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Family story for preschoolers: 20 Preschool Books about Family

Опубликовано: November 27, 2022 в 8:04 am

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20 Preschool Books about Family

Help kids celebrate the important role families play in our lives with these super cute and fun-to-read preschool books about family. These preschool family books are fun for toddler, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students to read.

Preschool Books about Family

Family is such an important home base for little ones. There are so many types of families, and there are lots of family books for preschoolers that celebrate the love that makes us one. This list is full of family books preschool that celebrate the different people that make up our families, and the love that we share. REad these family books for kids to toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and grade 2 students.

Preschool family books

Whether you are a parent, teachers, homeschooler, or daycare – you will love this carefully selected list of family books for preschoolers. Use them at home snuggled up on the couch, as part of a family theme, in your classroom or as a supplement to your homeschool preschool curriculum.

Family Pack
This is a real life story about a family of wolves and how they adapt to survive together. So although not about people, the life lessons about sticking together and working together apply beautifully. I love the illustrations!

Family Reunion
Beautiful water color illustrations fill this book telling of a family reunion with extended family using poems. I love that it introduces children to poetry. Again, while this is not about your nuclear family, I love that it helps kids realizes that grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are part of our family too!

One Big Family
Another fun-to-read book about extended family getting together. This is perfect to read before a family reunion. It helps kids prepare for the noisy, exciting, but loving moments they will experience when everyone gets together.

The Worm Family
This book is fun, silly, and has great topics to talk about together. The worm family is tall, skinny, and like to sing worm songs. They are different from their neighbors. This is great for discussing how your family may look or act differently from those around you, but that’s okay.

My Wild Family
This book helps introduce metaphors by using animals to illustrate how each member of the family is different and unique. Great for helping kids realize each family member is unique.

Ninety-Three in My Family
A delightful book with whimsical pictures, rhythmic verse, and lots of fun counting inside. Kids will giggle through the outlandish premise that this boy’s family is made up of 27 owls, 11 dogs, cats, lions, gerbils, and more.

The Frazzle Family Finds a Way
This cute story follows a forgetful family through their day. They ultimately use silly rhyming songs to help them remember.

A Perfect Home for a Family
The sweet story follows a family of raccoons as they look for a bigger home to accomidate their growing family.

The Chicken of the Family
This story follows a girl named Henrietta who her siblings keep saying is actually a chicken. This book is sure to become a favorite in your family and great for helping kids learn to cope with teasing from a sibling.

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur
A cute, fun-to-read story kids will enjoy that touches on sibling rivalry and how the mother loves all her children equally.

Is Your Mama a Llama?
Humorous rhymes accompany this story where a baby llama guesses along with the listener at what kind of animal everyone’s mama is. This story builds phonemic awareness and rhyme too!

Love you Forever
A classic, favorite book of families everywhere! This book shows the enduring love of a parent as their child goes through stages of childhood.

A Chair for My Mother
An award winning book about a family whose home is destroyed and how they save to buy a comfortable chair for the whole family to enjoy.

Copy Me, Copycub
This is a cute story with great illustrations. Follow the mother and her cub through all the four seasons and watch how some animals hibernate. This book will be reminiscent of how kids like to copy behaviors and a great reminder that they are always watching, learning, and imitating what we do.

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

This is such a sweet story with beautiful drawings that help kids understand that when they sleep, everything else sleeps too . . . and it will all be waiting for them in the morning.

If Animals Kissed Good Night
Such a sweet story with lovely illustrations of how animals would say good night.

Llama Llama Misses Mama
I love the way the text flows and the beautiful hand drawn illustrations in all of Anna Dewdney’s original books. This book is great to help kids process what it feels like when parents have to leave to go to work or an outing without them, but knowing that they will be back!

On the Night You Were Born
This is such a sweet way to help kids know about the very special day they came into the world, how much they were loved, and how momentous that day is. I love reliving that moment and emotion with my little ones. Beautiful text and gorgeous illustrations.

Welcome Little One
This is a sweet, simple story perfect for telling kids how much they were loved from the day they were born.

