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Fruits: materials for games, conversations and activities with preschool children

In this article you will find:

  1. Conversation about fruits.
  2. 10 speech games on the topic "Fruits".
  3. Finger gymnastics.
  4. Three ideas for physical education minutes.

Additional material for the article - riddles about fruits can be found in the article

Kindergarten 100 years ago. “Conversations with young children” by L.K. Schleger.

Conversation about fruits L.K. Schleger. 1913

Preparing for the conversation.

There are different fruits in front of the children. They name them, determine their shape, colors. Determined by touch and taste with eyes closed.

Catalogs of fruits should be at hand; drawings in paints (that is, color pictures); artificial fruit

Conversation.

What do fruits grow on? What is the name of the tree on which apples grow? Can plums grow on an apple tree? What does a ripe apple look like? What does it taste like? (Sweet, juicy). Who colored the apple so much? What protects the apple pulp? (Skin). When is the apple ripe? The beauty of an apple tree hung with ruddy apples. Has anyone ever seen an apple tree with apples? What are the apples sitting on?

Who can tell me how it grows apple? Is it always so big and ruddy? What color is an unripe apple? What does it taste like? Before the apple appears, the apple tree blooms. When does it bloom? In the spring. Has anyone seen an apple tree in bloom? We'll look at it in the spring, but for now let's look at the picture.

Let's see, what's inside an apple, cut one lengthwise, the other across. What are the seeds in and how many are there? Why do apple trees need seeds? Why do you need pulp? She guards the seeds. What color are ripe seeds? What about the unripe ones?

Which seeds at the cherry? At the plum?

Who eats ripe fruits? Do some people eat and love them? Do people eat seeds? They spit them out. What do birds eat? Seeds fall on the ground, and what grows from them?

What do you sometimes find in apples, pears, plums? Worm. How did the worm get into the apple tree? Does the worm remain in the apple? He gnaws it and comes out (find an apple with a worm in it). A worm is made into a pupa, and a pupa is made into a butterfly.

What do we make from fruits? What do we make jam from? Has anyone ever seen dried fruit? Show and try. What else is made from fruits? Kvass, liqueur.

Is it growing here? grape? What do they make from it? What other fruits do you know that grow in warm countries? Oranges, tangerines, lemons. Are the skins of oranges and lemons as thin as those of an apple?

What fruits does an oak tree or a Christmas tree have? Who collects and eats them? Is this fruit?

Children's work on the topic "Fruits".

  • Modeling fruits, drawing them.
  • Cutting and pasting (applique).
  • Cutting out pictures of fruits from catalogs and magazines.
  • Illustration “Apple picking”.
  • Fruit stand (making a model for children's games together with the children)

Question for educators to consider:

Exactly 100 years have passed since the publication of this conversation for young children by the talented teacher Louise Karlovna Schleger! Have we and our children changed? What is different about the conversation about fruits by L.K. Schleger from modern conversations about fruits in kindergarten? What requirements for a conversation with children were taken into account when compiling this conversation? What would you change about it?

You will learn more about conversations with children and about our history of methods for developing children’s speech from the article based on materials from the book by E.A. Flerina “The Living Word in a Preschool Institution.”

Practical materials for classes, conversations and games with children on the topic “Fruits”

Speech games with preschool children on the topic “Fruits”

Game 1. Ladder in the garden. Choose a word.

Together with your child, come up with as many words as you can about what kinds of fruits there are. For example, today we will play with the word “apple” - “What kind of apple can there be?”, and next time with the word “pear” - “What kind of pear can there be?” You can choose words on the road, on a walk, on the bus or in the car. But the best thing is to play!

How to generate interest in a word matching game?

Speech exercises are difficult for children, so it is best to carry them out in a playful way and so that the child can clearly see the result of his efforts. I came up with my own technique for this - “visual game assessment of the result of speech.” This is how I do it.

I usually draw a large tree on an easel with a felt-tip pen (you can also draw a tree on a piece of paper or on a board). On the tree I draw fruits, but they must be drawn very high from the ground. There is a ladder next to the tree. The staircase is drawn as two vertical parallel lines. But - this is important - there are no steps drawn on it!

How we play: we select words and climb up the stairs to get fruit. One word = one step.

As soon as we have chosen one word, I draw one step. We found another word - I draw another step. How many words were chosen - so many steps appeared on the ladder! With each word, more steps are added, and we climb higher and higher (you can rearrange the children’s figures according to the image of the ladder). The task is to get to the top of the tree, and for this you need to choose a lot of words!

There should definitely be a pleasant surprise waiting for children at the top of the tree! When children take an apple (or plum) from the crown of a tree, on the back of the picture they should find something - a plan indicating the place where a surprise is hidden, a riddle, a small gift, a beautiful piece of paper, words of congratulations from the Gardener, a drawn medal, magic words etc.

Hint for adults

Words for the game: fragrant, large, tasty, tasteless, sour, sweet, rosy, tender, fragrant, juicy, bulk, red, yellow, golden, striped, ripe unripe, ripe, round, oval, elongated, soft, hard, rotten, wormy, dried , large, small, boiled, summer, early, early ripening, southern.

Helpful advice:

  • It is better if you say in this game words that are rarely found in everyday communication (“fragrant apple”, “fragrant apple”, “ripe apple”), and the children will select simpler words (“sweet apple”, “round apple”) ", "ruddy apple"). If children find it difficult, then you can suggest words to the kids with a gesture, suggest the first syllable, remind them of a familiar line from a poem in which this word appears
  • This game is difficult for children at first. But later, interest and attention to words and expressive speech develops. Children begin to be very attentive to the words and literary texts that are read to them, listen to the speech of adults and notice vivid figurative epithets in it. Therefore, the game is very useful for developing attention to language, for enriching and activating children’s vocabulary, and for preparing for school.
  • I really love reading Y. Akim’s poem to children, which contains many expressive epithets. Listen to it as a child and find beautiful, special, expressive words in it.

