Many parents ask a question how to tear off children from the TV and gadgets and to involve them in sports activities. For the growing organism it is especially important to strengthen muscles, to develop flexibility and endurance. The correct healthy development of the child and even his bearing depends on it. Today we will get acquainted with rather new direction in children's sports occupations — game stretching.
What is game stretching
To understand what is game stretching, it is necessary to present games of various subject on a certain plot, as a rule, playing for kids in kindergarten. The purpose of these games — physical development of kids with use of game opportunities, and all occupation consists of the interconnected tasks and exercises that makes a game even more interesting. Stretching is based on the static exercises intended for an extension of all muscles and joints of an organism that positively influences internals, flexibility and a bearing.
But also, gives to the child confidence in own forces, removes complexes concerning the abilities and opportunities, and reduces uneasiness. Performance of exercises at slow speed does these occupations also safe. Unlike the classical sports occupations demanding tension of all forces, game stretching is constructed on the principles of moderate intensity and systematicity.
Whether you know? Approximately till the 19th century the small child was not considered as the full-fledged personality, and parents did not find it necessary to play with it or to develop somehow.
Value of a game streching
Planning and training of game stretching in kindergarten as a result has the following impact on children:
- the mobility of all joints of a body improves;
- the flexibility and big elasticity of muscles develops;
- the general activity and mobility improves;
- the correct posture is formed;
- the diligence and endurance is formed.
Occupations have character of imitation, and the best age for their beginning — about four years. Approximately to five-year age at children bright figurative thinking is shown that does performance of exercises even more emotional, expressive and interested. The child at this age has good ability to listen to the adult and to perform each following operation. That occupations were effective and not dull, for children of the advanced preschool age they have to last not longer than 35 minutes, the number of repetitions of each exercise for the three-year-old — 4-5 times, in five years — to seven, in seven years — to ten times.
What children love game stretching for
As a rule, children very much like game stretching, and they with impatience expect each next occupation. So, we will consider in more detail as there takes place stretching in preschool educational institution, and what is it. First, all classes are given to the sound of music that already creates the positive and weakened mood. Besides, they are followed by a fascinating story which promotes a training not only bodies, but also imagination and attention of the kid. Necessary exercises are unostentatiously interwoven into this fairy tale, and some educational elements — mutual assistance, friendship, kindness often fit into a plot also. Exercises do not demand great efforts and so many time how many the child of the corresponding age can master repeat, doing them it is easy also with pleasure. Practically all of them are carried out on a floor that also very much attracts children.
Rules of stretching
It is difficult to define what is children's stretching — a technique it or technology. Most likely, both. Anyway there are main rules which need to be followed throughout occupation:
- certainly previously to warm all groups of muscles;
- all exercises need to be done slowly and smoothly;
- it is obligatory to correct a bearing of children, the direct back is not so much appearance, how many health of a backbone and internals;
- it is necessary to be engaged systematically and to carry out exercises symmetrically for both sides of a body;
- the kid has to have an equal and quiet breath if it becomes more frequent or gets off, then rest is surely necessary.
Important! Game exercises of stretching train all functions of an organism, increase mood and even develop virtuosity.
Besides separate occupations, some elements of extensions can be repeated during morning exercises. In general, game stretching is when heroes of fairy tales familiar, favourite and close to kids help to receive easily and unostentatiously effective physical activities.
Basic principles of performance of exercises
It is necessary to know the main principles of exercises of game stretching in kindergarten:
- presentation. The prepared story has to be the most figurative, all exercises are shown either the adult, or previously prepared child;
- availability. It is necessary to choose rather simple and clear exercises, training new takes place by the principle from simple — to more difficult, from already familiar — to unfamiliar;
- systematicity. Classes have to be given regularly, with gradual increase of number of repetitions and level of complexity;
- fixing of skills. It is necessary to teach the kid to carry out exercises and after classes, at home, independently. For this purpose they repeat repeatedly, with gradual increase in number of repetitions;
- individual and differential approach. Surely it is necessary to consider personal features of children — health, age and character. It is better if classes are given by the teacher well familiar with these kids, and knowing their opportunities.
- consciousness. Before the occupations it is necessary to explain to children what benefit is brought by exercises and as will help them to become more flexible and stronger. To children is more senior it is possible to explain to what groups of muscles each exercise is directed.
Whether you know? In the thirties the 19th century German Friedrich Froebel opened for children establishment in which kids could take singing, dancing classes, games and to receive skills, important for life. The teacher gave it the name Kindergarten (by analogy with a garden habitual to us in which plants require care) that kindergarten means.
Example of the fairy tale for game stretching for preschool children
Let's get acquainted with one of fairy tales suitable as a game component of stretching for children. It is the fairy tale Lazy Girl.