God Found us You
If your little one is adopted, this is a great story about how you loved your little one from even before you met them and how special your bond is.

Silly Wonderful YOU
I love that this book normalizes that kids all make messes, and are loud, and that it’s okay. we love them anyway!

You’re All My Favorites
If you have more than one child like we do (we have six) it is so wonderful to verbally tell them that they are all loved equally. They all are unique and special and we parents wouldn’t trade any of them for anything.

My Two Grannies
I love that this book shows how families can be made up of various different cultures or looks and how beautiful that is and how rich a heritage kids have.

Preschool Book Lists

If you are looking for more fun-to-read preschool book lists with picture books picked out for your preschoolers, don’t miss these great picks:

Construction Books for Preschoolers
100th Day fo School Books for kids
Best Snowman Books for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners
Fun-to-Read Penguin Books for Preschoolers
Romping and Roaring Dinosaur Books for kids
Cute Preschool Shape Books
Apple Books for Preschoolers that are perfect for September
Check out these summer books for preschoolers
Creepy, Crawly Books about Insects for Preschoolers
Discover lots of Color Books for Preschool kids
Hop on over to read these silly Frog Books for Preschool
These Easter Books for Preschoolers are sure to be new favorites
Celebrate the arrival of spring with these spring books for preschoolers
Preschool Books about Family you’ll love reading
So many lovely flower books for preschoolers
Silly and Fun Animal Books for Preschoolers
In February you’ll love reading these Valentine Books for Preschool
Not-so-chilly Winter Books for Preschoolers
Perfect for the holidays Christmas Books for preschoolers
Make some friends in these cute Farm Books for Preschool
Teach kids to give thanks with these inspiring Thanksgiving Books for Preschoolers
Enjoy Autumn cuddling up reading one of these fall books for preschoolers

Plus don’t miss our MANY preschool worksheets, fun alphabet printables, hands-on preschool math, clever ideas to learn colors, complete preschool themes, lots of playdoh mats, cute preschool crafts, and fantastic preschool books on our Preschool Play and Learn website.

Cute Alphabet Coloring Pages helps build vocabulary and work on beginning sounds and phonemic awareness
Printable Alphabet Letter for Crafts – we have a printable letter craft for every letter of the alphabet A to Z
Letter Recognition Worksheets – find and dab the upper and lowercase letters in these super cute ABC printables!
Simple free alphabet worksheets to color and trace letters
How cute are these letter find pumpkin worksheets for preschool
Practice uppercase letter tracing with these super cute animal alphabet cards A-Z
See all of our FREE ABC Printables here!

Work on preschool colors with these free color worksheets
Learn the days of the week for kids with these super cute, free days of the week printables
Preschool Math is fun with one of our hands-on activities and free printables!
Learn your shapes with these fun Preschool Shapes Worksheets
Make one of our adorable printable hat crafts like this popular turkey hat printable
Apple Worksheets Preschool help kids practice a variety of math and literacy skills with this September theme
Practice a variety of skills with these super cute, FREE Construction Worksheets
Work on shape recognition with these Road Shapes mats
These Free Printable Animal Masks Templates are so much fun! Which animal will you choose?
Learn by topic with one of our fun, free preschool themes!
See all of our preschool worksheets here including math, alphabet, printable crafts, playdough mats, and more!

Celebrate the letter of the week with these adorable, Free Alphabet Hats
We have lots of themed worksheets like these super cute Frozen preschool worksheets
Pirate Color by Number Preschool is a fun way to work on letter recognition while strengthening hand muscles
Color, Read and Learn your letters with this printable alphabet book pdf for each letter A to Z
Make science FUN for kids of all ages with over 100 Food Experiments to try
Tons of Bingo Dauber Printables to use with bingo marker, do a dot markers, or circle stickers
Shaped Alphabet Coloring Pages
Free Playdough Mats to work on shapes, numbers, colors, alphabet letters, and more!
Learn about other countries around the world with our free country coloring pages
Super cute Transportation Playdough Mats are great for building hand muscles while having fun! Plus don’t miss all our free printable playdough mats for preschoolers
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Celebrate (All ) Families! 10 Love-Filled Books About Families of Every Background

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By Rachel Ward

There’s nothing more important in a young child’s life than family, and nowadays, no one family looks alike—some families have stepparents, or two moms, or just one parent. But in the world of children’s books, most family structures are still pretty traditional (you know, one mom, one dad, one house). Luckily, there’s an increasing number of sweet and supportive children’s books out there starring families of every ilk. Check out our top finds, featuring all kinds of family structures with one thing in common: an abundance of love!

