The use of Voskobovich game technology in the educational process of kindergarten. Voskobovich’s mathematical games: “Voskobovich’s Square”, “Geocont Designer”, “Flower Count

Voskobovich Vyacheslav Vadimovich is recognized as one of the first authors of multifunctional and creative educational games, which in a playful way form the child’s creative potential, develop his sensory and mental processes, and also offer kids a fascinating journey with adventures into the world of educational fairy tales.

History of the Voskobovich Methodology

Today, in children's institutions for the comprehensive and creative development of children, teachers widely use the popular Voskobovich method. Children who develop using this technique start to read earlyquickly perform various mathematical operations, able to logically think  and perform creative tasks. Also, they are easily given instruction in elementary school. They have excellent memory and can concentrate for a long time.

Principles of Voskobovich’s methodology

  • In this regard, one of the principles of Voskobovich’s methodology is interesting tales.

Each developing game of Voskobovich is accompanied by a fascinating tale that helps the child faster remember numbers, letters or forms. In the plot of the tale, the kid helps the heroes by completing various tasks and exercises. For parents  without special education data methodological developments are of the present  valuable find.

After all, based on the plot of a fairy tale, you can easily play with your baby, performing various creative tasks.

  • The second principle of Voskobovich’s technique is play with benefit.

Developing games of the author are quite multifunctional. You can play learn to read  or account, developing logic in parallel, thinking, memoryand other psychological processes. Thus, the value of the game lies in its ability to comprehensively develop and educate the baby.

  • The third principle of the author’s technique of Voskobovich is development of a child’s creativity.

Games and tales of Voskobovich   help develop imagination, fantasyand creativity. The implementation of non-traditional tasks of various difficulty levels contributes to the formation of early creative thinking in children.

The specifics of the educational games of Voskobovich

  • Educational games Voskobovich are relevant for children from two years and older. The game can begin with the elementary manipulation of elements and end with the solution of complex multi-level problems.

Voskobovich’s games also take into account the interests of the child.

  • Children during the exciting gameplay make new discoveries and getemotional satisfaction  from completed tasks.
  • Most of Voskobovich’s developing games are accompanied by special methodologicalbenefits  from illustrated fairy talesin which you need to complete interesting tasks or answer questions. Good heroes of fairy tales help the child in a game form to master not only the basics of reading  or mathematics, but also teach  baby communication  and mutual understanding.

It is important that children, performing various tasks according to the method of Voskobovich, do not get tired quickly. After all, the child independently chooses the pace and load of the lesson, switching from one task to another.

  Popular educational games of Voskobovich

All Voskobovich’s games have a different orientation:

  • develop in a child imagination  and logical thinking
  • are trained reading
  • form math skills
  • aimed at construction  and modeling
  • skills development research and creativity

Construction game  "Geocont"

Construction game  "Geocont" is presented in the form of a plywood board with carnations, which are located on it in a certain sequence. A set of colored rubber bands and an illustrated manual containing creative tasks of various levels difficulties.

Children do not just perform tasks, they travel with little Geo, help him overcome various obstacles in the Purple Forest by constructing colorful geometric figures. The manual describes the patterns of drawings, which in the end should turn out for kids.

  • "Geocont" introduces children to the world of geometry
  • develops fine motor skills
  • helps to study colors, sizes and shapes
  • child learns to model, lay out patterns according to the model, navigate in the coordinate system, look for similarities and differences between drawings, think outside the box
  • develops psychological processes  baby.

"Voskobovich Square"

This game is also called "Maple Leaf", "Eternal Origami", "Scarf", " Transformer square" etc. "Voskobovich Square" consists of 32 multi-colored trianglesglued to a flexible fabric base and located at a certain distance from each other. The primary colors of the game are red, yellow, blue and green. For children in the age group from 2 to 5 years, a two-color square is offered for games, and for older children a four-color square is developed. "Voskobovich Square"  can easy to transform, creating diverse  voluminous and flat figures: plane, candy, house, crow, turtle, etc. Data figures  You can collect according to the proposed schemes or come up with your own images. Addition options  is totaled about a hundred and more.

It should be noted that the educational game of Voskobovich is accompanied by a fascinating fairy tale "The Secret of the Crow of the Meter" and teaching aids. The trapezoid mom, the grandfather Quadrangle, the kid Square, the dad Rectangle and other fairy-tale heroes will help the child to solve the assigned tasks.

"Voskobovich Square" forms in a child:

  • abstract thinking
  • modeling skills, the ability to navigate in space
  • develops creative potential, perseverance, memory, attention

Puzzle "Miracle Crosses"

“Miracle-crosses” are a multifunctional tool for development in children math and creativity. This game is presented in the form of a frame with various inserts that differ from each other in shape and color. All geometric shapes are cut into separate parts. At the initial level, the child is invited to collect fragments of figures into a single whole. Then the tasks are complicated. The kid should using schemes, to collectvarious images of figures and objects. For clarity, the "Album of Figures" is attached to the game.

