Relaxation and relaxation exercises for preschoolers. Using relaxation exercises with preschool children - abstract. Exercise “Naughty cheeks”

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Created 03/14/2014

1. The child is invited to lie down and relax

At this time, it is pronounced slowly, in a quiet voice, with long pauses:
Everyone can dance
Jump, run, draw,
But not everyone can do it yet
Relax, rest.

We have a game like this - very easy, simple,
Movement slows down
The tension disappears...
And it becomes clear -
Relaxation is nice!

2. Exercise “Humpty Dumpty” (Chistyakova M.I.)

Target: relaxation of the muscles of the arms, back, chest, development of the ability to control your movements.
The presenter reads an excerpt from a poem by S. Ya. Marshak:
Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty
Sat on the wall. Fell in his sleep.
All participants turn their torso left and right, while their arms dangle freely, like a rag doll. As soon as children hear the words “fell in their sleep,” they sharply tilt their body down.

3. Relaxation “Fists” (Klyueva N.V.)

Target
The children are sitting on the floor. Instructions: “Clench your fingers tightly into a fist. Place your hands on your knees. Squeeze very, very hard until the bones turn white. My hands are tired. We relaxed our hands. Let's listen and do as I do. Calmly! Inhale - pause, exhale - pause! Repeat 3 times.
Hands on your knees
Fists clenched
Firmly, with tension
Fingers pressed (clench fingers).
We squeeze our fingers harder -
Let go, unclench (it’s easy to lift and drop a relaxed hand)
Know, girls and boys,
Our fingers are resting.

4. Relaxation “Deer” (Klyueva N.V.)

Target: mastering and consolidating a pose of rest and relaxation of the arm muscles.
Instructions: “Imagine that you are deer. Raise your arms above your head and cross them with your fingers spread wide. Tighten your arms. They became hard! It is difficult and uncomfortable for us to hold our hands like this; drop them on your knees. Relax your hands. Calmly. Inhale - pause, exhale - pause.
Look: we are deer,
The wind is rushing to meet us!
The wind died down
Let's straighten our shoulders
Hands back on your knees.
And now a little laziness... Hands are not tense
And relaxed.
Know, girls and boys,
Give your fingers a rest!
Breathe easily, evenly, deeply.”

5. Relaxation “Sounds of the surf” (Syroezhko M.)

Target: learning to relax the muscles of the whole body.
Slow music is playing. The children are lying on the carpet. Presenter: “Let's imagine that we are lying on the warm sand, a pleasant light wind caresses our body, we close our eyes and relax a little by the sea, the waves will sing us their lullaby (the children lie for 20 seconds in silence). A ray of sun touched our feet, the right leg was relaxed and warm, a ray of sun touched our left leg - the leg was relaxed and warm, it was pleasant to lie down, inhaling the clean sea air. Inhale and exhale, both legs are warm, it’s nice. A ray of sun touched my stomach and chest - it becomes even warmer, we like this warmth, we breathe deeply, there is pleasant sea air around us. A ray of sun touched our face, it all relaxed, our mouth opened slightly... How well we rest, calmly, we enjoy this relaxation, we breathe evenly, deeply, our whole body is warm. It is light as a cloud, we still want to listen to the song of the sea waves (the children lie and listen for a few seconds). But it’s time to go, we slowly get up, stretch and go to rest...”

6. “The Rag Doll and the Soldier” (Fopel K.)

Target: relaxation exercise.
Instructions: Please everyone stand up and position yourself so that there is free space around each of you. Fully straighten up and stand tall, like a soldier. Freeze in this position, as if you are stiff, and do not move, something like this... Now lean forward and spread your arms so that they dangle like rags. Become as soft and flexible as a rag doll. Bend your knees slightly and feel how your bones become soft and your joints are very mobile... Now again show the soldier, stretched out and absolutely straight and rigid, as if carved from wood. (10 seconds) Now become a rag doll again, soft, relaxed and mobile. Become a soldier again... (10 seconds.) Now again a rag doll... Repeat several times.
Now shake your hands as if you want to shake off droplets of water. Shake the water droplets from your back... Now shake the water from your hair... Now from the top of your legs and feet...

7. Relaxation “Barbell” (Klyueva N.V.)

Target: relaxation of the muscles of the arms, legs, and body.
The children are standing. Instructions: “Imagine that you are lifting a heavy barbell. Bend over, take it. Clench your fists. Slowly raise your arms. They're tense! Hard! Our arms are tired, we throw the barbell (the arms drop sharply down and freely fall along the body). They are relaxed, resting. It's easy to breathe. Inhale – pause, exhale – pause.”
We're getting ready for a record
Let's play sports (lean forward).
Raise the barbell from the floor (straighten your arms up).
We hold it tight...
And we quit! Our muscles are not tired
And they became even more obedient.
It becomes clear to us:
Relaxation is nice.

While performing the exercise, you can touch the muscles of the child’s forearm and check how tense they are.

8. Exercise “Tree” (Syroezhko M.)

Target: relaxation, mood for work.
The children are standing. The presenter invites them to imagine themselves in the image of a mighty oak tree: “Stretch your arms forward with tension, clench your fingers into a fist, straining your hands, arms, and shoulders. Take turns relaxing your hands, then your arms and shoulders. With tension, slowly spread your arms to the sides, spread your fingers, relax your hands, shoulders and arms. Drop your arms freely, swing your arms like a pendulum, gradually increasing or decreasing the width of the swing, as if oak branches are swaying in the wind.”

Teacher-psychologist MBDOU No. 1
Marycheva D.Yu.

You need to take a deep breath, stretch, smile,
Maybe even yawn (open your mouth wide and yawn).
"Deck".
Imagine yourself on a ship. Rocks. To avoid falling, you need to spread your legs wider and press them to the floor. Clasp your hands behind your back. The deck rocked - transfer your body weight to your right leg, press it to the floor (the right leg is tense, the left leg is relaxed, slightly bent at the knee, with the toe touching the floor). Straighten up. Relax your leg. Swung in the other direction - press left leg to the floor. Straighten up! Inhale-exhale!
The deck began to rock!
Press your foot to the deck!
We press our legs tighter,
and relax the other.

Exercise to relax the leg muscles.

An exercise to relax the whole body.

“NON-TRADITIONAL FORM OF HEALTH CARE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN -

RELAXATION"

1. Explanatory note

4. Principles of health technology

6. Relaxation technique for preschool children

7. Expected results

Along with yoga gymnastics, it is also possible to use such therapeutic method like relaxation. Relaxation is one of the ways to overcome internal tension, based on more or less conscious muscle relaxation.

Even preschoolers living in the modern world experience increased mental and physical exercise: constant rush, anxiety, a flow of negative information from the television screen, frequent infectious diseases, fatigue, which subsequently leads to overexertion. By teaching children relaxation methods, we help them relieve internal muscle tension, calm down, thereby bringing the nervous system and psyche into a normal state of rest. Children's ability to manage their feelings and emotions is another step towards developing their self-confidence.

