"Don't study, but play!" This is how Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zaitsev's method of teaching reading to be briefly characterized. Perhaps this is the most popular technique today. With her help, champions early development teach their babies to read, write, count and even master foreign languages. And children are not against such training. After all, all that is required of them is to play with bright cubes and sing songs.

How Zaitsev's cubes appeared

Nikolai Zaitsev was born and raised in a family of rural teachers and had no doubts about his choice of specialty: after school he entered the Faculty of Philology of the Pedagogical University. Herzen. In the fifth year he was sent as a translator to Indonesia. There, Nikolai Alexandrovich began to teach Russian as a foreign language. This event became the starting point in the creation of his unique system of teaching reading and writing. One of the most difficult languages in the world - Russian - had to be taught in the shortest possible time. The students were adults, already unaccustomed to learning people - officers. Such a task seemed overwhelming, but Zaitsev coped brilliantly. He invented new methods on the go, came up with original tables, tried to penetrate into the essence of the language, so that - in the words of Zaitsev himself - "learn to pass it on to others."

The success inspired the young teacher to develop his own teaching system. A system that takes into account psychological features perception of the Russian language, free from unnecessary conventions and cumbersome rules, clear. Zaitsev began testing his method of teaching the Russian language in the middle classes of schools. The result of the test was depressing: Nikolai Alexandrovich was faced with the fact that the students did not understand their native language at all, they preferred to memorize the rules, rather than delve into them. The children, of course, were not to blame. After all, they are used to learning.

Then Zaitsev turned to preschoolers, including the smallest - children from one and a half years old. The methods were adapted for kids - training was reduced to games. And here the teacher expected success. His invention - cubes - was called the "ringing miracle." Children with difficulty learning to read and write began to read in just a few lessons. The methodology proved itself so well that a number of schools decided to completely switch to training according to Zaitsev.

We don't need an alphabet

After observing the children, how they comprehend the letter, Nikolai Zaitsev came to the following conclusions.

To learn to read, it is not necessary to know the names of the letters.
A common phenomenon: mother bought the alphabet, the child learned the letters, but cannot read. His words don't stick.
“The alphabet is harmful,” says Nikolai Aleksandrovich. In the alphabet, a picture is given for each letter: A - stork, B - hippopotamus, etc. The kid will remember both the letter and the picture, but how then to explain to him that the zebra - stork - lizard - heron, flashing in his mind, should form the word "hare". And even if the child did not learn letters from the alphabet, which makes it difficult to remember the names of the letters, it is still difficult for him to immediately realize that B and A turn into the syllable BA. That is why teachers are forced to go to different tricks to show how two letters merge into a syllable.
The syllables are hard to read.
In Russian, a syllable can contain from 1 to 10 letters. You will meet in the text such a surname as Pfeldrt or Mkrtchyan - you will not read it right away, but there is only one syllable. Of course, the baby does not need to read such complex words, but even a simple one-syllable word “splash” will cause certain difficulties for a child reading in syllables.
A person first learns to write, and then to read.
It is easier for a child to go to reading through writing. Just like an adult when learning a new language. Provided, of course, that by writing we mean not “scratching with a pen in a notebook”, but the transformation of sounds into signs, and by reading, respectively, the transformation of signs into sounds. Therefore, if you have ever tried to teach a child to recognize the most native words and wrote “mom”, “dad”, “grandmother”, “grandfather”, “Sasha” on asphalt or paper, and then asked: “Where is dad? Where is grandma? And where is your name? ”, then the child did not read, but wrote. He turned your sounds into signs written by you.

An alternative to syllables - warehouses

The basic unit of language for Zaitsev is not a sound, letter or syllable, but a warehouse.

A warehouse is a pair of a consonant and a vowel, or a consonant and a hard or soft sign, or even one letter. For example, SO-BA-KA, PA-RO-VO-3, A-I-S-T, etc. The storage principle of reading is the basis of the Zaitsev method of teaching children to read.

Why warehouse?

“Everything we pronounce is combinations of a vowel-consonant pair,” Nikolai Alexandrovich explains. A consonant must be followed by a vowel. It may not be indicated on the letter, but it is there. Our ancestors felt this and put “yat” at the end of nouns ending in a consonant. Say, for example, the word: “o-a-zis”, holding your hand on your throat, and you will feel the force of the ligaments before “o” and before “a”, or, according to Zaitsev’s terminology, “the muscular effort of the speech apparatus”. This very effort is the warehouse.

Warehouses on cubes

The baby sees warehouses not in a book, not on cards, but on cubes. This is the fundamental point of the Zaitsev system.

Why cubes?

Reading requires the work of analytical thinking (letters are abstract icons; the brain converts them into sounds, from which it synthesizes words), which begins to form only by school. That is why we and our parents at this age began to learn to read.

The lack of analytical thinking is compensated in the child by a heightened perception of the signals that the sense organs supply to him. Therefore, Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev relied on vision, hearing and tactile sensations. He wrote warehouses on the faces of the cubes. He made the cubes different in color, size and sound that they make, so each time they are accessed, different channels of perception are turned on. This helps children to feel, rather than understand, the difference between vowels and consonants, voiced and soft.

Using these cubes, the child makes up words and begins to read them. Zaitsev's idea is simple: what is good to show, you don't need to talk about it for a long time (it's better to see it once). Children must first be interested in showing the subject of study, let it play, and then sum up the definition. This is how the holy law of learning is observed: from the concrete-figurative through the visual-effective to the verbal-logical.

Zaitsev Cubes. What are the cubes

There are 52 cubes in the Zaitsev Cubes set (seven of them are repeated to build the words PA-PA, MA-MA, DYA-DYA and the like, which are closest to the child, especially at first. The cubes are divided into large and small, single and double, golden, iron-gold, wooden-gold.There is one white die with punctuation marks.Also the dice are different in color.

Large ones are cubes with solid warehouses. Small - cubes with soft warehouses. However, Nikolai Alexandrovich strongly disagrees with the definition of “soft-hard”: what is hard and soft here? But there is a big one and a small one! Compare how your mouth opens when you say BA or BYA.

Large and small cubes come in different colors and with different fillings.

Double - these are cubes glued together, with consonants that are combined - "friendly" - not with all vowels. For example, F (F) - ZHA-ZHO (SAME) - ZHU-ZHI-ZHE. Options such as “zhy”, “shy”, “chya”, “schya” are simply excluded.

Iron - cubes with sonorous warehouses. Wooden cubes - with muted warehouses. Gold - cubes with vowels. Iron-wood - used for warehouses with solid signs. Wood-gold - for warehouses with soft signs. The white die is used to indicate punctuation marks.

The letters on the cubes are written in different colors: vowels - in blue; consonants - blue; hard and soft sign - green.