Miracle Crosses help the child to master:

  • colors and shapes,
  • develop ability to compare and analyze
  • form concepts whole and parts
  • learns to use schemes to solve problems.

Ship "Plush-Plush"

This educational game is made in the form of a bright boat with multi-colored sail flagsthat can be easily worn on wooden frames. The numbers from 1 to 5 are plotted on the base of the boat. Bright flags have a rough surface. Concerning, during the game  in a child not only shallow finger motilitybut and tactile sensations. At the match of the ship, the baby must attach a certain number of flags, sorting them by color and size.

Playing the boat “Plush-Plush”, the child meets Captain Gus and the sailor the Frog, who invite him to the world of exciting adventures.

The ship "Plush-Plush" is a multi-functional game, which:

  • introduces the baby to  different flowers
  • forms mathematical skills
  • instills skills in sorting itemsgiven them quantity and color

"Mathematical baskets"

Given manual invites  you and your baby to the fabulous country of mathematics. Childwith funny heroes digital animals will fix scorewill understand composition numberswill learn compare numbers  and perform mathematical operations.

The kid during the game helps his friends to put in-basket mushrooms in the basket. At the same time, finding out who collected more mushrooms and who less. How many mushrooms must be put in the basket so that it is full. The author’s instructions describe more than ten games that you can play with your baby. Also child during the game performs tasks  to development fine motor skills: Decorates, circles and strokes mushrooms.

Math Baskets is a universal game for children from two years and older.

"Folding"

Colorful game guide  introduces the vowels and consonants to the kids, helps to master the principle of addition syllables. The child on the pages of the game “Clamshells” will meet many fairy-tale characters with whom you can learn poetry and sing songs. Attached to the game  also disc with songsthat you can periodically listen to with the baby.

It should be noted that in the process of engaging with the child, various analyzers are involved: tactile, visual and auditory. As a result  such classes in children:

  • memory improves
  • perseverance develops  and attentiveness.

Game-lacing "Daisy"

Beautiful daisy will help  to kids make up  new words and read them. Using a string, you can make up 200 words from a keyword. For children 2-3 years old, the game “Daisy” is used as a lacing, for the development of fine motor skills of the hands.

Game-lacing "Daisy" developsin children:

  • quick wits
  • reading skills
  • enriches vocabulary  and forms the ability to think creatively.

"Teremki Voskobovich"

Voskobovich’s Terems are recognized as a unique educational model for preparing a child for early reading. Kids learn to combine letters into syllables in a playful way, and syllables convert to words. The manual includes 12 multi-colored cubeson which located various sounds. Each tower is equipped with a window or arch for vowels.

Cheerful artists are invited to the world of vowels of the kid, whose names begin with vowels: Orlekin, Harlequin, etc. To combine the letters in the syllable, you need to put the corresponding chest in the small house and sing the syllable, which then formed. Also, the baby gets acquainted with the accent sign, soft and hard signs. Next, the child learns to compose and read the first words.

To this allowanceattached detailed instructions with a detailed description of the games, teaching a child the basics reading.

"Teremki Voskobovich" enrich the child's vocabulary, develop his mental processes and creative abilities.

"Designer letters"

The educational game "Letter Designer" is a great assistant during the period of acquaintance of the child with letters. The composition of the game includes a special plywood base with elastic bands that fix parts of the letters. Also, children are offered 15 parts of various shapes.

The child during the game adds graphics different lettersturning them from one to another. The fabulous inhabitants of the Violet Forest help him in this, who want to learn about the secret of magician Filimon Cotterfield.

"Designer letters" helps the baby:

  • understand relationship between sound and letter
  • forms the correct graphic image of the letter
  • develops imagination  and   fine motor skills

"Reading on the balls"

This educational game Voskobovich  is an effective technique for training  and consolidation reading skills. This is kind of clamshell  allows you to form words of various difficulty levels. If you bend corners along white lines, then you can read the words consisting of two or three letters - these are yellow balls. Red balls form words of three or four letters, etc.

Also, "Reading on the balls" allows you to make completely new words from the words received. Thus, about 130 new words can be compiled.

Game Guide:

  • inculcates interest in reading
  • expands vocabulary
  • teaches design
  • helps to learn sounds and letters

How to play Voskobovich’s games with your baby

If you have purchased Voskobovich’s game and want to play with your baby, then you should familiarize yourself with the instructions and methodological recommendations for it in detail.

  • During the game you must develop baby speech, since the children in the process of completing tasks mostly work with their hands and interact little with their environment. For this ask your baby to comment  their actions or retell the plot, more often ask him about fabulous tasks and options for their implementation.

It should be noted that Voskobovich’s games are static. In this regard, take small breaks, do warm-ups with the children.

  • Voskobovich’s games require a child of a certain level   perseverance  which is not always to the liking of babies. So start play with baby  throughout 10 minutes, then postpone the game. After a while, you can return to the tasks. During the game, be patient do not criticize the child  in case of failure. Rejoice in victories  baby and more often praise.

