according to his own program, intuitively clarifying those moments that he needs.

How to sing in cubes?

Your face is on the same level as the child's face. Hold the cube with both hands to the right of your mouth. The sung side of the cube is facing the baby, that is, the child sees both the warehouse on the cube and your mouth at the same time: what the lips are doing, how the tongue works. This is important for kids who are still bad, slurred.

It is necessary to sing the cube slowly, somewhat exaggeratedly. This exercise indirectly helps with the production of sounds. Already from the first cube, the sponges automatically begin to move in the children - they repeat what they heard. Pay special attention to the look of the child, which should be directed only at you.

Seeing how you sang a few cubes "on his order", the baby tries to do it himself. The sung warehouse is directed at him, that is, the child looks at the sung warehouse. On order, you can not only “sing the cube”, but also read the warehouse chosen by the kid on it. He just needs to poke his finger in the direction he likes, and the mother will readily read it, turning to the child.

Exercises "Singing shoes", "Talking turrets"

If the kid himself tries to make a building out of cubes, encourage him. In other cases, push the baby to this thought. At the end of the construction, say: “You know, this tower is not simple, but magical. Our cubes can sing, and each cube has its own song. The tower turned out to be singing. Come on, I'll sing you whatever cube you want.

The child chooses any cube from the tower, you sing it in the same way as in the game “Which cube should you sing?”. Just remember about the look of the baby - during any exercise with cubes, he must fix it on what you are voicing, otherwise all the work will lose its meaning.

In this game, the turrets also “speak”, that is, you voice the warehouse on the cube that the kid has chosen. Do not forget to characterize each sung or read cube: "Oh, you have a big iron one." Sing: "BU BO BA BA BE B". You need to sing very slowly.

Exercise "Singing songs on the table"

Your baby is facing the table. You are to her right, holding a long pointer in your right hand. “Look, this is a table. It also has songs, the same as on the cubes. I will sing these songs to you, and you carefully look at the tip of the pointer, listen and sing along if you want. Make sure the child is looking carefully at the tip of the pointer as you slowly bring it up to the big gold cube: "It's a big gold one: WOAAAA." Sing along the scale motif (from the top note to the bottom), while the pointer does not move down very quickly.

Sing, pronouncing the sounds as clearly as possible, the baby’s desire to sing along and generally work with the table largely depends on this. It's good if the baby tries to sing along. Just like a big gold one, sing the rest of the columns, carefully looking at the child and watching his reaction. If the baby is tired, and the table has not yet been finished, try playing like this: when a large cube is sung, hands are raised up, when a small cube is sung, do squats.

And all the songs differ in intonation: the big ones are sung in a lower voice, the small ones in a higher one. This technique allows you to develop the coordinated work of analyzers: auditory, visual, motor, and also helps the baby switch attention from one to another.

Usually the child really wants to try to sing according to the table. Please encourage him to do so! Sing together first, you and the child. The baby is standing on a chair with a pointer, and you are on the side, slightly hugging the baby, with your hand clasping his handle. A little later, when the child masters this exercise, he will be happy to sing songs on his own.

It is better to sing the table in its entirety at each lesson, but if the baby is very tired, it is better to split it in parts. The main task is not to lose the child's interest in new activities. This can be achieved if he himself chooses which song to sing now, which one to start with today

Exercise "Writing words on the table"

The baby is standing on a chair, you are behind, grabbing him by the shoulders with one hand and helping to hold the pointer with the other (your hand is clasping the child’s hand along with the pointer). The two decide which word to write. It is better to start with the name of the child, then move on to the last name, the names of mom, dad, toys, cartoons, etc.

If you decide to write a name, for example, Styopa, then clearly pronounce the first warehouse: C, only after that point the child’s hand with a pointer to the column SU SO SA SE SY C to the letter C. It is the same with the warehouse TE: column TYU TE TYA TY, square TE; PA: PU PO PA PE PY P, PA square. Each warehouse is voiced, and then shown (almost immediately - after 1-2 seconds).

After the first spelling of the word, be sure to write it a second time, already at a faster pace. It is desirable that the baby's hand is not weak-willed, but also directs the pointer. In the next lesson, the child will write his own name.

We write words from cubes

Game "Lunch"

Have your child cook dinner. That is, write words from the cubes that denote various dishes. Your child may well remember words such as "soup", "compote", "pasta". Together with the baby, put the necessary cubes on the shelf. And then “eat” lunch, that is, read every word. The same words can be written with a pointer on the table if your baby wants "additives."

Zoo game

Let the kid name those animals that he remembers, and write these words in cubes on the shelf. If it’s hard to remember right away, put animal figurines on the shelf. If desired, the child writes the same words with a pointer on the table (together with you, of course).

Games for children 4-6 years old

All games for three-year-olds are suitable for older children, but new, more complex ones are also added. Now do not forget about the cube with punctuation marks. For each written word from the cubes, put a cube with an accent. We will write names and surnames with a capital letter, for which we will put the ZB on the first cube.

And now, after 2-3 weeks of training, we will begin to trace the letters on the laminated cards from the “I Write Beautifully” manual with a finger and a marker. So, having played with the child in games for three-year-olds, we begin to master new ones, repeating the exercise “Writing words on the table” and “Singing on the table” at each lesson.

Exercise "Riddles"

Give your child riddles. He guesses, and you write the answer in cubes. For example, such a riddle: “Who is above us upside down?” If you can't guess, write the answer on paper. But do not read a word to him: let the baby puff and try to read the word "fly" on his own.

