Introducing preschoolers to a healthy lifestyle is one of the important tasks of a kindergarten. And here interaction with the families of the pupils plays a huge role. Of course, parents are most interested in preserving the health of their child. However, not all of them have a medical education and are competent in various issues. Therefore, the teacher’s task is to help moms and dads and convey valuable information to them. And a specially equipped health corner in each group will help with this. Moreover, it will interest not only parents, but also the children themselves.
The importance of the health corner in a group
A modern person needs to think seriously about his health, because the active use of the achievements of civilization is fraught with negative consequences for physical fitness, and sometimes for mental state. Therefore, many caring parents of a very early age try to teach their children an active lifestyle, healthy eating, and a proper daily routine. In some families, insufficient attention is paid to these points, since their importance is underestimated. In this regard, the main goal of the health corner, which should be created in each preschool group, is to help mothers and fathers protect and improve the health of their children.
Not all families lead a healthy and active lifestyle, so tips in the health corner will help parents realize the importance of these points
This goal is realized through specific tasks.
- Give specific recommendations on the physical education of preschool children (issues of hygiene, posture, hardening, etc.)
- Talk about the importance of properly organizing your daily routine.
- Provide information on the prevention of infectious diseases.
- Consult the family on psychological issues (for example, adaptation to kindergarten, preparation for school, etc.).
Medical corners also benefit preschoolers themselves. With their help, you can easily explain to children many useful things that help them maintain their health. This should only be important information so that the child’s attention does not wander (for example, a specific visual algorithm for washing hands or brushing teeth). The children's audience of the health corner includes students from the middle, senior and preparatory groups.
Sometimes a teacher organizes a health corner in a group room exclusively for preschoolers. There are a variety of didactic pictures for children (for example, “Healthy and poisonous mushrooms and berries”), books on suitable topics, posters (for example, about the structure of the human body), layouts, workbooks (for senior and preparatory groups), and didactic games (“ Askorbinka and her friends”, etc.). A game character, a Doctor Aibolit doll, is also often placed in this zone.
This health zone is organized, as a rule, starting from middle preschool age. But if you wish, you can also arrange it for younger preschoolers.
Sometimes in a group the health zone is combined with a physical education corner.
Photo gallery: health corners directly for preschoolers
Health corner in kindergarten: design
Health corner in MBDOU No. 67 “Rosinka”, Kemerovo region, Kiselevsky urban district
It is best to place a health corner in a kindergarten in the locker room, where parents expect their children and they have the opportunity to pay attention to useful information.
All information presented in the corner must be written in simple and accessible language . A parent coming to pick up a child is unlikely to read a scientific monograph on the benefits of vaccinations. Now there are many articles on this topic on the Internet, you can choose ready-made ones or adapt existing ones.
Another important point is the font size. A finely written article is difficult to read. Considering the fact that children are often sent to kindergarten by their grandparents, who do not have the best eyesight, choose a large font .
Approach your educational work creatively, come up with interesting headlines , names that will immediately attract attention.
It will be useful to hold a competition in a preschool institution for the best health corner in a kindergarten and involve teachers in it. This will be an additional incentive for teachers.
Such a competition was held in the Children's Garden No. 12 "Berezka", located in the village of Malinovka, Kaltan urban district, Kemerovo region. Examples of corners:
Requirements for the design of a medical corner
There are no strict standards for the design of a medical corner in the group. This zone should be located in the place where parents (or legal representatives) spend the most time in kindergarten - and this is the locker room (or reception room).
When designing a health corner, the teacher must show creativity and imagination - then it will interest mom or dad (after all, today any information can be found and read on the Internet). The following important points need to be taken into account.
- Location. Information should be placed in a visible place to attract the attention of parents. At the same time, the corner should fit harmoniously into the overall interior of the locker room.
- Titles of materials play an important role. They should be bright and “catchy”, causing a desire to get acquainted with the information. For example, you don’t need to dryly write “Basic methods of preventing influenza and acute respiratory infections,” but expressively indicate “Strong immunity will defeat colds!” or “The flu won’t go away!” Another example: not “How to prepare a child for school,” but “Let’s go to school with joy!”