Age group: Toddlers

The Family Book’s friendly, colorful illustrations highlight all kinds of different families—from two moms and two dads to a single parent and a family with an adopted child—while emphasizing the things they all have in common.

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Two Homes by Claire Masurel

Age group: Preschool

Four-year-old Alex’s parents have split up, but rather than get sad, he’s looking at the upside. He has two of everything now (two houses, two favorite chairs, two toothbrushes), and he knows that no matter which parent he’s with, they both still love him and he loves them, too!

Age group: Toddler/Preschool

Raised by her grandparents, a little girl wonders why she doesn’t have a mommy or daddy like she sees in all her picture books. In the end, she realizes all that matters is that she and her grandparents share plenty of good moments together filled with happiness and joy.

Age group: Preschool

When Heather goes to school and her class talks about families, she wonders if she’s the only one who has two mommies and no daddy. When everyone draws pictures of their families, she sees that all families are different and that’s okay—the important thing is that they all love each other!

Age group: Toddler/Preschool

Stepparents tend to get a bad rap, but this book is all about setting the record straight. LeMaire’s story depicts blended families in a positive light, showing how stepparents can bring joy and happiness to their new family—all without reducing any other family member’s role.

TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE NIGHT I WAS BORN. Text copyright © 1996 by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrations copyright © 1996 by Laura Cornell. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

Age group: Preschool

In the middle of the night, the telephone rings, triggering a long journey by two adoptive parents to meet their new baby girl. As she grows up, their daughter loves to hear the adventure story of her birth—and the story of their family in the making is charmingly retold here.

Text copyright © 2015 by Janna Matthies. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Merrilee Liddard. Used by permission of Running Press Kids, a member of Perseus Books. All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions.

Age group: Toddler/Preschool

Kids of single parents may feel like they’re missing out, but this story shows them that there are plenty of fun things to do when there’s only two people in your family—from snowball fights and blowing dandelions to grabbing ice cream and playing cards!

Age group: Preschool

This story follows four different types of families as they all adopt orphans from China. With its focus on non-traditional family structures and the adoption process, this book is great for introducing children to several different types of families!

Age group: Preschool

In a playground conversation, a little girl talks about her two dads and their roles in her life. One dad braids her hair and makes her breakfast, while her other dad coaches her soccer team and fixes her knee when she falls—but they both give her plenty of hugs, encouragement, and support.

Age group: Preschool

Large families, small families, two moms, one dad, and grandparents, too—this book’s broad and inclusive illustrations cover families across the spectrum to encourage children to celebrate diversity and the things that make their own family unique!

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How to captivate the smallest ones with family history

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Every parent who is fond of genealogy strives to give their children an awareness of the family as something more than “dad-mom-me.” Preschool teacher Marina Abramova is convinced that a child’s understanding of his origin and knowledge of past generations of ancestors will give him the basis for all-round development. To make it interesting for children to learn the history of the family, consistency and an entertaining form of study are important. Here are some simple games to help parents.

Consultation with a genealogist

A detailed discussion with an expert genealogist of your situation, options for its solution and prospects for further study of family history child to the concept of the family as a whole. At this age, the child’s psyche develops in joint activities with adults. The child begins to pronounce the first sounds and words, and we can already offer him finger gymnastics (an adult bends his fingers for babies):

“This finger is grandpa (twist thumb),

This finger is grandma (twist index finger),

This finger is daddy (twist middle finger),

This finger is mommy (twist ring finger),

This finger is me (bend the little finger),

This is our whole family. ”

So the child’s speech includes the names of family members, the very word “family” gives the realization that this is something whole, and he is part of it. In addition, this game develops fine motor skills. Such gymnastics can be performed throughout the preschool period.