Game "Brothers"

Explain: “All cubes have brothers: large ones have small, younger ones, and younger ones have large, older ones. You see, they are all confused with us, they lie in one heap. Let's find older and younger brothers and put them together." You take the first cube (SHU SE XYA SI SH), put it on the shelf with the side of the SA and ask to find the same brother, but the older one: SU SO SA SE SY S (repeat several times).

You will see, your baby will find it without difficulty, puts it on the SA side. It turned out SYA-SA. We read, we are glad that the brothers were found, then we are looking for another 5-6 pairs. When all the pairs are on the shelf, read them again.

Game "Look and repeat"

Invite the kid to write his name (or any other) from the cubes. The word is written in cubes, and then you invite the baby to turn away. At this time, rearrange and twist the cubes in the word so that it becomes unrecognizable. Let the kid try to restore what he wrote, based on the already known visual image of his name, which you wrote more than once. Then play with other people's first and last names. Names are more suitable, as they are usually shorter and easier to recover.

In the future, the game can be played with any words. The main rule is not to confuse the cubes too much. At first, it is enough to rearrange two cubes in places, and in another lesson, add a flip of the cube, in the third and subsequent ones, swap all the cubes, turn two over and push them a little more. If the baby can not cope and is upset about this, help him.

The game "Conceived word"

In a mysterious tone, tell the baby that you have come up with one interesting word, but you won’t say which one. The child must guess himself, laying out those cubes that will be called. For example, you thought of the word "table". Say that the first cube in this word reads S. The kid, already familiar with the search for cubes from the general mass, is trying to find a cube, relying only on his memory.

If the cube is not found in any way, name its full description: “It's a big wooden one, SU CO SA SE SY S” and show the corresponding column on the table for 3 seconds. When all the cubes are set, offer to read the word and guess what you have in mind. If the child has not yet guessed, read the word with him.

Game "Guess"

The child sits on a chair in front of you and a table with cubes. Next to you on another table or stool are 4-5 different objects or toys (ball, scissors, book, doll, mirror). The kid names the objects, while it is very important to agree on the name of the word: not a ball, but a ball, not a book, but a book.

Ask them to guess which of these words you will now write. Lay out the word in cubes in front of the child. He reads the word (do not forget to run your finger over the cubes), then takes the corresponding object and puts it near him. At the end of the game, count how many items the kid has won. In the future, the number of items on the table will increase to 8-10.

Working with stock pictures

This is the spelling of words from cubes according to the model that the stock picture serves as. The child looks at the words in the picture and writes the same from the cubes. This exercise develops visual perception very well, and prepares six-year-olds for work on rewriting assignments.

Every parent wants their child to become a child prodigy (or at least just capable and smart). To organize assistance to adults, there are many methods for teaching a child to read and write, reading and mathematics. These are the systems of Maria Montessori, Glenn Doman and many others. A special place here is occupied by Zaitsev's cubes - a method of teaching reading from a very early age.

Features of the technique

Literally every day, Zaitsev's cubes are gaining more and more followers. What is the unique feature of this technique? Why do children who are eating out of infancy begin to read on their own after just a few lessons?

The method of teaching reading by N.A. Zaitsev implies reading in warehouses. For one unit here, not a letter is taken, as is customary in conventional teaching methods, but a warehouse. It represents the natural effort that is produced in pronunciation. Because the warehouse is a natural effort, it will not be difficult for a child of almost any age to pronounce it.

On the basis of reading in warehouses, such a teaching technique as Zaitsev's cubes was developed. They are a whole teaching aid that contributes to the harmonious development of the child's personality.

Zaitsev's cubes are both learning to read, and general development, and the development of logical thinking, and speech therapy exercises. Many mothers are sure that their children, who are engaged in this technique, will achieve a lot in the future.

Great teacher Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev

Almost every adult has heard such a phrase as "Zaitsev's cubes." The method of teaching reading based on warehouses is gaining more and more followers every day. However, few people know who became the author of a unique technique.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev is a great Russian teacher-innovator. Born in a family of teachers, from early childhood he dreamed of giving knowledge to children.

The idea of creating a special methodology for teaching reading was born in his student years, when the future teacher was assigned to Indonesia for undergraduate practice. There he was to teach the basics and peculiarities of the Russian language to the local population.

Nikolai Alexandrovich began to apply the basics of his developments while working at school. Gradually, he introduced his works into kindergartens.

When the effectiveness of the methods created by the teacher was confirmed by several generations of children, the famous Zaitsev cubes were born, the teaching methodology for which was fundamentally different from the generally accepted one.

The unique author's technique for more than 20 years. However, the teacher-innovator does not stand still. He improves Zaitsev's cubes. Teaching methods are constantly being improved. To date, a large number of additional techniques and game exercises have been created, which are based on classes in such unusual cubes.

What do Zaitsev's cubes look like?

What is a cube? One of the most favorite children's toys. Each of us can remember the joy with which he built castles and towers with their help in early childhood. Knowing how children love such games, the author, when creating his methodology, took the usual children's cubes as a basis.

However, they are not at all like what we are used to. Warehouses are depicted on each of their faces. What are they?

Warehouses may include:

from one letter.
Of two letters (consonant - vowel).
Of two letters (consonant - soft sign).
Of two letters (a consonant is a solid sign).

In addition, all the cubes are painted in different colors. This helps children quickly understand the principles of reading:

Cubes of a golden color with In Zaitsev's method, they are called "golden".
Gray cubes are warehouses with a sonorous sound. The so-called "iron" cubes.
Brown cubes - deaf warehouse, "wooden" cubes.
Cubes of white and green colors are punctuation marks.