“The apple is ripe, red, sweet, the apple is crisp, with a smooth skin. I’ll split the apple in half, I’ll share the apple with my friend.” (Ya. Akim).

Here are more poems about apples, in which there are many beautiful figurative words for speech play.

Fragrant, rosy, Some are sweet, some are spicy, Some are sour, some are tart, Some are soft, some are strong. There are fresh, dried, and even soaked.

The most important sweet fruit grows in our garden. It is amber and fragrant, sweet and sour, golden. Large, round and crispy, the King's son is real! There is one with a ruddy side and a cheerful worm. Our apple tree amazingly gave us a lot of apples: very sweet, aromatic, and so pleasant to the taste.

Game 2. I know.

The first player begins: I know a lot of fruits: an apple. The second player continues: I know a lot of fruits: apple and pear. The third builds the chain further: “I know a lot of fruits: apple, pear and plum.” The task is to continue the chain and not confuse anything. An adult can make a deliberate mistake in a game, for example, naming a vegetable instead of a fruit. Will children notice this mistake?

The game develops attention and memory.

Tips for playing the game:

For children, the chain should not be too big! If there are a lot of children playing, then it is better to compose not one long chain of words, which is difficult to remember, but several chains.

When making a chain, you can string large wooden parts onto a cord. This way we can clearly see how many words we have remembered and selected.

Game 3. Let's collect fruits in a basket.

Each player names one fruit. If he named correctly, then he puts the cube in the basket. One word is one cube. The task is to fill the basket with words - cubes, remembering and naming as many fruits as possible. You can play against the clock - you need to fill the basket in 2 minutes. This is a fairly long period of time, sufficient to complete the task.

What children can name: apple, pear, quince, cherry plum, shadberry, apricot, peach, plum, lemon, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, pomegranate, pineapple, persimmon, banana, mango, avocado, kiwi and other fruits.

You can “put” in the basket not only the names of fruits, but also phrases. For example: “fragrant apple” - put a cube. Now we need to come up with the next phrase - “golden pear”. Next is a new phrase – “blue plum”. And so we fill the basket.

Game 4. Classification. Fruits and vegetables.

Children are given pictures of mixed fruits and vegetables. You need to put fruits in one basket and vegetables in another.

Be sure to ask your child: “Why do you think this is a fruit?”

To summarize children’s ideas about fruits and clarify the general concept of “fruit” with children 4 years of age and older, you can conduct exercise with pictures to develop logical thinking “What are fruits?”

Step 1. Place 3-4 pictures of fruits in front of your child. For example, apple, pineapple, banana, plum. You can also use real fruits or dummies. Ask what is the difference these items? Let them baby will compare will tell each other that they differ: a) color - “the plum is purple, and the apple is scarlet”, b) the size “the plum is small, and the pineapple is large”, c) the nature of the surface (smooth, rough), d) shape ( round, oval, long - short).

Step 2. After that, ask the main question: “ How are these pictures similar? What do these items have in common?" It's a difficult question. If necessary, help your child with guiding questions.

  • What do people do with them? Are eating. So, they are similar in that they are what? Right! Edible.
  • Where do they grow? Yes, they all grow not on the ground, but on trees, in the garden.
  • Can they grow on their own in a field or forest? No. Who planted them? Human! Can they grow without care or watering? So how are they similar?

Step 3. After discussion, do it with your child. conclusion that all these pictures depict plants - fruits. And again discuss the main characteristics of fruits. Fruits are plants, they are always edible, they grow in the garden, they are planted and grown by people, people take care of them. People make jam, compotes, jellies, marmalade and other delicious treats from fruits.

Step 4. Ask them to select fruits from pictures of different foods. Why is this a fruit, you ask? Maybe it's a vegetable? Emphasize the difference - fruits grow on trees in the garden. And vegetables grow on the ground in the garden.

Game 5. What is made from fruits? Cheerful cooks.

At the beginning of the game, we remember all the dishes that are made from fruits. Remember the most favorite dishes of your children and your family.

Hint for adults: juice, compote, jelly, fruit drink, jam, jelly, marmalade, candied fruits, raisins, dried apricots and other dried fruits, Turkish delight are made from fruits. Do you remember anything else? I will be glad to see your additions in the comments after the article.

And then we start playing with the children - “cooking” their favorite dish. For example, let's make marmalade. We depict how we stir the mass in a saucepan, how we spread it with a spoon on a baking sheet, and then cut it into slices with a knife and treat the toys. And at this time we talk about marmalade, learning to form adjectives from nouns.

Let's make marmalade from different fruits, and we will succeed (we start the phrase, and the children suggest the answer). Apple marmalade - what should we call it? Apple.

  • Plum marmalade – what kind? Plum. (A common mistake is “creamy”! Please note to the child that creamy is made from cream. And made from plums is plum)
  • And from pears? Attention! There are common mistakes here, the correct option is pear.
  • And what kind of peaches? Peach!
  • From apricots - ? Apricot.
  • From orange - ? Orange.
  • From tangerine - ? Tangerine.

And then we begin play in a cafe. Each time we don’t just say a word, but depict a whole scene - we treat visitors, taste it, lick our lips, make suggestions, ask questions. And at this time we say: “Oh, how fragrant our apple marmalade turned out. Would you like to try the pear one? Maybe you’ll like plum better?” If a child makes a typical mistake, for example, says “apple” instead of “apple,” then it is best to treat the guests – the toys – with apple marmalade, saying this word many times in the game in different phrases: “Would you like to treat yourself to apple marmalade? It is very tasty!". Or: “Our apple marmalade is very aromatic and not cloying, you will like it!”

One of the variants of such a game– persuade the character to try apple marmalade, praising it in every possible way. And each time repeating its name and reinforcing the correct version of the word in speech. Naturally, at first the toy refuses, and then agrees. And she really, really likes apple marmalade. And your baby, while playing, masters a new word for him, and will no longer make mistakes in it! And before you know it, you will learn to speak grammatically correctly!