- The material presented should be extremely simple and accessible. After all, not all adults have deep knowledge in the field of medicine. Incomprehensible terms and phrases, complex syntactic structures will only scare off the reader. It is good to present information in a abstract manner (for example, in the form of numbered lists), in the form of step-by-step instructions (each step in a separate frame) - this structures the material well and highlights the main ideas.
- The text must be carefully checked for grammatical and syntax errors.
- The font should not be small (bulky articles cut out from magazines are not acceptable). It's good when its color contrasts with the background. The title should be made larger and highlighted in a different color.
- Colorfulness. A well-designed medical corner involuntarily attracts the eye with its rich colors, bright illustrations, and interesting photographs. Any textual information must be accompanied by clarity, especially since the audience of the health zone is not only adults, but also children. Popular characters from fairy tales and cartoons, or just funny little animals, would be very appropriate.
- The material must be updated periodically (at least once a month) so that interest in the health corner does not fade away.
Where to begin?
Before you start decorating a group in a kindergarten and creating various thematic corners in a kindergarten, you should definitely take care of the general decoration inside the group . When painting, you should not use a lot of bright colors. It is better if the tone of the main paint is light and “warm”:
- beige,
- peach,
- pearl and so on.
Photo wallpapers with characters from fairy tales and cartoons, as well as stickers with children's themes, look good in children's groups.
It is better to decorate all the group’s rooms in the same style and think in advance about a theme that will tie together the bedroom, reception area, study area and play corners in the kindergarten. Before you start designing specific corners, you should consult with your parents, discuss together and get acquainted with possible options for children of different ages. Here are some corners that can be organized in a kindergarten; for an example, see the photo.
Developmental environment
Play space
Traditionally, each group has a separate room for a bedroom, and the common group room is divided into an activity area and a play area. Play corners for kindergarten are designed differently depending on the age of the children in the group, free space and the creative scope of the organizer. For example, in the play area, a separate place is often allocated for a mummering corner in a kindergarten.
The location for it must be chosen with special care, it must be easily accessible and constantly open to children. The purpose of its design is to create conditions in the group for the creative activity of children, the development of imagination, the formation of gaming skills, the implementation of gaming plans, and the cultivation of friendly relationships between children. You can decorate such a place in the form of a model house, a stylist’s office, or a small screen with a variety of outfits:
- professions,
- animals,
- artists,
- fairy tale heroes and so on.
Once the location has been determined and the design option has been selected, you can begin the practical part. The boundaries of the corner are formed using furniture. This could be: a low rack with shelves, drawers and a crossbar for clothes hangers. For convenience, a table and chairs can be located in the corner. A mandatory attribute in the mummers' corner should be a mirror where children can examine and evaluate their appearance. You can paste pictures of various suits, hats and other items of clothing on the wall.
Design options
Sometimes a hairdresser’s corner in a kindergarten fits harmoniously into such a corner. Here everything is ready to equip the hairdresser’s workplace - a table, a chair for the client, a mirror. On the table you can put bottles, combs, hair decorations, etc. You can glue pictures of scissors and combs on the wall. The apron for the master can be located on one of the hangers on the crossbar.
If space allows, the hairdressing salon corner in the kindergarten is designed separately, as an independent area for the role-playing game “Barbershop”. First, the necessary furniture and shelves are also installed. Instead of a rack with outfits, you can place a bedside table or mini-wardrobe with hairdressing supplies. You can also sew wall pockets for them. Then game items are added. Usually such a place is made as a children's corner for a girl, based on an interest in hairstyles, jewelry, and so on.
Basic tools for decorating and filling a corner
Certain means are used to design and fill the medical corner. First of all, these are stands. They have plastic pockets in which information is placed on a thematic basis (for example, in one - tips on disease prevention, in the other - recommendations on general physical education). Pictures are also inserted into these pockets.
The stand has plastic pockets in which information is placed
Another popular means of decorating and filling a corner is sliding folders (they are screens made of thick paper). They are installed on booths, usually directly under the stand. Such manuals can be purchased ready-made on a variety of topics, or you can make them yourself - in the form of several files (materials can be changed).