Reading Zaitsev's cubes also develops children's tactile sensations, musical abilities, and contributes to the development of the hearing organs. To achieve this, specific content has been added to each view. They are not hollow, like the usual cubes. Due to their content, they have a certain sound.

Zaitsev Cubes can be filled with:

wooden sticks;
bells;
pebbles;
sand;
small metal objects;
lids;
traffic jams.

Due to their filling, the cubes are also distinguished by weight.

From the very beginning of classes, every child literally falls in love with Zaitsev's cubes. The teaching methodology for them is not a familiar learning activity, but a game one. During the game, children quietly move from looking through the cubes to independent reading.

To speed up the learning process, each cube has its own size.

Double cubes are large. They are solid warehouses.
The standard size cubes show soft folds.

What is the effect of Zaitsev's technique?

Due to the unique structure, color and size of the cubes, the developed method not only contributes to teaching children of any age to read, but also affects their comprehensive development.

Classes on Zaitsev's cubes affect the following areas:

visual;
auditory;
tactile.

In addition, during classes according to the Zaitsev method, the musical, physical, and emotional development of children takes place.

How to practice according to the Zaitsev method?

During classes, children do not sit at their desks, as in school. They run, jump, dance, lie, play. Thanks to the freedom of action, the game does not bother them.

To organize the learning process, not only cubes are used. The structure of the methodical equipment also includes tables where all warehouses are displayed. During classes, the tables are in front of the eyes of the children. This helps to increase the effectiveness of training.

At what age can classes start?

The author recommends that children be introduced to their methodology as early as possible. Toddlers up to two years old can simply play with cubes, study warehouses on the edges. So the child will be prepared for the process of reading at an older age.

The optimal period for starting classes is the time when the child begins to talk on his own. This usually happens by 2 years of age. During this period, the child is ready to start learning.

If the kid begins to study according to the Zaitsev method at the age of three, then he will be able to read on his own in about six months. This period is considered the most favorable for learning to read, because. there is a simultaneous development of the child's speech apparatus and the foundations of learning to read are laid.

Classes with children 4 years old will bring positive results after 16-20 "lessons".

Children aged 5 to 6 will learn to read on their own in 5-8 lessons. This age period is also considered one of the most favorable for the beginning of learning to read, because. the level of mental development of the child is most conducive to the beginning of classes.

If a child began to study according to the Zaitsev method at the age of 6, he will need only 5-6 lessons to start independent reading.

Learning by playing

Which child enjoys learning all the time? The main activity for preschool age is the game. Therefore, dice lessons should also be built in the form of a game.

What games are there with Zaitsev's cubes? To date, many of these methods have been developed. Consider the most popular types of tasks based on gaming activities:

Cheerful steam locomotive. We make a train from the cubes you like with vowel warehouses. In order for it to start “moving along the rails”, the warehouses on the faces of the cubes must be sung.
Kolobok. We throw a cube - "kolobok" in any part of the room. The child catches up with the "kolobok" and reads the warehouse on its upper face.
Let's find a pair. The game requires dice and tables. Choose any cube. We read the warehouse on its upper face. We find the same warehouse in the table.
Animal voices. We remember what sounds domestic animals make (cat, dog, cow, etc.). The child must find cubes with warehouses corresponding to the voices of animals (meow, mu, aw, etc.).

What do parents say?

The effectiveness of using Zaitsev's cubes has been proven by time. For 2 decades, the number of followers of the unique technique has been growing.

And what do parents say about Zaitsev's cubes? Reviews of adults, whose by this method:

During the period of study according to the Zaitsev method, children literally fall in love with the reading process.
Harmonious development of children in the field of education, upbringing, art.
Classes on Zaitsev's cubes teach children not only reading. They discipline them, develop them and force them to think critically.
The learning process is quite easy. During the game, children do not even notice how they move on to independent reading.

However, not all parents praise and approve Zaitsev's cubes. Feedback from adults when training did not work:

Many children do not grasp the essence of reading in warehouses.
After learning from Zaitsev's cubes, it is difficult for children to switch to syllabic reading.
With individual lessons according to this method, the child may have difficulty understanding the principles of reading. The collective method of teaching is more acceptable.

Reading is the basis for the harmonious development of a person in childhood. Classes with children according to Zaitsev's method are the shortest and most natural way to the world of letters. Zaitsev's cubes are a real storehouse of wisdom, accessible to everyone.

- the manual is quite popular, even those who have nothing to do with teaching children to read have heard about it. But here's how the cubes earned their popularity and how they differ from other methods of teaching reading, often for many it remains a mystery. Is this expensive manual really so "miraculous", and the kid will learn to read in a few lessons? And how do Zaitsev's cubes differ from ordinary cubes with letters?

In fact, some questions remain with parents even after purchasing the allowance. In particular, the most important question is how to teach a small child according to the Zaitsev method so that it is really interesting? After all, a rather thick booklet included in the kit cannot boast of a clear and harmonious program of classes for kids.

In this article, I will briefly talk about the basic principles of the Zaitsev method of teaching reading, and most importantly, I will give options for games with cubes that will help build classes in a fun and interesting way. - the manual is really unique and worthy of attention!