Voskobovich’s methodology involves partnerships between an adult and a child during the game. The kid is surrounded by laid-back intellectually creative  the atmosphere.

  Pros and cons of Voskobovich’s technique

Many children's institutions have successfully tested Voskobovich’s methodology. Kidswith which they systematically played the developmental games of Voskobovich, were able to quickly analyze  and compare received information. Children were also well oriented on the plane, easily believed, had reading skills, were able to distinguish  geometric shapes and colors. In addition, the guys who studied by the method of Voskobovich, were able  long concentrate  his attention  to complete tasks always brought the matter to a logical the endand possessed high level  development of memory, thinking, attention.

The guys performed all the tasks with interest and great desire.

The disadvantages of Voskobovich’s technique are the fact that author’s games cannot be made independently. They are purchased by children's institutions and parents only in specialized stores.

  Voskobovich’s technique video

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Once I wrote about how to stimulate the development of a child from an early age, and today I want to tell you about the developmental games of Voskobovich. This is a unique complex of diverse game manuals aimed at teaching a child basic knowledge within the game space.

Voskobovich’s games develop memory, observation, imagination, and creative thought. They help to master mathematical concepts, learn to distinguish letters and sounds, develop reading skills. The most interesting thing is that Voskobovich’s developmental games will be interesting, and therefore useful not only to preschoolers, but also to younger schoolchildren. They do not just teach, develop skills and consolidate skills, in each game the child lives together with fairy-tale characters various stories and events.

The history of the creation of games and the method of Voskobovich

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Voskobovich never specifically connected his life with pedagogy. He is a physical engineer by profession. But there were circumstances in his native country that the young father Voskobovich had to go deep into pedagogy with his head.

When Vyacheslav Vladimirovich had children, he seriously thought about their all-round development. Unfortunately, in those years there was not much choice among x games, and those innovative teachers who proposed an early learning methodology advised to make all games from improvised materials. Inspired by the work of Zaitsev and Nikitin, Voskobovich decided to create something completely new that would be interesting not only to his children, but also to their peers.

Although Vyacheslav Voskobovich did not have a pedagogical education, but his intuition in choosing methods for raising his children opened the doors for real pedagogical creativity. Creating his first game, he came up with an interesting fairy tale, during which the heroes together with the guys must solve the riddle of the new game and make an interesting discovery.

Later in his technology, Voskobovich will say that no game can be one-time, that it needs a good plot accompaniment. Creating a fabulous, methodological space for each developmental and educational tool in the technology of Voskobovich is of a key nature. The main feature of its technology is that it is easy to integrate into the usual gameplay without changing or rebuilding the usual framework. And the adult in these fairy-tale stories becomes the full partner of the child, without regard to age and experience.

This is probably why all the educational games of Voskobovich have an interesting, mysterious fairy-tale world, inhabited by different heroes and characters. By the way, this technology quickly came to the taste of many parents in St. Petersburg, and soon became an interesting discovery for kindergartens throughout Russia.

Today, many cities are creating  clubs of parents who want to teach their children about Voskobovich’s games, kindergartens, clubs, and interest clubs work according to his technology. Over the past decade, the author has released more than 50 games, covering different age categories, but interesting to both children of three years old and those who are already studying in elementary school.

What is the popularity of Voskobovich’s educational games so much and can they be used at home, and not in a garden, mug, club? Let's figure it out together.

The most famous games of Voskobovich

All educational games of Voskobovich are divided by type:

1. Games aimed at logical and mathematical development. Among them stands out Geocon Constructor .

This manual is a playing field with applied rays-axes and geometric shapes indicated by letters. At each point of intersection of the rays, a carnation with a number is fixed. Pulling special rubbers between the carnations, the child can create various shapes and segments, as in the manual or including his own imagination.

Through Geocon   the first mathematical representations are formed, acquaintance with geometric figures, and the consolidation of knowledge of colors. At its core, it is a unique and multifaceted educational game that can be purchased in stores or created by yourself.

A child can add all kinds of geometric shapes out of them, training memory, fine motor skills, expanding ideas about geometric concepts.

Voskobovich Squares   small in size and you can take them with you on trips, clinics and even for walks.

Another game space in the development of mathematical concepts is Ship Spray-Spray. This is a game for the little ones. The layout of the five-masted ship. Multi-colored flags are strung on each mast.

The kid can easily take them off and put them back on. With such a manual, you can begin to master the score, you can learn to distinguish colors, you can develop memory and fiction. Moreover, this manual perfectly replaces the pyramid and develops fine motor skills.

There is an alternative version of this game.

The universal manual is a game that is suitable for both a small child and a younger student. With it, in the summer we train with our son in the count, and with our daughter we learn numbers and signs. This is about " Digital circus “.

