How many blocks should a child stack
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He’s trying to get the pen to work. He will follow simple commands, but still needs reinforcement and at times demonstration.
The naming of 2 body parts is normal for an 18 month old. Between 18 and 30 months the toddler should learn to identify 6 out of 8 body parts.
He is able to control the cup as well as reaching for the blocks.
The number of blocks that a child can stack is correlated with their level of motor development. A 15 month old can stack 2 blocks while an 18 month old should be able to stack at least 4 blocks. This toddler is able to stack 5 blocks. 
At this age he is holding the pen between the thumb and first 3 fingers and is developing a tripod position of the hand for drawing.
Testing for the plantar reflex shows that the toes are definitely down going.
He squats without falling and is able to get up in the middle of the floor without pulling himself up. Notice how he gets up from the supine position. He first rolls to his stomach, then steadies himself with his hands on the floor to get up. As he gets older he'll do a sit up rather than rolling over and he will be able to get up without using his hands. Importantly, there is no evidence for proximal pelvic girdle weakness as he gets up from the ground or walks.When should my child be able to stack 6 blocks?
Though building blocks are a favorite of child development experts, many toddlers are not playing with them anymore—they have been widely replaced by bricks and magnetic tiles that click together. These building toys are great for all kinds of things, including open-ended play, but they don’t teach kids about balance and support in the same way that a classic set of blocks does.
Research confirms what kids, parents, and teachers have known for centuries: playing with blocks is not only fun, it’s also really, really good for learning. Blocks teach physics concepts like cause and effect, force, velocity, and gravity. They also help develop emotional growth and resilience, and provide opportunities to explore imagination and visual-spatial relationships. Blocks are the original STEM toy.
Parents often don’t know what to expect from their children with block play. Many parents think their toddlers should be building big towers and cities, but that’s a ways off for young children. Here is what you can expect for block play at different stages:
Stacking three blocks
In photo: The Block SetBetween 16 and 18 months, your toddler may work up to stacking three blocks on top of each other. Building a tower requires your child to line up and balance one block on top of the other, releasing it at just the right time so it doesn’t fall.
Stacking six blocks
In photo: The Block SetBetween 18 and 22 months, your toddler might build a four-block tower, then stack up to six blocks a little while later.
At this point, building a tower together may become an especially fun challenge, and knocking it over is often a triumphant way to celebrate 🎉
Lining blocks up
In photo: The Block SetAt around 23-26 months, your child may start practicing alignment by imitating you if you line up a few blocks end-to-end, in a row. This is an exercise in precision, a brand new skill for your toddler. Imitating your row of blocks (keep it in their view) with their own will take practice and patience.
Creative Block Play
In photo: The Block SetOnce children turn three, their block play becomes more creative and imaginative. They may start building bridges, archways, tunnels, and more elaborate structures. They will also start to sort the blocks and make roads, paths, and patterns. Your child may start to tell stories about what they’re building and act out scenes from their life.
Blocks for all ages
In photo: The Block SetEven as they grow older, children still benefit from playing with blocks.
Because blocks have universal appeal, they are perfect for groups of mixed-age kids. They also offer opportunities to practice 21st century skills like collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication. Preschool and early elementary teachers love using blocks for lessons in math, science, and even language arts and social studies.
It’s amazing, isn’t it, how something as deceptively simple as a block set can do so much good work for your child’s brain? There’s a reason blocks have been around for so long—they offer benefits other toys simply don’t.
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How to teach a child to count - examples Grade 1
Counting is one of the basic skills that a preschooler should have.
Teaching a child to count is not difficult, you just need to know how to properly organize the learning process. Children first develop visual-effective, and then visual-figurative thinking, so any mathematical operations must be demonstrated with practical examples. Let's see how easy it is to teach a child to count.
When to start teaching counting?
The optimal age for learning to count is between 3 and 5 years of age. At three years old, the thinking of the crumbs is already sufficiently developed to master this skill. Some babies are taught to count at an even earlier age by their parents.
Children who go to kindergarten learn numbers and the basics of counting there. But if your kid does not attend kindergarten, you can take care of his education yourself. Counting is one of the basic skills that is desirable to master before the child goes to school. Of course, no one will require a first-grader to solve complex mathematical problems. But the ability to add and subtract will greatly facilitate the student's learning process.