The basic principles of Zaitsev's technique

When you began to think that it was time to teach your child to read, what was the first way of learning that came to your mind? Most likely the one you were taught to read as a child! First, we memorize all the letters in the alphabet, then we learn to merge them together, experiencing a lot of difficulties, and then we move on to reading sentences like “Mom washed the frame.” Nikolai Zaitsev does not support this approach, and for the following reasons:

1. When a child memorizes letters from the alphabet, in his mind the image of the letter is too tightly attached to the picture that was located in the alphabet next to this letter. As a result, such images prevent the child from combining letters into words, and the simple word "YAMA" turns into "Apple, Ball, Watermelon." Even worse, if parents teach the baby not how the letters sound, but how they are called (that is, not “L”, but “El”, etc.). Then the child does not understand at all why “Se-u-me-ke-a” should suddenly turn into “Bag”.

2. Learning to read by syllables, according to Zaitsev, is also not the most convenient way, since Russian syllables are too diverse in number and combinations of sounds. They may include several consonants in a row (for example, JET) and other forms that are inconvenient for a novice reader (for example, CANVAS, A HISTORY - yes, yes, it's all one syllable).

That is why Zaitsev's methodology is based on teaching a child to read. not by letters, and not by syllables, but by warehouses . Nikolay Zaitsev defines a warehouse as a minimally pronounceable unit that is easiest for a child to perceive. It is the warehouse, and not the letter and not the syllable, that is easiest for the baby to say and read. The warehouse is the first thing the baby starts to say when he starts talking - MA (mother), KO (cat). And it is warehouses that a child typeset for himself when he learns to write - KO-L-BA-SA.

Warehouse can be:

consonant-vowel fusion (YES, MI, BE…);

single vowel as a syllable ( I-MA; KA- YU-TA);

a separate consonant in a closed syllable (KO- W-KA; MA-I- TO);

consonant with a soft or hard sign (МЬ, ДЪ, СЬ…).

Thus, a warehouse never consists of more than two letters, and in this way it compares favorably with a syllable, which can consist of both 4 and 5 letters.

However, the warehouse approach is not Zaitsev's only innovation. He suggested putting aside boring primers and to play with warehouses! Zaitsev wrote all the warehouses on cubes and offered a lot of games and singing with them. Thus, studying according to the methodology, we simply play and, during the game, we repeatedly show and voice warehouses to the child. So, playfully, the kid imperceptibly learns to recognize warehouses, and then read them on his own. It is worth noting that in Zaitsev's method, letters are not purposefully studied, they are learned by themselves thanks to many games with warehouses .

What are Zaitsev's cubes

So, let's see what is the fundamental difference between Zaitsev's cubes and ordinary cubes with letters. On all sides, not letters and syllables are written on Zaitsev’s cubes, but namely warehouses. And they are not written randomly, but according to certain rules:

All warehouses on one cube start with one consonant. For example, MA-MO-MU-ME-WE-M.

There are cubes big and small. On large - all warehouses are solid. Small ones are soft.

There are cubes different colors, and if you shake them, then they sound different. Inside the orange cubes there is a wooden filler and warehouses with a deaf consonant are written on them. And inside the grays there is an iron filler, and warehouses here with a voiced consonant.
Warehouses, representing a separate vowel, are placed on separate cubes, painted in bright yellow colors.

There are also unusual "double" dice. Warehouses are combined on one side of such a cube, which, although they are written differently, are read the same way. For example, ZhYO and ZhO, Sh and Sh.

Such distinctive features make it easier for the child to find the right warehouse among the whole mass. As Nikolai Zaitsev says, “Among the 500-800 books on your shelves, you can also easily find the ones you need, remembering their color, height, thickness and spine design.” Only there are not 800 cubes, but 65. And if you don’t count duplicates and auxiliary cubes, then only 39 will remain. Finding the right one is quite real!

Previously, the followers of Zaitsev’s technique glued the cubes themselves (which is very difficult, since there are a lot of them and they should be made of very thick cardboard), but now they, along with tables and a manual, can be bought at specialized stores with developers.

Activities and games with Zaitsev's cubes

How to play with cubes so that the baby is really interested in reading? The manual includes a methodological guide by Nikolai Zaitsev, which describes the options for classes. To be honest, the training manual is read without pleasure. There is a lot of text, but, in my opinion, there is a lot of superfluous in it. I would like a clear description of games with specific recommendations, well, a step-by-step program. It is also a little embarrassing that there are very few games in the training manual that involve teaching a child from scratch. After all, the author promises that you can start teaching as early as a 2-year-old baby.

But, don’t be alarmed, all this does not in the least detract from the merits of Zaitsev’s technique. If you figure it out and organize the gameplay correctly, you can get really excellent results in the form of a reading and not tortured child. While we were working with my daughter, I collected the most interesting ideas for games with cubes, I want to bring them here in order of increasing difficulty

Before we move on to games, I want to say that you should not limit your activities to just cubes! Dilute them with others, so the child will be more interested!

And another very important point! Do not expect from the child that he will read the warehouses himself in the very first lessons (even if he already knew the letters before). Do not arrange constant checks for the baby (“Tell me, what letter is this?”, “Read what is written here”). All classes should turn into a game, during which you will show and name warehouses to the child many times. The result will not keep you waiting, at first the baby will learn to recognize warehouses and it will be easy to find the right ones among a number of proposed ones. And then it will come to independent reading. Don't rush baby!

So let's get started. I bring games with Zaitsev cubes in ascending order of difficulty . Games can be repeated repeatedly with the child, using different cubes each time.

We take the cubes out of the bag / put them back

It is always better to start games with solid warehouses (these are large cubes). Prepare an opaque bag and put a few cubes in it. Together, take out one cube from the bag, voice what is written on the side that the cube turned towards you. Ask questions and answer them yourself. “What is this warehouse? It's MU!"