The important thing in performing relaxation exercises is that each action should bring pleasant sensations and pleasure and promote good health. If an adult notices that a child experiences tension, fear, or increased agitation after performing exercises, then it is necessary to find out the reason and, if necessary, stop the exercises.

The reasons for this behavior can be different: misunderstood and, therefore, incorrectly performed exercises; inadequacy of the child’s psyche, which does not allow him to engage in relaxation in a group.

When creating relaxation complexes, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of children's perception. Due to the fact that preschoolers have a well-developed imagination and visual-figurative thinking prevails, it is desirable that the names of the exercises and their content be figurative. It is important to consider age characteristics children. It will be much easier for children five to six years old to relax and enjoy the exercises they perform if the exercise is done in a playful way. It is advisable to use calm music when performing relaxation. It will help children distract from extraneous thoughts and calm down. If one melody constantly accompanies the same exercise, then the body itself tunes in to the perception, and after several workouts, relaxation occurs at the first sounds of music.

The purpose of relaxation is to help relieve children’s internal muscle tension, bringing the nervous system and psyche of preschool children to a normal state of rest.

The use of yoga exercises and relaxation training in correctional pedagogical work with children helps to solve the following problems:

Strengthening physical health and creating beautiful posture;

Formation of positive emotions and feelings.

PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

The main provisions that determine the content, organizational forms and methods of the educational process in accordance with the general goals of health-saving technologies are general methodological principles.

The general methodological principles include:

1. Consciousness – aims to develop understanding, sustainable interest, and meaningful attitude in a preschooler; Realizing the health benefits, the child learns to independently and creatively solve cognitive problems.

2. Activity – involves a high degree of initiative and creativity.

3. Systematicity and consistency - implies the continuity of the process.

4. “Do no harm! »

5. Gradualism.

6. Accessibility and individualization - takes into account the individual characteristics of children.

7. Cyclicity – suggests a repeating sequence.

8. Health-improving orientation– aims to improve health in the process of education and training.

In moments of failure and trouble, it is necessary to teach children to tune in to positive illusions and beautiful fantasies. They will balance the severity of children's adversities, teach them to cope with small and large children's troubles. To do this, several times a day you need to linger for a while and think about pleasant things. Let the kindest, most pleasant scenes appear in the children’s imagination, be it reality or fantasy (trainings “Toy Store”, “The Peace of the Summer Forest”, “In a Flowering Meadow”, etc.).

Relaxation exercises are performed in a quiet, calm environment.

It is better to relax with your eyes closed.

Depending on the conditions for using these exercises, various poses are used: rest pose, diamond pose, etc.

While doing relaxation exercises, teach children to recognize feelings of tension and relaxation.

Don't rush to finish relaxation.

Children can lie down if they want.

You need to get out of this state slowly, calmly: first stretch, as if waking up from sleep, then open your eyes and slowly sit down.

When using exercises to relax individual parts of the body, take into account previous view activities of children (for example, if there was drawing or appliqué, then it is advisable to perform exercises to relax the muscles of the arms, back, neck).

Types of relaxation are very diverse: from simple to very complex and time-consuming.

Creating an atmosphere of love and cheerfulness in the family and kindergarten group will be greatly facilitated by parents’ compliance with the following rules:

Rule 1. Teach your children to greet the coming day only with a smile and good thoughts, because a morning smile charges you with cheerfulness and good mood all day. A smile can save a child from many troubles, lend a helping hand, and the more kindly children learn to treat each other and the world, the more confident they will feel in life. Several times a day, invite the children to smile at each other, say: “I LOVE MYSELF, I LOVE FRIENDS, I LOVE EVERYONE, I LOVE THE WORLD! “This is especially useful when a conflict is brewing or has already occurred among children in the group.

Rule 2. Try to maintain an atmosphere of kindness, love and joy throughout the day.

Rule 3. Children’s bad actions should be discussed with them, help them comprehend them and draw a conclusion, and then forget about them. Children should always feel loved, good, and talented, although their actions may sometimes be unsatisfactory. Educators and parents should allow children to make mistakes sometimes without making a tragedy out of it.

Rule 4. When recalling the past day or a longer period of time with your children, spend Special attention good luck and success.

Rule 5. Remember that to maintain positive attitude For children, their fantasies, dreams and daydreams are no less important than the positive factors in their lives.

RELAXATION METHOD FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

The training is carried out lying on the floor, on the carpet. Children's clothing should be loose and not restrict movement. The arms lie motionless along the body, palms down, legs slightly apart, eyes closed.

Hand relaxation.

Bend your left hand at the wrist so that your palm stands vertically “fence”, hold it in this position for 5-10 seconds. The forearm remains motionless, the forearm muscles are tense. Relax your hand and lower your hand to the floor. Lie in a relaxed state for a few seconds, observing the feeling of relaxation in your hand and forearm. Same with the other hand.

Bend your hands at the wrist with your fingers down (i.e., differently than before, hold for 5-10 seconds, relax.

Raise your left hand slightly off the floor, hold it for 10-15 seconds, then relax. Same with the other hand.

Tighten both hands lying on the floor for 10-15 seconds, then relax them. Repeat 2-3 times.

Leg relaxation.

The whole body is relaxed, only the legs are trained (first the left, then the right).

Bend your leg at the knee, tense your leg muscles, hold for 5-10 seconds. Lower your leg to the floor and relax your muscles.

Bend your foot with your toe towards you. Strain calf muscles for 5-10 seconds, relax them.

Raise your straight leg slightly off the floor for 5-10 seconds, and then lower it, relaxing the muscles.

Strain gluteal muscles for 5-10 seconds, then relax them.

Relaxation of the trunk muscles.

Pull your stomach in, tense your abdominal muscles, hold this position for 5-10 seconds, then relax.

Bend at the waist from a supine position, hold the position for 5-10 seconds, then return to the starting position and relax.

Relaxation of the neck muscles.

Tilt your head to the left - fix the tension of the right-sided neck muscles, then return to the starting position.

Tilt your head to the right - fix the tension of the left-sided muscles of the neck, return to the starting position.

Tilt your head forward - fix the tension in the muscles of the back of the neck, return to the starting position.

Relaxation of facial muscles.

Open your mouth. Hold the tension for 3-5 seconds, relax. Repeat the exercise 2-3 times.

Round your mouth, as if saying “Oh,” feel the tension, then relax your lips, repeat 2-3 times.

Smile as widely as possible, watch the tension in your cheeks, and relax. Repeat 2-3 times.

Expected results

When conducting relaxation exercises in preschoolers, the psyche and nervous system are brought into a normal state, internal tension is relieved, and the ability to manage their feelings and emotions is formed.

Self-confidence is fostered and, most importantly, strengthened physical health, is formed beautiful posture, positive emotions and feelings.