2. Games with letters, sounds, words.

A special place among the educational games of Voskobovich Teremki Voskobovich .
  This is a real authorial technique for early learning to read in the game. The game has 24 dice. 12 cubes of teremki are consonants, and 12 cubes of tabs are vowels. With this game, kids learn to put letters into syllables, a syllable into words. A natural reading skill is formed in a play-friendly, child-friendly environment.

A series of games “Chamomile”, “Snowman”, “Apple” will teach our children to create words.

Some examples of fairy tales for collaborative games

I mentioned above that all the educational games of Voskobovich have a fabulous component. I’ll tell you a little more about this.

So, for children from 3 to 10 years, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich has developed a whole technique called "Fairytale Maze Game". The world in which the characters are developing and all the adventures associated with them is called the "Purple Forest", and it is divided into many zones, territories and houses. For each of his games, Voskobovich came up with a storyline, and a problem that a child solves with a character.

Geo boy we travel with

IN « Geocone » the unlucky spider Yucc decided to make a beautiful cobweb for the boy Geo, but was very thirsty and went to the store for juice. While he was absent, his grandson decided to help and unknowingly confused all the threads of the web.

Spider Yucc

Now grandfather spider does not know how to unravel everything and ask him to help. He so wanted to please Geo.
Then the child is invited to restore the cobweb pattern by coordinates.

"Game Square" , or eternal origami. Here you can fantasize together with a little silver. Triangles in a square field are arranged like this. What can you create a house for a dog, a birdhouse for a crow and much more. You can create mouse, cat silhouettes. In principle, there are no restrictions. The author himself says that the game should live, and therefore, connecting your creative thought, you nourish the game with energy.

Another interesting guide in the educational games of Voskobovich: Transparent Square. These are 30 transparent plates with images of squares, rhombuses, trapezoid and triangles printed on them.

The host tells the tale that the boy Geo decided to visit his grandmother, and the raven Meter, seeing him off on the road, gave me ice melting ice. The boy was surprised at such a gift, but the raven folded a horse figure out of ice and Geo was able to ride part of the way on a magic horse.

Create transparent squares yourself

But the most interesting and mysterious game awaits the little tracker Geo in an enchanted clearing. To help her get through and not get lost can only "Designer letters" , since in order to find the right path and cast a spell on all objects, it is necessary to select letters for enchanted words.

Here in such an unpretentious playful form, traveling through the fabulous worlds of the educational games of Voskobovich, the child masterscounting, reading, and even the basics of geometric concepts. Creating such a space in a children's room is very easy. You can buy everything you need in stores. You can sew, cut decorations. But the main thing is not to teach the child in games, but playing in a fairy tale to learn something new and unusual with him.

You yourself will not notice how the educational games of Voskobovich paint life with bright colors of cheerful knowledge!

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Presentation on the topic: “USE OF THE DEVELOPING GAME SQUARE OF V.V. VOSKOBOVICH” Barsukova OV educator MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 51" Teremok "Engels

Everyone knows that for children, and especially for children of preschool children, the best form of learning is learning through the game. It is very important to provide the child with as many opportunities as possible for independent observation and research of the world around him, while using the most diverse types of educational games for children. Games are very important for the formation and development of a child’s personality, as they are not only tools for his self-expression, but also a way of knowing the world around him and adapting to it. The value of developing children's games is that they quickly and efficiently allow you to achieve the desired results without bothering the child.

Developing games - the integration of psychological and pedagogical technologies, which stimulates the development of the cognitive sphere and the development of certain skills. It is very important that with such a variety of tasks set for developmental games, they remain interesting, original, provide the child with the opportunity to be creative, and do not lose their appeal from game to game. And among the variety of creative approaches, games, familiar to us from pedagogical didactics, a completely special, original, creative and very kind group of games appeared - Voskobovich's Developing Games.

The basic principles at the heart of these games - interest - cognition - creativity - become as effective as possible, since the game addresses the child directly with the kind, cheerful and sad language of a fairy tale, funny character or invitation to adventure.

The objectives of classes with play materials Voskobovich: The development of the child's cognitive interest and research activities. The development of observation, imagination, memory, attention, thinking and creativity. Harmonious development in children of an emotionally-shaped and logical beginning. The formation of basic ideas about the world, mathematical concepts, sound and letter phenomena. The development of fine motor skills.

Voskobovich’s games replenished the mathematical corner in the group

Voskobovich’s square (Game square) or “Maple leaf”, “Kerchief”, “Eternal origami” - these are 32 rigid triangles glued to a flexible base on both sides. The square is easily transformed, allowing the construction of planar and volumetric figures. Children master the construction algorithm, find geometric figures hidden in the "house", come up with their own subject silhouettes.

To learn about the “Survey of the square” - circle your finger, go around the sides of the square, find the corners, go down the triangles from top to bottom, climb to the top, put the square different in the color of the sides, rot the corner, etc .; “Play hide and seek” - find the hidden smaller squares, the smallest ones, circle them with your finger; “Fold the square” - in half in different ways. What figures do you recognize? Fold the square to make a big, small triangle, rectangle, square; “Traveling in a square” - walk along diagonal roads, get to know the center, travel from the center to the corners along different paths.