Further You will only need to remind him of the correct option in everyday communication: “Remember, we played with fruits. What is the correct name for apple marmalade? Correct your mistake. What a clever girl! Yes, apple!” Never repeat your child's mistakes. It is very important for a child to hear grammatically correct speech from adults!

Game 6. Call me affectionately.

  • Apple - ? Bullseye.
  • Plum - ? — Slivka
  • Apricot - ? - Apricot.
  • Pear - ? - Grushka.
  • Orange - ? - Orange.
  • Mandarin - ? - Tangerine.
  • Lemon - ? Lemon.

Game 7. Wizards.

Give your child a magic wand and let him turn into a wizard. An ordinary pencil wrapped in foil can act as a stick. For beauty, you can attach a brush, bell or other attribute of magic to the pencil.

The task of our little wizards is to grow a lot of fruit. An evil wizard bewitched the garden, and only one apple grew in it. But our little wizard waves his magic wand, and a lot of things happen? Apples!

  • There was one plum, a wave of the stick, and it turned out to be a lot? Drain.
  • Instead of one orange, many grew? Oranges.
  • There was one pineapple, but now there are a lot of other things? Pineapples.
  • There was one pear. Has it become too much? Grush.
  • There was one banana hanging on a branch, but now there are a lot? Bananas.

In this grammar game, your child gets to know the genitive plural of nouns. You will be able to see and correct common grammatical errors. For example, children may say that there are a lot of “apples” instead of the correct version of “apples.” Children often say that there are a lot of “pears” or “pears” instead of the correct version of “pears”. If the kids make mistakes, then play the following game with them to consolidate their speech skills.

Game 8. What happened.

Place 6 pictures in front of your child. Each picture depicts fruits: bananas, apples, pears, plums, pineapples (you can take another list of pictures). Let the baby close his eyes, and at this time you remove one of the pictures. What's missing? Grush.

In this game, the child also learns to correctly use words in the genitive case.

Visual material (pictures)+ for this game and other games in the article has already been posted in the section of the website “Library of games, pictures and materials for activities with children” -

Game 9. Fourth wheel.

  • Lemon, tangerine, orange, cucumber.
  • Pineapple, boletus, apple, pear.
  • Pear, plum, fruit, kiwi.
  • Plum, pear, compote, apple.

Be sure to ask children why they chose this particular word as extra. Children have their own logic, and it also has the right to life! In addition, the ability to explain and prove one’s point of view, to build arguments is very important in life and begins to develop in a child in preschool age! Take advantage of these baby development opportunities!

Game 10. Guess who?

This entertaining and fun game makes it very easy to learn how to use genitive plural nouns correctly. It happens so naturally! Children love to play, they play the game many times, and each time they develop and consolidate their speech skills without any teaching, boring exercises or long explanations - naturally and playfully!

To play you will need pictures, each of which depicts several fruits. You need two identical sets.

One of the children is the leader. He is given one set of pictures. All participants in the game take a picture from another set.

The presenter's task is to guess who has what. The dialogue goes like this:

— Do you have lemons? I do not have no lemons! Do you have oranges? No, I do not have oranges! Do you have apples? No, I do not have apples! Do you have pears? No. I have no pears! Do you have tangerines? Yes, I have tangerines.

It is discussed in advance how many questions the presenter can ask one player. Usually this is 4-5 questions. If he was able to guess, then the children change roles in the game. The presenter becomes the player, and the child whose picture was guessed goes on to guess further.

If the presenter has not guessed right after 4 questions, then he continues to guess.

You can play this game together with your baby. Then the adult asks questions, and the child answers. Then switch roles.

Finger gymnastics on the theme “Fruits”.

1. Orange.

We bend our fingers one by one.

We shared an orange. There are many of us, but he is alone! This slice is for hedgehogs, This slice is for urchins, This slice is for ducklings, This slice is for kittens. This slice is for the beaver, And for the wolf it is the peel!

2. Compote.

We depict actions in accordance with the text:

We will cook compote, We need a lot of fruits: We will chop apples, We will chop pears. Squeeze out the lemon juice, drain, and add sand. We cook, we cook compote. Let's treat honest people.

3. FRukta.

We bend our fingers one by one.

This finger is an orange, He is, of course, not alone. This finger is a plum, delicious, beautiful. This finger is an apricot, growing high on a branch. This finger is a pear, Asks: “Come on, eat it!” This finger is a pineapple, a fruit for you and for us.

Fun physical education minutes:

1. Harvest.

Show actions: carry a ladder, set up a ladder, pick pears, put them in boxes, load them into the car.

2. How a gardener grew an apple tree.

Show actions: the gardener digs a hole, plants an apple tree, whitewashes the trunk of the apple tree, waters, fertilizes, prunes, and collects fruits.

3. Apple.

That's an apple! It's full of sweet juice! (stand up, arms to the sides, stretch) Stretch your hands, pick an apple! (hands up, stretch up) The wind began to shake the twig, it’s hard to pick an apple! (arms up, bend to the sides) I’ll jump up, stretch out my hand and quickly pick an apple! (jumping up, clapping overhead)

Cartoon "Orange" based on the fairy tale by Stepan Pisakhov.

Find tall tales with your children in this cartoon :). What could have happened in reality, and what is here like in a fairy tale?

See you again on the “Native Path”! I wish you success and joyful communication with children!

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Autumn worked hard, managed to collect many different seeds - and she safely hid these treasures from Winter in her bins.

“Spring will come and scatter them all over the earth,” Autumn thought with joy, giving way to the cold, harsh Winter. And Zimushka didn’t have to wait long. She came in all her glory with white snow and crackling frost. She stayed with us at one time and was going to other parts. And Spring then slowly walks through the fields, through forests, cities and towns, covering everything with its warmth, planting seeds donated by Autumn. The seed falls into the ground and sprouts as a green sprout. So gradually the whole earth was covered with a green carpet.