Many teachers and parents are embarrassed by this coloring, because the school adopted a completely different one: consonants are blue or green, vowels are red. So, the baby will have to be retrained. However, the author of the method claims that the avoidance of red-blue-green combinations makes it possible to avoid the color “tornness” of words, and therefore children immediately begin to read fluently, without hesitation.

Getting ready for classes step by step. We glue the cubes

There are three types of Zaitsev cubes: standard unassembled, assembled and plastic. The cubes from the standard (unassembled) set include blank cubes that you need to glue yourself. You can do this fascinating business in the dead of night, while your beloved child is sleeping. But imagine the first action Small child who received a cube with some kind of rattlers or noisemakers inside? Right! He will tear it apart. And if you glue the cubes together, such a temptation will not arise, because it is already clear what is inside.

Think about strengthening the cubes in advance. To do this, you can insert another one, almost the same in size, cut out of thick cardboard inside the cube.

You can glue the cubes with Moment glue. If not, then you can use PVA glue. In the process of drying the glue, pull the cube with bank rubber bands so that it does not part.

Be sure to protect the cubes - glue them on all sides with tape. Before starting gluing, you can laminate the scan or wrap it with thermal film, and after assembly, also glue the corners of the edges with tape.

After pasting with adhesive tape or thermal film, the cubes can glare in bright light, then it is necessary to make sure that the child is clearly visible every time, looking at the cube from his point of view - literally sitting in his place.

We hang tables

It is advisable to first cut the tables included in the set of Zaitsev cubes along the line shown along the edges. Then, aligning the edges of the parts of the table, glue them with glue or tape. If you hang parts of the table without gluing, then in the process of training, they may begin to “disperse”.

It is also desirable to wrap the tables with thermal film. Thanks to this, they will not tear or get dirty during use.

In Zaitsev's book and in the manual attached to the set of cubes, it is written that it is desirable to hang the tables high, the lower edge at the level of an adult's head or higher. However, these recommendations are based on the fact that Zaitsev's cubes are mainly used in a group (the author of the technique himself worked only with groups of children). If you hang the tables low, the children will block each other's writing. But if you are doing Zaitsev's cubes at home, then you have one listener - your child. In addition, classes begin in groups at 3-4 years old, and at home, a mother can study with a two-year-old or even a one-year-old baby. Such a baby simply will not be able to see anything on a highly hung table. Therefore, at home, hang the tables so that the baby can reach the top edge of the table with the handle raised up. When he grows up, lift the table - the child should reach for it, and not bend over.

And one more important note. For a very small child, the table is too large. To see several warehouses drawn at different ends of the table, he needs to either move far away (then he will not be able to show them), or run back and forth along the table. Best of all, if you have such an opportunity, hang the table in the corner of the room, bending it in half. Then the baby will be able, standing in one place, to easily reach any edge of the table with his hand.

It is desirable to place tables in the place where the baby happens most often, that is, in his room. But if there is no space at all, then you can place them in another room, in the hallway or even in the kitchen.

Wall charts are just as important as cubes, don't neglect them. The author of the technique himself, Nikolai Zaitsev, is very proud that when working with tables, his vision does not deteriorate, but sometimes it even improves, because the eyeball is constantly in motion, looking for warehouses.

Learning to sing

It is necessary to learn them, because together with your child you will not pronounce the warehouses drawn on the cubes, but sing them. According to Nikolai Alexandrovich, learning to read with singing is much more effective, interesting and more fun than without it. And some children at a tender age cannot be taught to read otherwise.

Bringing Cubes to Life

We play cubes

Now the child comes into play. All cubes with warehouses are available to the child immediately and forever. Do not be afraid that the baby will get confused. Accurate systematization allows you to quickly catch the patterns of the language, without littering the child's head with any kind of "scientific". To begin with, let him choose the cube that he liked more than the others. Take it and, turning to the child with the side that you call, sing all the warehouses. Now let the baby choose a large wooden cube. Then small. Gold. Iron. When all types of sizes and sounds are mastered, you can sing a column of warehouses according to the table to the baby and offer to find a cube with the same singing. So at the same time he will master both warehouses and their classification.

You stand at the table, take a pointer in your hands and begin to sing. Please note that you need to articulate warehouses well, show the child that the sounds are different: big and small, sonorous and rustling.

For clarity, you can move: stand on tiptoe or squat, spread your arms, etc.

It is very important to breathe life into the cubes. Come up with names for the cubes: here is the big daddy cube B-BA-BO-BU-BE-BE, and here is the small baby cube B-BY-BE-BY-BE-BE. Double dice are grandparents.

Let's start writing

Do not be afraid if the child is not yet able to hold a pen in his hands. Do not write with pen on paper. The kid will lead a pointer or finger along the table, singing: "Ba-bo-bu-by-be, Ma-sha, mo-lo-ko." After all, he needs to understand how words are composed, take them apart and reassemble them. And, of course, you need to write with the help of cubes, making words out of them.

Start writing with what is dearest to the child - with the name. By the way, you can write KO-LA, but better - NI-KO-LA-Y A-LE-K-SE-E-VI-CH (the child will be glad to feel big). Then make up the names of toys, the names of loved ones. Having collected the word MAMA at one end of the room, GRANDMA LISA on the table, and UNCLE PETYA by the window, start an outdoor game of words: “Hurry, run to GRANDMA! Look who came to us - UNCLE PETIA! Meet him! And now MOM is calling you with her! In this way, it is possible to teach reading in motion without sacrificing vision and posture for literacy. Please note that we do not teach a child to read or write with the help of cubes, we just play.

Not enough cube! What to do?