Acquaintance with schemes

It is important for children to explain the correct folding algorithm for two basic shapes: a triangle and a rectangle, and then “hedgehog” and “mouse”, on the basis of which other shapes are obtained.

The square allows you to play, develop attention, memory, spatial imagination and fine motor skills, and also introduces the basics of geometry, spatial coordination, volume, is a counting material, the basis for modeling, creativity, which has no age limit.

Aircraft…

What you should pay attention to during classes with a child on Voskobovich’s games: 1. Before offering a game to a child, read the guidelines and the game itself. 2. Basically, children work with their hands and speak little. During the lessons, ask the child what he is doing, why he chose this particular figure, and not another, ask him to retell the fairy-tale task or come up with his own plot. 3. Being engaged in playing materials, the child is most often in the same sitting pose. It is necessary to take into account the age-related characteristics of children and in time to distract those who “play” from the game. 4. To play with Voskobovich’s benefits requires perseverance, and this is not for every child to his liking and strength.

Voskobovich’s games are distinguished by their multi-stage nature, the ability to solve problems in several stages with their complication. For example, the games "Geocont" and "Voskobovich Square" are interesting for children of three years, and seven, and older. It should also be noted that each game has several goals. A child remembers colors and develops fine motor skills. Another advantage of Voskobovich’s games is their unlimited creativity. From the same elements, you can create different shapes: animals, butterflies, ships, and more. Studies have shown that the technique is today one of the most effective and progressive techniques.

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DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES BY MEANS OF GAME TECHNOLOGY VV VOSKOBOVICH in JOINT AND INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES OF CHILDREN OF THE PRESCHOOL AGE. Barsukova O.V. educator MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 51" EMR of the Saratov region

The main task in my work on the development of intellectual development by means of educational games I see ... to maintain interest in knowledge to apply the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities to believe in oneself

In our preschool institution, a gaming development environment has been created using the technology of V.V. Voskobovich, which successfully diversifies joint activities with children.

Violet forest is a sensorimotor corner with adventures of funny characters, entertaining questions, challenging tasks, exercises for modeling and transforming objects.

The technology of developing games is implemented by us both in joint and independent activities of children. In them, on the one hand, the child imitates an adult, on the other hand, shows his imagination and personal creativity.

The unique manual "Carpet" helps to familiarize children with spatial and quantitative relationships and facilitates the construction of geometric contours. In the course of the game, the carpenter turns into a magical carpet clearing in the Violet Forest, where various miracles occur.

Using the "Funny Figures", children easily master quantitative and ordinal counts, and subsequently come up with math problems themselves.

The manual “Color Squares” helps to familiarize children with spatial and quantitative relationships and provides a huge scope for creative activity of both children and teachers and is suitable for individual and group classes.

The ship "Pluh-Pluch" - helps us to form the simplest mathematical skills. In the process of playing with a boat, children develop fine motor skills, attention and visual perception.

With the game “Miracle Flower”, children always travel with interest on a trip with their little Geo, where they solve all the mathematical secrets.

Using the miracle designer, children are happy to revive the most fantastic images.

Playing the game “Turtle”, children consolidate their knowledge by performing tests for comparison, classification, patterns, improve modeling skills. Stimulation of independent speech activity.

With the “Game Square”, children master the design algorithm and find hidden geometric shapes, come up with their own subject silhouettes.

With the help of the “Igrovisor” manual it is very convenient to perform graphic dictations with children, test, master the spatial arrangement of objects and finally explore the paths of mysterious mazes.

Exciting game "Cord-entertainer". With the help of multi-colored cords, the child “embroiders” various image options on the playing field. The game is aimed at developing children's spatial orientation, improving intelligence and fine motor skills of hands, at the formation and refinement of mathematical representations.

The game-designer "Geocont" - allows us to fix colors, size, as well as develop children's modeling and design skills, develop fine motor skills.

Schedule and long-term planning of developing games of V. Voskobovich for children of 5-6 years of group No. 4

Thus, the educational games of V.V. Voskobovich create favorable conditions for the development of the intellectual and creative potential of the child. Children play because they like the process of the game. And due to the fact that the developing game is an active and meaningful activity for the child, in which he willingly and voluntarily joins, the new experience gained in it becomes his personal experience and property.

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Voskobovich’s methodology is widely known to people associated with pedagogy since the collapse of the Soviet Union. One of his popular toys is Voskobovich’s “Square”, or, as it is also called, a game square. We will talk about what kind of toy this is, how to play Voskobovich’s square and how to make it with your own hands in this article.


Voskobovich's square - what kind of toy is it

This game will be interesting not only for children of different ages, but also for adults playing with them. It is made in the shape of a square, which consists of 16 isosceles triangles.Between the triangles that make up the square, there is a space with a width of 0.5 - 1 cm. The standard sizes of the triangles are 4.5 * 4.5 * 6 cm. A well-bending material is chosen as the basis of the toy, most often it is fabric. The standard size of the base of the square is from 14 to 15 cm.