- Here in this bed I will sow cucumbers, and in that bed I will sow potatoes and peas, and here I will sow tomatoes and cabbage. Oh, let’s not forget about the flowers,” Spring continued her very important work, saying. And here Summer is already on the threshold, and now it’s looking out the window, saying goodbye to Spring. The red sun of Summer is encouraging: it’s time to get down to business, distribute the fruits - look how everything has grown. Summer went to work in the garden, hung cucumbers on sprouts, scattered tomatoes on the bushes and went, and went to distribute the fruits and decorate with flowers. Let everything grow and mature and make everyone happy. And the fruits look at each other and smile:

- Look, we are all so small and green!

But then, a little time passed and Summer began to paint the vegetables with multi-colored paints. But there must be magic in every fairy tale... And so, as soon as the stars lit up in the night sky and Luna-Moon rose, in this night glow I suddenly heard:

“Wow, jump and jump,” shouted the green cucumber, looking up from its tail, jumped off the bush and, jumping, ran along the path between the beds, humming something. Having reached a bush with tomatoes, he stopped, examining them.

- What’s wrong with you, you’ve become so pot-bellied and red? - and for some reason this amused him so much that he began to laugh loudly:

- That's hilarious! Reds!….

Onion and Carrot came running to his laughter. Seeing the green cucumber, they began to laugh, but at the green cucumber itself:

“Oh, look, he doesn’t have any forelock,” said Carrot, waving a shock of her leaves. Onion also showed off his forelock. Suddenly something rustled and rustled, and Cabbage rolled out onto the path. She looked at everyone and said with a laugh:

- How funny you are! And where did you lose all your clothes? Look how much I have on me,” and she waved, creaking with all her round leaves, on which sparkles of moonlight played.

And so a girl came to the garden and began to collect ripe vegetables. I picked up a basket full of them and took them home.

– Mom, look how many vegetables I brought! They are all so colorful and beautiful! Here is a red round tomato. Oh, and the cucumber is green and smooth, but sometimes it pricks with its little thorns. What kind of orange icicle is this? Yes, these are carrots! There are also sweet peppers, onions, garlic and zucchini.

TALES ABOUT VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

The Tale of Carrot

Once upon a time there was a carrot in Baba Varya’s garden. Her granddaughter Irinka saw her and asked:

Come visit more often.

To make your eyes sparkle,

To make your cheeks turn red,

Eat carrots, drink my juice,

You will only be healthier! - the carrot answered her.

Irinka ran to Baba Varya and told her everything.

Carrots contain a large amount of vitamin A, which strengthens the body and protects it from infections, and also has a positive effect on vision. However, carrots are not only a piggy bank of vitamin A. They contain almost the entire vitamin alphabet, said the grandmother.

Would you like us to prepare a delicious vitamin salad? – she asked.

Want Want! – Irinka shouted joyfully.

Then let's get to work!

We peel and peel the carrots,

We three or three carrots.

Sprinkle it with sugar

And pour some sour cream on it.

This is our salad

Rich in vitamins!

Irinka really liked the carrot salad. Since then they became friends.

The Tale of Apple

In the village of Skazkino, in Baba Varya’s garden, an Apple grew. His granddaughter Irinka saw him and asked:

I am strong, crispy,

The miracle is real.

Yellow and red -

The skin is satin.

The apple is ruddy

All the best for children! - answered the apple.

Irinka ran to Baba Varya and told her about the wonderful fruit.

Apples are the most valuable fruit among our domestic fruits. Among fruits, this can be said to be our daily bread. We don't have fresh apples for almost a whole year. They give strength, prolong youth and help fight diseases, said Baba Varya.

Apple is a wonderful fruit

It grows here and there

Striped, colored

Fresh and bulk

Its juice is good for everyone,

Helps against diseases.

To be healthy and strong,

Gotta love apples

All without exception -

There is no doubt about it! – Irinka exclaimed.

Irinka decided that she would always eat apples and forget about her illnesses forever.

Pear - Fastunishka

In the village of Skazkino, in Baba Varya’s garden, a huge pear grew. She was so proud of her size that she gradually turned into a fast girl.

They call me a pear.

I'll tell you, and you listen:

Love me, children!

I am the most useful person in the world.

She loved to brag so much.

At first, all the fruits and berries in the garden laughed condescendingly at her, but soon they got tired of it and decided to teach the fastunish girl a lesson.

All sizes and colors

Berries and fruits

We gathered for council,

To teach the ignorant a lesson.

They thought for a long time and came up with an idea. On weekends, Granddaughter Irinka came from the city to visit Grandma Varya. Her grandmother loved her very much and allowed her to pick any fruits and berries in the garden. Irinka loved pears very much. The conspirators decided to take advantage of this.

On Sunday, my granddaughter arrived and immediately ran to the garden. All the fruits and berries began to blow on the pear, our fastunishka could not resist and fell to the ground, right under Irinka’s feet.

What a huge pear, I’ll take it to Grandma Varya.

We'll bake a big pie

With pear filling,

Squeeze pear juice

In a glass for Irinka. - said the grandmother

This is how fruits and berries taught the fastushka a lesson!

Khrustik – Traveler

Once upon a time there lived a cucumber called Khrustik in the garden. He was a very curious little boy. Khrustik was interested in everything around him. Why does the sun shine only during the day? Where are the clouds going? Khrustik’s mother was often confused when she heard such questions.

One day Khrustik decided to leave the thickets of cucumber tops and go traveling. He so wanted to know what was happening beyond his home.

When the sun began to get hot and mom fell asleep in the shade under a leaf, Khrustik went on a journey.

The first thing he met on the way was a Tomato, big and red.

I'm a fat red tomato

I have loved children for a long time.

I am a chest of vitamins

Come on, take a bite of the barrel!

Let's be better friends with you! My name is Khrustik, I live in that garden bed over there.

Come on, come visit more often! – answered Tomato.

Who are you? - Khrustik asked him.

I am Carrot, red tail.

Come visit more often.

To make your eyes sparkle,

To make your cheeks turn red,

Eat carrots, drink my juice,

You will only be healthier!

Let's be friends with you! My name is Khrustik, I live in that garden bed over there.

Come on, I have a lot of friends! - Carrot answered.

