Gymnastics for the eyes in kindergarten

A person gets 90% of information from the eyes, so taking care of the eyes is important in the life of every person. In children, it takes on special significance, because in the preschool age there is an active formation of the visual system. At the same time, the child's eyes are experiencing serious stresses, which are increasing every year. Appropriate exercises will help in the prevention and even treatment of diseases of the visual system.

Gymnastics for the eyes in kindergarten begin with the simplest exercises, gradually, day by day, complicate and add new ones. It is best if the classes are held in a game form. To do this, the teacher in the arsenal can have many interesting ideas: different musical accompaniment, toys, figures, drawn on sheets of paper, poems and songs on the topic.

Exercises for the eyes in kindergarten are performed within 3-4 minutes. You can do several approaches throughout the day.

The complex of gymnastics for the eyes in kindergarten will help:

• prevent the development of diseases of the visual system;
• relieve tension;
• strengthen the muscles of the eyes;
• children learn to take care of their eyes, take care of their health.

Card file of gymnastics for eyes in kindergarten

1. The first exercise is a warm-up. The teacher shows the task, the children do with it. You need to rub your palms against each other so that they warm up. Then close your eyes with your hands. Relax. Then, without opening it, move your eyes to the sides, up and down, in a circle. Older children can draw letters and numbers. Remove your hands. Take a break of 10 seconds.
2. The main unit. The first classes should start with the simplest exercises: the eyes - up, down, one way, the other. Important: only the eyes move, the head remains fixed.
3. We take in hands any attributes: pencils, finger puppets, soft toys. Keep in hand at a distance of about 30 cm from the eyes. We look alternately at the attribute, then into the distance. So several times.
4. Then we add new exercises, we complicate simple tasks.
5. Draw a square, a circle, a triangle, a heart, a star.
6. Children will be easier if they are really drawn on the sheet of figures. Then they will, as it were, traverse their eyes. Also, you can gradually draw more complex drawings.
7. Close our eyes - open wide - squint - close.
8. Finish - the final part.
9. Mild eye massage.
10. Light massaging movements are performed with index fingers.

The regularity of the execution of complexes of exercises for the eyes in the kindergarten, the diversity, the play form will ensure the positive results of the work of the teachers.