The sliding folder is a paper screen that is placed on children's booths
Sometimes file folders are posted in the health corner. They are designed like a book that you can flip through. If desired, parents can take such material home to familiarize themselves with it more thoroughly.
Reception
The locker room or reception area is the first thing a child and his parents see when they bring their child to kindergarten. Therefore, its design must be taken seriously. For children, there is usually a mood corner in kindergarten. The purpose of such a corner is to create a favorable emotional environment in the group. Thanks to it, children learn to understand not only their own mood, but also the mood of their peers.
In the design of such a corner, ready-made stands or home-made models can be used. The principle of their design is the same: in several pockets there are pictures with different emotions (their number depends on the age of the children), pockets for photographs of children are attached to the bottom. Coming to the group, the child, together with a parent or teacher, determines his mood and places his photo in the pocket under the corresponding emotion.
If the mood changes during the day, the photo is rearranged. Emotions can be depicted in the form of emoticons and cartoon characters. An approximate list in the older group could be: joy, fun, calm, surprise, sadness, anger.
Contents of the health corner and main activities in this area
The key component to the success of a health corner is its content. It is advisable to highlight three main blocks here.
Useful information for parents
These are consultations on a variety of topics. The main thing is that they are relevant. At the same time, all articles are united by a single goal - to tell families about measures to strengthen children's health.
Possible themes.
- “Prevention of seasonal colds and flu” (as well as symptoms, methods of combating diseases).
- "How to avoid foodborne infection."
- “How to protect your baby from insect bites”
- "How to avoid sunstroke."
- “Safety precautions when relaxing on a pond.”
- “So that your teeth are always healthy” (oral hygiene).
- “We form correct posture.”
- “We take care of vision from childhood.”
- "Prevention of flat feet."
- “Device that promotes health” (humidifiers, ionizers).
- "A healthy diet for a preschooler."
- “We prepare delicious healthy vegetable dishes for the child.”
- "Hardening from an early age."
- "Breathing exercises for children."
- “We dress the child correctly for the season.”
- Articles on psychological topics: “If a child is afraid of insects”, “Fear of the dark in children”, “How to help a shy child”, “Fear of doctors in a child”, “Training children's memory”, “Excessively anxious child”, “Adaptation to kindergarten ", "How to psychologically prepare a child for school", "How to cope with overwork", etc.
Photo gallery: examples of consultations for parents on various topics
In the block for parents you can also place information about vaccinations (their schedule and description), telephone numbers of medical institutions, anthropometric data of pupils, and the daily routine in the group.
You can include a daily routine in the content of the health corner, because this is part of a healthy lifestyle
Parents will also be interested in reading the article from the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which deals with health protection.
Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation 1. Everyone has the right to health care and medical care. Medical care in state and municipal health care institutions is provided to citizens free of charge at the expense of the corresponding budget, insurance premiums, and other revenues. 2. In the Russian Federation, federal programs for the protection and promotion of public health are financed, measures are taken to develop state, municipal, and private health care systems, activities that promote human health, the development of physical culture and sports, environmental and sanitary-epidemiological well-being are encouraged. 3. Concealment by officials of facts and circumstances that pose a threat to the life and health of people entails liability in accordance with federal law.
Information for preschoolers
Materials for preschoolers themselves include colorful pictures and diagrams and illustrations. On them, fairy-tale characters perform certain actions (brushing their teeth, washing their face, doing exercises, etc.). Such visibility will attract children's attention and serve as an example to follow.
Possible topics for a health corner
The topics covered in the health corner can be very diverse. The key should be the concept of relevance. All articles are united by one goal - to tell parents about measures to strengthen the health and immunity of the child.
Examples of topics:
- Prevention of seasonal diseases: in the autumn-winter period, tips are posted on the prevention of colds, and in the spring and summer - on protecting a child from insect bites, sunstroke, and water safety. If quarantine is declared in a preschool institution, information about the symptoms of the disease and methods of combating it must be posted in the corner.
- Recommendations for the physical education of preschoolers: oral hygiene, maintaining correct posture, preventing flat feet and others.
- Devices that promote health: ionizers, humidifiers and others.
- A healthy diet for a child, recommendations for preparing dishes from seasonal vegetables and fruits.