Play with a storyline. For example, a bear brought you a bag and asked you to tell what is inside.

Then all the cubes can be put back into the bag, also naming them.

2. We shift the cubes from one container to another

The game is similar to the previous one. Pots, boxes are suitable as containers. While shifting, we read what is written on one side of each cube. Or you can "sing" them in full.

3. Chants on cubes

Warehouse singing is one of the integral elements of Zaitsev's methodology. All warehouses are written on cubes in a certain sequence (for example, MU-MO-MA-ME-WE-M, DO-DO-DA-DE-DE-D), if you practice in advance in rotating the cube in the right way, then you will get very folding chants. Like this:

The secret of the chants lies in the fact that they are all similar to each other, both in appearance and in hearing. If the kid recognizes at least one consonant on the cube or at least one warehouse, he can quickly restore the entire tune from memory, and, accordingly, sing the entire cube.

Sing these songs with your child more often, and he will quickly learn to read the warehouses on them.

4. Hide and Seek

Take one cube and hide it under a scarf / blanket and offer to guess which side it will seem to you now. Then take out the cube, voice it together and be sincerely surprised by what you read. Repeat the game again, turning the cube in different directions. “Which side do you think the cube will appear to us? Let's watch! This is MI! A surprise moment will increase the child's interest in the game.

5. Toys and houses

Invite the baby to settle toys in cube houses - “The bunny will live with us in the KO house”, etc. If there is a desire, warehouses can be chosen so that they correspond to the first syllable in the name of the animal, i.e. the horse will live in the LO house, etc.

When everyone is settled, play with characters, go to visit each other, hide in different houses and do not forget to unobtrusively name warehouses in the game. Similarly, you can play a train, in this case, the toys will be seated in the cars, the names of which will be warehouses!

6. Sort the cubes into large and small

Grab two of your toddler's favorite toys. It is desirable that one of them be large, and the second smaller. Let's say it will be a big bear and a bunny. Tell your child that the bear loves big cubes, and the bunny loves small ones. And then sort them between toys. Do not forget to read what is written on them.

Also remember that at first warehouses you read all the time. Then, when the child already remembers them a little, offer recognition tasks - “Please give the bear a TO cube”, etc.

7. Run to MI!

Place several cubes (4-5 pieces) around the room in different places at the level of the child's eyes. Invite the kid to race (for example, with a bear) to run to those warehouses that you will name.

For example, you shout "Run to MI!" or “Who will bring the spacecraft first?”, the kid quickly finds the right warehouse and runs up to it. The bear, for which you will play, of course, will also “try” to overtake the baby.

8. Engines and towers

Invite your child to build a train, but not a simple one. In this train, all warehouses will be with the same vowel, such as MA-KA-PA-TA-DA or TU-ROO-DOU-LU-PU, or even longer. (Don't forget that it's always better to start games with hard syllables, they are easier for a child to read!)

To make it more interesting for the baby, each building block can bring some kind of toy. When the train is ready, sing or say its long name together, pointing your finger at each warehouse. Or, slap each warehouse with excitement, naming it!

And then also seat small toys on the train. Each passenger, before taking his seat, will tell the child which car he has bought a ticket for, and the child will find the appropriate warehouse and attach the passenger.

Similarly, you can build storage towers. We play with the tower in the same way, except that it will not be possible to resettle the tenants

9. Find mistakes

Build a train or tower before class without the participation of the child. In this case, all warehouses must end in the same vowel, and intentionally make a mistake in one. Tell the kid that the bear built the train himself, but made a mistake somewhere, help him find this mistake. To do this, read warehouses together.

10. Brothers and sisters

Tell the baby that all the cubes are relatives, each of them has a brother or sister. So, the cube with solid warehouses MA-MO-MU-ME-WE-M has a younger sister - MU-ME-MYA-ME-MI-M (smaller cube) . Explain to the child that you can determine the relationship by the first letter in the syllable. Do not forget to sing the found pairs. So they will be remembered faster.

11. Telling stories

We have already got used to the warehouses a little, you can try to compose the first words. And simple tales will help us in this, for example, this plan:

“Once upon a time there was a dwarf SO ( show the cube with the corresponding side). He was very lonely and sad because he had no friends. He looked for them everywhere and everywhere: on a chair, under a table, on a bed, under a bed. (depicting searches), but I couldn't find it. And somehow, quite by chance, on the street he met a dwarf named K ( show). How happy our dwarf SO was! He began to jump for joy, and the dwarf K was also happy. SO-K, SO-K, SO-K, SO-K! So they jumped and jumped, and then they stood side by side and were surprised, because they saw that they got the word SO-K! Then they told other warehouses about it, and they also began to come to visit SO, composing new words: SO-M, SO-N, SO-VA, SO-DA, SO-L ( other dice should be ready)»

Here are some more word options for other fairy tales:

TEA, MAY, GIVE, DRINK, LEI, BAY, MY, SING;
MAMA, MASHA, LITTLE, MAC, OIL;
MITIA, VITYA, KATYA, Aunt, PETIA.

12. Who is faster?

Build in front of the child a word that is not too complicated, but interesting for him (for example, BEAR), read it together, running your finger over the warehouses. And then offer a race (best with some toy) to look for given warehouses in this word. For example, who will find the spacecraft faster?

Then offer to find MI, etc. And then change the word.

