The meaning of visual activity
Drawing (FSES) in the first junior group is included in the visual arts program. Children not only draw, but also make various applications and sculpt, which is necessary for the comprehensive development of the personality of preschoolers.
Drawing in the first junior group attracts children because they independently create something beautiful and original. Children accumulate and expand the personal experience they gain through their senses. It is advisable to introduce children to active visual arts from the age of 2-3 years.
A variety of drawing in the first junior group is carried out according to a program developed by M. A. Vasilyeva.
Purpose of the program
It includes not only drawing in the first junior group, but also modeling and appliqué. The lessons are arranged in a specific order, in order of increasing difficulty. If necessary (taking into account the individual characteristics of the children), some adjustments to the content of classes are possible, as well as a change in the sequence of their implementation.
The program must take into account the regional characteristics of the territory and the focus of the preschool institution.
Program provisions
Drawing with cotton swabs in the first junior group is carried out taking into account the following theoretical principles:
1. Such visual activity in a preschool institution is an integral part of educational and educational work; it has connections with various areas.
For the full development and upbringing of a child, it is important to connect modeling and drawing classes with active play activities. Non-traditional drawing in the first junior group increases the interest of preschoolers in art. The teacher uses various forms of connection between play and artistic creativity.
For example, children paint napkins to decorate the table in the doll's corner. In addition, the teacher uses a variety of gaming techniques and methods. Children draw friends for their favorite toy, make treats for pets.
Plasticine and paints for children turn into an interesting game filled with pleasant surprises.
2. To develop children's imagination and creativity, it is important to create a developing aesthetic environment.
Paints for children successfully cope with this task. Kids get involved in a fun and exciting process. Together with the teacher, they become real graphic designers. Children's drawings with pencil and watercolors are turned into decorations, they decorate the walls in the group.
Of particular importance for the formation of artistic taste in preschoolers is the correct selection of materials, as well as the friendliness of teachers towards their students.
3. To develop abilities, knowledge of phenomena and objects is necessary.
Children's pencil drawings help develop finger motor skills. While working on a drawing, a preschooler forms a figurative idea of the size of an object, which is fixed in the brain. With the constant enrichment and development of such experience, the creation of a correct understanding of various objects and phenomena occurs.
Drawing flowers in the first junior group allows children to teach form-building hand movements. With a gradual transition from simple figures to complex geometric shapes, the preschooler learns to depict various phenomena and objects of the surrounding world.
Finger painting in the first junior group differs from the sculpting process. Drawing involves the transfer of contour lines, and modeling is associated with volume and mass. By mastering form-building movements, children gain complete freedom for creativity. For example, at the first stage, kids simply trace the patterns with their fingers, getting an idea of artistic creativity.
Psychologists are convinced that drawing, appliqué, and modeling have a positive effect on a child’s imagination, thinking, attention, and memory. In addition, artistic creativity contributes to the development of independence and creative activity of children, which is one of the main tasks set by the Ministry of Education for teachers of preschool institutions.
The teacher encourages children to analyze the work done. For example, drawing in the first junior group on the theme “Winter” can be turned into a real holiday. First, the children use paint to depict their associations associated with winter and the New Year holidays. Then the pictures “come to life”, and together with their teachers, preschoolers come up with interesting and unusual fairy tales.
It is advisable to complete the drawing in the first junior group on the theme “winter” by collectively viewing all the images made by the children. You can also arrange a colorful exhibition for parents before the New Year's party.
Each age group has its own distinctive characteristics, so the teacher makes adjustments to visual arts classes. The number of colors in the palette gradually increases, and the task becomes more complicated. We offer options for activities that can be carried out with children in a preschool institution.
