Work scheduling
Typically, a special thematic week is dedicated to this topic in kindergarten, which ends with a final event. The corresponding week should be properly planned and include templates for various activities.
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Project goals
The main goal of the project is to expand children’s knowledge about existing types of activities, as well as to develop in students a sense of respect for other people’s work.
Tasks
The tasks are as follows:
- Develop interest in professional activities.
- Systematize knowledge in this area (female type of professional activity - male, physical and mental labor, etc.).
- Introduce children to the characteristics of professions common in a particular region.
- Talk about auxiliary tools.
- Develop children's cognitive abilities.
- Stimulate children's curiosity.
Playing doctor also develops fine motor skills
Activities
To effectively learn the material, it is important for children to engage in a variety of activities.
Play activity
Play is the main type of cognition in children of this age. Therefore, using various games as a learning tool is very effective. You can try several games. Game "Who is doing what?" In a lottery format, children pull out cards depicting representatives of different professions. The child’s task is to describe the activity in such a way that others can guess what profession we are talking about. The game develops children's vocabulary skills and cognitive abilities. Role-playing games are also effective. For example, “Treating a doll’s throat.” The guys can “try on” the responsibilities of a doctor; during the game they will have to develop teamwork skills, they will learn about the peculiarities of medical practice. In addition, the game develops fine motor skills.
Cognitive and research
For your information! An effective option is to combine active play with a cognitive component.
An example of such a development option is the educational and research game “Guess the Profession” with a ball. You can also play a construction version of the game - a constructor is used for this. Children learn the features of the construction profession and develop fine motor skills. Such activities are also beneficial for nurturing children’s aesthetic senses.
Communication activities
Communication activities are one of the key activities in kindergarten; they teach children to be in a team and interact with each other. During the theme week in the senior group, it is recommended to hold a special press conference. This format will help teach children to correctly answer questions posed to them. All students of the group must certainly take part in the press conference. For the week, you can choose the topic “Professions of my parents.”
Catchy songs for kids to make dancing fun
Motor activity
Cleaning the area can be included in physical activity. On the one hand, children will move, engage in socially useful activities and get involved in work. On the other hand, this is an inside look at the professional activities of a janitor. This event helps to increase children's respect for physical labor.
For your information ! It is possible to involve the children in accompanying children of the younger group on a walk. This will allow you to integrate into the professional activities of a kindergarten teacher and help form a moral character (younger children should not be offended).
Cleaning the children's area is also work
Fine
During the professional week, visual activities should be given due attention. Children can be allowed to draw objects that are used by representatives of different professions in their daily activities (for example, shovels for construction, computers, transport, etc.), as well as the results of labor (for example, baked goods, clothing, etc.). Then the drawn applications on the topic “Professions” in the middle group should be discussed in the context of professional skills.
Fiction and literature
The books to read this week are:
- S. Ya. Marshak “Mail”;
- S. Ya. Marshak “The Story of an Unknown Hero”;
- K.I. Chukovsky “Aibolit”.
For your information! Children should pay attention to the professional activities of the heroes, what they do in life, and what benefits they bring to society.
Books not only allow you to hear from the reader information about the types of professional activities, but also to see an approximate appearance of each in the illustrations in the literature, what they do (how they put out a fire, where they prepare food, mine coal, etc.). This is important for students, because watching live the activities of some people is almost impossible in real life, but it is interesting for inquisitive children.
Final event
The final event for this week could be a quiz on the topic “All professions are needed, all are important.”
For your information! An open format is recommended, that is, you can invite parents to this event, and upon completion, make an information stand.
The purpose of this event is to consolidate knowledge about various professions, as well as to formulate that every work is important. In addition, the quiz format implies the development of students’ communication abilities.
Conversations, classes and educational activities
Planning is very important when planning theme week activities. Educators should prepare a draft NOD, notes and recommendations for them in advance. It is worth not only preparing the necessary materials, but also, if necessary, rehearsing some types of professional activities in front of a mirror, so that later in class it will be easier.
Application
The application on the topic “Professions” in the preparatory and senior groups is devoted to specific professional activities. For the older group, you can choose a postman, a soldier or a doctor. Application work has several goals and objectives:
- introduce children to professional tools;
- develop children's attention;
- teach the harmonious placement of parts on a sheet;
- contribute to the development of aesthetic ideas.
Thematic week “Indoor plants” in the preparatory group
The application process is as follows:
- background is selected;
- the geometric shapes that will be required for the application are analyzed;
- Direct work is performed under the supervision of the teacher and with his prompts.
Important! You definitely need to review the rules for handling scissors with the kids.
Modeling
Modeling on the theme “Professions” in the senior group can be dedicated to another popular specialty, namely, a cook. The course of the lesson is as follows:
Modeling greatly develops the creative abilities of students
- The teacher takes a set of dishes and lays them out on the table in front of the kids.
- The kids take turns coming to the table and choosing one item each, which they must name before picking it up.
- The children are given the task of molding the object they took from plasticine.
- Once the sculpting process is complete, the results are put on display.
- The results of the work are summed up.
For your information! The teacher should participate in the modeling process, help the children in case of difficulties, and also comment on the purpose of objects in the profession of a cook. In addition, the teacher can sculpt any object himself.
Construction
The design lesson during the thematic week should be devoted to the construction business. During the lesson you will need:
- consolidate ideas about construction details;
- develop the ability to act effectively;
- to form the ability to make value judgments regarding the results of one’s own work.
Construction can be carried out against the backdrop of the fairy tale “The Three Little Pigs”. The children are given the task of building houses from different types of construction kit: wood, plastic, and paper. The teacher must control the process and help the children sculpt during the creative process. At the end of the construction NOD, the results of the lesson should be summed up.
For your information! After classes in modeling, applique and design, you can organize an exhibition where children's works will be displayed. Parents can be invited to this event. Subsequently, the works can be placed for a certain time on stands, tables or shelves in the kindergarten.
Introduction to women's professions
This topic is worth discussing in a conversation format. During it, children should form ideas about such professions as seamstress, teacher, teacher, hairdresser.
Teaching professions in kindergarten is also a profession
With children you can look at illustrations depicting representatives of such professions, talk about the importance of their work, and also let the kids guess riddles related to this topic. The conversation should be aimed at developing respect not only for professional activities, but also at introducing children to gender roles, and developing in boys a respectful attitude towards women.
It is worth discussing with children the professions of their mothers and grandmothers. A good option is to invite mothers to such a conversation so that the children can hear first-hand about the “adult life” of their parents. In addition, family ties will certainly increase the interest of little ones in the topic under discussion. Vocational guidance is an incredibly important section of preparing children for adult life. It is important to give children not just introductory information about existing professions, but to instill in them respect for the work of others. The motto of such a week should be the phrase “All professions are needed, all professions are important.” In addition, it is the theme of the week “Professions” in the senior group that promotes the integration of parents into the educational process. After all, they are the most important examples in a child’s life.