Then Khrustik noticed that the Sun began to hide behind the horizon. This means that night will come soon, and mom will worry.

Goodbye, I'll definitely come visit you tomorrow. Now it's time for me to go home! - said Khrustik and hurried to his garden bed.

The Adventures of Tomatoes

In one small vegetable garden, the Pomodorchik family lived. The tomato grew up very greedy. His most favorite words were the words: “Mine! ", "My! ", "My! "

One day Pomodorochik was walking through the garden. Garlic runs towards him, carrying the harvest. "My! “- the Tomato shouted and took away the harvest from Garlic. He was offended and cried.

The offended vegetables gathered and decided to teach the greedy a lesson.

I'll make everyone around me cry,

Although I’m not a fighter, I’m a bow,” said the offended Bow.

Not a root, but in the ground,

Not bread, but on the table;

And I am a seasoning for food,

And for the greedy, the offended Garlic said.

They say I'm bitter

They say I'm sweet

I'm growing in a garden bed.

I'm the most useful

I give my word to this,

Eat me with everything

I will cure you of anger

“You will be healthy,” said the offended Perchik.

They got together and caught the greedy man, and gave him such a hard time that Tomato begged for mercy. The vegetables trusted him and gave him a chance to improve.

Since then, Tomato has changed to the delight of mom and dad.

The Adventures of Cherry.

In the village of Skazkino, in Baba Varya’s garden, an old cherry tree grew. In the spring it bloomed, and in the summer cherries ripened on it. The cherries grew, filled with juice and turned into rosy-cheeked beauties.

But one day an evil Breeze flew into the garden. He began to swing the branches of the old cherry tree. One Cherry could not resist and fell to the ground. She looked around and got scared. Everything around was unfamiliar and big.

The cherry rolled down the path. She rolls and rolls, and a little Hedgehog meets her:

Cherry - Cherry, I'll eat you!

Don't eat me, or you'll choke!

Cherry - Cherry, I'll eat you!

Don't eat me, or you'll choke!

Little Bear didn’t listen, ate the Cherry and choked. Little Bear coughed and began to cry. The Bear came running to the noise:

What happened, son?

I choked on a cherry.

How many times have I told you that you need to spit out the bone!

And she began to slap the Little Bear on the back with her paw, saying:

Though round and smooth, red and sweet,

And to be happy, you have to spit out the bone!

Do you understand everything, son?

Yes, I understand, I understand! - answered the little bear and trotted after his mother

to the raspberry field.

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Poems about the benefits of fruits

If you want to be healthy,

Do without doctors

Always on your table

There must be fruit! Yes!

Apple

Do you want to visit the dentist less?

Eat an apple after your meal

Teeth and gums will be healthy

And they won’t get sick!

Orange

Orange is familiar to all of you,

The sun's best friend

Will give joy and a smile,

Will get rid of illness.

Kiwi

To be healthy for sure,

Eat kiwi every day.

It is good for breathing

Will drive away melancholy and laziness.

Pomegranate

Pomegranate is like a pantry,

It contains a lot of vitamins,

Both calcium and magnesium

And sodium for the heart

It’s better not to see him.

Pomegranate

To study for straight A's,

Cope with the task

Hurry up and eat a pomegranate

You will also improve your attention.

Grapefruit

Cope with fatigue

Bad mood

Grapefruit will help you with this

Absolutely without a doubt.

Mandarin

Mandarin is an excellent fruit

Juicy and nutritious.

Cheers up

Just great.

Pear

To have fun often

And drive away melancholy and sadness,

Eat a piece of sweet pear

And let the smile shine.

Pear

Pear is a rich source of energy,

There is no doubt about it.

Pear will give a smile and joy,

THERE WILL BE A GOOD DESSERT.

Banana

So that the heart does not grow old,

You look younger every time

Eat bananas with gusto

And for the heart the highest class!

Lemon

For flu and colds

Lemon will help you

Rich in vitamin C (V)

He swelled with pride.

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Lesson summary for older preschoolers "Tasty stories"

Well done, I think you will be good helpers for mom in the kitchen.

5. And now “tasty games” await us.

Game: “Porridge”

Stand in a circle, arms extended behind your back, as if we were holding plates. The presenter moves in a circle and lightly slaps everyone on their outstretched hands, saying the words:

The cook cooked porridge for us. Those who don’t have enough porridge run away for more.

The one on whose hands the last clap fell must run around the circle and take his place before the driver, who runs in the other direction.

6. “Tidbit Cube”

To prepare “delicious dishes” you need to know culinary tricks and know everything about products.

Here’s a “tasty cube” for your attention. The names of the products are hidden in fabulous pictures. We throw a dice and find out the name of the fairy tale from the picture, and then we tell everything about the product that is hidden in this or that fairy tale, and then we tell in detail what this product is (we select words - definitions)

So let's begin (children take turns throwing the dice).

  • “Axe porridge”: Porridge – crumbly, tasty, thick, liquid, sweet, appetizing, semolina, rice, buckwheat.....
  • “Fly - tsikatuha” Tea - hot, fragrant, sweet, strong, aromatic, medicinal, .....
  • “Geese - swans” Apple - juicy, sour, sweet, sour - sweet, forest, garden, ripe, green....
  • “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats” Milk – sour, baked, condensed, dry, white, fresh.....
  • “The Frog Princess” Bread (loaf) – soft, fresh, stale, wheat, rye...
  • “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” - Fish - fresh, fatty, salted, dried, smoked, sea, river....

7. (we sit down at the table) Here is the last task - we need to bring the pictures to life. They should be as appetizing and cute as in sk. "Chippolino". (geometric shapes oval, circle, rectangle are drawn on the sheets of paper, children complete the elements)

OK it's all over Now......

Summary of a lesson on speech development for children of the second junior group of kindergarten using innovative techniques “Apples have ripened in the garden”

Ush-ush-ush - there are a lot of pears in the garden.

Willows-willows-willows - plum trees grew here.

He-he-he – there is lemon in the tea.