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Relaxation exercises for preschoolers

Most The best way relieve any tension (fatigue) - physical, nervous, mental and remove the irritation factor - relax. Regardless of the presence or absence of special conditions, guided only by your own desire, moving into one or another fairy-tale mini-plot, using only auditory analyzers, you can relax and restore your physical and mental strength. The ability to relax the muscles of the body, starting with the muscles of the face, is one of the areas of rehabilitation therapy.

The proposed exercises allow you to relax, restore strength, improve mental functions, activate memory, imagination, attention, and imaginative thinking. Musical accompaniment helps create complex images of imaginary reality. The text is read calmly, in a fairly loud voice, at a measured pace, with pauses. Some meaningful phrases are spoken twice.

Before carrying out relaxation, the teacher explains why you need to relax, what pose or starting position you need to take, and during relaxation exercises controls the degree of relaxation of children.

The creative approach and artistry of the teacher during relaxation exercises will create an atmosphere of friendly relations, allow children to learn to control the muscles of their body, and in the future - to independently control their condition, and apply the acquired relaxation skills in life.

1. Space.

We found good friends on the Moon.

We invited them into space and we fly.

We soar like swallows in the heights.

We admire the stars in silence.

The prankster breeze soon arrived.

Having lowered us to the ground, it rustled gently.

(lying on your back, complete relaxation of the torso and limbs,

2. Fairy tale.

We will spread our arms, we are like birds.

We close our eyes and we will dream a fairy tale...

The ball will appear blue...

And little Mishutka...

The bright month is behind the mountain...

And a scarlet flower...

The petals are caressed by the wind,

The flower sways a little...

This is a fairy tale that children dream about...

Children relax...

Now the eyes have opened, the muscles are tense!

Immediately you feel vigor and strength in the body!

(lying on your back, with calm speech accompaniment and pleasant, quiet music, complete relaxation)

I hear the sound of the ocean... the surf...

And the rustle of foam on the coastal sand.

The wave talks to me

And lulls you gently.

She tells me: relax and close your eyes,

Relax, rest, hear the sound of the surf,

Let the body rest, and with it you,

And all the friends who are here with you.

Listen to yourself: warmth and light

They will flow into your legs, arms, neck,

Warmth goes through your body, into your chest...

The whole body is light, and thoughts are becoming lighter...

We hear waves, silence... peace...

A ray of sun caresses your face...

Now the breeze has flown here to us,

And drove the clouds behind the mountains.

The breeze cheered you up, stroked your cheek...

Your strength has returned again!

It's time to get up! It's time to get up!

How I want you all to smile!

speech accompaniment contributes to muscle relaxation of the torso and limbs. I. p.: lying on your back.)

Relaxing on my back

like a jellyfish on a wave...

Eyes are closing...

The body relaxes...

The wave splashes quietly...

She lulls us...

Bye - bye, bye - bye,

Close your eyes quietly...

Here's a cool breeze

Ran through my body...

Have a rest! It's time again

Let's get down to business!

(I. p: lying on your back, arms and legs spread out to the sides, preferably musical accompaniment accompanied by a calm reading of the text)

In clean, gentle water

A string of fish swims.

Sparkling with golden scales,

The flock is spinning and playing...

Silence beckons them down,

Depth... the bottom is not visible...

The fishes, the fishes have gone down,

the fish, the fish all lay down...

everyone closed their eyes...

fins relaxed...

the tail doesn't play either...

fish relaxes muscles...

there is peace and quiet here...

the wave splashes quietly...

Here's a ray of sunshine,

He called all the fish up!

Everyone stand up... let's go back to the hall!

(after the imitation movement of the “fish” - children lower themselves onto the carpet, arms and legs to the sides, complete relaxation of the muscles of the torso and limbs, musical accompaniment is desirable)

Like ours at the gate

The cat lay down on the grass.

He closed his eyes...

The red tail fluffed up...

He relaxed his claws

The paws have become light.

He relaxed his tummy -

Here's a good cat:

Relaxed my entire body -

This is for health!

The cat will rest

And then play again!

Will catch up with the mouse...

Well, it's time for us to get up!

7. Butterfly.

The butterfly fluttered

Everything flew to the flowers.

The wings began to get tired,

Apparently, I need to rest.

Here I sat down on a flower,

Wings lowered

And she hung her head,

It's like she's sad...

Rested... sat...

And she flew again.

(children, performing movements according to the text, learn to tense and relax their muscles in different positions, in this case, squatting or “Turkish style”, crossing their legs)

8. Snowflake.

Light snowflake - white fluff

She lay down on her palm to rest a little.

She relaxed her rays and closed her eyes...

Light, airy, like a fairy in a fairy tale...

Wind, don't make noise here!

Don't wake up a snowflake for us!

Let the snowflake relax

It takes a long time to gain strength.

On a long journey you need strength:

she has to fly after the snowfall!

In a clearing near an aspen tree

Our badger is lying on his back.

He spread his paws

And he relaxed the scratches.

The sun warms your tummy,

The breeze caresses the fur...

Our couch potato is our badger

Peacefully dozing, resting...

Our badger yawned sweetly,

He arched his back

Stretched, stretched...

He stood up cheerfully - he was completely awake.

He patted himself on the sides,

I went to the woods on business!

10. Clouds

In the blue sky towards us from afar

White clouds are floating.

The clouds are covered with a soft blanket...

How nice and easy

All the guys have it!

Clouds gently surround you with white foam,

A magical and beautiful dream

The children are being immersed.

The eyes are closed and children are dreaming of fairy tales...

The clouds are floating, floating -

Rest and peace bring...

All the kids had a rest

They turned from side to side... stretched -

And... we woke up!

Goodbye, clouds, blue sky,

Many - many, many times

We'll meet you.

11. Mother's song - cats.

My kitten has played enough -

Sweet, affectionate child.

Here he is curled up into a ball -

Delicate, soft ball.

He has a magical dream:

Sky, sun and river...

And in clear, clean water

Clouds float by

The back of the fish turns silver...

There are smiles on our lips...

Mom paws on the back

Stroked, caressed

And she sang a song to her kitten:

Meow - meow, purr - purr - purr,

My dear kitten!

How I love you

My dear child!

Open your eyes now

And sing a song with me: “Meow”!

12. Autumn forest

We came to the autumn forest -

Full of fabulous wonders:

The foliage shines golden, the sun gently warms...

So nice and easy!

Breathe evenly, deeply...

It smells like pine needles and mushrooms and fallen leaves.

We have a great time - relaxing with you...

So nice and easy

Breathe evenly, deeply...

The birds began to sing, but it’s time for us to get up!

Friendly, sweetly reached out...

And everyone woke up with a smile!

A flock of fish began to spin -

I dreamed of a blue sea.

The water is clear - blue

It lulls us, rocks us...

To the surface from the depths

A dolphin swims up to us...

Knowing no fear at all,

A turtle swims...

And behind her, legs spread out,

Octopuses are rushing deeper...

Ah, clear water!

We see a string of fish...