13. Toys write words

Tell the child that now the toys will write the word that he wants especially for him. If the baby is at a loss, offer yourself a choice of something favorite or sweet. For example, CAR or CANDY, CAKE.

When the choice is made, the toys will take turns bringing cubes - for example, the baby elephant will bring MA, the bear - SHI, the bunny - NA. The funnier the character will carry his element, the more fun the game will be. He can drop the cube, find the right side all the time, hum his warehouse cheerfully, and so on.

It is important to place the finished word at such a height that the child can see the desired part of the cube.

14. Find body parts

Before class, make up a few short words (3-4 words) denoting parts of the body and face. For example, NOSE, MOUTH, ARM, FOOT, FORON, etc. Read the words with your child. Then take a small toy and say that it will now jump from one word to another, and you will need to show the corresponding place on the body. For example, a bear jumped on the word "NOSE" - which means that you and your baby need to point to your noses very quickly.

Gradually pick up the pace. The game is usually very fun.

In such a game, the baby will learn to recognize the words as a whole, the reading process will be more and more automated.

15. Actions

The game is similar to the previous one, only now you need to make up not body parts from cubes, but simple actions - EAT, DRINK, WASH, RUN, CLAP, etc. The task of the child is to depict this or that action when you point to the corresponding word.

Due to the lack of a large number of cubes with a warehouse Th, some words can be written on the cards, highlighting the warehouses in them in different colors.

16. Hide and Seek

This game also teaches the child to perceive and recognize the whole word. Put a few words in front of the child, for example, MOUSE, DOG, ELEPHANT, GIRAFFE, etc. Say that these are houses / train cars in which these animals live / ride. Read the words together, ask the baby questions like “Where is the dog?”, “Where is the elephant?”, “Who is here?”.

Then tell the child that the animals decided to play hide and seek, ask him to turn away and swap some words. After that, again ask the baby to find the right words - “Where is the mouse now?”, “Where did the elephant hide?” etc.

17. Writing words together

When the child is well accustomed to the cubes and will be happy to play with them, you can teach him to write words with cubes. Of course, at first the baby will need to be prompted, but gradually the number of prompts must be reduced:

At the first stage, simply serve the child the cubes in the desired sequence with the correct side.
At the second stage, serve the cubes in the desired sequence, but giving the opportunity to select the desired warehouse.
At the third stage, explain to the baby how to determine which warehouse will be next in the word, and invite him to independently choose the desired cube from 3-4 proposed. To make it easier for the child, turn the cubes to the right side in advance.

What will be interesting for the baby to write with cubes:

Your name (having collected the name, rearrange something in it, laugh at what happened)
Names of loved ones - mom, dad, woman, grandfather, cat, dog, Chupa (name of favorite toy), etc.
Ask the baby what he would like to eat (ice cream, kinder, melon, apple, dumplings ...)
Names of favorite toys (lego, car, doll, etc.)

Any word of the child's choice.

Prepare some cards with the words written on them. Highlight warehouses in words in different colors (). Invite the child to collect these words.

Do not forget to beat the lesson with some interesting plot. For example, the game might start with the fact that the dinosaur found cards with "edible" words (for example, Porridge, Noodles) and asked you to make up what is written on them. After collecting and reading each word by the baby, the dinosaur will “eat” it.

19. Funny words

Let the child make several cubes in a row the way he wants. Then read together what happened. Surely, you get a funny word, you can even dream up what it is.

20. Changeling

Invite your child to play magicians. To do this, first collect some simple word, for example, MASHA. Then replace one cube in it with another (for example, put the warehouse YES instead of MA). Read what happened and explain to the child that even by changing the letters a little, we can get a word with a completely different meaning. Together, sincerely wonder what new word you managed to get.

Here are some chains of words you can build:

MASHA-DASHA-KASHA-MISHA-OUR-YOUR,
STICK-FORK-BURN-PROTEIN,
WATER-BUNNY-NUT-CHAIKA-MIKA,
DRINK - POUR - WASH - BEAT - GIVE - SING,
TANYA-ZHENIA-ANIA-SONIA-BATH-LENIA-TONYA-DANIA-MANIA.

21. Animal houses

Prepare some of your toddler's favorite toys with simple names/titles. Together build a house for each toy by writing its name in blocks. Then settle the toys in the houses. Play a scene with how animals walk and return, go to visit each other. The child must read correctly and find the house of each toy friend.

Similarly, you can build houses based on who says how. For a cat - MEW, for a dog - GAV, etc. Such words will be shorter and clearer. The principle of the game is described

22. We write words with certain parameters or in a chain

When the child is already very well accustomed to writing words, you can compose words with given parameters, for example, containing a specific warehouse or letter.

Another option is to write words in a chain. For example, you expose one word - HA-L-VA. You read it, then remove all the first cubes, leaving only the last one. Now your task is to come up with a word for the remaining warehouse, for example, WA-LE-NO-K. Then there may be K-RO-SH-KA, KA-SHA, etc.

23. Benefits for Zaitsev's cubes

I would also like to draw your attention to the manuals of Natalia Pyatibratova, designed specifically for those who are engaged in Zaitsev's cubes. Notebooks allow you to work with warehouses in a planar version - in tasks you need to draw lines, draw and stick stickers. At the same time, in all tasks, not just warehouses are drawn, but Zaitsev's cubes, which will further increase the interest of the child. Benefits perfectly diversify the "volumetric" classes with cubes. Here they are:

Warehouse stickers for games with Zaitsev's cubes

Of course, the options for classes with cubes are not limited to this list. I am more than sure that you yourself can come up with a lot, guided by the interests of your child. The main thing is that all classes take place in an unobtrusive game form!