The planes of each triangle are painted in contrasting colors. For example, on the one hand, all the triangles that make up the square are red, and if we expand the square, we will see that they are green.


The number of colors shown in the square depends on the age of the child who will play them. You can find two-color and four-color squares. Two-color is intended for children aged 2 to 5 years, a child from 3 to 8 years and older will be able to cope with the schemes for adding a four-color square. Often, for the four-color square, red and blue triangles are used on one side, yellow and green on the other.

Along with the game in the kit there is an instruction that offers a fairy tale plot for games and addition schemes of different difficulty levels.


The benefits for the child of games with Square

The game square will be of great help in the development of your child.

Playing with him, the child will:

  • learn to name and distinguish different forms of geometric shapes;
  • navigate in size - large, medium, small;
  • to form the first ideas about spatial relations and spatial modeling;
  • be able to use the proposed schemes or invent your own for the construction of planar and three-dimensional figures;
  • remember colors;
  • develop mindfulness, thought processes, logic, memory;
  • develop imagination, creative data, creativity;
  • fine motor skills.


How to play

It must be remembered that an adult is a full partner in a game with a child. You can easily grab this toy on your trip, it will take a child for a long time and takes a minimum of space in your luggage.

For games with Voskobovich’s magic square, you can use the book “Square Fun”, which is included in the package and offers a fairy tale story with 18 color addition schemes. The fairy tale “The Secret of the Crow of the Meter” with its main characters, mom Trapeze, dad Rectangle, kid Square, grandfather Quadrangle and other characters will carry the kid into the world of adventure. He will gladly agree to help overcome the difficulties that stand in the way of the heroes.

You can turn on your imagination and dream up with your child. Create your own fairy tale and your own schemes. You can create your own book, in which your fairy-tale stories will be recorded and pictures drawn up together with the baby, on which he will be able to recreate the figures again. Such a game will be even more interesting for him.

Play the game "Guess what happened."To do this, fold any figure and ask the baby to guess what happened. If the child already knows how to independently add figures, then switch roles. Now he will fold the figure for you, and you guess.

Try to put together letters, numbers or symbols familiar to the baby. Let him try to do it on his own. So you will not only usefully spend time together, but also consolidate the material previously studied with the baby.


You can create an unusual finger theater, playing only in separate parts of the square. Let the child raise the upper left corner with his finger, the lower left corner, the upper right, the lower, and now, lifting his finger, the center of the square from below, will receive a pyramid. This game will be fun to play with music.

A square can be cut in certain places. For example, cutting a square with a cross, you will discover new possibilities for folding unusual volumetric figures.

Imagine with your baby and you can discover new games with this wonderful square.


DIY workshop for making Voskobovich square

There are several options for how to make the square yourself. Read more about each.

Option 1


How to do:

  1. Choose contrasting colors for triangles. If you make a two-color square, then red and green sheets of cardboard will be enough. If you decide to make a four-color square, then you need red, green, blue and yellow sheets.
  2. Draw on the cardboard the required number of triangles. For two-color, 16 pieces of each color are required, for four-color - 8 pieces. The dimensions of the triangles you can use standard (6 * 4.5 * 4.5 cm), but you can make your own.
  3. Cut out the triangles.
  4. Based on the size of the triangles, determine the size of the base. For standard sizes, the base will be 15 * 15 cm. If you use a different size of triangles, then consider the distance between them of 0.5-1 cm.
  5. Glue the triangles in pairs with contrasting colors: blue-yellow, red-green. In total, 16 triangles should be obtained.
  6. Further, if you use adhesive tape, glue the triangles together on both sides, according to the number of colors selected for the square.
  7. If you use film, first measure the dimensions of the base of the square. Based on, arrange the squares in the desired sequence. Fold the film along the top border and gently glue the squares on the other side. You will get a solid base of your square. If you use adhesive tape, then there will be many places of its connection.





The manual is ready. You can start folding.



Option 2

You will need:

  • plain, easy folding fabric for the base;
  • colored self-adhesive paper;
  • scissors;
  • ruler:
  • pencil.


How to do:

  1. Prepare the base of the required size. Please note that the edges of the fabric should not crumble. Process them if necessary.
  2. From self-adhesive paper, cut isosceles triangles.
  3. Place the triangles on the base so that you can’t make a mistake when sticking.
  4. Now gradually separate the protective paper layer from each triangle and stick to the base.

The dimensions of the triangles and the base, the color combination is described in detail in option 1.


Option 3


How to do:

  1. Prepare the foundation. If necessary, trim the edges of the fabric.
  2. From the colored fabric, cut out the required number of triangles.
  3. From cardboard, you need to cut 32 triangles, a little smaller.
  4. Collect the square. On the base with a glue gun we glue cardboard triangles, on top we glue fabric triangles.
  5. Sew the edges of the triangles on the sewing machine to give strength.