Why did I decide to learn the mother tongue of my ancestors?

People who came to this in adulthood tell

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Didactic games

1-3 years old

During early childhood, the child continues to actively explore the world, develops his speech and visual-effective thinking.

Game “Who am I in the family?”

With the help of leading questions from an adult, children should answer who they are for their mother, father, grandmother and other family members. For clarity and better understanding, you can use a photo album.

This game forms ideas about family ties and teaches children to use names correctly: son, grandson, brother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin, nephew and others.

Game “What are the names of family members”

Open the photo album and invite the child to look at family photos – first show yourself and tell about each relative. Then ask the child questions, pointing in turn to the image of each family member: “Who is this?”, “What is his name?”, “What does he do?”

This game reinforces the ability of children to clearly name their family members, develops memory, coherent speech and enriches vocabulary.

Conversations about the family

3-7 years old

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At preschool age, the child begins to actively explore the world of human relationships, the initial formation of his personality takes place. During this period, we may actively offer creative games and role-playing games.

Describe the family game

Ask the child to describe the qualities of family members: what kind of mother? (Smart, beautiful, good . ..) What kind of dad? (Tall, strict, handsome …) What kind of grandmother? (Old, kind …) and so on.

Ask them to tell you what kind of work family members do around the house.

Ask to show mom, dad, grandmother and other relatives with gestures and facial expressions.

Later that day, list the child’s definitions of family members and ask him to guess who you are talking about.

This game promotes the development of memory, creativity and speech.

Picture Family Game

Put photos or pictures of family members of different ages in front of your child. Tell the child that changes occur at every stage of a person’s life:

Baby – grows, develops;
Teenager – growing, learning;
A young man and a girl – grow up, study, work;
Father and mother, uncle and aunt — work, raise children;
Grandmother and grandfather — have a rest and work in the country, spend time with their grandchildren.

Conversations

From time to time on a walk with a child or on the way from the kindergarten it is useful to talk about the family and ask the child the following questions:

Who is related to whom in the family?
Who does what around the house?
Who is older, who is younger and why?
What do adults do around the house, what can children do and why?
Who in the family can we call old and young people and why?
What is a family?
What does friendship, love for relatives, home mean?
Who is your father’s grandmother?

After answering, ask for clarification: What do you think? Why do you think so? If the child is at a loss with the answer, tell yourself – with examples and fascinating stories.

Genealogical tree as a joint work

Closer to school age, when the child understands how the family works, you can proceed to compiling a family tree. You will need an A0 sheet (whatman paper), pencils, felt-tip pens, paints and photographs of relatives.

It is more convenient to plan the tree in advance on a small draft. So you will understand how much space is required, what size the leaves of the tree, branches, trunk will be, and what format the photos are needed.

Take your time to make a tree in one day. At first, only mom, dad and children can be in the picture. Gradually, the tree will grow and be supplemented by close and distant relatives, and then by ancestors.

Let the child participate – stick photos, draw twigs and leaves. Be sure to talk about who is related to whom. Along the way, tell your child interesting stories from the life of relatives.

Correspondent is interviewing

Together with your child, you can make a list of questions for relatives and print it out. Children can become correspondents and record conversations on a voice recorder. Ask older relatives to share vivid memories, ask about childhood, about youth. The interview can be taken in several approaches so that it is not tiring for the child.

Chronicle of the family

From the accumulated material, you can make a chronicle of the family. Adults or older children can write down stories from the life of relatives, and younger ones can make sketches about it. Put in the chronicle photos from trips to grandparents, their life stories. You will be happy to leaf through such a chronicle on winter evenings and indulge in memories. Such a book can be gradually supplemented and passed on from generation to generation in the future.