Indeed, for writing certain words, there are not enough cubes that are in the set. For example, you want to write the word BANANA, and we only have one cube with warehouses HA and H (the NU-NO-NA-NE-NS-N cube) and it is impossible to rotate it with two faces at the same time. Often there are not enough cubes with warehouses in S, M, P, cubes with vowels. What to do? If you bought cubes, do not rush to glue them right away. First, photocopy on a color photocopier the scans of the most used cubes. Cut out the base for them from cardboard. If you don’t want to produce anything additional, then write those words that you cannot write in cubes on a sheet of paper with felt-tip pens, highlighting the warehouses in different colors, or write according to the table with a pointer. Nevertheless, for twenty years the globalists who have settled in the RAO and the Ministry of Defense, still resist this technique, although it has been implemented in almost all countries. Now Russian children who are being taught in schools are almost 4 years behind their competitors in learning to read. :(
But this is not a method of early development - it will be more accurate to say - a method of AVERAGE development! and this topic, in an amicable way, should be placed in another conference.
We need to gradually figure it out and not bring everything down to the heap: early development is what is up to 3 years. :) Zaitsev himself always emphasizes that this is a technique - from the age of 3.
Otherwise, we will throw the parents back twenty years in this teleconference :)
There are attempts to apply this technique from the age of 2 - Lena Danilova promotes this practice. But this is a private initiative that was not crowned with success and requires a significant investment of time and effort. ON THE. Zaitsev, G. Doman and E. Danilova and other "zaychists" deny the beginning of learning from letters.
But since 1988, results have been obtained according to the "Read - before walking" method according to the P.V. Tyulenev - who returned to the letters, because for one year old baby they are simpler than syllables or warehouses.
But if we post this discussion in Early Development, "then, it seems to me, parents should be warned about this right away - so as not to be introduced into unnecessary expenses.
So whoever has children older than 3 years old - you are welcome to Zaitsev, and whoever has children younger - you need to start trying the book "Reading Before Walking", which is available here on the 7yaru website. :)
It seems to me that this is also a game technique, since you can’t force a one-year-old to sit at a desk :)
My main suggestion is: where should those who work with children under 3 years of age concentrate? That is, where, after all, will we have early development, and where is the average early development, and where is the late early development? :)
On the one hand, from a commercial point of view, everything seems to be fine: "the more methods, the better"! But, on the other hand, the inclusion of Zaitsev's methodology in early development throws us back 20 years here. :)
Why? Because the one who "was late", as a rule, does not allow those who started on time to discuss this issue, that is, according to the concepts of the first, those who were late "too early" ... Such is the psychology :(.
Then where do the supporters of real early development gather, that is, those who begin to teach from the very conception or from birth to 3 years of age? :) After all, the opponents of "training from conception" - globalists like Tsargradskaya - also hide the fact that priests demand to start training from the moment of conception! Also, I read somewhere that developing up to 1 year is the development of a genius; development up to 2 years is the development of talent, etc.
I remembered: I found the link "Laws of the MIRR system".
Let's remember the sensational slogan of the Japanese: "after 3 years - it's too late!" - like so said the famous president of SONY Masaru Ibuka. Here's how.
So where is it, early development? :)

When choosing an early method for the development of a baby, parents pay special attention to systems that allow them to teach children to read without any problems. According to reviews, today the Zaitsev program is considered the most popular.

Zaitsev's method of teaching reading

Talented Russian teacher N.A. Zaitsev in his teaching methodology insists:

On the need to use the warehouse system.
It is not necessary to explain for a long time - show the child.
To teach to read without problems and coercion is possible only with the help of games.
When working with 2-year-old babies, cubes are used. Warehouses and individual letters are applied on the sides of the manual.
The teacher constantly pronounces the demonstrated material.
Zaitsev noted that children perfectly memorize syllables and easily compose words from them.
To speed up the process of perceiving information, children should sing chains of syllables.
Learning to read should be systematic. Step by step work, and regular lessons are considered optimal.
The manual consists of tables, cubes and stock pictures.

To achieve the maximum effect when using the Zaitsev technique, it is necessary to create the right learning environment at home. It is advisable to purchase tables and dice for games in the family circle. At the same time, it is important to keep the didactic material in working order and keep order in the nursery.

Zaitsev's technology: reading

Let's take a look at what is a guide for step-by-step reading according to Zaitsev's method:

Cubes (52 pcs.). They consist of 7 repeating syllables that children use to create the first simple words (MA MA, DYA DYA, PA PA and others). Products have different colors, weight and rigidity.
Small cubes are soft warehouses - MJ, LJ and others.
Large - solid MA, LA, BA and others.
Iron-gold - warehouses with a soft sign.
Iron-wood - with a solid sign.
Iron - warehouse calls.
Wooden - muted.
Golden - vowels.
For step-by-step lessons, tables, pictures and a playing field are used.
The demonstrative material is placed at a distance of 160-170 cm from the floor, so that during the lesson the preschooler looks up and tries to keep his back straight.
Optimally matched size of letters, allows you to see the material from a distance of 10 meters.

Before starting the lesson, carefully read the author's methodological recommendations and select a game. You can not exceed the time of classes - 20 minutes.

Learning process

The technique is based on the use of storage blocks in fun game. The main examples of conducting classes:

In the first lesson, just let the children play with the blocks.
Tell us about the sound of "gold", "iron" and "wooden" products. Invite the children to arrange the cubes according to the sound.
Divide the products by volume - put all the small ones on one table, and the large ones on the second. Explain that small syllables are soft like babies. And the big ones are hard, because they are stronger.
Sing. At the lessons, singing is necessarily held, which, according to Zaitsev, allows you to quickly learn to read.
Lesson algorithm. Cubes are sung, then warehouses from the table and the construction of words takes place.
The demonstration of syllables in pictures, cubes and tables allows children to view warehouses from different angles, which makes them easier to remember.
Do not be afraid that the baby will get confused. The learning technique allows you to quickly catch the pattern of the language.
Turning the cube, the mentor clearly pronounces warehouses.
Now let the kid work with the products.
After studying the cubes by a preschooler, invite him to show products with a certain tune in the table.
Take a pointer and start chanting warehouses on the table. The teacher is obliged to articulate and show that the sounds are small or large, rustling or sonorous. For clarity, you can squat or stand on your toes.

Reading according to Zaitsev's method will be effective only if the author's recommendations are strictly followed.

Results of using the methodology

According to the teachers who use the technology of Nikolai Aleksandrovich, the following statistics were compiled:

Children at the age of three begin to read six months after the start of warehouse step-by-step training.
At 4 years old, 16 lessons are enough.
5 years - from 5 to 10 lessons.
6 years - reading is mastered in 4-6 lessons.

The children, who from the age of three began to study according to this method, knew the program of the 5th grade of a comprehensive school by the first grade.

Buzzing reading according to Zaitsev's method

Parents and educators highlight the following advantages:

The little man sees and hears warehouses, which helps to improve figurative memory.
Little fun and interesting.
Spelling errors are not allowed. The set does not contain CHA and ZhY.
Children learn to read from the first lessons.
The work involves vision, hearing and fine motor skills.
The development of the speech apparatus.
Understanding the differences between voiceless and voiced consonants quickly comes.
In the classroom, the child is not nervous, because even from a distance of 2 meters he can find the required element.
Lessons do not put pressure on the psyche.

Reading allows the harmonious development of the little man from an early age.

2018-02-09 11:56:25 0 827

Every parent wants their child to become a child prodigy (or at least just capable and smart). To organize assistance to adults, there are many methods for teaching a child to read and write, reading and mathematics. These are the systems of Maria Montessori, Glenn Doman and many others. A special place here is occupied by Zaitsev's cubes - a method of teaching reading from the very beginning. early age.

Who is Nikolay Zaitsev

The parents of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Zaitsev worked in a rural school. After graduating from school, Nikolai worked for 2 years at the factory, after which he followed in the footsteps of his parents. In 1958, he entered the Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Philology. In his fifth year, he is sent to do an internship in Indonesia, where he works as a translator.