All the necessary sizes and selection of colors can be seen in the first embodiment of the production of the Voskobovich square.



In addition to games with such a square, Voskobovich offers another game, Transparent Square.

Transparent square

With the help of this game the child will develop:

  • thought processes;
  • logics;
  • design skills;
  • fine motor skills.

In addition, the baby will learn to name and distinguish geometric shapes and learn about their inherent features.


The set includes 30 transparent plates in the shape of a square. One of them is completely blue, the other plates are painted in blue only by individual particles of the square.

The set offers a detailed guide to game actions. It contains a tale of the unusual, non-melting ice of Lake Ice. According to the plot of the tale, the raven Mater for three days competed with the keeper of Lake Ice. All these days he performed a variety of tasks. In the manual they are divided into 3 groups.


  • Day One offers tasks that require the analysis of geometric shapes and part-whole relationships.
  • Day 2 is dedicated to collecting squares and various other shapes from particles.
  • The third day involves a game of "vertical dominoes."

All these days, the child assists him in completing tasks, receiving a reward in the form of melting ice floes. From them he will be able to add the figures offered in the album or create his own.

On the final third day, you can help the raven with the whole family by playing “vertical domino” with your child.The rules of the game are very simple. Playing in order of turn, they pull out the plates with the pieces and begin to build a square from them together. When the plate that you pulled out is not suitable for building a square, then you need to put it aside and start building another square with it.

The player who has completed the construction of the square takes it for himself, and he is awarded the number of points corresponding to the particles of the square. The winner is the player who has the most points at the end of the game.


The fairy tale story “The melting ice of Lake Ice, or the tale of a transparent square” will tell the crumb about what happened to the Master and the ice in the continuation of the story. This tale is a continuation of a series of tales about baby Geo, Uncle Glory and the raven. If you are not familiar with them, then you can read their summary, which is at the beginning of the book. After Geo takes away the magical ice from the Master, he begins to search for a way out of the Purple Forest. Invisibility I fling myself, accompanying him on the road - prankster and mischief - in every way tries to prevent him from doing this. However, your baby’s participation and magic ice floes will not let him do it.  Your child will help Geo, collecting a variety of figures from the melting ice floes in the process of reading the tale.

The compactness of this game makes it very convenient. Going on the road, you will know how to keep your child busy for a long time.

The game is suitable for children from 3 to 9 years. In the kit there are various schemes for adding shapes.


In the article you can familiarize yourself with the prehistory of the emergence of these games, the goals, objectives and methods for solving them in the development of the intelligence of the child.

Games that develop spatial thinking, imagination, geometric and stereometric thinking

    Geocont.  This is a plywood board with plastic studs. Each clove has its own color head. The set has multi-colored rubber bands, cobwebs. Using the coordinate grid, the child creates figures, numbers and letters.

    You can read the word "Geometry" in the title of the fairy tale accompanying the game. The main character is a boy Geofairy tale raven Meter, and there is still Uncle Slava - Voskobovich himself. It is called I. So the science of geometry, the fundamentals of which are taught in this game, gets a new creative interpretation in it: this is the science of measuring the earth by me, I am the main participant in the game, science, life.

    The game is accompanied by a fairy tale. Everything that little Geo sees, the child must recreate from the drawings using multi-colored rubber bands. Then the tale continues and leads to new adventures. If creative parents do not like the content of the tale (it is far from folk tales), it is very simple to change it. On elastic bands you can depict at least “Teremok”, at least “Kolobok”.

    Voskobovich Square. It is two-tone for babies and four-color for preschoolers. The square consists of 32 triangles that are glued to the fabric base. Triangles can be used to make three-dimensional figures, and it is not as simple as it seems. Folding the figures is accompanied by a fairy tale about the transformations of the square. And not only to the house or candy, but also to the kitten, and to the hedgehog, and to other objects. Figures schemes are given in the description of the game. If the square is cut along the lines, there will be more options for figures.

    Miracle Crosses. This game has three difficulty levels (these are three different complicating games). “Miracle Crosses 1” consists of 4 multi-colored crosses, “Miracle Crosses 2 and 3” - of 6 multi-colored crosses. Each cross is cut into separate figures, from which you can assemble anything. It turns out great applications from plywood. Each game comes with an "Album of Figures." To complicate the task, you can turn the crosses over with the white side.

    Logo shapes. Using standard ruler, children construct new figures from reference figures. The design is accompanied by fascinating tales.

    Set of cards " Rainbow gnomes"This is the same as" Funny letters ", but for flowers. Each gnome has its own color and name, consonant with the color (Kohle-red, Okhle-orange, etc.). Cards help remember images of flowers.

    Transparent square. Transparent film depicts different shapes. There are 30 such square films. Animal figures are obtained by superimposing the films on top of each other. The game is accompanied by a fairy tale about melting ice.

    Pyramid bug. This game is intended for children from 2 years. It consists of 21 plywood figures of seven colors and two sizes. They can be collected in different ways, depending on desire or imagination. The resulting picture is circled on paper.