Can we catch up with the fish...

It's just time to get up.

Everyone perked up like fish,

They returned from the depths of the sea.

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Relaxation for younger preschoolers

It is important in our rhythm of life to be able to relax.

The main goal of relaxation is to relieve stress and nervous tension.

Goal: to help children cope with the feeling of fatigue, help them tune in to classes, switch attention, improve their mood, calm them down in the morning after parting with their mother.

A lot of materials have been written on this topic. We also use some relaxation techniques for our kids.

various games and exercises.

- “Imagine an animal” (jump, like.; Walk, like.; fly, like., sit in a pose.)

- “listen to silence”

- "greetings"

- "pass it around"

_ "pick up the toy"

- "cows, cats, bears."

- “applause”, etc.

Art therapy. Drawing from semolina"

"Magic Bottles"

She made “magic bottles” from plastic bottles and various fillings. Children love to watch how, when turning over the gel, an air bubble slowly runs up, and beads, beads, etc. slowly and slowly fall down. Of course, the bottles are tightly sealed.

The first bottle is light liquid soap, blue and yellow beads.

The second bottle is orange shower gel and small beads.

The third bottle is yellow shampoo with small buttons of various shapes (hearts, triangles, squares, apples, etc.) and pearl beads.

And the fourth and fifth ones turned out dark because the beads were colored with pale purple shampoo.

Children really enjoy playing with bottles and turn them over on their own. Observe beads, beads and bubbles.

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Auto-training relaxation for preschool children

Health work in kindergarten

Health improvement in kindergarten

Autotraining - relaxation for children “Studies for the soul”

Gerasimenko S. A., teacher of kindergarten No. 17, Alekseevka, Belgorod region.

Relaxation (from Lat. Relaxation - weakened)- 1) connection of mind and body (muscle) ; 2 (physiol.)- relaxation or sharp decrease in skeletal muscle tone.

Autotraining(from the Greek Autos - yourself, your own, self and English Training - training)- a system of exercises to develop maximum performance.

The ability not only to relax, but also to collect yourself.

Create the sun within yourself

There is sun in nature. It shines and loves and warms everyone. . Let's create the sun within ourselves. Close your eyes and imagine a small star in your heart. Mentally we direct a ray of love towards her. We feel how the star has grown.

We send a ray of goodness, the star has become even larger. I direct rays to the star that bring health, joy, warmth, light, tenderness, affection. Now the star becomes as big as the sun. It brings warmth to everyone, everyone, everyone (hands to the side) .

Magic flower of goodness

Place the flower of Goodness and good mood on both palms. Feel how it warms you: your hands, your body, your soul. It emits an amazing smell and pleasant music. And you want to listen to it.

Mentally place all the goodness and good mood this flower inside, into your heart.

Feel how goodness enters you and gives you joy. You have new powers: the powers of health, happiness and joy. You feel your body filled with pleasure and joy. How pleasant your face is, how good and joyful your soul becomes.

A warm, gentle breeze blows around you. You have a good, soul-warming mood.

I want you to remember what you feel now and take it with you when you leave this room. Warm feelings and good mood will still be with you

• Open your eyes.
• Send kind thoughts to each other.
• All the best!

Travel on a cloud

I want to invite you on a journey on a cloud. Jump onto a white fluffy cloud that looks like a soft mountain of plump pillows. Feel how your legs, back, butt are comfortably located on this large cloudy pillow.

Now the journey begins. Your cloud slowly rises into the blue sky. Can you feel the wind blowing across your face?

Here, high in the sky, everything is calm and quiet. Let your cloud take you now to a place where you will be happy.

Try to mentally “see” this place as accurately as possible. Something wonderful and magical can happen here (Pause 30 seconds)

Now you are back on your cloud, and it is taking you back. To your place in the class. Get off the cloud and thank it for giving you such a good ride. Now watch it slowly melt into the air. Stretch, straighten up and be cheerful, fresh and attentive again.

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Games to help preschoolers relax

Games that promote relaxation will help create a friendly atmosphere of mutual assistance, trust, friendly and open communication between children in the kindergarten group. Children really like doing such exercises, as they have elements of play. Children quickly learn the difficult skill of relaxing.

Purpose: This imagination game will help children relax.

Sit comfortably and close your eyes, inhale and exhale deeply 2-3 times.

Imagine that you are standing near a waterfall. But this is no ordinary waterfall. Instead of water, a soft white light falls down.

Now imagine yourself under this waterfall and feel how this beautiful white light flows over your head... You feel how your forehead relaxes, then your mouth, how your neck muscles relax...

White light flows over your shoulders and the back of your head and helps them become soft and relaxed. White light flows from your back, and you notice how the tension in your back disappears, and it also becomes soft and relaxed.

And the light flows through your chest, through your stomach. You feel how they relax, and you yourself, without any effort, can inhale and exhale deeper. This makes you feel very relaxed and pleasant.

Let the light also flow through your arms, palms, fingers. You notice how your arms and hands become increasingly soft and relaxed. The light also flows through your legs, down to your feet.

You feel that they too relax and become soft. This amazing waterfall of white light flows around your entire body. You feel completely calm and serene, and with each inhalation and exhalation you relax more and more deeply and are filled with fresh strength... (30 s).

Now thank this waterfall of light for relaxing you so wonderfully... Stretch a little, straighten up and open your eyes.”

After this game, you should do something calm.

"Sculpture"

This game teaches children to control the muscles of the face, arms, legs and relieve muscle tension.

Children are divided into pairs. One of them is a sculptor, the other is a sculpture. On instructions from an adult (or child leader), the sculptor sculpts a sculpture from “clay”:

a child who is resting;

a child who is not afraid of anything;

a child who is happy with everything;

a child who has completed a difficult task, etc.

Themes for sculptures can be suggested by an adult, or by the children themselves.

The players usually change roles. A group sculpture option is possible.

After the game, it is advisable to discuss with the children how they felt in the role of a sculptor, sculpture, which figure was pleasant to depict, which was not.

Source: Volodko, D.V. Correctional and developmental classes on social adaptation of preschool children: a manual for teachers who provide preschool education. education / D.V. Volodko. - Minsk: Zorny Verasok, 2010. - 104 p. (p.97-98)

Relaxation exercises focusing on breathing:

“Blow out the candle”

Take a deep breath, drawing as much air into your lungs as possible. Then, stretching out your lips with a tube, slowly exhale, as if blowing on a candle, while pronouncing the sound “u” for a long time.

“Lazy cat.”

Raise your arms up, then stretch them forward, stretching like a cat. Feel the body stretch. Then sharply lower your hands down, pronouncing the sound “a”.

Exercises to relax facial muscles:

“Naughty cheeks.”

Take in air, puffing out your cheeks strongly. Hold your breath, slowly exhale the air, as if blowing out a candle. Relax your cheeks.

Then close your lips with a tube, inhale the air, sucking it in. The cheeks are drawn in. Then relax your cheeks and lips.