Well, the last. If you are interested in the warehouse approach, I highly recommend also taking a closer look at the step-by-step KoroBoom Reading Program. The whole complex is built on a large number of interesting and varied games with warehouses and words. To do this, there are many magnets, cards, exercise books, written tasks, etc. in the kit. All tasks are described in detail and distributed in order of increasing difficulty. The program was tested by me personally, we were engaged with pleasure!

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The technique of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zaitsev is today considered one of the best developmental systems for teaching preschoolers to read, write and count. This method is universal - it is perfect for working with one and a half year old children, and with three-year-olds, and with older children. Moreover, the Zaitsev system gives very good results when working with babies with developmental delays, as well as with visually impaired, hearing impaired and deaf children.

Also, Zaitsev's cubes and tables are successfully used to teach Russian to foreigners.

Learn by playing

Zaitsev's cube-based training methodology is based on Nikolai Alexandrovich's vast pedagogical experience. Its creator is not a theoretician. For many years he worked in various children's institutions and watched both normally developing babies and those who had any problems or lags. As a result, a whole system of early childhood development has emerged, based on the following basic principles:

Principle one - lack of coercion. Children learn by playing. Sometimes they do not even suspect that the learning process is going on, because there are no tables or desks, kids can run, sit, come closer or stand aside - as they like. Children do not have to repeat the words after the teacher - everything happens only on a voluntary basis.
The second principle warehouse reading. Children do not learn letters, but read at once in warehouses. Just do not confuse with syllables! A warehouse is a speech unit of the Zaitsev method, it is a consonant-vowel pair, or a consonant and a hard or soft sign, or one letter. All warehouses are written in tables and on the faces of the cubes.
The third principle Let's start with the letter. Children show the necessary warehouses in the table or find cubes to compose a word, that is, they turn sounds into signs - and, after all, this is a letter! The essence of the Zaitsev method is to show the child words, and not to explain how individual letters merge into syllables, and then into words.
The fourth principle use of multiple senses. When learning, hearing, vision and touch are involved, there are a lot of cubes - large and small; light and heavy; "golden", "iron", "wooden" and white; with different fillers that sound louder or muffled. The inscriptions on the cubes are bright, clear, multi-colored - they can be seen from afar. "Sounding" cubes become one of the most favorite toys of almost all babies, starting from six months.

These principles are the basis of training according to the Zaitsev method. After all, the development of intelligence in children under one year is not the same as in seven-year-olds. Young children cannot think analytically, they have difficulty turning abstract letters into sounds and then putting them into words, but they are especially susceptible to signals from the senses. Therefore, the cubes help to distinguish between different sounds - vowels and consonants, soft and hard.

When and how much to practice

Zaitsev's cubes and the method of teaching reading can be used almost everywhere - in kindergartens, at schools or at home, of course, group classes led by an experienced teacher give the best results. With the right approach and the implementation of all the rules of the methodology, six-year-old children begin to read after just a few lessons, four-year-olds - after about 16-20 lessons, and two-three-year-olds - after six to nine months.

Zaitsev's technique provides for two classes per week for 30-60 minutes. If you study at home, you can allocate as much time for training as you see fit. If the child is really interested, you can practice daily for 30 minutes a day. Moreover, it is absolutely not necessary to adhere to some kind of strict schedule - the main thing is that the child has a good mood and desire! In no case should you force him or tear him away from his favorite activities. Learning should be an interesting game and should not cause negative emotions.

You can introduce children to Zaitsev's cubes from three months. Of course, at first they need to be used simply as rattles. But starting from 6 months, you can sometimes make simple words from cubes, name and show them. For example, a wardrobe, a table, a chair, a bear ...

From the age of two or three, you can already start learning to read.

Classes according to the Zaitsev method

Today, "Zaitsev's Cubes" can be bought in so many children's goods stores. The set usually includes:

6 cardboard sheets with tables, format 520×720 mm;
4 sheets with tables, format 360×520 mm;
61 cardboard cubes (50x50mm and 60x60mm);
audio CD;
color "Textbook for parents, educators, teachers";
packing box.

tables

Before starting classes, you need to glue the tables and hang them on the wall. The height at which the tables are located depends on how many kids will be engaged at the same time.

For group lessons. In classrooms, as a rule, tables are hung at a distance of 160-170 centimeters from the floor - so everyone will be able to see clearly. There are three shelves under the tables - on them the kids put words from cubes. There must be a long pointer in the class - the teacher and children will show warehouses and “write” words with it. The cubes do not need to be sorted - the kids must learn to quickly find the right warehouses themselves.
For homework. For one child, the tables are attached in such a way that they are located just above his height. Well, you can just stack the cubes on the table.

Cubes

If you bought blanks, then you will first have to assemble or glue them. Even if the baby has expressed a desire to do it on his own, it is better to control the process - then he will not be tempted to “gut” the “ringing” cube and study its filling.
It makes sense to strengthen paper cubes with cardboard from the inside and tape along the edges. The most frequently used warehouses are best "duplicated". Before assembling, just copy the images and make several identical cubes - then the baby, without any problems, will be able to add any words.

Audio CD

Classes on Zaitsev's cubes are usually held with musical accompaniment. The package includes an audio CD with 35 melodies. Under them, the children at each lesson will “sing” all the warehouses. This is a very important part of learning, because babies learn to pronounce sounds distinctly and clearly. The game principle makes this process fun and tireless - as a rule, children sing along with adults with great pleasure. By the way, many educators and parents note that after learning according to the Zaitsev method, the child’s speech becomes much cleaner.