It was this period of time, when he had to teach adults a non-native Russian language, that gave rise to the development of his most famous method of teaching reading and writing. Bringing new techniques to life, creating interesting tables on the go, he tried to "transmit the essence of the language to others."

Having developed his own teaching method, the young teacher decided to test it in the middle classes of a comprehensive school. Here, however, a huge setback awaited him. The students could only memorize the rules without trying to understand them. Accustomed to such training, they could not readjust.

Then, Nikolai Aleksandrovich decided to test his method on babies. The methodology was revised, he conducted all classes in a playful way. And here he was waiting for a huge success. Toddlers as young as 18 months old and preschoolers who had trouble learning to read needed only a few lessons to start reading. Some schools began to fully apply his teaching system, using the "ringing miracle" (as the cubes were called) in their work.

Observing the kids, the teacher came to the following conclusions:

In order to learn to read, crumbs do not need to know what the letters are called at all. Most often in alphabets, letters are associated with pictures. The child remembers the image of the letter and the image that he associates with it. Then it is very difficult for him to explain that CAT (letter K), SCISSORS (letter H), TOY (letter I), MUSHROOM (letter G) and STORK (letter A) add up to one word BOOK.
Reading by syllables is very difficult for a child. Even if the baby learns the names of the letters without pictures, it will be difficult for him to understand how the syllable MA is obtained from the letters M and A. To understand the principle of merging syllables with a crumb, teachers have to use various tricks in their work. But in Russian there are words from one syllable, in which there are many consecutive consonants (for example, VSPLESK). Reading such words will be very difficult for a child who reads by syllables.
It is easier for a person to learn to write first than to read. By writing, he understood the transformation of sounds into signs, and by reading, the transformation of signs into sounds. It will be much easier for the baby to learn to read through writing.

General principles Zaitsev's methods

Zaitsev's one-of-a-kind author's technique is more than 20 years old. However, the famous teacher does not stop constantly improving it. Many have already been created various techniques and games that complement the foundation. With the help of the technique, even very young children can be successfully taught to read and write. At the same time, for preschoolers of 6 years old, just a few lessons will be enough, and you can see that he can already start reading.

This learning method is suitable not only for children who like calm games with blocks, but also for mobile restless children. The use of this technique is suitable for working with the hearing impaired, with very poor vision and deviations in mental development children. When working with them, you can get very good results. You can see a good effect when working with children with autism.

In his methodology, Zaitsev emphasized that the child's cognitive processes must go through all types of perception: auditory, visual, motor memory, touch and thinking. The teacher in working with kids should be able to organize a fun learning game environment, be in the role of a mentor in the learning process.

With dice games:

the baby's vocabulary will expand;
writing skills will be developed;
the child's speech will become more intelligible;
a number of speech therapy problems can be corrected;
develop the logic and thinking of the child;
teach the baby to work independently.

Equipment

The standard set includes:

61 pcs. assembled cardboard cube
6 pcs. cardboard tables with syllables, letters and other graphic signs
4 things. cardboard table format B3
CD for listening with chants for cubes and tables
Toolkit which you can use as a lesson plan.

What is a warehouse

In his methodology, Nikolai Zaitsev offers an alternative to syllables - he uses warehouses. It is the basic unit of the language. A warehouse can be one letter, a combination of a vowel and a consonant, a consonant and a hard sign, a consonant and a hard sign. This principle of reading - warehouse - is the basis of Zaitsev's methodology. This technique is very similar to the primer of Fedot Kuzmichev, XIX century, and the alphabet of L. Tolstoy. These books also used the principle of learning by warehouses.

Warehouse can be determined by placing a hand below the chin and pronouncing a word. That muscle effort that you feel with your hand will be a warehouse.

Warehouses according to his method are located on cubes and in tables. He used vision, hearing, and tactile sensations to help him learn. analytical thinking, the formation of which is required when reading, develops only by the age of 7. Arranging warehouses on cubes, Zaitsev made them differ in color, sound, size. With this, when the child takes the cubes, various channels perception.

Description of the technique

Classes should be held only in the form of a game. Children should not sit in one place, they need to move, jump, dance and sing. All movements in the lesson take place in the game with cubes.

Cubes may vary in size. Large-sized dice depict hard-sounding warehouses. On small cubes - with a soft sound. They can be single or double. On doubled cubes there are consonants that do not combine with all vowels (zha-zhu-zhi).

The soundness of the warehouse is indicated by metal, the deafness - by wood.

Gold - vowels. A hard sign is depicted on iron-wood cubes, a soft one - on wooden-gold ones. Punctuation marks are located on the white cube. The color selection for the letters is different from the school one. Here, blue is used to indicate vowels, consonants are indicated in blue, and hard and soft signs are green. Such a difference from school blue, red and green colors, according to Zaitsev, helps children begin to read fluently.

Sets can be different:

a layout for self-gluing cubes can be offered;
may already be assembled;
with plastic base.

In order to glue the cubes yourself, it will take a lot of time. They need to be further strengthened from the inside. This can be done using a cardboard cube of the same size. After gluing, it is better to cover it with elastic bands, this is necessary so that your cube does not fall apart while it dries. For better protection, cover each cube with a film or laminate the cube scan. If you chose this option of cubes, then it is better to make a copy of each sweep. So during the game you will definitely have enough warehouses to write words.

Tables should be hung fairly high. This contributes to the prevention of scoliosis and visual impairment. If you are engaged only with your child, then it is better to determine the height by the baby's hand raised up. It should touch the top edge of the table with it. It will be convenient to hang tables in the corners of the room, so it will be more convenient for the baby to look for the necessary warehouses. Tables can also be wrapped with film to increase the service life. The use of tables is just as important as dice games.

According to the method of Nikolai Alexandrovich, all the warehouses on the cubes must be sung. He believes that the effect of this is much better, and it’s more interesting for the baby to play with music, which helps to instill an interest in learning.

Give your child all the blocks to play at once. This tutorial never have to take it from him. They should always be in his field of vision. Let the kid get acquainted with them, carefully consider.

Ask him to choose the one that interests him the most. Warehouses written on its faces, you need to show singing. Ask to find a large cube, then a small one, iron, wooden, gold. The child must understand that all the cubes are different in size and sound.

After he has mastered this information, introduce him to the syllabary tables. Sing one of the columns of the table and ask the baby to bring a cube with the same warehouses. Sing artistically, showing the child what warehouses can be: voiced or deaf, small or large. You can even use appropriate movements. No need to ask the child to sing warehouses to you in response. When he is ripe for this, he will begin to sing along with you and on his own.

