Method C. Lupan
Cecil Lupan, the author of one of the most famous methods of early development, proposes to strictly follow a special plan for studying history and recommends starting with the concept of time. As soon as the baby has an interest in his own past (around the 3rd year of his life), tell him the story about him, accompanying the speech by viewing the photos of crumbs in chronological order from birth to the present moment. Explain to the crumb that it was not always as large as it is now. At first, very small, he could not move independently, slept all the time, but gradually grew up, began to sit down, he began to eat, crawl, get up, walk ... Remember what the child's first words were, what funny sounds he made. Kroha will be interested, because all children love when they are told about them. The next stage will be your story, that is, the story of the baby's parents. In this case, the child should focus on two points. First, you were also very small once, although it's hard to imagine. Show your and your husband photos at different ages, photos of your parents when you were the same age as your child. Secondly, focus on the fact that before there were other cars, other clothes. This will lead the baby to the realization that things change over time, something is lost, but something new is also happening. And when they were little grandparents (yes, and they were also small!), Many things that seem to us ordinary (computer, TV, cell phone and others) were not at all! So in a conversation with a baby, you can go to the third stage - the history of grandparents. Acting in the same way, you bring the crumb to the conclusion that all people were once small, everyone once had parents, and those - their parents, that is, history is a continuous process of changing generations.
Combine methods
The historical material is so diverse that there is no universal way to feed it. This applies not only to schoolchildren, but also to kids. For example, to study the history of art or get acquainted with significant historical personalities better with the help of cards using the Glen Doman technique, supplementing them with viewing albums on painting and architecture, listening to music and going to museums and concerts. Collect a collection of cards with portraits of artists, composers, rulers, commanders, etc. On the back of each of them write 5-10 interesting facts associated with the image, and gradually familiarize the crumb with this information. As a practical lesson, visit the museum, which has pictures of these artists, or a concert in which the works of these composers will be performed. Girls are probably interested in the idea of sewing puppet costumes of different epochs under your guidance, and if each of your daughter's girlfriends is sewn according to the costume, you can arrange your own exhibition with a subsequent tea party. On the streets, pay attention to the features of architecture, look for in the decoration of buildings features characteristic of a particular style. On the architecture of ancient times, tell us, using Internet sites and photos in popular science magazines or, if funds allow, while traveling the world. Show crumbs of monuments to famous people who are in your city, visit celebrity home-museums. Military events, of course, are best studied from books, looking through and drawing battle maps, studying albums on the history of a military suit. Be sure to go to the military history and museum of local lore, which reflects the military history and heroism of our ancestors. If possible, visit the military-historical reconstruction (recently they have become very popular). Encourage the hobby of the child by collecting soldiers and models of equipment. Watch movies, read to the kid books about heroic deeds, suggest comparing the mythical exploits of the ancient Greek heroes and the real courageous actions of the war participants. Analyze how weapons have changed from ancient times to our days.
What why?
The chronology of historical events can also be studied by the method of Cecil Lupan: to compose funny learning poems and songs. If you have at least a small share of talent and interest in the material, you can easily cope with such a creative task and compose a song about the significant events of our history. Making cards for each of the song's verses, you can play with the child, as S. Lupan recommends, for example: "Singing a verse, show the kid portraits of different historical characters, and he let him guess who is talking about. Spread the cards and ask the child to fold them in chronological order. "
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Cecile Lupan draws the attention of parents to the fact that an unchanged condition for acquaintance of the child with this or that person should be a clear definition of the place and role of this person in the history of her state. Lupan recommends making a reminder card, which should always be at your fingertips. Bring in it the names of all the rulers of the state in chronological order, without forgetting to indicate the dates of their stay in power, and mark the boundaries of the ages in red. In this case, by the date of an event you, without using the encyclopedia, will be able to determine in whose government this event occurred, and what place it had in the history of the state. The teacher Pavel Tyulenev suggests that children play historical personalities, for example, turn the famous game "Cossacks-robbers" into a development game "Kutuzov and Napoleon". You can act by immersion in an era: dress up a baby in the likeness of clothes, which was considered normal at the time being studied, prepare something from dishes of that era, include background music, read an excerpt from a work of ancient Slavonic or Ukrainian literature (if it is about our history ), give him a role and observe the decision making. If, for example, the child plays the role of Tsar Peter I, suggest that he "fight with the Swedes", build a fleet, "cut through a window to Europe" (navigate the waterway on the map, change the traditional Russian customs to European ones), etc. Take 2 pictures (better cartoon ones), one of which depicts a boyar of the pre-Petrine era, with a beard and mustache, in the traditional clothes of this estate, a tall hat, and on the other - a nobleman of the second half of the 18th century, with a clean-shaven face, stockings, wig. Invite the crumb to compare these drawings and guess what changes Peter the Great made to the clothes of the courtiers. As you can see, making the study of history interesting is not so difficult. But we did not dwell in detail on travels in time and space, on the investigation of numerous historical secrets and riddles, on quizzes and competitions, which can become an excellent basis for thematic children's holidays! Give vent to your imagination, and then your child will not have any unloved subjects in school, because they will all be familiar and interesting to him.