Benefit

The set "Zaitsev's Cubes" includes a methodological guide, of course, it is better for your child to learn from an experienced teacher who has mastered the Zaitsev method well, for example, in a kindergarten or in a children's development center. But you can do it yourself with the baby. To be honest, there is nothing complicated here, just read the manual carefully - the whole process is written there in an accessible language and in great detail, there are also descriptions of many games and interesting tasks with which you can start learning. Later, you will be able to come up with games that will be interesting to your baby.
If for some reason singing warehouses is a problem for you, pronounce them in recitative. Singing or pronouncing warehouses, show them on the table with a pointer or on a cube, turning it in front of the child - this is very important! Simultaneous exposure to sound and vision dramatically increases the effectiveness of learning. In addition, the child trains vision and memory, and also learns attention.

Advantages of Zaitsev's technique

There are many! Adherents of this system of education note that:

Children quickly begin to read fluently. Moreover, reading is not perceived as something complicated and requiring additional efforts - everything happens in the game, as if "by itself".
Memory improves, the ability to think logically develops.
Children subconsciously remember the correct spelling of words.
Regular pronunciation of words corrects the shortcomings of speech, the child begins to speak more clearly and distinctly.
The vocabulary is rapidly expanding.
Trains - and sometimes even improves! - vision, because the eyes must constantly follow the pointer.
Classes are not harmful to health - children move a lot, they are forced to raise their heads, which is very useful for posture.
The ability to concentrate is formed, the child learns to work independently.
The Zaitsev method is universal, it is suitable for children of any age, it can be used to teach children with various disabilities.
The technique is quite simple, with a certain perseverance, even “unprepared” parents can use it at home.

Disadvantages of the technique

However, the reviews about Zaitsev's cubes are not only positive - some parents and teachers have a lot of complaints about this technique. And not to say about them - just not fair:

The main disadvantage of the Zaitsev method is its incompatibility with the official school curriculum.
At school, children have to relearn from reading in warehouses to reading in syllables. And sometimes this process is very painful.
The color scheme of the cubes does not correspond to the color scheme adopted at school for consonants, vowels, voiced and deaf sounds.
Children who have learned according to the Zaitsev method have difficulty mastering word analysis by composition and phonetic analysis - after all, they are used to dividing words only by warehouses.
Class aids are expensive, bulky, and time-consuming to assemble.
Not all parents succeed in quickly teaching their child to read. The method is more suitable for classes with an experienced teacher.

Conclusion

As you can see, learning with Zaitsev's cubes is undoubtedly a very interesting and noteworthy method. It is good because it is suitable for any children, regardless of age, abilities and temperament. Whether to use cubes or rely on classical learning methods is up to you.

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The section presents manuals on teaching reading, calligraphy, mathematics, grammar of the Russian language, English language according to the methods of N. Zaitsev.

To familiarize yourself with the manuals in the catalog, a brief description is given for each section and each title. Here you can find out the current cost of the benefit and make a purchase in our store.

Please note that only in the manuals themselves a complete and detailed description of the theoretical, didactic principles and methods of work according to the methods of N. Zaitsev is given.

A generalization of many years of experience of parents, educators, teachers says this:

Many parents are able to teach their children themselves. For those who are especially impatient, words are made up of cubes and even two-year-olds begin to read and count.
Children familiar with Zaitsev's Cubes speak faster, take sounds more clearly.
Preschoolers of four to five years old begin to read and count within a hundred after 10-12 lessons.
Children with developmental disabilities are successfully rehabilitated.
First graders begin to read, add and subtract within a hundred in the first week.
Learning Russian from a difficult and boring subject can be made easy and exciting.
Vision and posture are not only preserved, but even improved (there are opinions of serious scientists), the number of problems associated with physical inactivity is sharply reduced.

The last observation is related to the peculiarities of educational materials and methods of organizing classes. Tables located on the walls and, as it were, surrounding students, are used when introducing new material, explaining it, consolidating it, and repeating it.

Each of the tables is a system reference signals(V. F. Shatalov) or enlarged didactic unit(P. M. Erdniev), which allows a minimum of signs to convey maximum information and has the properties fast recall(P. M. Erdniev) the necessary knowledge.

Any teacher's question can be answered, any assignment can be completed using tables as a support. The one who makes optimal decisions is successful, i.e., performs actions with the least number of steps, based on qualitative inferences: purposefully selects the desired table, in it the desired column, line or cell containing the answer.

To provide quick access to any table, desks are placed around the perimeter. Students spend a significant part of the study time in motion (there is no time to sit down), with their heads held high (but not excessively). In an effort to quickly (a natural competitive effect) give the correct answer, they begin to read information not only from close, but from medium and long distances, thereby involuntarily training and strengthening vision.

The elimination of immobility, physical enslavement, inevitable when working in a sitting position, allows students to think more actively, to keep their attention on learning tasks longer and without much stress. Classes are held in the form of a game. Hundreds of games have been developed and described in methodological manuals for manuals. The pace of work, development and consolidation of information is so high that it makes it easy to get ahead of any traditional standards. So all fives! Everyone is successful! Consequences: removal of complexes and stresses, improvement of the psychological climate in the group (class), elimination of conflicts student-parent, student-teacher, parent-teacher.

70-80 percent of children by the age of seven without any overload and even with the strengthening of psychophysical characteristics can be prepared for classes according to the programs of the current third-fourth grades.