Coat of arms and motto of the family

Tell your child that for a long time people have been building their family’s coat of arms from symbols that reflect the philosophy of life and the main values of the family. You can invent and draw a coat of arms and a motto all together. This process helps to focus on the important things that children and parents value, that everyone in the family cherishes.

A life motto can be written next to the coat of arms. It should be short and reflect the essence of the aspirations of the whole family.

Joint creativity and time spent in common activities will help the child to realize the value of family and clan. Conversations and games about the family will diversify leisure and holidays and can become new traditions for you and your relatives. Give children time, help them absorb the best from the family, teach them to appreciate the moments – and in their memory the main bright moments of childhood will remain next to their loved ones.

The text uses materials from the educational portal nsportal.ru

“History of my family” | Project (preparatory group) on the topic:

Municipal Autonomous Preschool Institution of the Children’s Garden No. 76

Project:

“History of my family”

Preparatory group

Project author:

Vera Alekseevna Krikun, teacher

Kaliningrad

Project type: information-practice-oriented; creative

Project type: group.

Project participants: children, educator, parents.

Educational areas covered: Cognition, Communication, Reading Fiction,

“Music”, “Artistic creativity”, “Socialization”, “Physical culture”.

Project duration: long-term.

Project implementation period: from September to May.

Preparatory stage: September-October 2017.

Main stage: November 2017 – April 2018.

Final stage: May 2018.

Justification of the need for the project.

It should be noted that people are currently interested in their genealogy. Therefore, a family study of their genealogy will help children begin to comprehend very important and deep postulates:

– the roots of everyone are in the history and traditions of the family, their people, the past of the region and the country;

– the family is the unit of society, the guardian of national values.

This contributes to the formation of the foundations of patriotism at preschool age, the child learns behavioral patterns, realizes the goals of life and lays the foundation for the success of the goal of education – the development of the child as a person in which the ideals of the family, people and state are concentrated.

Problem statement

Pedagogical problem: children need to be introduced to family traditions and customs, to increase interest in family values.

The problem is childish: they don’t know their close relatives, their names, who they worked for, they don’t know family traditions.

Relevance of the project

Family is the first social institution that a child meets in life, of which he is a part. The family occupies a central place in the upbringing of the child, plays a major role in shaping the worldview, moral standards of behavior, feelings, social and moral image of the child. In a family, the upbringing of children should be based on love, experience, traditions, a personal example from the childhood of relatives and friends. And no matter what side of the development of the child we consider, it will always turn out that the main role in the formation of his personality at different age stages is played by the family.

That is why the problem of preserving family values, reviving family traditions becomes relevant and is determined by the huge role played by the family and family traditions in the development and formation of a child’s social and moral culture. This topic will allow you to share impressions, personal experience; will enable teachers to form the concept of “My family” in children, parents of preschoolers will be able to feel like full participants in the pedagogical process. And most importantly, the project will help strengthen the family. The family has always had a huge impact on children. It is the family that can create an atmosphere of spiritual comfort for the child, help him feel secure, self-confident, teach him to treat others correctly.

Goals and objectives of the project

Goal: Formation of the moral foundations of the child’s personality, culture of communication and relationships, fostering love for loved ones.

Tasks:

To form in children a cognitive interest in their family, genealogy.
Learn about family traditions and customs.
Raise respect for your family members.
Form the need for family values and compliance with the rules and norms of behavior established in the family.
To form children’s interest in reading, proverbs and sayings: (“About the family”, “Family members”).
To form and develop in children the skills of research and creative work in the process of joint activities of teachers and parents.

Expected result:

1. Expanding children’s knowledge about the family, family traditions, genealogy.

2. Knowledge of poems, sayings, proverbs about the family.

3. Enrichment of the subject environment of the group.

4. Improving relationships between adults and children.

5. Increasing the level of moral and patriotic education of children.

6. Arouse the interest of children and parents in studying the roots of their family (coat of arms, motto, family tree).

Work with parents:

Goal: To improve the pedagogical culture of parents and establish trusting partnerships with them in close communication on the implementation of the project theme.