“Mouth shut”

Purse your lips so that they are not visible at all. Close your mouth tightly, squeezing your lips very, very tightly. Then relax them: I have my own secret, I won’t tell it to you, no (purse lips). Oh, how difficult it is to resist saying nothing (4–5 s). I will still relax my lips and leave the secret to myself.

“The angry one has calmed down”

Tighten your jaw, stretching your lips and exposing your teeth. Growl as much as you can. Then take a few deep breaths, stretch, smile and, opening your mouth wide, yawn: And when I get really angry, I tense up, but hold on. I squeeze my jaw tightly and scare everyone with a growl (growl). In order for the anger to fly away and the whole body to relax, you need to take a deep breath, stretch, smile, maybe even yawn (open your mouth wide, yawn).

Exercises to relax the neck muscles:

"Curious Barabara"

Starting position: standing, feet shoulder-width apart, arms down, head straight. Turn your head as far as possible to the left, then to the right. Inhale and exhale. The movement is repeated 2 times in each direction.

Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles: Curious Varvara looks left, looks right. And then forward again - here he will rest a little. Raise your head up and look at the ceiling for as long as possible.

Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles: And Varvara looks up the longest and farthest! Coming back – relaxation is nice! Slowly lower your head down, pressing your chin to your chest. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles: Now let’s look down - the neck muscles have tensed! Let's go back - relaxation is nice!

Hand muscle relaxation exercises

"Lemon"

Lower your hands down and imagine that in your right hand there is a lemon from which you need to squeeze the juice. Squeeze slowly as hard as possible right hand into a fist. Feel how tense your right arm is. Then throw the “lemon” and relax your hand: I will take the lemon in my palm. I feel like it's round.

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In the process of development, education and training in kindergarten, children receive a huge amount of information that they need to learn. Active mental activity and accompanying emotional experiences create excessive arousal in nervous system, which, when accumulated, leads to tension in the muscles of the body.

And emotions and feelings, as we know, are difficult to regulate by will. Adults need to remember this when faced with unwanted or unexpected childhood emotions.

It is better not to evaluate the child’s feelings in such situations, because this will only lead to misunderstanding and negativism. You cannot demand from a child not to experience what he experiences and feels; You can only limit the form of manifestation of his negative emotions. Our task is not to eradicate and suppress emotions, but to teach the child to feel and understand them, express them in an acceptable form, manage their behavior, and “hear” their body.

Therefore, it is important to use relaxation exercises when working with preschoolers.

Relaxation (from Lat. relaxation - weakening, relaxation) - deep muscle relaxation, accompanied by the release of mental stress. Relaxation can be either involuntary or voluntary, achieved as a result of special exercises.

The ability to relax helps some children relieve internal tension and excitement, while others help them concentrate, as well as overcome stiffness and tightness.

Therefore, relaxation allows you to increase success educational activities. Relaxation is achieved by performing specially selected game exercises, each of which is given a figurative name, which attracts children. They perform them not just by imitating the leader, but by transforming themselves, entering into a given image. Most children perceive these exercises correctly and relax well.

This can be judged by the child’s appearance: a calm expression on his face, even rhythmic breathing. Experience shows that after relaxation exercises, many children improve their sleep, they become more balanced and calm.

The appendix contains some exercises for general relaxation of the body, which will help the child not only relax, but also develop children’s imagination, fantasy, and body control skills. The exercises are carried out with musical accompaniment and the voices of birds, the murmur of a stream, the sound of the sea and the singing of dolphins.

Goal: learn to relax to music, relieve internal tension.

A set of exercises that develop fantasy, imagination and the ability of internal vision, for middle and older children.

Exercise No. 1 “Jolly Stream”

Guys! Let's imagine that we are in the forest. Please close your eyes... It's summer, it's very hot. You hear?

This is a cheerful stream babbling. He runs cheerfully over the pebbles, beckons and calls us to him.

Let's come closer and carefully lower our hands into it.

What do you feel? How do you feel? (children's answers). Indeed, how nice it is to refresh your hands from this scorching heat. Now mentally imagine what you see...

Of course, you saw a school of colorful fish. They swim between your fingers and shyly hide in the seaweed. And the most curious fish swim up and play with you again.

You smile, you like this interesting game hide-and-seek...

Now raise your hands very slowly. Do you feel how droplets of water slowly flow from them back into the stream?

Let's raise our hands up to the sun.

The small droplets sparkled with all the colors of the rainbow. Your hands quickly dried out from the gentle touch of the sun. You feel good and calm, you had a great rest.

Shake your hands and open your eyes, please. Did you enjoy the walk? Please tell me what you saw?

Exercise No. 2 “In a forest clearing”

Children, I invite you to go to the magical land of colors. The Queen of Colors will give you five wonderful minutes in a forest clearing.

Please close your eyes and repeat the magic words... Yellow, red, blue, the queen is waiting for us all

Do you feel what is in your hands? I'll give you a hint. In your right hand you have a paintbrush, and in your left hand a palette.

There are four colors on the palette: yellow, blue, red and green.

Let's imagine that we are artists. Start drawing.

Take yellow paint and draw a sun. What is it like? That's right: affectionate, kind, warm.

Now let's take blue paint and draw clouds. Tell us about them. Indeed: Light, fluffy, airy and of different shapes.

Green paint will help us paint grass and trees. How beautiful, well done! I am proud of you! Do you like it?

What is missing in your drawing? Well, of course, you're right. We will paint large, ripe, juicy and tasty strawberries with red paint.

Just admire what a wonderful picture it turned out to be! We say goodbye to the queen of colors and thank her... Open your eyes and tell us about your painting.

Exercise No. 3 “At the bottom of the sea”

Guys! Today the sea king is waiting for us to visit.

He organizes a ball for all the sea inhabitants of the underwater kingdom and invites you to draw what you like.

Are you ready to accept his offer? Please close your eyes and listen to the music of the sea and my voice.

We slowly descend to the bottom of the sea and see a huge throne decorated with bright red corals.

On the throne is the king of the sea, cheerful schools of colorful small fish swim through his long beard.

The little mermaids are located nearby, their outfit is beautiful, and the decorations made from shells delight with their beauty and originality.

Sluggish crabs dance with light jellyfish of soft blue and pink colors. Seahorses perform intricate musical and rhythmic movements.

Formidable sharks arrived at the ball. Today they are in a good mood and will not harm anyone.

Guys, your hands are brushes, try to draw everything you see, take your time...

Our time is up and it's time for us to return to the studio. Very slowly we float up and open our eyes.

Did you enjoy your trip to the bottom of the sea? What do you remember most? Tell us your feelings.

Exercise No. 4 “Land of Sweets”

Do you guys like sweets? I invite you to the land of sweet tooths and there you will see a lot of unusual and interesting things.

You are ready? Please close your eyes and listen to me carefully.

Pay attention to the light, white clouds, they are airy and made of white marshmallows, the bright and gentle sun is made of yellow pastels.

