Children, starting with diapers, are already striving to learn this world and learn everything new for them and unknown. They perceive information at all levels of perception, from the very beginning it is a tactile path, then hearing and vision develop more strongly. Thus, the child needs to see, hear and touch everything, and in some cases also taste. With preschool age, children with adequate development and social adaptation already have a lot of knowledge and skills, but they have an unlimited thirst for new knowledge. If this is not stopped, but rather developed and maintained, then with age the child will turn into a developed, harmonious and outstanding personality.
That is why, already in preschool age, it is necessary to give children as much information as possible not only about what they see and can touch, but also about what exists in the universe, to tell them about the laws of the universe and various phenomena. In connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight, a state program was proposed - to spend cosmonautics day in a kindergarten. This will greatly expand the horizons of children and enrich them with new knowledge about the unknown. In addition, learning that adults also do not know something, but can only speculate, gives children advantages, they feel older and smarter.
Almost all children tend to fantasize and invent their own worlds, animals and creatures unknown to science from other planets, so they are always interested in learning about the existence of other planets besides the Earth, and about the secrets that they hide.
How interesting to design a room for classes.
To conduct a space lesson in a kindergarten, a certain amount of imagination, colored paper, cardboard and other accessories for needlework will be required. It will be very interesting for children if one of the rooms creates their own space in a kindergarten. To do this, you need dark curtains on the windows to create an atmosphere of darkness in outer space, on the walls hang painted planets, including the Earth (it can be drawn in more detail). In the center of the room hang the sun. Children can also take part in the design of the room: you need to give them paper and scissors so that they cut out stars and then stick them on the walls.
The content of the lesson.
The lesson itself should be accompanied by songs about space, new information about planets, the structure of the solar system, about the first manned flight into space. It is imperative to tell the children that the first man in space was our compatriot, pilot-cosmonaut Gagarin Yuri Alekseevich, who went into open space on a spacecraft-satellite "Vostok" and returned to Earth alive. At the same time, the information should be in an accessible form, understandable at the level of the preschooler, so that children are interested. Explain that since then every year this day is celebrated as cosmonautics day in kindergarten and around the world.
We’ll fantasize.
Spending cosmonautics day in kindergarten, you can invite children to come up with their own planet, draw it and populate animals unknown to science. Then these planets are also hung in the room, and the children portray their fictional animal, telling what it eats, where it lives, what sounds it makes and with whom it is friends. Thus, the room will turn into a zoo of uncharted animals. Preschoolers have a very developed imagination and they will easily and interestingly perform these tasks.
The goal with which the day of cosmonautics is held in kindergarten is aimed at developing unlimited thinking in children that goes beyond our world. In the development of the basics of astronomy at the initial game level, and the education of patriotism and pride in their people among young Russians.