Mnemonic tables for composing stories
At the beginning of the lesson with mnemonic tables, the teacher invites the children to carefully examine all the drawings and talk about what they saw. Then the adult deciphers the table in detail and composes an interesting story for the children.
For example: “Autumn has come. The sun began to warm less, all the animals in the forest began to prepare for winter. The squirrel has prepared a lot of nuts, which she hides in her house on the Christmas tree. The bunny changed his gray fur coat to a white one so that he would not be visible in the snow. And the big brown bear is preparing a den for himself, in which he will sleep until spring. The bear will not freeze, because the fallen snow will cover the bear’s house like a blanket. So the bear will sleep until spring.”
Next, the teacher invites the kids to reproduce the entire story, looking at the pictures. This technique is successfully used not only in older groups of preschool educational institutions, but also in speech therapy for speech development, correcting incorrect pronunciation and in the treatment of stuttering in preschoolers.
Mnemonic diagrams for remembering actions
Pictures depicting sequential actions are beginning to be used in the younger group of preschool educational institutions. They can depict the processes of washing hands (for example: tap, water, hands, towel), dressing or setting the table. By pronouncing all the names of the pictures, kids remember the sequence of actions and processes. Thanks to this, they begin to navigate their surroundings more easily and learn the rules of communication and behavior.
Basic rules for conducting classes
- Class notes must be taken.
- Work begins with simple mnemonic squares, then mnemonic chains are introduced. When the child understands the essence of the tasks, you can move on to mnemonic tables.
- All drawings must be color, clear and understandable.
- The number of squares in the table should not be more than nine. This is the maximum allowable amount of visual information for a preschooler.
- No more than two mnemonic tables are used in one lesson. Re-examination or work with them can only be done at the request of the child.
- Every day the tables and assignments change by topic. At the beginning of the lesson, you can review diagrams of past lessons, repeat a learned poem or story.
- In older groups of preschool educational institutions, children should be encouraged to draw tables themselves based on the teacher’s story or based on their own invented stories.
It is very important that parents also become familiar with this technique and take an active part in the development of the child. According to the observations of child psychologists, children who work with associative schemes adapt faster at school, their perseverance, concentration and communication abilities are well developed.