Look around you. We are in children's park. Benches are made of white, milk chocolate, a fountain is made of lemonade, and the animals along the edge of the pool are made of marmalade, and small fish are made of colored monpensier.

The trees in the park are also very tasty, they are made of brushwood and the leaves are made of cream. The path in the park is sprinkled with chocolate-covered peanuts.

I invite you to use your imagination and creativity. Think and imagine what the playground for little children will be made of.

Your arms are hands. Get to work. Everyone will have their own drawing...

Guys, our journey is over and it's time for us to return to the studio.

Please open your eyes and tell us about your feelings about what you saw. Did you like the land of sweets?

Features of performing relaxation exercises.

Features of performing relaxation exercises for children of primary preschool age: - The time to complete one exercise is no more than 2-3 minutes. - Most exercises are aimed at relaxing certain muscle groups.

Relaxation includes both repeated performance of one exercise and a set of 3-4 exercises. different groups muscles. - End the relaxation only on a positive note.

Features of performing relaxation exercises by children of senior preschool age:

The time to complete one exercise is no more than 4-5 minutes.

During one lesson, you can use exercises from different blocks, depending on the focus of the GCD.

Relaxation includes a set of 3-4 exercises for different muscle groups.

A session of complete relaxation is carried out with musical accompaniment and text aimed at calmness and restoration of strength.

The main task of performing the exercises is to teach children recovery techniques for further independent use.

End the relaxation only on a positive note.

Training session (basics of relaxation).

Choose a place on the carpet or warm floor where you can sit with your child. You are close, but do not touch each other.

1. You need to lie on your back so that you can relax comfortably and pleasantly with me for a few minutes. We'll just talk and relax and rest. You see that I am also here on the mat with you. Close your eyes and imagine that you are holding heavy sand balls in your hands. Squeeze the “balls” tightly in your fists, hold tight while I count to ten. Ten – release the “balls” from your hands. Do you feel how light your hands have become? Relax your hands, let your palm and fingers rest.

2. Imagine that your shoulders have become tiny, like Thumbelina's. Squeeze your shoulders, make them small, press your shoulders as close to your neck as possible. I will count to ten, and at “ten” - straighten your shoulders, let them become free, like the wings of a bird. Feel how the tension (fatigue) leaves your shoulders.

3. Close your eyes again. Now we will relax the facial muscles, so open your mouth wide, as wide as possible, and I count - one, two, three - relax your mouth, close it. Is it really good? Lift the tongue in your mouth up and press it to the roof of your mouth, press it tightly and tense your jaw, hard! One-two-three - lower the tongue. The face became calm and relaxed. Now try to make a “scary face”! Wrinkle your nose, frown your eyebrows, purse your lips angrily! - One, two, three - Smile, you were just joking, right? All the muscles of your face have relaxed, do you feel how light your face has become?

4. Close your eyes again. Imagine that you need to run very quickly along a track. Your legs tensed, your tummy tightened, and you “ran”! I count to ten, and you keep your legs and tummy tense, as if you were still running. Ten – you’ve arrived, the end of the race, you’re first! Now you can rest and relax, your legs have become warm and tired, your tummy is soft and heavy - rest, let your legs and tummy also rest and relax. 5. Your eyes are closed. Listen to what I’ll tell you: You and I now find ourselves in a sunny clearing, where grasshoppers quietly chirp, colorful butterflies fly and birds sing faintly. The breeze easily touches your face, arms and whole body. You are very warm and pleasant, you are resting and relaxing. (Quiet relaxation music sounds - “Sounds of Nature”). 6. I will count from ten to one, and when “one” sounds, you will open your eyes, and all your strength will return to you, your mood will be joyful and cheerful.

Relaxation classes and relaxation exercises can be conducted not only by a psychologist, but also by kindergarten teachers and parents of children.

1. Before doing the exercise with children, try it yourself.

2. Do not forget that tension should be short-term, and relaxation should be longer. Draw the children's attention to how pleasant a state of relaxation and calm feels.

3. Before each exercise, set the children up and find a way to interest them.

6. Repeat each exercise no more than 2 - 3 times. Don't use different exercises at the same time.

7. New relaxation exercises should be learned systematically with children.

RELAXATION FOR CHILDREN OF THE YOUNGER GROUP.

“Smile” Children lie down on the carpet. They close their eyes. “Who ran, jumped and skipped fast today. He, of course, is not tired, but his head is tired, It’s always time for her to think. You just need to lie down, remember the sun, the sea. Look inside yourself and see a star next to the moon. Here she is shining and smiling. And it lights up from the moon. If you saw this. Open your eyes, look at your friends, smile.

"Elephant" Place your feet firmly, then imagine yourself as an elephant. Slowly shift your body weight onto one leg, raise the other high and lower it to the floor with a “rumble.” Move around the room, alternately raising each leg and lowering it with the foot hitting the floor. Say “Wow!” as you exhale.

"Bell" Children lie on their backs. They close their eyes and relax to the sound of the lullaby “Fluffy Clouds.” “Awakening” occurs to the sound of a bell.

“Summer day” Children lie on their backs, relaxing all their muscles and closing their eyes. Relaxation takes place to the sound of calm music:

I'm lying in the sun,

But I don't look at the sun.

We close our eyes and rest.

The sun strokes our faces

May we have a good dream.

Suddenly we hear: bom-bom-bom!

Thunder came out for a walk.

Thunder rolls like a drum.

"Silence"

Hush, hush, silence! You can't talk!

We are tired - we need to sleep - let's lie down quietly on the bed

And we will sleep quietly.

"Cuckoo"

Children lie on the carpet with their eyes closed. “It suddenly became quiet, quiet. The sun fell asleep. The dandelion has been sleeping for a long time, and so has the grasshopper. But the cuckoo doesn’t care, she can’t sleep. Everyone is cuckoo-coo-coo, echoing behind the window. I’ll rest a little, and now I’ll look out the window.

"Friendly children"

The children are lying on the carpet. “There are friendly children in our garden, I really want to calm them down. Close your eyes friends and imagine. Lake, swans, beautiful sky. Well, now imagine a wave. I want to shower you with it. Scary? Not at all. Lie down some more. Well, now open your eyes together.”

"Wish"

Children lie face up on the carpet. There are stars on the ceiling. “Eyes look at the beautiful sky. See how many stars there are in the clear sky. You can count them, or you can choose one. And make your wish. One, two, three, accept my wish, little star!”

"Fish" Children sit and look at the panel "Fish in the Sea." “The sea is agitated, the sea is agitated. I really want to fight the sky. The fish keep swimming and without stopping. Close your eyes and follow. Open your eyes and find the same fish.”

"Rain"

Children lie on the carpet, on their stomachs, with their eyes open. “The rain is dripping and dripping on the roof. I can no longer hear him. The eyes close and meet the sun. I see the sun in the distance and a boat on the river. The rain suddenly poured down like a river, I opened a large umbrella. The rain is running away, I open my eyes.”