Teach your child to write with blocks or a pointer. Singing warehouses and showing them on the table, the baby will begin to understand how words are composed. You can teach your child to write and play outdoor games at the same time. Ask him to write the names of loved ones in different parts of the room. Now let the child run to visit relatives.

Once again, we draw your attention to the fact that all classes should be held only in the form of a game. The child should not sit in one place, give him complete freedom of movement. Each child is individual. He doesn't owe anything in class. Let the baby develop to the best of his ability, do not rush things. Don't make the game a forced activity. Of course, it’s better to do it every day, at least a little, but if the kid is not in the mood for classes today, then it’s better to postpone it than to force it. You can play both in the morning and in the evening. Focus on the mood of the crumbs.

Choose the games that your child will like the most. If you have a fidget, it is better to use outdoor games in class. If your child prefers quiet games, collects puzzles for a long time, then use games that do not involve activity during class.
If the baby loves to build, then invite him to build steam locomotives with names, towers with warehouses, roads, houses from cubes.

At what age can you start learning and what games to play

You can introduce your baby to cubes almost from birth. Keep in mind that at this age the child is not yet capable of classes. Up to six months, the development of the child is very fast. Don't overload it now. The cubes can be used as a rattle, only at times showing him a warehouse or a word. Do not try to see any results during this period, do not expect them from the child. Now, with their help, you will only prepare the child for the learning that lies ahead of him.

After 6 months, the child is no longer interested in playing with cubes, like with a rattle. Now you can start singing warehouses. Until the age of one, continue to show cubes, warehouses, simple words. Let the baby crawl among them. You can try to ask him to give you a die with a certain storage. Leave warehouses on the items whose names you have made up and during the day, show and sing them to the baby.

The older the child becomes, the more difficult the games are offered to him. A one-year-old baby, along with those games that were before, can already increase the level of difficulty by offering new ones. Act gradually. You can use N. Zaitsev's manual “Letter. Reading. Account ”, to which a lot of entertaining games are offered, or you can come up with your own. Connect the kid's fantasy, ask him what games he wants to play.

Play Zoo. Let the kid settle various animals around the zoo, making up their names from warehouses. In the "Shop" he can put the goods on the shelves. Going on a "Journey" it is necessary to pack a suitcase. Let him stay in the role of a cook, adding the names necessary for making soup or a favorite dish, ingredients into a saucepan.

Invite the child to play the game "Who will name more." Name words that begin with a given warehouse. You can make this game themed.

Put the cubes in front of him, from the warehouses on them it should be possible to make up his name. Let the kid try to do it on his own. Complicate the task next time, he must find suitable warehouses himself. Let him add the words from the cubes, and then look for these warehouses in the table, pointing to the necessary warehouse with a pointer.

In the games that you came up with together, the child will play with great pleasure, because they are much more entertaining for him than those offered by the author. These games will be exactly what he likes, designed with his interests in mind.

Pros and cons of the technique

Like every modern methodology, learning to read with the help of Zaitsev's cubes has both its advantages and disadvantages. Let's consider in more detail.

Advantages

Children learn to read very quickly. It takes a little time for a child to start doing this. Moreover, the older he is, the faster the learning process proceeds. According to the author himself, even children who are only 4 years old can start reading on their own after 4 lessons. Of course, this does not apply to all children. On average, kids 3-4 years old need six months to study, an older preschooler needs 10-12 lessons, a child of 6-7 years old will already have enough weeks.
Zaitsev's teaching method is not tied to any specific age. You can start practicing when the child is 6 months old, or you can use it for first graders.
Different in timbre, height and volume, the sounds made by the cubes will contribute to the development of hearing, memory, and will perfectly develop a sense of rhythm.
As a result of games with cubes, fine motor skills are actively developed. child's hands which is very important for the development of the intellect.
Learning takes place at a pace that allows the child's abilities. Everything is very individual. No one rushes and drives the guys, does not tell them that they owe something.
Mastering the technique is not difficult. It can be successfully used at home.
Children immediately learn to write correctly. There are no warehouses on the cubes, which are impossible in Russian (such as CHYa, ZhYY).
Zaitsev's teaching method contributes to the prevention, preservation and promotion of health. Playing, the child trains eye muscles. This helps maintain vision. Its safety is facilitated by the location of large text on the tables in different places, the bright color of the cubes, which does not irritate the eyes.

Game aids, located at the proper height and in different places, taking into account the requirements of the methodology, serve as an excellent prevention of posture disorders, physical inactivity, and didactics workload during classes.

In general, such a game method of teaching reading successfully helps in the development of a comprehensively developed harmonious personality.

The method is built on the principles of cooperation pedagogy, which avoids conflicts between children, parents and teachers.
Children play by themselves. This is great for developing independence and self-organization. Even short sessions are enough for successful learning. Playing with them constantly, the invisibility of their conduct on the principle of "by the way", will give an excellent result in training.
The technique is very simple, systematized, visual.
The child does not have to learn how to merge letters into syllables, he learns ready-made warehouses, which contributes to the ability to read fluently and without hesitation.

Many parents who pay attention to the development of children speak positively about the original teaching method, known as the Zaitsev Cubes. Surely many have heard about the unique author's development of a talented teacher from St. Petersburg Nikolai Alexandrovich Zaitsev, but not everyone knows what is the secret of the effectiveness of unusual objects.

Zaitsev's cubes will teach children from the age of two years to read quickly. During classes, the game is combined with learning, the baby not only sees the warehouses, but also hears them. Golden, wooden, iron, large/small cubes of different colors and sizes, original tables plus musical accompaniment turn learning to read from a tedious, difficult process into an interesting, exciting experience.

Zaitsev's cubes: what is it

A set for developing activities consists of the following elements:

cubes - 52 units. Among them are 7 repeating with syllables that kids often use for simple, first words (PA, DYA, MA);
products of different colors, large / small, double / single;
varieties: gold, wood-gold, iron-gold;
white cube with punctuation marks;
small products with the image of soft warehouses (LA), large - hard (LA);
vowels, consonants, soft, hard signs are marked with different colors;
the set includes several tables, samples of warehouse pictures, a playing field;
CD with songs for certain games and activities;
manual (booklet) for parents, teachers, educators of preschool institutions with a description of the methodology, rules for performing exercises. Each lesson is detailed. For example, in the first lesson, children examine the cubes, just play with them, study each group of elements in terms of sound, color, size.

Cube Features:

iron-gold - warehouses with a soft sign;
iron-wood - warehouses with a solid sign;
golden - vowels are depicted;
iron - voiced warehouses;
wooden - muted warehouses.

The unique allowance allows children to read, speak, write correctly after a few lessons. At 4–5 years old, a preschooler reads after five or six lessons for half an hour, at 6–7 years old - after three or four lessons. For successful classes, it is important to understand the methodology, read the manual, watch the video instructions on the Internet. Parents need desire, patience, understanding of the principles of education. It is important to equip a study corner: when unfolded, the elements occupy a certain place.

