What are they developing? In this game, the child develops fine motor skills, his fingers hone the execution of more subtle and precise movements, moving objects along a given trajectory, the baby develops his spatial concepts. The child also learns to coordinate and direct his movements, to keep attention on the activity being performed. By moving the figures along the wire, the baby trains not only his fingers, at this moment the whole hand works, the movements become clearer and smoother. And the winding wires create a basic basis for preparing the hand for writing, because the smooth transitions on the wires resemble the bends of future numbers and letters. How to play? First you need to give the baby the opportunity to get acquainted with the toy. Let him touch it and examine it thoroughly. Indeed, already in the second half of the year, the baby not only acts with objects, he is already tuned in to the result of his actions, he wants to see it. And when meeting a new toy, he first strives to study it, examine it, trying to guess what it is intended for. By performing certain actions with a toy, the child begins to notice changes that occur in connection with his activity. He begins to understand that his actions lead to certain visible results. So the baby, moving the beads along the wires, happily discovers that it is his actions that set the beads in motion, that it is he who can give them the direction, direct them forward or backward, along one path or along several. Thus, the baby begins to clearly see the changes that he himself makes. And this delights him, he not only highlights his actions and their results, he begins to gradually distinguish himself from the environment. By working with labyrinths, we can introduce the child to the spatial concepts of “up”, “down”, prepositions, raising a figurine up the hill, down the hill. When the child begins to navigate the toy well enough, you can give him game tasks “let’s take him up the hill, let’s let him down the hill.” Let's try to pass the beads through, under. Games with labyrinths You can move first one figure along the paths, then two at a time, then that’s it. If there are figures of different colors in the maze, then we say what color the figure is now walking along the path. Once the child has mastered the principle, we can complicate the task: we use the other hand. First, we move the beads with one hand, then we intercept them with the other; it is especially important to do this when the baby’s hand moves the beads along the spirals. At the moment of interception, the handles make cross movements, which activate the work of both hemispheres, coordinated work of both hands occurs. The exercise for the coordination of movements with both handles and for cross movements can be complicated. With one hand the baby takes the figurine at one end of the wire, and with the other at the other end of the other wire, he simultaneously begins to move the figures towards each other. You can ask the child to put the bead on the slide so that it does not roll down. This will require more subtle and precise movements and will develop patience. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW: · Since educational toys are both play and educational material, it is recommended to remove them from the baby’s field of vision after class. This is necessary so that the child does not lose interest in them and each toy retains its educational functions. · Carry out play exercises only when the child is in a good mood. The baby should experience positive emotions from the activities. · When instilling knowledge in your child, do not forget that these are new discoveries for the baby and he needs repeated repetition to consolidate them. · After you have shown the baby the exercise, give him the opportunity to try it on his own. If your baby is having difficulties, you can gently help if he allows it. · Stop playing if you see that your child has lost interest in it or is starting to get tired and distracted, you will return to.