"Toys"

1. “Parsley”: the whole body is soft, rag-like, relaxed (15-20 sec).

2. “Pinocchio”: the whole body is tense, hard and wooden (10-15 sec)

3. “Petrushka” again

RELAXATION FOR SECONDARY GROUP CHILDREN.

Exercises to relax facial muscles:

“Mouth sealed” Purse your lips so that they are not visible at all. Close your mouth tightly, squeezing your lips very, very tightly. Then relax them:

I have my own secret, I won’t tell it to you, no (purse lips).

Oh, how difficult it is to resist saying nothing (4–5 s).

I will still relax my lips and leave the secret to myself.

“The angry one has calmed down.” Tighten your jaw, stretching your lips and exposing your teeth. Growl as much as you can. Then take a few deep breaths, stretch, smile and, opening your mouth wide, yawn:

And when I get really angry, I tense up, but I hold on.

I squeeze my jaw tightly and scare everyone with a growl (growl).

So that the anger flies away and the whole body relaxes,

You need to take a deep breath, stretch, smile,

Maybe even yawn (open your mouth wide and yawn).

Exercises to relax the neck muscles:

“Curious Varvara” Starting position: standing, feet shoulder-width apart, arms down, head straight. Turn your head as far as possible to the left, then to the right. Inhale and exhale. The movement is repeated 2 times in each direction. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

Curious Varvara looks left, looks right.

And then forward again - here he will rest a little.

Raise your head up and look at the ceiling for as long as possible. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

And Varvara looks up the longest and farthest!

Coming back – relaxation is nice!

Slowly lower your head down, pressing your chin to your chest. Then return to the starting position, relax the muscles:

Now let's look down - the neck muscles have tensed!

Let's go back - relaxation is nice!

Exercises to relax arm muscles:

“Lemon” Put your hands down and imagine that in your right hand there is a lemon from which you need to squeeze the juice. Slowly clench your right hand into a fist as tightly as possible. Feel how tense your right arm is. Then throw the “lemon” and relax your hand:

I will take a lemon in my palm.

I feel like it's round.

I squeeze it slightly -

I squeeze out lemon juice.

Everything is fine, the juice is ready.

I throw in the lemon and relax my hand. Perform the same exercise with your left hand.

“Pair” (alternating movement with tension and relaxation of the arms). Standing opposite each other and touching your partner’s palms forward, straighten your right arm with tension, thereby bending your partner’s left arm at the elbow. Left hand at the same time, it bends at the elbow, and straightens at the partner’s.

Exercises to relax the leg muscles:

"Deck" Imagine yourself on a ship. Rocks. To avoid falling, you need to spread your legs wider and press them to the floor. Clasp your hands behind your back. The deck rocked - transfer your body weight to your right leg, press it to the floor (the right leg is tense, the left leg is relaxed, slightly bent at the knee, with the toe touching the floor). Straighten up. Relax your leg. It swayed in the other direction - I pressed my left leg to the floor. Straighten up! Inhale-exhale!

The deck began to rock! Press your foot to the deck!

We press our leg tighter and relax the other.

Exercises to relax the whole body:

"Birds" Children imagine that they are little birds. They fly through the fragrant summer forest, inhale its aromas and admire its beauty. So they sat down on a beautiful wildflower and inhaled its light aroma, and now they flew to the tallest linden tree, sat on its top and felt the sweet smell of a flowering tree. But a warm summer breeze blew, and the birds, along with its gust, rushed to the babbling forest stream. Sitting on the edge of the stream, they cleaned their feathers with their beaks, drank clean, cool water, splashed around and rose up again. Now let’s land in the coziest nest in a forest clearing.

“Slow motion” Children sit closer to the edge of the chair, lean on the back, place their hands loosely on their knees, legs slightly apart, close their eyes and sit quietly for a while, listening to slow, quiet music:

Everyone can dance, jump, run, and draw.

But not everyone knows how to relax and rest.

We have a game like this - very easy, simple.

Movement slows down and tension disappears.

And it becomes clear - relaxation is pleasant!

“We stretched and broke.” Stand up straight. As you inhale, stretch strongly upward, stretching your arms, tensing your body. Gradually exhale and relax your body. First, relax your hands, then your elbows, then completely (your arms fall down). Relax your neck (head drops to your chest). Relax your back muscles and bend in half. The body relaxed and sagged. Relax your knees and fall gently to the floor. Lie like this.

“Left and Right” The left hand is tense, the right is relaxed; the right hand is tense, the left is relaxed. The left leg is tense, the right leg is relaxed; the right leg is tense, the left leg is relaxed. Close your right eye, draw three circles clockwise with your left, three circles counterclockwise. Close your left eye, draw with your right

Make three circles counterclockwise, three circles clockwise.

RELAXATION FOR SENIOR GROUP CHILDREN.

“Clouds"

Imagine a warm summer evening. You lie on the grass and look at the clouds floating in the sky - such white, large, fluffy clouds in the blue sky. Everything around is quiet and calm, you feel warm and comfortable. With each inhalation and exhalation, you begin to slowly and smoothly rise into the air, higher and higher, towards the very clouds. Your arms are light, light, your legs are light. your whole body becomes light as a cloud. Here you are swimming up to the largest and fluffiest, most beautiful cloud in the sky. Closer and closer. And now you are already lying on this cloud, you feel how it gently strokes you, this fluffy and tender cloud... (pause - stroking the children). Strokes..., strokes... You feel good and pleased. You are relaxed and calm. But then a cloud dropped you into the clearing. Smile at your cloud. Stretch and on the count of three, open your eyes. You had a good rest on the cloud.

“Waterfall” Imagine that you are standing near a waterfall. Wonderful day, blue sky, warm sun. The mountain air is fresh and pleasant. You can breathe easily and freely. But our waterfall is unusual; instead of water, soft white light falls in it. Imagine yourself standing under this waterfall and feel this beautiful white light flowing over your head. You feel it pouring over your forehead, then over your face, down your neck... White light flows over your shoulders... helping them become soft and relaxed... (pause - stroking the children). Let the light stroke your hands and fingers. This amazing waterfall of white light flows around your entire body. You feel completely calm, and with each breath you relax more and more. Now stretch and on the count of three, open your eyes. The magical light filled you with fresh strength and energy.

Relaxation exercises to relieve tension from the muscles of the torso, arms, legs

“Cones"

Imagine that you are cubs and your mother bear is playing with you. She throws bumps at you. You catch them and squeeze them forcefully in your paws. But the cubs are tired and drop their paws along the body - the paws are resting. And the mother bear again throws cones to the cubs... (repeat 2 - 3 times)

“Sun and Cloud” Imagine that you are sunbathing in the sun. But then the sun went behind the cloud, it became cold - everyone huddled together to warm up (hold their breath). The sun came out from behind the clouds, it became hot - everyone relaxed (as they exhaled). Repeat 2 – 3 times.