The essence of the technique:

the talented teacher N.A. Zaitsev reflected in his creation the idea that an elementary particle of speech is not a letter, but a warehouse;
the idea is simple - you need to show, instead of telling for a long time. Children see the cubes, wonder what they are, play, then learning begins. There is a smooth transition from the concrete-figurative through visibility and action to the verbal-logical;
warehouses and individual letters (PA, LA, KU, LE, C, and so on) are written on the edges of the famous developing elements;
pairs "Consonant + vowel", "Consonant + b or b", warehouse of one letter;
the child begins to speak, he pronounces syllables, not individual letters. This feature was used by N.A. Zaitsev;
children memorize warehouses well, quickly compose words from several warehouses;
speed up learning, add more fun, add game elements helps singing chains, blocks from warehouses;
for convenience, the set includes tables, stock pictures - samples by which the child can easily make a word;
regular exercise helps children different ages and the degree of readiness to quickly learn to read, write dictations, learn letters.

Advice! For maximum effectiveness, it is important to maintain the same learning environment at home and at the preschool. The tables should be hung on the walls, the cubes should be located on a long wall just above eye level. The ideal option is a double shelf for cubes. Such an arrangement of didactic material allows you to always keep the elements in working condition, do not litter the room, and maintain order in the nursery.

Advantages

Teachers and parents highlight many positive points:

the child not only hears warehouses, but also sees them. Figurative memory helps learning;
the baby is interested: different colors, weight, unusual sound intrigue, curiosity takes over;
it is impossible to make a mistake in spelling a word: there is no “incorrect” detail “CHA”, “ZHY” in the set, there is only “CHA”, ZHI”. Literacy is developed from the first stage;
the baby remembers images, warehouses, easily finds “MA” or “SU” at the request of an adult;
kids at 3.5–4 years old learn to read from the first lesson. The developmental manual takes into account the peculiarities of the child's psyche, allows you to include the maximum number of organs in the work to memorize new concepts;
singing warehouses perfectly trains the speech apparatus. The set comes with a CD with chants that the child must repeat;
Children are interested in learning warehouses, making words. Toddlers easily navigate among the many objects placed at eye level;
it is easy for children to understand how deaf and voiced consonants differ. To do this, N.A. Zaitsev came up with a different filling of the "insides" of each unit. "Sounding" cubes ring well, "deaf" - tapping with a muffled, deep sound. Of particular interest is the different sound of each group;
the correct size of the letters/warehouses. Children can easily distinguish the inscriptions on each object even from a distance of 2-3 meters. Vision is not strained, the baby is not angry, easily finds the desired element;
classes are fun, without pressure on the psyche, boring explanations. During the mini-lessons, the kids sing, run, jump, clap syllables and words;
it is easy for adults to tell which cube to look for. Each group has a certain size, color, sound. It happens that a small student has forgotten what this or that letter looks like, but this is easy to fix. For example, a warehouse "CO" can be designated as: "a large wooden cube SA SU SE SY WITH CO". The ringing filler cannot be confused with a dull tapping.

Helpful information:

the cost of the finished set is quite high, some parents make didactic material on their own. How to assemble Zaitsev's cubes with your own hands? First, cut out the contours of the elements of the didactic material, fold the pattern into a cube;
it is important to prepare enough filler for each group. For example, "iron" elements can be filled with cut and bent tin cans, metal corks from lemonade and beer, fishing bells;
Fill the “wooden” elements with broken pencils, wooden sticks, buttons, shells. Fill the white cube for signs tightly with chopped shreds or paper.

Price

The original didactic material is packed in a large beautiful box. The cost of the finished set is quite high - from 4000 to 4300 rubles. The quality of products is good: each unit is made of thick glossy cardboard, will last a long time. The benefits of the original developmental elements are many times higher than the cost of the kit.

In children's stores, large supermarkets, and online stores, parents will find sets created by the teacher N.A. Zaitsev for the development of reading, the Road Signs manual (3,450 rubles). Many parents positively evaluated the "Universal Coin Allowance" for teaching mathematics and counting to children from 3 years old (1050 rubles).

Games and exercises

In the methodological recommendations, which are necessarily attached to each developmental set, the training system, game options, and sequence of actions are described in detail. After reading the manual, parents will understand how to deal with children of different ages. It is important to follow the rules, not to "jump" through the lesson.

The well-known teacher N.A. Zaitsev spent more than one year to offer educators, teachers, parents a really effective tool for developing reading and mathematical skills. There is nothing superfluous in the instructions, only a step-by-step, accessible description of the classes.

pay attention to brief description some games, exercises for toddlers and older children. You will understand what the essence of the original method is.

For classes you will need:

space on the wall for tables (they are quite voluminous);
a shelf (preferably two) or a table near the wall for arranging the cubes. If there are no shelves, allocate a special box for the didactic material;
long pointer (from 110 cm).

Exercises and educational games:

Train. For the first lesson, you will need a toy locomotive and a golden LARGE cube with the letter A. The kid must find all the details with this letter, make a train. An adult voices warehouses (MA, KA, FA), the baby repeats. The train will "go" when all warehouses are announced.
Song in cubes. The adult explains that each element has its own chant. The kid chooses an element, the adult clearly sings the warehouse, facing the student. The child sees the movement of the lips, repeats. After a few songs "on order" switch roles. Now the baby sings, and the adult repeats (of course, he tells how the inscription is sung). An important detail: the baby always looks at what you (or he) sings.
Abracadabra. Offer to compose a funny word, choose cubes without looking, you can 5, 7, 10 elements. Let the preschooler put them side by side, sing along with the adult. It is clear that it will turn out to be an absurdity that causes laughter. At the same time, the child will understand that there are practically no (“childish”) words that he understands, consisting of 10–12 syllables, he learns to determine the boundaries of the word. Surely, the child will show at least one “correct” word. For example, from warehouses standing side by side MA - KA - RO - DO - BU - SY - KO - NY - LA - MA, a smart student will make PASTA, BEADS, MAMA. Praise, ask to sing "normal" words.
Talking (singing) tower. A small student assembles a tower to his taste, another building from didactic material of any size. Say that since every detail can sing, it means that the turret or house also sounds. Ask to choose any element, sing, looking into the eyes of the baby, let the child repeat. It is important that the preschooler fixes his gaze on the right side with the sung warehouse. Say that the turret also speaks. Do not sing the same element, but say it, the baby will repeat after you.
Singing on the table. Show your son or daughter that there are the same songs on the field of the table as on the developing cubes. All warehouses, sounds are grouped by type. There is a "golden column", "iron", "wooden" and so on. Point to the GOLD LARGE cube, slowly sing to the scale motif (from high note to low): "This is a BIG GOLD U - O - A - E - S." Encourage your little student to sing after you. Hug the baby by the shoulders, speak in a calm voice, interest, but do not insist. Anyway, curiosity will prevail, in a couple of days the son or daughter will certainly want to sing themselves.