1. Recommendations

“Influence of grandparents on the formation of children’s personalities”, “To parents about protection and dignity in the family”, “The role of dad in the family”. Issue of the newspaper “My family”.

2. Consultations “Rights of the child in the family”. “Mistakes of family education”, “Introducing children to folk traditions”, “Raising a moral person”. Homework “Find answers to the questions: what does my name mean? How was it chosen for me? Who am I named after?

3. Consultation “Fairy tale therapy as a means of self-knowledge of preschoolers.” Booklets “Say more often to children …”.

Design of holiday newspapers for fathers and mothers.

4. Compilation of the albums “Hobby of my mother”, “Our family”. Making crafts “Hobby of my family.” Drawing up a genealogical tree of the family. Compilation of a book of family recipes. Exhibition of joint creative works of children and parents on the theme “Happy Mother’s Day”, “Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day”, “Father’s Day” and “Family Day”.

Stages and terms of project implementation

Implementation period: September 2017 – May 2018;

Preparatory stage (statement of the problem, formulation of a hypothesis, drawing up a plan for project activities, involving parents and children in the implementation of the project).

search work on the selection of illustrative material on the topic “Family”;

compilation of conversations with children on the topic “My family”, selection of literary works: V. Oseeva “Sons”, V. Kataev “Flower-seven-flower”, “Mother’s work” E. Permyak, Tatar people. fairy tale “Three daughters”, Russian people. fairy tales “Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka”, “Geese swans”; examining reproductions of paintings by F. P. Reshetnikov “Again a deuce”, Z. Serebryakova “At breakfast”, “Daughter Katya with dolls”, “My family”; watching cartoons “Masha is no longer lazy”, “Meet your grandmother”, “The smallest dwarf”, “Colorful family”, “Beware of monkeys! ”, “Mom for a mammoth”;

The main stage (the process of implementing the project activities and the result of children’s knowledge of mastering family traditions).

Drawing up conversations with children on the topic “My family”

Conversations “My friendly family”, “Dad is my best friend”, etc. May, and participation in the competition of children’s poems about the family: “My family”, “Our older generation”.

Didactic games “How we help relatives”, “Kinship”, “Family”, loto “My family”, “Who are you for…”, “Who has a birthday today? ”, exercises “Who are you to your parents? ”, “Who are you for grandma? ”, Will mom be upset if … ” .

Learning proverbs and sayings about family, friendship, finger games.

Fine art – drawing portraits “My dad”, “My mom”, “My grandparents”, “My family”

Making gifts for parents.

Consultations “Recommendations for caring parents”, “Memo on drawing up a pedigree” (with sketches for its design).

Creative work “Family tree of my family”.

Photo collage “Mom, dad, I am a sports family.”

Photo exhibition “Our family traditions”, “We have a rest with the whole family!”.

Concert dedicated to Mother’s Day (with the invitation of parents)

Final stage (summing up):

Musical holiday “March 8”. Presentation of the project “My family”

Project stages:

Preparatory.

Creation of a developing environment

Selection of attributes for games, theatrical activities.
Selection of illustrative material.
Selection of fiction.
Selection of material for productive activities.
Selection of materials for the Museum “My Family”
Selection of didactic games.
Drawing up a long-term plan.
Development of the content of abstracts, conversations about the family, family traditions.

Main

Teacher activities:

Conversations
Reading fiction, poems, proverbs and sayings about the family.
Games – dramatizations based on fairy tales.
Staging.
Problem situations.
Creation of albums “My family”, “Family family tree”.
Didactic games.

Activities with children:

Compiling a story on the topic.
Writing creative stories.
Subject – role-playing games.
Construction games.
Board and printed games.
Outdoor games, sports games, physical minutes, finger gymnastics.
Drawing, applique, making gifts for moms and dads, modeling.

Activities with parents:

Registration of consultations, booklets, recommendations.
Drawing up a genealogical tree of the family, a book of family traditions.
Issue of a newspaper about the family.
Compilation of albums “My family”
Making crafts.
Presentations “Financial literacy of my family”, “May 9”, “My family”.