The "Who's Telling" method

Target: strengthening the child’s ability to distinguish fruits by appearance, development of speech and auditory attention.

Material: fruit on a tray (apple, pear, etc.)

Several people take part. Everyone takes one item from the tray and calls it: “I have an apple!” I have a pear!” The adult places one of the children next to him and his back to the others. (The fruits are again on the tray.) One of the children comes to the table, takes a fruit from the tray and says: “I took it and am holding an apple in my hand.”

Then he puts it on the tray and returns to its place. “Guess who was holding an apple in his hand and told you about it?” - asks the adult. If a child recognizes a friend by voice, everyone claps their hands, and the recognized one takes the place of the driver. If the child makes a mistake, he drives again.

Method “Let's help the hedgehog”

Goals: develop fine motor skills of the hands.

Material: a hedgehog painted on plywood with Velcro glued on its needles; silhouettes of apples (with Velcro).

Tell the children that the hedgehog was so carried away while picking apples that he did not notice that evening had come. And when he realized that it was already late, he hurried home. He ran very fast and lost all the apples.

Invite the children to help the hedgehog pick up all the apples and secure them properly on his back.

Method “What did the artist draw wrong?”

Target: development of speech, attention

Children are offered a picture in which a hare with a basket is in a garden: vegetables grow on the trees, fruits grow in the beds.

“The bunny came to the garden to pick vegetables for borscht and fruits for compote. I came... and was very surprised. What did he see? Look at the picture and help the bunny find the right vegetables and fruits.

Do they grow in the right places? What did the artist get wrong? Where should vegetables actually grow, and where should fruits grow? Tell me what the bunny must do to cook borscht and compote.”

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Introducing preschoolers to vegetables and fruits - Ussuri Wiki

1. Summing up. Final diagnostics.

2. Presentation of the project at the pedagogical council.

To properly introduce preschool children to vegetables and fruits, you can offer several didactic games:

“What is eaten raw and what is cooked?”

Target. Learn to correctly determine what can be eaten raw and what can be cooked.

Material. You can use natural vegetables, pictures with drawn vegetables, and dummies.

Move. An adult shows vegetables one by one and asks what can be eaten raw and what cannot. Instead of words, you can clap your hands, if “not possible”, the children sit quietly.

An adult shows: cucumber, carrots, beets, potatoes, zucchini, eggplant, onions, turnips, squash, tomatoes, radishes, cabbage, parsley.

“What grows in the garden?”

Target. Learn to group plants according to where they grow. Develop children's thinking and speech.

Material. Cards with different landscapes for adults. Small cards for children.

Move. At a signal from an adult, children select small cards in accordance with the picture on the large card from the adult. The winner is the one who quickly closed all the empty cells and named the plants correctly.

Small cards are reviewed by children in advance.

"Guess"

Target. Learn to distinguish berries from fruits; wild berries from garden ones; fruits of our strip from fruits of the tropics, subtropics; remember the names.

Material. Pictures depicting berries (raspberries, blueberries, lingonberries, wild strawberries, cherries, gooseberries, strawberries, plums, cherries (yellow), rose hips, blackthorn, cranberries, blackberries). Pictures of fruits (peach, apricot, banana, pineapple, apple, pear, lemon, pomegranate, tangerine, orange).

Option 1. Distribute all the pictures to the players, offer to put pictures with drawn fruits in one direction, berries in the other.

Option 2. Distribute pictures with drawn berries. Invite the players to put pictures with wild berries in one direction, and with garden berries in the other.

Option 3. Distribute pictures with drawn fruits. Invite the players to put pictures with fruits from our stripe in one direction, subtropics and tropics in the other.

In addition to games, children of this age are interested in exciting activities, excursions, as well as experiments and observations (for example, planting onions in kindergarten), teaching children how to work and care for plants, and you can also conduct a lesson in visual arts on this topic.

It is very important to carry out joint activities between the teacher and children. Such details as observation in a corner of nature and on a walk, reading fiction, stories from the teacher, conversations and conversations with children on this topic, according to their interests, as well as experiments, search activities, work in a corner of nature and on the site, you can offer work with models is considered an integral part of the correct presentation of such material.

In order to better assimilate information after classes, the kindergarten should have a vegetable garden.

For a vegetable garden, we choose an open space; when designing a vegetable garden, you should choose fast-growing and early-ripening vegetables. Children plant large seeds and bulbs (onions, beans) on their own. Adults help plant dill, parsley, and lettuce.

Puzzles:

Fruits: materials for games, conversations and activities with children.

In this article you will find:

  1. Conversation about fruits.
  2. 10 speech games on the topic "Fruits".
  3. Finger gymnastics.

Additional material for the article - riddles about fruits can be found in the article “Riddles”

Kindergarten 100 years ago. “Conversations with young children” L. K. Shleger.

Conversation about fruits L. K. Schleger. 1913

Preparing for the conversation.

There are different fruits in front of the children. They name them, determine their shape, colors. Determined by touch and taste with eyes closed.

Catalogs of fruits should be at hand; drawings in paints (that is, color pictures); artificial fruit

Conversation.

What do fruits grow on? What is the name of the tree on which apples grow? Can plums grow on an apple tree?

What does a ripe apple look like? What does it taste like? (Sweet, juicy). Who colored the apple so much? What protects the apple pulp? (Peel). When is the apple ripe? The beauty of an apple tree hung with ruddy apples.

Has anyone ever seen an apple tree with apples? What are the apples sitting on?

Who can tell me how it grows apple? Is it always so big and ruddy? What color is an unripe apple?

What does it taste like? Before the apple appears, the apple tree blooms. When does it bloom? In the spring. Has anyone seen an apple tree in bloom?

We'll look at it in the spring, but for now let's look at the picture.

Let's see, what's inside an apple, cut one lengthwise, the other across. What are the seeds in and how many are there? Why do apple trees need seeds?

Why do you need pulp? She guards the seeds. What color are ripe seeds? What about the unripe ones?

Which seeds at the cherry? At the plum?

Who eats ripe fruits? Do some people eat and love them? Do people eat seeds? They spit them out.

