Almost all modern parents have heard this strange word - "business board". What is it? Literally translated, this is an entertaining board for children. And on its panel there are many interesting things: locks, flashlights, sockets, light bulbs, buttons and strings. Recently, business boards are gaining momentum in popularity and receive only positive reviews. After all, with their help, you can develop fine motor skills, master counting, learn lacing, start developing logical thinking, master the simplest household skills and much more.
DIY development board for a child
The kid is fond of longer, not complex expensive toys, but the most simple, household toys. Whether it's a pot lid, computer wires, a telephone, or a TV remote.
But parents often forbid to play with some of these objects. And sometimes it poses a direct threat to the health, and even the life of the child. Like a working socket.
But even she loses all her danger, being located on the developing stand in an unconnected state. And the baby, without any threat to his own person, will master the skill of using it.
A business board for children can now be bought without any problems. But it is much more fun and more enjoyable to make a development board with your own hands.
Early child development also involves the use of a bodyboard. Check out the basic early learning systems for toddlers from birth to 3 years of age.
How to make a business board?
It is easy to manufacture. It takes a little work, imagination and the necessary materials and in a few days you will get an inexhaustible source of joy and employment for the child.
All work can be divided into stages.
1. Board selection
Suitable materials would be plywood, plastic, laminated chipboard or regular wood plank about 1 centimeter thick.
If the choice fell on a wooden board, carefully sand down all the irregularities. This will keep your child safe from splinters.
2. Choice of filling
There is a place where parental imagination can be roamed. In search of interesting little things, the most frugal will go to the balcony or garage. The rest can go to grandparents or to the hardware store.
What details will come in handy?
- various locks, latches, latches, latches, switches, buttons, sockets, balls. For any boy and girl, these will be whole treasures.
With the help of these elements, children will develop fine motor skills and the simplest household skills in complete safety;
- sewing accessories: hooks, zippers, buttons, rivets and Velcro.
This group can be emphasized when creating business boards for girls;
- sound sources: bells, xylophone elements, even an old doorbell;
- devices for learning to count.
These can be either large beads on a string or string, or old knuckles;
- old push-button telephone, telephone receiver;
- light sources: child-friendly flashlights and lighting;
- lacing. It can be fixed on a shoe painted on the business board;
- elements with different textures.
It can be pieces of fabric - leather, wool, silk. Or another material - plastic, fur, stone, foam rubber, rubber.
Touching them will diversify the tactile sensations for babies.
You can also equip a small niche on the training board, the entrance to which will be closed by a door locked with a lock.
When the child copes with it and opens the door, a surprise will await him in the niche - a small toy, a mirror or a family photo.
The list is almost endless. Each parent can supplement it with something of their own, especially interesting for the child. In this case, do not forget about the safety of the newly invented part.
3. Board rigging
You need to choose what your development board with locks will include and plan the placement of all the details on the business board.
The empty space can be filled with interesting colored designs and appliqués.
4. Mount
It is necessary to fix all the elements with self-tapping screws, nails or reliable glue.
Make sure there are no sharp ends of fastening material sticking out from the back of the board. All protruding must be cut down and sanded.
5. Direct play
It remains only to enjoy the children's educational game with the child!
For more detailed training in making a business board, you can refer to a master class on the network. Made by the hands of parents and taking into account the preferences of the child, it will become indispensable in his daily games.
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