Final

Entertainment dedicated to the International Women’s Day on March 8 “My sweet mommy”.
Exhibition for parents and children using albums, crafts, materials made by children and parents.

Conclusion:

This project shows the importance of each family member, reveals its peculiarity and originality, promotes the development of love and respect for family members. Parents, actively participating in the life of the group, begin to understand a simple truth: how their children grow up depends on the time allotted to them, the quality of communication with children.

– Role-playing games “Family”, “Birthday”, “Supermarket”, “Hospital”.

– Board – printed games “I grow up”, “Mom’s helpers”, “How a person grows”.

– “Home Alone” conversation.

– Conversations “Where does mom, dad work?”, “Dad, mom, I am a friendly family”, “Boy and girl”, “My name”, “Beloved mom”, “Dad can do anything” .

– Problem situations “Will mother be upset if…”, “What would you like to wish your family”.

– Cognitive-research activity “My family and relatives”.

– Cognitive and research activity “Family customs in Russia”.

– Compilation of the story “How I help my mother.”

– Compilation of creative stories “My family”, “My pet”.

– Communication activity “Gift for Mom”.

– Reading fiction “Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka”, “Geese – swans”, “Cuckoo”.

– Reading poems by V.Veresaev “Brother”

S. Cherny “When no one is at home”.

– Telling proverbs and sayings about the family.

– Outdoor games “Find your house”, “Homeless hare”, “Find your mate”.

– Physical exercise “Family exercise”.

– Finger gymnastics “Houses”.

– Round dance games “Grandma Malanya”, “Gifts”.

– Sports entertainment “Mom, dad, I am a sports family.”

– Drawing “My family”, “Mother’s portrait”, “My house”.

– Visual activity “Flowers for Mom”.

– Making gifts for dads, moms.

– Painting over the coloring pages “My portrait”, “My friendly family”.

– Construction games “Home Furniture”, “Family House”.

– Learning the songs “Song for Mom”, “About Dad”.

– Listening to musical works by P. Tchaikovsky “Mother”, A. Grechaninov “Mother’s caresses”.

– Musical entertainment “My Mom”. 9months. The purpose of this project is the formation of the moral foundations of the child’s personality, the culture of communication and relationships, the upbringing of love for loved ones. In preparation for the implementation, the goal was set: to show children that the family is the basis of society, a microculture (history, traditions) is created in it.

To immerse children in the project, the educator formulates a problem in front of the children. The teacher brings his family photos to the group and talks about his family members, about traditions (birthdays, joint trips to the forest), about the meaning of his name, etc. Next, the teacher asks the children a question: What do you know about your family? How did she appear? Would you like to know about your family roots? After a discussion with the children, a goal is formulated for the children: to get new information about themselves, their family, close and dear people, about the traditions of the family. This project is being implemented in accordance with the comprehensive thematic planning of the educational process, as well as in accordance with the principles of integrating the content of education in various types of children’s activities: cognitive-search, productive, playful, communicative.

during the implementation of the project, the children were asked to fill up the album “My family” with photographs and stories about their fathers and mothers, where they studied, what they work with, what their work is, what benefits people bring from their profession, hobbies. In the course of work on this project, children, together with their parents, studied the roots of their family, compiled a genealogical tree. In accordance with the characteristics of their family, they made up the coat of arms of the family, came up with the motto of the family. Parents took an active part in the work on the project. With the help of their parents, children were asked to find answers to the questions: “What does my name mean?”, “How was it chosen for me?”, “In honor of whom was I named?” Thus, parents become indispensable participants in organized events, participate in the collection of materials on the topic of the project. To expand knowledge. The educator offered the parents booklets, memos, recommendations, game libraries on the topic of the project. In the process of preparing and implementing the project, a unique opportunity arises for meaningful interaction between children and parents in the process of joint search and cognitive, creative activities, which contributes to family unity, rapprochement between adults and children. Cooperation between children and parents, participation, spiritual interpenetration give rise to love and appreciation in the heart of the child, the need to communicate.

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