“Playing with sand” Imagine that you are sitting on the seashore. Pick up sand in your hands (as you inhale). Clenching your fingers tightly into a fist, hold the sand in your hands (hold your breath). Sprinkle sand on your knees, gradually opening your hands and fingers. Let your arms fall powerlessly along your body, too lazy to move your heavy arms (repeat 2-3 times).

“Ant” Imagine that you are sitting in a clearing, the sun is gently warming you. An ant crawled onto my toes. Pull your socks towards yourself with force, keep your legs tense and straight. Let's listen to which finger the ant is sitting on (holding your breath). Let's throw the ant off our feet (as we exhale). Socks go down - to the sides, relax your legs: rest your legs (repeat 2-3 times).

Relaxation exercises to relieve tension from facial muscles

“Bee” Imagine a warm summer day. Expose your face to the sun, your chin will also sunbathe (unclench your lips and teeth as you inhale). A bee is flying, about to land on someone's tongue. Close your mouth tightly (hold your breath). When chasing away a bee, you can vigorously move your lips. The bee flew away. Open your mouth slightly and exhale lightly (repeat 2-3 times).

“Swing” Imagine a warm summer day. Your face sunbathes, the gentle sun caresses you (facial muscles are relaxed). But then a butterfly flies and lands on your eyebrows. She wants to swing like on a swing. Let the butterfly swing on the swing. Move your eyebrows up and down. The butterfly has flown away, and the sun is warming (relaxation of the facial muscles) (repeat 2-3 times).

RELAXATION FOR PREPARATORY CHILDREN

GROUPS.

"Balloon"Goal: relieve tension, calm the children. All players stand or sit in a circle. The presenter gives instructions: "Imagine that now you and I will inflate balloons. Inhale the air, bring an imaginary balloon to your lips and, puffing out your cheeks, slowly inflate it through parted lips. Follow with your eyes how your ball becomes bigger and bigger, how the patterns on it increase and grow. Introduced? I also imagined your huge balls. Blow carefully so that the balloon does not burst. Now show them to each other." The exercise can be repeated 3 times.

“The Ship and the Wind” Goal: to get the group into a working mood, especially if the children are tired. "Imagine that our sailboat is floating on the waves, but suddenly it stopped. Let's help it and invite the wind to help. Inhale the air, draw in your cheeks strongly... Now exhale noisily through your mouth and let the wind break free pushes the boat. Let's try again. I want to hear how the wind rustles! "The exercise can be repeated 3 times.

“Gift under the Christmas tree” Goal: relaxation of facial muscles, especially around the eyes.

"Imagine that the New Year holiday is coming. You have been dreaming about a wonderful gift for a whole year. So you approach the tree, close your eyes tightly and take a deep breath. Hold your breath. What lies under the tree? Now exhale and open your eyes. Oh, miracle! The long-awaited toy is in front of you! Are you happy? Smile." After completing the exercise, you can discuss (if the children want) who dreams of what.

"Blind Dance" (The game is played to music). Goal: developing trust in each other, relieving excess muscle tension. “Split into pairs. One of you gets a blindfold, he will be “blind”. The other will remain “sighted” and will be able to lead the “blind”. Now hold hands and dance with each other to light music (1-2 minutes). Now switch roles. Help your partner tie the headband." As a preparatory step, you can sit the children in pairs and ask them to hold hands. The one who sees moves his hands to the music, and the blindfolded child tries to repeat these movements without letting go of his hands for 1-2 minutes. Then the children change roles. If an anxious child refuses to close his eyes, reassure him and do not insist. Let him dance with his eyes open. As the child gets rid of anxiety, you can start playing the game not while sitting, but moving around the room.

“Tree” Standing or sitting at a table, put your legs together, your feet should be pressed to the floor, your arms down, your back straight. Take a calm breath in and out, calm your breathing and smoothly raise your arms up. Hold them at ear level, palms facing each other, fingers together. Stretch your whole body. Focus your attention on your spine. Breathing is voluntary, calm. As you stretch up, imagine a strong, strong tree. Its roots are deeply rooted in the ground. A tall, slender trunk reaches towards the sun. Your body, like a tree, fills with strength, vigor, and health. Hold the pose for 15-20 seconds. Then gently lower your arms and relax, taking two or three calm breaths in and out, lengthening the exhalation.

“Swan” Purpose: relieve tension in the back, strengthen the back muscles, improve blood circulation in the spine and mobility in the shoulder joints.

Sit with your back touching the back of the chair, or stand up straight. Lower your arms, pull your shoulders back. Clasp your hands behind your back and slowly lift them up without tilting your torso. Pay attention to the area between your shoulder blades, feel the warmth between them and smoothly lower your arms. Relax by taking a few calm breaths in and out.

Conclusion.

The ability to relax helps some children relieve tension, while others help them concentrate and relieve excitement. Relaxation is induced through specially selected gaming techniques.

As a result of dosed use of relaxation exercises in the daily routine, children become more balanced and calm, increased anger, irritability, tension, anxiety and fears are eliminated, which contributes to a favorable psychological environment in the group.

List of used literature.

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Using relaxation exercises when working with children.

Modern preschoolers are sometimes no less busy than adults. Visiting kindergarten, various clubs and sport sections, they receive a large amount of information, get tired physically and emotionally. After all, you need to be on time everywhere!

Such stress has a negative impact on children's health. This is why it is so important to use relaxation exercises when working with preschoolers.

For some reason, it is generally accepted that relaxation and meditation methods are only for adults. In fact, this is not entirely true. Yes, frankly speaking, it is difficult to explain to a three-year-old child what meditation is. Therefore, relaxation of preschool children requires a special view and approach. The main thing is to use it correctly and skillfully.

The nervous system of a preschool child is far from perfect. It is difficult for children to control the processes of excitation and inhibition of the nervous system. This explains restless sleep or problems falling asleep after active games. First of all, this applies to active children. But despite this, there are many ways in which you can calm a “runaway” child.

To form a child’s emotional stability, it is important to teach him how to control his body. In the process of development, education and training, children receive a huge amount of information that they need to learn. Active mental activity and accompanying emotional experiences create excessive excitement in the nervous system, which, accumulating, leads to tension in the muscles of the body. The ability to relax allows you to eliminate anxiety, excitement, stiffness, restore strength, and increase your energy supply.

Having learned to relax, each child receives what he previously lacked. This equally applies to any mental processes: cognitive, emotional or volitional. In the process of relaxation the body the best way redistributes energy and tries to bring the body to balance and harmony.

Children learn this difficult skill of relaxation very quickly. Even we, adults, have a lot to learn from them in this!

By relaxing, excited, restless children gradually become more balanced, attentive and patient. Children who are inhibited, constrained, lethargic and timid acquire confidence, cheerfulness, and freedom in expressing their feelings and thoughts.

If we purposefully teach children to relieve excess tension and restore balance, we will help maintain the health of our children!