The first step in learning to count is getting to know numbers. Already at 1.5–2 years old, you can show the crumbs the numbers and tell what they are called. At this age, the baby is still unable to count objects, even knowing the numbers, but he already understands the difference between "one" and "many". To solve this problem, CUVYRKOM has an excellent set of magnetic numbers and signs.
From the age of three, a baby can learn to count from 1 to 10 using specific tangible objects - sweets, apples, windows in a house or stairs. From 4–5 years old, the baby is already able to use not objects for counting, but numbers and count up to 20. And by the age of six, he can easily master counting up to 100 (and this is not the limit), as well as learn addition and subtraction.
Do not forget that everything is individual here. Some children learn mental counting almost from the cradle, while others can’t really add 2 + 2 until the school itself. And if your baby still can’t count, don’t be discouraged.
Perhaps it is still small and you just need to wait a bit.
Methods for teaching counting
There are quite a few ways to teach a child to count correctly. Let's consider the most common.
- Finger counting. This is the easiest and most affordable method for which no manuals are needed. Fingers are always with the baby, so you can practice anytime and anywhere, for example, during a trip or standing in line to pass the time. You can learn to count up to ten on your fingers. But it’s difficult for a baby to remember ten numbers at once, so start with one hand. How to teach a child to count to 5, you can connect the second hand.
- Counting sticks. This is a popular teaching tool used in kindergarten, school, preschool preschool. These sticks are usually sold in office supply stores and school supply stores. If you don't have chopsticks, you can replace them with matches or toothpicks.
- Counting cards. Cards are similar to sticks.
You can buy a set of cards or make your own out of cardboard. - Montessori method. It is very easy to teach a child to count using the Montessori method. It's like playing shop. You will need coins of different denominations and various items that the child will "buy".
- Doman technique. Is a set of cards with red dots. A certain number of dots are drawn on each card - one, two, three, etc.
- Zaitsev method. The main feature of the method is to immediately show the crumbs the numbers from 0 to 100. This is necessary so that he understands how many tens and ones are included in each number. To teach this technique, a set of special cards with numbers is used.
- Polyakov's method. This way to teach a child to count involves the use of cubes, a special box with cells for cubes and a set of cards with numbers.
You can choose any technique you like or try everything and choose the one that suits your son or daughter the most.
If you don’t want to buy teaching aids and master the intricacies of different methods, you can teach a child of 4–5 years old to count on fingers and improvised objects. And it’s also convenient to learn to count through the game. This can help you tabletops from CUVYRKOM.
How to teach your child to count to 10
The easiest way to learn to count to 10 is to use your fingers. You can count on your fingers without even knowing how the numbers are written. The main thing is to remember their name and order. As a rule, babies do not have these problems, and they quickly learn to count on their fingers. Then you can teach your child to count from 10 to 1 (back counting).
To make the baby learn faster and easier, do the following:
- Focus on numbers as often as possible. Say to the baby: “Now you are three years old, and next year you will be four”, “I bought five apples and three oranges”, “It's time to go to bed, it's already nine o'clock”, “In two days grandmother will come to visit us”.
The child will learn that numbers and numbers are everywhere present in everyday life. - Show pictures showing objects, people, animals within ten.
- Constantly train. Encourage your child to count anything - cars, trees, toys, people. You can do this on the way to the kindergarten, on a walk, at home.
Buy number cubes or a set of magnetic numbers. The kid will be happy to play with them, at the same time remembering how each number visually looks. When he can confidently count to ten, move on to the second ten.
How to teach a child to count to 20
To teach your son or daughter to count to twenty, you can use two pairs of hands - the child and yours. Sticks, cards and any other counting instruments are also suitable for this purpose. Explain to the baby the concept of "composition of a number." Show how two-digit numbers are formed by adding one single-digit number to another.
Take 10 counting sticks or any other items and place them in a row. Then add a stick of a different color to make the number 11. In the same way, demonstrate how the numbers 12, 13, and so on up to 20 are made.