This is only a small part of the exercises and educational games according to the method of N.A. Zaitsev. Exactly follow the instructions that are in each set, and after a few lessons you will be surprised that your two-three-year-old baby easily reads syllables, enthusiastically sings the chains of warehouses, and reaches for the didactic material himself. The positive experience of parents who used Zaitsev's cubes to quickly learn to read confirms the effectiveness of the author's methodology.

The unique development of a teacher from St. Petersburg, N.A. Zaitsev, helped thousands of children quickly learn to read. A set of didactic material is indispensable for speech therapy problems, for teaching reading to autistic children, deaf and hard of hearing children, with a delay in speech development. Original products help to learn the language for children and adults at any age.

To help parents: a description of the exercises, a video about the original method of N.A. Zaitsev for quickly learning to read:

All parents want their children to be the smartest, most developed. How much pride they feel when a 3-4-year-old kid, walking down the street, perfectly reads the names of stores, advertisements ... And, starting teaching a child to read, they are faced with a huge selection of various methods. Zaitsev cubes - effective technique teaching children to read from an early age. This is one of those techniques that is of great interest to many parents.

Who is Nikolay Zaitsev

It was this period of time, when he had to teach adults a non-native Russian language, that gave rise to the development of his most famous method of teaching reading and writing. Bringing new techniques to life, creating interesting tables on the go, he tried to "transmit the essence of the language to others."

Then, Nikolai Aleksandrovich decided to test his method on babies. The methodology was revised, he conducted all classes in a playful way. And here he was waiting for a huge success. Toddlers as young as 18 months old and preschoolers who had trouble learning to read needed only a few lessons to start reading. Some schools began to fully apply his teaching system, using the "ringing miracle" (as the cubes were called) in their work.

Observing the kids, the teacher came to the following conclusions:

In order to learn to read, crumbs do not need to know what the letters are called at all. Most often in alphabets, letters are associated with pictures. The child remembers the image of the letter and the image that he associates with it. Then it is very difficult for him to explain that CAT (letter K), SCISSORS (letter H), TOY (letter I), MUSHROOM (letter G) and STORK (letter A) add up to one word BOOK.
Reading by syllables is very difficult for a child. Even if the baby learns the names of the letters without pictures, it will be difficult for him to understand how the syllable MA is obtained from the letters M and A. To understand the principle of merging syllables with a crumb, teachers have to use various tricks in their work. But in Russian there are words from one syllable, in which there are many consecutive consonants (for example, VSPLESK). Reading such words will be very difficult for a child who reads by syllables.
It is easier for a person to learn to write first than to read. By writing, he understood the transformation of sounds into signs, and by reading, the transformation of signs into sounds. It will be much easier for the baby to learn to read through writing.

In the next video, you can find out interesting information about Nikolai Zaitsev and his legendary cubes.

General principles of the Zaitsev technique

Zaitsev's one-of-a-kind author's technique is more than 20 years old. However, the famous teacher does not stop constantly improving it. Now many different methods and games have already been created that complement the foundation. With the help of the technique, even very young children can be successfully taught to read and write. At the same time, for preschoolers of 6 years old, just a few lessons will be enough, and you can see that he can already start reading.

This learning method is suitable not only for children who like calm games with blocks, but also for mobile restless children. The use of this technique is suitable for working with hearing-impaired, visually impaired and mentally deviant children. When working with them, you can get very good results. You can see a good effect when working with children with autism.

With dice games:

the baby's vocabulary will expand;
writing skills will be developed;
the child's speech will become more intelligible;
a number of speech therapy problems can be corrected;
develop the logic and thinking of the child;
teach the baby to work independently.

Equipment

The standard set includes:

61 pcs. assembled cardboard cube
6 pcs. cardboard tables with syllables, letters and other graphic signs
4 things. cardboard table format B3
CD for listening with chants for cubes and tables
a teaching aid that you can use as a summary of classes.

What is a warehouse

Warehouse can be determined by placing a hand below the chin and pronouncing a word. That muscle effort that you feel with your hand will be a warehouse.

Warehouses according to his method are located on cubes and in tables. He used vision, hearing, and tactile sensations to help him learn. analytical thinking, the formation of which is required when reading, develops only by the age of 7. Arranging warehouses on cubes, Zaitsev made them differ in color, sound, size. With this, when the child takes the blocks, various channels of perception are activated.

Description of the technique

Classes should be held only in the form of a game. Children should not sit in one place, they need to move, jump, dance and sing. All movements in the lesson take place in the game with cubes.

The soundness of the warehouse is indicated by metal, the deafness - by wood.

Gold - vowels. A hard sign is depicted on iron-wood cubes, a soft one - on wooden-gold ones. Punctuation marks are located on the white cube. The color selection for the letters is different from the school one. Here, blue is used to indicate vowels, consonants are indicated in blue, and hard and soft signs are green. Such difference from school blue, red and green colors, according to Zaitsev, helps children start reading fluently.

The filling of the cubes is also different.

Cubes 52 pcs. in the set, besides them there are 7 more repeated ones. In total, 200 warehouses are depicted on the cubes.

Sets can be different:

a layout for self-gluing cubes can be offered;
may already be assembled;
with plastic base.

Tables should be hung fairly high. This contributes to the prevention of scoliosis and visual impairment. If you are engaged only with your child, then it is better to determine the height by the baby's hand raised up. It should touch the top edge of the table with it. It will be convenient to hang tables in the corners of the room, so it will be more convenient for the baby to look for the necessary warehouses. Tables can also be wrapped with film to increase the service life. The use of tables is just as important as dice games.

According to the method of Nikolai Alexandrovich, all warehouses on cubes must be sung. He believes that the effect of this is much better, and it’s more interesting for the baby to play with music, which helps to instill an interest in learning.

Give your child all the blocks to play at once. This study guide should never be taken away from him. They should always be in his field of vision. Let the kid get acquainted with them, carefully consider.

Ask him to choose the one that interests him the most. Warehouses written on its faces, you need to show singing. Ask to find a large cube, then a small one, iron, wooden, gold. The child must understand that all the cubes are different in size and sound.

Once again, we draw your attention to the fact that all classes should be held only in the form of a game. The child should not sit in one place, give him complete freedom of movement. Each child is individual. He doesn't owe anything in class. Let the baby develop to the best of his ability, do not rush things. Don't make the game a forced activity. Of course, it’s better to do it every day, at least a little, but if the kid is not in the mood for classes today, then it’s better to postpone it than to force it. You can play both in the morning and in the evening. Focus on the mood of the crumbs.