Games that teach reading, sounds, letters

    Foldaways. This game is based on the syllable principle of Russian writing. It is a book, each spread of which is devoted to all possible syllables with a certain consonant letter. On the same page are pictures of animals and songs in which stressed syllables are highlighted. Clamshells are an advanced syllabic alphabet. For the smallest, a disc with songs is included.

    Teremki Voskobovich. These are cubes based on the syllabic principle of Russian writing. The cubicles are made of wood. There are 12 of them (2 of each color: white, gray, brown, purple, yellow, blue). Consonants are written on their faces. On the cubicles, there are small windows. In these cubes you need to invest cardboard cubes, chests with vowels. Blue cubes for the letters A, O, U, E, Y, indicating the hardness of the consonants, green - for the letters I, E, Yu, E, indicating the softness of the previous consonants. The same colors for hard and soft consonants are stored in the stows.

    Kids can play in cubes like little houses with windows. In each teremok you can put pictures of animals (or small toys) on the letter drawn on the cube. To learn how to read syllables, you need to put a cube chest in a teremok cube, pronounce or sing a syllable.

    Funny letters. These are 10 vowel cards. They all depict in different poses of Harlequin. They are called witty: Harlequin, Urlekin, Orlekin, etc. They help develop imagination and remember the image of the letter.

    Reading on the balls. This is a square to be bent along the lines, reading the words. You can read up to 130 words.

    Reading Learning Lacing Games: "Apple", "Snowman", "Chamomile".  This is a different form of lacing, connecting letters to words. They can play and a child who does not know the letters, just like lacing.

    Letter constructor  introduces the "appearance" of each letter. Erasers are fixed on a plywood basis. Under these rubber bands, children slip through the details of which the letters are composed. There are 15 details, the shape is different. The creation of letters is accompanied by a fairy tale about adventures in the Purple Forest. It is a fairy tale that establishes a connection between a letter and a sound.

Games teaching numbers, counting, multiplication and other mathematical operations

    The ship "plush-plush." This is a plywood volumetric boat with wooden masts numbered from 1 to 5, on which you need to wear flags of the same color for each. The game is accompanied by a fairy tale about the captain and sailor, Gus and the Frog.

    Ship "Spray-spray". This is a flat boat on the playing field made of carpet, on which the deck is glued. Each mast corresponds to a number from 1 to 7. You need to attach sail-flags to it with Velcro of different colors.

    Ship "Bul-bul". It is also flat, but it has ten masts. Accordingly, you can learn the score to 100, four mathematical actions. The boat comes with tasks of varying difficulty.

    Math baskets. This game comes in different difficulty levels. You can put up to 10 fungi in each basket. The child collects mushrooms along with little animals-numbers. He must evaluate how many mushrooms you need to add up to a dozen, compares who has more mushrooms. The game gives a concept of the composition of numbers, teaches mathematical actions.

    Set of cards " Funny numbers". Each figure has the image of a little animal. Cards develop your imagination and help you remember the image of the numbers.

    Transparent digit. This game consists of stripes on a transparent film. The child must create numbers from them. , combinatorics. Something similar to the "Letter Designer", but from other materials.

    Miracle flower. The game is a plywood flowers, divided into parts. The child puts together the whole parts, as well as the figures according to the instructions.

    Lacing " Counting truck»Teaches addition and subtraction of up to 20 children from 4 years. It can be used simply as a lacing.

    Multiplication planet. This is a game for a group of preschoolers or younger students. During the game, you can learn to multiply. You need to get to the spacecraft through your mine, alternating moves. Multiplication is needed when counting votes.

How to play Voskobovich’s games

You need to carefully study the rules of the game and its fairy tale basis (after all, the fairy tale will have to be read or told to parents). It is best to follow the guidelines, complete the task in turn, gradually complicating the game. There are parents who do not like to read instructions. They can play with the child as they please, and this will also be interesting and useful, but the full potential of the game is unlikely to be used.

If you play Voskobovich’s games, it’s better to get at least three games: developmental, teaching reading and mathematics.

Voskobovich’s games do not develop speech if the child plays them independently. Therefore, it is better to take part in his games and ask about the order and purpose of his actions, ask to retell the plot of the tale.

Games can be classified as desktop (or "wall"), so they do not contribute to the physical development of the child, but only intellectual and psychological. Parents themselves must take care of the physical workout. Remember that even a six-year-old cannot focus on something for more than 15 minutes.

The disadvantages of Voskobovich’s games

But there are no drawbacks. There are always children to whom a certain technique is not suitable. Voskobovich’s games are suitable for everyone. And this can be explained: in preschool age, it is the game - the main business of man, in the game he lives, grows, develops and learns. Therefore, the game is suitable for everyone.

Children involved in the method of Voskobovich usually show a good level of development of memory, thinking, attention, as well as the ability to concentrate on the task and bring it to the end. These children have a well-developed desire for knowledge and research of something new, which is important for the learning process in school.