What do birds eat? Seeds fall on the ground, and what grows from them?

What do you sometimes find in apples, pears, plums? Worm. How did the worm get into the apple tree? Does the worm remain in the apple?

He gnaws it and comes out (find an apple with a worm in it). A worm is made into a pupa, and a pupa is made into a butterfly.

What do we make from fruits? What do we make jam from? Has anyone ever seen dried fruit? Show and try. What else is made from fruits?

Kvass, liqueur.

Is it growing here? grape? What do they make from it? What other fruits do you know that grow in warm countries?

Oranges, tangerines, lemons. Are the skins of oranges and lemons as thin as those of an apple?

What fruits does an oak tree or a Christmas tree have? Who collects and eats them? Is this fruit?

Children's work on the topic "Fruits".

  • Modeling fruits, drawing them.
  • Cutting out pictures of fruits from catalogs and magazines.
  • Illustration “Apple picking”.
  • Fruit stand (making a model for children's games together with the children)

Question for educators to consider:

Exactly 100 years have passed since the publication of this conversation for young children by the talented teacher Louise Karlovna Schleger! Have we and our children changed? How does L. K. Schleger’s conversation about fruits differ from modern conversations about fruits in kindergarten?

What requirements for a conversation with children were taken into account when compiling this conversation? What would you change about it?

You will learn more about conversations with children and about our history of methods for developing children’s speech from the article “Conversation in kindergarten” based on materials from the book by E. A. Flerina “The Living Word in a Preschool Institution.”

Practical materials for classes, conversations and games with children on the topic “Fruits”

Speech games with preschool children on the topic “Fruits”

Game 1. Ladder in the garden. Choose a word.

Together with your child, come up with as many words as you can about what kinds of fruits there are. For example, today we will play with the word “apple” - “What kind of apple can there be?”, and next time with the word “pear” - “What kind of pear can there be?”

You can choose words on the road, on a walk, on the bus or in the car. But the best thing is to play!

How to generate interest in a word matching game?

Speech exercises are difficult for children, so it is best to carry them out in a playful way and so that the child can clearly see the result of his efforts. I came up with my own technique for this - “visual game assessment of the result of speech.” This is how I do it.

I usually draw a large tree on an easel with a felt-tip pen (you can draw a tree on a piece of paper or on a board). On the tree I draw fruits, but they must be drawn very high from the ground. There is a ladder next to the tree.

The staircase is drawn as two vertical parallel lines. But - this is important - there are no steps drawn on it!

How we play: we select words and climb up the stairs to get fruit. One word = one step.

As soon as we have chosen one word, I draw one step. We found another word - I draw another step. How many words were chosen - so many steps appeared on the ladder!

With each word, more steps are added, and we climb higher and higher (you can rearrange the children’s figures according to the image of the ladder). The task is to get to the top of the tree, and for this you need to choose a lot of words!

There should definitely be a pleasant surprise waiting for children at the top of the tree! When children take an apple (or plum) from the crown of a tree, on the back of the picture they should find something - a plan indicating the place where a surprise is hidden, a riddle, a small gift, a beautiful piece of paper, words of congratulations from the Gardener, a drawn medal, magic words etc.

Hint for adults

Words for the game: fragrant, large, tasty, tasteless, sour, sweet, rosy, tender, fragrant, juicy, bulk, red, yellow, golden, striped, ripe unripe, ripe, round, oval, elongated, soft, hard, rotten, wormy, dried , large, small, boiled, summer, early, early ripening, southern.

Helpful advice:

  • It is better if you say in this game words that are rarely found in everyday communication (“fragrant apple”, “fragrant apple”, “ripe apple”), and the children will select simpler words (“sweet apple”, “round apple”) ", "ruddy apple"). If children find it difficult, then you can suggest words to the kids with a gesture, suggest the first syllable, remind them of a familiar line from a poem in which this word appears
  • This game is difficult for children at first. But later, interest and attention to words and expressive speech develops. Children begin to be very attentive to the words and literary texts that are read to them, listen to the speech of adults and notice vivid figurative epithets in it. Therefore, the game is very useful for developing attention to language, for enriching and activating children’s vocabulary, and for preparing for school.
  • I really love reading Y. Akim’s poem to children, which contains many expressive epithets. Listen to it as a child and find beautiful, special, expressive words in it.

“The apple is ripe, red, sweet, the apple is crisp, with a smooth skin. I’ll split the apple in half, I’ll share the apple with my friend.” (Ya. Akim).

Here are more poems about apples, in which there are many beautiful figurative words for speech play.

Fragrant, rosy,

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Here's another fairy tale for those. It is suitable for children from 3.5 years old; at the same time, talk with your child about healthy and unhealthy foods. My Sonechka loves such conversations very much. Remember that when telling a therapeutic story, you do not need to use your baby's name. The story must take place with another child.

A Tale of Healthy Vegetables

One summer Seryozha was visiting his grandmother in the village. It’s good in the village - sun, river, clean air. You can play outside with the kids from morning until dark! Only Seryozha and his grandmother often quarreled. And why? The grandmother prepared delicious lunches of fruits and vegetables for her grandson, but the boy did not want to eat them. “I don’t like this. I won't do that. I don’t eat this red stuff! Take away that little green thing!” - this is what the grandmother heard every time she persuaded the boy to sit at the table. Grandmother was upset, and Seryozha himself felt unpleasant about offending her, but he couldn’t help himself.

One morning, before breakfast, a boy went out into the yard to say hello to the sun. Suddenly Seryozha heard someone’s voices from the direction of his grandmother’s vegetable beds. He looked around, there was no one. I came closer to the beds and my mouth gaped in surprise. It was the vegetables in the beds talking to each other. They didn’t just talk, they argued.

- I'm the most important! - declared the potato. – I fill you up better than any vegetable, giving you strength for the whole day!

- No, I’m the most important! – the orange carrot did not agree. – Do you know how much vitamin beta-carotene is in me? It is very good for the eyes. Whoever eats a lot of it will see well until old age.