Choose the games that your child will like the most. If you have a fidget, it is better to use outdoor games in class. If your child prefers quiet games, collects puzzles for a long time, then use games that do not involve activity during class.

If the baby loves to build, then invite him to build steam locomotives with names, towers with warehouses, roads, houses from cubes.

For highlights on teaching children, see the following video.

At what age can you start learning and what games to play

You can introduce your baby to cubes almost from birth. Keep in mind that at this age the child is not yet capable of classes. Up to six months, the development of the child is very fast. Don't overload it now. The cubes can be used as a rattle, only at times showing him a warehouse or a word. Do not try to see any results during this period, do not expect them from the child. Now, with their help, you will only prepare the child for the learning that lies ahead of him.

After 6 months, the child is no longer interested in playing with cubes, like with a rattle. Now you can start singing warehouses. Until reaching the age of one, continue to show cubes, warehouses, simple words. Let the baby crawl among them. You can try to ask him to give you a die with a certain storage. Leave warehouses on the items whose names you have made up and during the day, show and sing them to the baby.

Play Zoo. Let the kid settle various animals around the zoo, making up their names from warehouses. In the "Shop" he can put the goods on the shelves. Going on a "Journey" it is necessary to pack a suitcase. Let him stay in the role of a cook, adding the names necessary for making soup or a favorite dish, ingredients into a saucepan.

Invite the child to play the game "Who will name more." Name words that begin with a given warehouse. You can make this game themed.

Pros and cons of the technique

Like every modern technique, learning to read using Zaitsev's cubes has both its advantages and disadvantages. Let's consider in more detail.

Advantages

Children learn to read very quickly. It takes a little time for a child to start doing this. Moreover, the older he is, the faster the learning process proceeds. According to the author himself, even children who are only 4 years old can start reading on their own after 4 lessons. Of course, this does not apply to all children. On average, kids 3-4 years old need six months to study, an older preschooler needs 10-12 lessons, a child of 6-7 years old will already have enough weeks.
Zaitsev's teaching method is not tied to any specific age. You can start practicing when the child is 6 months old, or you can use it for first graders.
Different in timbre, height and volume, the sounds made by the cubes will contribute to the development of hearing, memory, will develop a great sense of rhythm.
As a result of games with cubes, fine motor skills of the child's hands are actively developing, which is very important for the development of intelligence.
Learning takes place at a pace that allows the child's abilities. Everything is very individual. No one rushes and drives the guys, does not tell them that they owe something.
Mastering the technique is not difficult. It can be successfully used at home.
Children immediately learn to write correctly. There are no warehouses on the cubes, which are impossible in Russian (such as CHYa, ZhYY).
Zaitsev's teaching method contributes to the prevention, preservation and promotion of health. While playing, the child trains the eye muscles. This helps maintain vision. Its safety is facilitated by the location of large text on the tables in different places, the bright color of the cubes, which does not irritate the eyes.

Game aids, located at the proper height and in different places, taking into account the requirements of the methodology, serve as an excellent prevention of posture disorders, physical inactivity, and didactics workload during classes.

In general, such a game method of teaching reading successfully helps in the development of a comprehensively developed harmonious personality.

The method is built on the principles of collaborative pedagogy, which avoids conflicts between children, parents and teachers.
Children play by themselves. This is great for developing independence and self-organization. Even short sessions are enough for successful learning. Playing with them constantly, the invisibility of their conduct on the principle of "by the way", will give an excellent result in training.
The technique is very simple, systematized, visual.
The child does not have to learn how to merge letters into syllables, he learns ready-made warehouses, which contributes to the ability to read fluently and without hesitation.

Flaws

Despite great amount While there are many advantages to choosing this method of learning, there are several problems.

Defectologists and speech therapists say that when memorizing warehouses, without understanding how to merge letters, children often begin to skip the endings of words. Problems may arise when dividing words into syllables, parsing words by composition.
Sounds different from the school color(blue, blue, green instead of blue, green, red) create problems for the student in the phonemic analysis of words. Retraining children is more difficult than teaching from scratch.
The high cost of benefits. A lot of trouble with self-gluing cubes.
Certain difficulties are created when choosing the spelling of the letters E and E. On the cubes there are warehouses such as BE, VE. In Russian, they can be found very rarely. We will have to constantly stop the child’s desire to write the letter E in words where, after a solid consonant, we hear E, and we need to write E (for example, the word TENNIS).
The use of the technique will be more effective in children who are more developed in the right hemisphere of the brain. They have more developed imaginative thinking.
Children may have difficulty isolating a single sound from a word, what will affect the letter.
This way of learning is practically does not develop the creative abilities of children.

Comparison with Chaplygin cubes

Evgeny Chaplygin created his own methodology based on Zaitsev's methodology. However, his way of teaching is unique and patented. A set of Chaplygin's cubes contains: 10 single cubes with letters and 10 double cubes forming blocks, instructions for use. Cubes in blocks rotate around their axis, forming warehouses.

Consider the main differences between the methods.

Chaplygin cubes are easier to use.
In Chaplygin's methodology there is no memorization of warehouses, as with Zaitsev. It uses letters and syllables. It is easier for children to understand how to make words.
Chaplygin cubes do not require much storage space.
Zaitsev's cubes are made of paper or plastic, while Chaplygin's cubes are made of wood.
Buying Chaplygin's cubes is much cheaper than Zaitsev's cubes.
Zaitsev's technique contributes to the greatest development of children. Learning from it, the child gets acquainted with hard and soft consonants, voiced and deaf.
Zaitsev uses chants and tables in his methodology for better assimilation of the material by children.
There are 52 warehouses on Zaitsev's cubes, and only 32 can be made from Chaplygin's cubes.

How Zaitsev's cubes appeared

We don't need an alphabet

An alternative to syllables - warehouses

Warehouses on cubes

Zaitsev Cubes. What are the cubes

Getting ready for classes step by step. We glue the cubes

We hang tables

Learning to sing

Bringing Cubes to Life

We play cubes

Let's start writing

Not enough cube! What to do?

Zaitsev's method of teaching reading

Zaitsev's technology: reading

Learning process

Results of using the methodology

Buzzing reading according to Zaitsev's method

Who is Nikolay Zaitsev

General principles Zaitsev's methods

Equipment

What is a warehouse

Description of the technique

At what age can you start learning and what games to play

Pros and cons of the technique

Zaitsev's cubes: what is it

Advantages

Price

Games and exercises

Who is Nikolay Zaitsev

General principles of the Zaitsev technique

Equipment

What is a warehouse

Description of the technique

At what age can you start learning and what games to play

Pros and cons of the technique

Advantages

Flaws

Comparison with Chaplygin cubes

Perhaps you will be interested