In one village there lived a lazy little girl Alenka and she strongly did not like to go own legs. (go, actively swinging hands). There lived Alenka together with the old grandmother. (go, having a little bent down, with hands on knees). Once they were going to the forest to gather flowers. (nominative (initial position) children sit, legs in the parties, one leg is bent, a knee — on a floor, foot is developed outside. It is good to stretch, having extended hands up).
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They found a fine clearing with camomiles and wild tulips, and gathered a wonderful bouquet. (by nominative previous to be extended up and to inhale, bend to a direct leg, to touch with a forehead a knee and to exhale, be straightened, reach for hands up). They decided to go slowly home. (go small short steps, hands are on a belt). But Alenka was tired soon and began to ask to the grandmother on handles. (lifting of hands up from shoulders). But the grandmother began to shame her, keeping saying that Alenka already big. (swing of the head here and there). The grandmother left home, and Alenka sat down and began to cry. Suddenly by the heron ran. (hands below are nominative, having bent one leg, to put foot on an internal part of a hip by means of hands, to place hands in the parties and to stretch them). Let me help you to get home — the heron told, put Alenka to itself on a back and waved wings. (nominative previous, only to raise hands up and to wave with them).
But Alenka was a big girl, and the heron had to stop for rest often. It bothered Alenka, she became sad, having leaned against a tree. (hands below, heels together are nominative, socks separately, as much as possible to strain all muscles, to inhale, raise hands up and to strain them). Alenka began to cry again. Suddenly from nowhere the foal appeared. (nominative — being on all fours, to expose one hand forward and to reach for it, the head directly, to straighten back one leg). Sit down on me, I will bring you home. The foal began to jump, Alenka was frightened and at once fell to the ground. (lying on a back, to relax completely). The girl jumped, and a foal and it is not visible. Here Alenka was upset again, to her not to get home in any way. But here the camel approached. (nominative — being on all fours, hands over the head, to straighten a back, to put hands on hips and it is good to be extended up on a breath, to cave in back, touching heels by hands, to take away the head back on an exhalation). I will bring you to the grandmother! — the camel offered. Alenka climbed on him, but again did not remain sitting and head over heels rolled on the earth. (to lie on a back and to shake actively the legs and handles raised up). Alenka on the earth lies and cries, does not know how to get home.
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But here the crane flew by nearby. (hands below, one bent leg ahead are nominative, to clasp a knee with hands and to press to themselves, trying to keep balance). You should go the legs — he told Alenka and departed on the affairs. Also she had to go home. (legs at shoulder length, hands below are nominative, to raise hands up, palms to each other, to plant the feet against a floor (breath), to lower hands (exhalation), to relax). In the beginning it went very slowly (children go, highly raising knees), and is farther quicker and quicker (children run, highly raising knees). And when it ran to the house, the grandmother told nothing to it, and just put on a table before it a huge dish with pies. (nominative — sitting on a floor, legs are extended forward, hands are close behind the back, to be extended up (breath), on an exhalation to bend down forward and to touch with a forehead knees). Alenka began to eat pies with big appetite. And the grandmother stood and happily smiled. She was very glad that her beloved granddaughter was not a lazy girl any more. (Relaxation exercise).
Exercises
Here only some exercises for children who it is possible to carry out during stretching:
- Dancer — work on hands. To rise directly, legs are slightly halfbent, feet are developed outside, to close hands at the level of a belt behind the back. To make necessary number of extensions of hands back-up, trying to connect shovels. To feel tension of muscles of hands, to stop for 10-20 seconds, and then, slowly, to take an initial position;
Important! Static extension improves flexibility and endurance of a children's organism, at the same time being absolutely safe and nontraumatic type of physical exercises.
- Athlete — work on legs. To make attack one leg, having stepped forward and having bent it in a knee, the second leg a straight line, both feet look forward. To rest hands against a knee of the leg standing ahead, slightly to incline a body forward, not to bend a back. Further, slowly, to remove a direct leg to feeling of the lasting muscles under a knee back. To stand for 30 seconds, to relax. The second leg — similarly;
- Gymnast — work on the back surface of a hip. To sit down, having rested hands behind, legs against the parties, in hands — a ball. To slowly roll a ball forward, without unbending legs, to stand for 10-20 seconds, to accept an initial position;
- Snake — work on an abdominal press. Lying, an emphasis hands at the level of a breast. To slowly straighten hands, it is good to cave in, raise the head up, to say the hissing sound and to look in a ceiling.
The complexes of game stretching mastered in kindergarten can quite be used also in a house situation, involving brothers, sisters, parents, grandmothers, grandfathers in their performance that will make these occupations even more cheerful and fascinating. Moreover, they will be able to become the new uniting tradition of your family and to bring great pleasure from a joint game, and, above all — good physical shape to all its participants!