Seryozha listens to the carrot, and nods his head. This is why grandma sees so well and doesn’t wear glasses even when she sews or knits. She probably loves carrots.

“You’re not the only one, my friend, rich in beta-carotene,” she answered. “And I have a lot of it.” As well as other useful vitamins! I help a person fight autumn diseases when it is damp and windy outside. I also have vitamin C!

- Oh, if we are talking about vitamin C, then you should contact me! – the fleshy sweet red pepper laughed. - I have so much of it! More than lemons and oranges! It helps with colds and strengthens the body.

- And I’m actually one of the healthiest vegetables! – the curly broccoli cabbage smiled, straightening its green leaves. - And what is there in me! Whether you cook me or eat me raw, they’re full of vitamins! And the taste! Do you know what kind of soup I make?

“Well, well, friends, don’t get excited,” said the bow in a bass voice. – Haven’t you heard the saying “The bow cures seven diseases”? It's about me. This means that I can cure a person of many diseases. And in general they add me to all dishes. They don't taste as good without me.

Then the vegetables suddenly noticed that they were being watched and immediately fell silent, as if they had not just been arguing with each other.

- These are miracles! – Seryozha whispered, and then his grandmother called him to breakfast.

The boy realized that he was terribly hungry and ran to wash his hands. Along the way, he remembered what his grandmother had prepared for breakfast today. And when I remembered that she was talking about pumpkin porridge, I was happy. Now he will always eat grandma’s soups, porridge and salads and will become strong, agile and healthy.

You already guessed that this tale will be about fruits and berries. Oh! How delicious are these gifts of summer: Apples, Plums, Cherries, Peaches and Apricots! Oh, and, of course, everyone’s favorite Cherry, and Pears, Pears... just begging to be put into your mouth. Hush hush! Listen. Can you hear the sound of hooves? Yes, it’s Queen Summer’s carriage approaching! Let us meet her with great respect! or

Tale "about Fruits"

The author of the fairy tale is Olga Nikolaevna Syrovatina. Duration 4 minutes. Publication date 10/25/2017

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Three extraordinary moon horses, harnessed to a beautiful air carriage, rushed like a whirlwind across the vast expanses. Her Majesty Queen Leto was returning to her dominions.

- Oh, you, my horses, majestic horses!

These were three brothers - the youngest was called June, the middle was July, but the queen's eldest favorite was called August. The queen's followers eagerly awaited her arrival. There was bustle in the domain.

- Jump ahead, June, and warn everyone that I’m returning! - the queen ordered him. The horse shook his sunny mane, took off and ran so fast that warmth spread from under his hooves throughout the entire area.

Fruits and berries gained this warmth and began to ripen. The Cherry Countesses changed their green dresses to bright red ones. Mrs. Strawberry put on a beautiful scarlet sundress.

And Queen Leto, having traveled half of her journey, decided to send her next horse ahead. July shook his mane and galloped faster than his younger brother, rushing like a whirlwind, so much so that from under his hooves the heat spread throughout the entire area. The first to notice July were Apple's ladies-in-waiting, which means it's time to change your outfit, and let's apply a pink blush to your round cheeks.

Looking at them, Baron Peach, who was still in his green doublet, admired their new multi-colored outfit and the aroma that wafted from these handsome men.

The queen was in a hurry. Spurring her horse Augustus, she raced towards her palace.

– It's time to put on your favorite purple outfit! - said the court lady Plum, looking at herself in the mirror - I look amazing in it and so graceful! – this favorite of the Queen admired herself out loud.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Plum opened it. Mr. Viscount Apricot stood on the threshold. He had already preened himself by putting on a bright orange camisole; this color suited his cheerful appearance very well.

In the queen's domain, preparations were underway for the great Harvest Festival. Gentlemen brought fruits and berries from all gardens and vegetable gardens here.

“Look,” Cherry Little said quietly to Peach, pointing her gaze at the round nobleman, whose camisole had light and dark green stripes, “Who is this?”

But he, noticing the lady’s curious look, approached them and introduced himself:

“I am Prince Watermelon, I came from the southernmost region,” he said.

-So you’re not a fruit? - Chereshenka asked him.

- No, of course, I’m a berry! - Watermelon said proudly.

- This can’t be! Are there really such berries, huge, and even with a thick peel?

- Yes, I am! - and he, pleased with himself, walked away from them.

– This time the holiday will be very noisy and fun, because so many guests have arrived - the list of invitees is simply huge! – Plum rejoiced.

She was the main one at this holiday and was very proud of it. Her dark purple outfit flashed among the guests in the halls.

– Gentlemen, there is very little time left before the arrival of Queen Summer, the Harvest Festival is about to begin! Please take your seats, and I will read out the list of invited guests to all of you.

- Welcome! Apples, Pears, Cherries, Cherries are here and Mrs. Quince, Apricots, Peaches, Plums. Oh! this list is very long, I need to take a little break,” said Sliva. And suddenly Countess Cherry saw the belated guests:

– Look, what kind of unusual fruits came to us? Personally, I'm not familiar with them. – Plum hurried to meet them.

- Hello, gentlemen Fruit! Welcome to our Harvest Festival! The guests began to introduce themselves:

- I am Baron Orange, and these are my relatives - Senors Lemon and Mandarin - they were all in beautiful orange clothes.

“Allow us to introduce ourselves,” an amazingly beautiful fruit with green hair on its head came forward and said with a bow:

– My name is Pineapple, and these are my friends: Bananas and Figs.

- And I’m Khurma, and he’s Kiwi, and we all came from afar, from overseas countries.

– We are very, very glad to see you! – Plum smiled at them.

- We're finally home! - said the queen.

She waved her right hand high and immediately her three horses turned into three young men. At the same instant, the queen waved her left hand high, and all the elegant ladies and gentlemen instantly turned into juicy ripe berries and fruits. Well done, they carefully collected all these fruits and berries into beautiful baskets.

Summer admired the harvest.

– What great benefit to people from my three months of June, July and August! - Summer said majestically.

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