Explain that the word "twenty" is an old word that means "ten." “One twenty” - it turns out 11, “two twenty” - 12, etc. That is, adding a number to ten, we get a new number and so on until we get “twenty” - two tens.
Take twenty sticks or other counting items and practice with them. When the baby learns to count well up to 20, you can move on to counting up to 30, 40, etc. If he understands how two-digit numbers are formed, there will be no difficulties with further learning.
How to teach a child to count to 100
If the child already knows how to confidently count to twenty, you can move on to counting to one hundred. First, practice remembering the correct sequence of tens of numbers: 10, 20, 30, 40 ... When the son or daughter remembers the sequence of tens, move on to adding ones, as described in the example with counting up to 20.
Do not try to learn all the dozens of numbers at once, so as not to overload the baby. Learn one ten a day. Before you take on the next ten, be sure to repeat the previous one. Take your time. Go to each new ten numbers only when the child firmly remembers the previous one. Otherwise, he will get confused and lose interest in learning. Consistency and patience are the main rules of training.
Also CUVYRKOM has kits for learning to read
Teaching addition and subtraction
When preparing for school, it is useful not only to teach a child to count quickly, but also to solve elementary examples of addition and subtraction. The easiest way to get started with basic arithmetic is with sticks, dice, or other counting items. Fingers will work too.
Start teaching addition to your son or daughter with the simplest example: 1+1=2. Take one item and add another to it. Show the result. Now add two to the first item, then three. Let the baby practice on his own by adding different numbers.
Be sure to tell him that the amount does not change from changing the places of the terms. Let him verify this by adding 3+5 and 5+3, 2+4 and 4+2. After the kid has successfully mastered addition, proceed to subtraction.
And in this article you can read about learning to multiply.
Explain to him that addition and subtraction are related operations. Show this relationship with an illustrative example. Take three sticks, add one to it - you get four. Now remove one stick and show that there are three left, as it was at the beginning. When the kid learns this principle, he will easily be able to solve examples for subtraction.
To make the rules easier to remember, translate them into simple, easy-to-understand examples. For example: “You have three sweets. You will share one with your mother. How much will you have left? or “Mom gave you two apples, and dad added three more. How many apples have you got? For greater clarity, you can take these sweets, apples, invite dad and reproduce the conditions of the problem in reality.
Such activities will arouse much more interest in the crumbs than the boring memorization of abstract numbers.
Games and fun ways to help your little one learn to count
The easiest way to teach a child to count is through play. The following helper methods will help you with this.
Counting songs
Children perfectly perceive information by ear and easily memorize songs and rhymes. There are a lot of funny counting rhymes on YouTube that help just teach a child to count. You can turn them on to your little one, memorize with him, and then sing along throughout the day. With the help of these funny songs, you can learn not only numbers, but also the elementary rules of addition and subtraction.
Sorting items
Buy your son or daughter a sorter - a box with slots in the form of shapes of different shapes and a set of matching inserts. The task of the kid is to pick up his figure for each hole and insert it there. This educational toy is very useful for children 2-4 years old.
With its help, they learn to distinguish shapes in shape and color. The sorting process develops logic and teaches the basics of geometry. Another popular game is also suitable - Segen boards.
You can use not only the sorter for this purpose, but also the items at hand. Invite the baby to sort buttons by color or size, spoons and forks, etc.
Lego
Games with the construction set perfectly train the mind and logical thinking. Since the details of the designer have different lengths and shapes, when assembling them, the kid has to think about what to attach to what. While the child is small, buy him a universal designer, consisting of simple rectangular and square blocks. As you grow older, you can buy themed sets in which you need to collect a certain figure (car, ship, tractor or robot).
Memory Cards
This aid helps your child learn to count quickly and correctly. Buy a set of mnemonic cards that show numbers, and next to them - certain items in the appropriate amount.
For example, 1 is one pear, 2 is two oranges. Such cards create a stable connection in the child's brain between the image of a number and its actual value.
It's good if the cards catch the eyes of the baby as often as possible. There are magnetic models that can be hung on a special board or refrigerator. There are also cards designed in the form of a large poster that is hung on the wall.
How do you know if a child has learned to count well?