- Child’s clothes in kindergarten and at home, daily routine.
- Information about vaccinations: schedule, description.
- Contact information of medical institutions in the area: telephone numbers of the clinic reception, office hours of local pediatricians, etc.
Conventionally, three zones can be distinguished in the health corner:
- Activities that were held in a preschool institution aimed at improving the health of pupils (Health Holidays, Implementation of the project “The ABCs of Healthy Eating in Kindergarten” and others), or an exhibition of thematic drawings/photos of children.
- Recommendations addressed to parents and aimed at improving the health of children.
- Children's health corner, which provides advice directly for children in the form of colorful illustrations. The pictures depict fairy-tale characters leading a healthy lifestyle: brushing their teeth, washing their faces, and washing their hands before eating. It is better to place this area at the child’s eye level so that it is convenient for the baby to read the information. The children's corner can be entitled “Advice from Doctor Graduskin”, “In the country of non-sick people” and so on.
Remember, a healthy child is a happy child, so a health corner in kindergarten should be present in every group.
Author: Maria Danilenko.
Approximate sketch and layout of the design of a medical corner
Today, a teacher can purchase a variety of ready-made information stands, including those on the topic of health. As a rule, they are bright and easy to use.
Photo gallery: mockups of ready-made health stands
If desired, the teacher can make a health corner with his own hands. And if he works with older preschoolers, they will be happy to help him in this process.
Photo gallery: do-it-yourself health corners
Health is an important component of the harmonious development of a child. That is why medical corners are organized in kindergarten groups. They should attract parents with their aesthetics and information content, contain practical advice that will help the family prevent a variety of diseases, organize a daily routine, hygiene, create a diet, solve psychological issues, etc. In addition, such a corner should also be useful for preschoolers in introducing them to a healthy lifestyle - contain colorful, informative pictures that will attract the attention of the children and encourage them to take the necessary actions.
Health corner in our friendly group
Yulia Vasilyeva Health corner in our friendly group
The developing environment needs to be constantly replenished, thematic corners need to be changed, so in our group we made a small rearrangement and supplemented it with a “Health” corner. It contains useful information on health, many educational games, including fruits and vegetables, because they are healthy nutrition. photographs of children playing sports and magazine clippings. Balls and ring throws were easily accessible for the kids, and one of my students’ favorite pastimes was working out with magnetic massage balls; we have a whole range of exercises. But my favorite pastime is playing hopscotch. Even if there is wind and rain, snow and blizzard outside, we can always play our favorite game. The health of our children is the most important thing! And we must strengthen children, introduce them to the culture of sports and hold conversations on this topic.
Publications on the topic:
“Health Week” in our group (photo report) Health conservation is a priority in the work of any preschool institution. Every day teachers try to organize joint activities in this way.
Health Day in our group “A healthy body, a healthy mind” On April 17, the “Droplets” group hosted a themed “Health Day”. This day was very eventful and productive. Morning.
Photo report “Experimentation corner in our group” Experimentation Experimentation plays an important role in the development of a child. Experimentation allows preschoolers to model.
How was the health day in our group? On April 7, health day was held in our kindergarten, since April 7 is the day of the creation of the World Health Organization in 1948 every year.
Theater corner of our group Recently, a review-competition of theater activity centers was held in our kindergarten. I bring to your attention a small photo report of the production.
Consultation for teachers “Health corner. What is he like? Health corner. What is he like? 1.2 slide Very often, when we need to arrange some space in a group, we turn to the Internet for help.
Health corner in the group Dear colleagues! I would like to share our health corner, which recently appeared in the reception area of our group and has become very important.
Valueological education of parents. Health corner. In the problem of introducing children to a healthy lifestyle, we cannot fail to note the importance of interaction with the family. Despite the interest.
The ecological corner in our group is one of the most favorite places for children. The ecological corner in our group is one of the children’s favorite places. Instill in children a love of nature and a caring attitude toward it.
Lesson on developing the ability of younger children from the experience of pedagogy “This or that” Goal: to form in the child a new distinction: color - shape. As a result of the diagnosis, it was revealed that children are 3-4 years old to describe objects.