Mathematical knowledge of a preschooler can be called solid if he:
- without hesitation lists numbers from 1 to 10 (20) and in reverse order;
- understands the "neighbors" of a given number: which of them is greater and which is less;
- can count the number of items within five just by glancing at them;
- can count not only on fingers and objects, but also in the mind.
The ability to count, like any other skill, is improved through numerous trainings. It is not enough just to teach a child to count numbers, you need to apply the knowledge gained in practice.
Teach your baby to count as often as possible to hone the skill to automatism.
Here you will find materials on how to teach division and motivate your child to learn.
What a 3-4 year old child should know and be able to do
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3-4 years - a period of active physical, mental, psychological, emotional, speech development of the child. The child continues to explore the world and does it in a playful way. Parents often ask questions: "What should a child know and be able to do at this age and what should I pay attention to?"
Physical Development
By the age of 4, a child should be able to:
- run well and confidently, changing the trajectory of movement;
- jump;
- keep balance while walking on a curb or plank;
- stand on one leg;
- jump over obstacles.
Physical activity games help parents develop these skills in children:
- "Freeze" - the adult turns on the music, the child dances, runs or jumps, as soon as the music is turned off - the child freezes.
The game becomes more interesting if several people play. - "Heron" - raise one leg like a heron, and remain in this position until one stands on both legs. Whoever got up on two legs first, lost.
- "Hit" - put a bowl and give the baby a ball. Task: to hit the pelvis with a ball from a distance. Got it - well done, didn't get it - there is always time to learn.
- Curb, log or trampoline - great for developing balance and coordination.
Mental development
At 3-4 years old, the child actively develops the basics of logical and spatial thinking, he should know:
- basic colors: green, red, yellow, blue (if he knows others, very well)
- geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle
- concepts one - many; more-less, far-close
- must be able to divide objects into groups according to certain characteristics.
Simple and useful educational games for children of this age:
- Comparison games - compare 2 pictures and find the differences.
The second option is to compare objects: how they are similar and how they differ. The option with objects trains not only attention, but also logic, thinking. - Puzzles are indispensable toys at this age, perfectly train attention, imagination, perseverance.
- “What has changed” - we lay out the objects in front of the child, give time to remember, then ask them to close their eyes and remove one of the objects, then ask the child to say what has changed. You can even play at the table while eating, rearranging or removing / adding items on the table.
- "Wonderful bag" - an adult will need an opaque bag or bag, it contains toys and objects. The child’s task is to understand by touch what object he is pulling out or an adult asks to pull out a specific object: a car, a soldier, a puzzle piece.
Speech development
At 3-4 years old, the child should be able to:
- write simple sentences;
- describe the picture;
- memorize short verses and quatrains;
- use prepositions correctly in a sentence;
- answer simple questions.
It is worth remembering that a child's speech is closely related to the development of motor skills and breathing. Speech development games:
- "Leaf fall" - for the development of breathing and speech apparatus. To play, you will need pieces of paper cut out of colored paper and a bucket. The leaves are on the table, the task of the child is to blow everything into a bucket.
- "Sounds around us" - for the development of proper speech breathing. Task: on one exhalation, sing the vowels A, O, U, Y. To give the exercise a playful format, it is better to ask questions: what does the steamer sound like, how does the plane hum, what do they scream when they get lost in the forest, and others.
- "Loud-quiet" - the game teaches you to change the level of your voice. A child can repeat words after an adult with different strengths, or in the form of a game: an adult picks up 2 cars of different sizes: a large car speaks loudly, and a small one quietly, the child repeats.
- Sculpting, finger paints, crafts made from natural materials - this affects the development of motor skills in a child, and also ensures speech development.
Self-reliance
The growing up of a child goes hand in hand with the development of independence in everyday needs: fastening locks and buttons on clothes, washing hands, dressing and undressing, the ability to drink from a cup and much more. Parents often forget about this, but doing household chores on their own also affects the development of the child's brain, as well as drawing, modeling, or logic classes. Therefore, be patient and treat the child's independent performance of such cases as a developmental activity.
Parents should remember that children at 3-4 years old are still restless, and they have enough patience and interest for no more than 5-10 minutes for one lesson. This rule is important to follow in order to teach the child to finish what he started, and not to quit halfway.
