07/30/2015 at 13:12

The health of today's children is a matter of concern. Some blame the environment for this, others blame the modern way of life, but the fact remains indisputable that today children need active recreation. She told our readers how to make a child healthier over the summer. chief physician Center for Medical Prevention Natalya Nikolenko.

— Natalya Mikhailovna, is it necessary for children to have a rest in the summer?
— Vacations and rest during them are absolutely necessary for modern children. After all, everyone knows that during school, schoolchildren lead a sedentary lifestyle: there is a heavy workload at school, but they also sit at home on the phone or computer in their free time. This is also facilitated by the fact that the younger generation does a lot of activities via the Internet. Such a sedentary lifestyle often leads to impaired vision, posture, and delayed physical development, including puberty. This lifestyle of schoolchildren reduces protective forces and immunity. This is why children who are busy with school and activities often get sick. Pupils junior classes they say that they have no time to walk down the street, go to classes, because there are a lot of lessons and tutors.

— What rules exist for children’s health during the summer?
— Summer holidays must be fully used to improve the health of schoolchildren. During this time, children and adolescents need time to get stronger physically, relieve nervous system, strengthen the immune system.

The rules of summer vacation are simple: sleep as much as you want, run a lot, eat more vegetables, fruits and berries. Stay a lot of time fresh air, apply water treatments, walk barefoot. Give children more freedom in everything, without completely excluding adult control. IN summer time must be observed healthy image life, but without strict boundaries.

— Some parents are afraid that their children will neglect certain disciplines and force them to study with tutors. How do doctors view such holidays?
— The question of summer classes faces parents today. Indeed, some mothers and fathers are afraid that during the holidays the child will fall behind in certain subjects. But doctors believe that lessons in the summer are contraindicated, otherwise there may be a feeling of dissatisfaction with the rest. But read fiction even useful. It’s not for nothing that for many decades schoolchildren were “prescribed” lists for the summer art books. Such an activity will become good addition To active image life and informal communication during holidays.

— Do Biysk children have to spend the summer outside the city?
— During the holidays, it is advisable to take the child out of the city and away from the bustle and city air. A country camp or grandma's garden would be perfect. The main thing is fresh air and organic food. If the child remains in the city, then you need to carefully plan his leisure time, although this is not easy.

— You recently returned from a trip to health camps. What are your impressions?
— Children's doctors have long known that when they stay in country camps, children's metabolism improves, the activity of all organs and systems is strengthened, and the strength and endurance of the body as a whole increases. We recently returned from the camps. And we can say for sure that in Biysk country camps the children are all tanned, cheerful and strong. In such recreational facilities the whole system pros. Firstly, this is charging. In the city Everyday life it is forgotten, but there it is fun and unforgettable. It is important that the camps provide proper and organized nutrition. If you take “Chaika”, then there is fruit every day, and the children are generally fed 6 times a day. But in any other camp the food is correct, without harmful products and fast food, which is very important! And the children do a lot of things there together. Over the course of the season, the guys find mutual friends and that’s great!

— But country camps only accept people up to 15 years old. Where should teenagers go?
— Recreation for teenagers is really a problem, and at the age of 15-17 years, rest is extremely necessary, so parents of such children definitely need to organize rest for them. This could be some kind of summer training, hiking, trips to relatives in the village or to the country. In any case, teenagers should not be left in the city for the summer and deprived active rest in the fresh air. The workload at school for such children is maximum. In addition, at this age the body undergoes restructuring and you need to especially carefully monitor your health and be sensitive to all possible complaints. Therefore, rest is simply recommended for such children by doctors.

In general, it is important for doctors that the holidays can be a great time for preventing many diseases and awakening children’s interest in a healthy lifestyle. As our work shows, today many children willingly choose a healthy lifestyle and understand that bad habits are in no way compatible with it.

In the spring, the question arose about shortening summer holidays in Russia. As representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science explained, in many developed countries children study at school much longer, not only due to the period of 12-13 years, but also due to shorter holidays. But for now the ministry decided not to raise this issue. But Biysk residents should listen to this information. And while there are long ones summer holidays, you need to use them on full power for the health of children, and yourself too.

All schoolchildren look forward to them throughout school year. Summer holidays are a time when you can get plenty of sleep, improve your health and take a walk without thinking about lessons and homework. It's a great time to have a baby, isn't it?

The harm of school holidays

British specialists from UK Active do not share this opinion. positive attitude children and parents. In addition, they argue that summer holidays have a bad effect on the health of schoolchildren. Their skepticism stems from research showing that children lose their physical fitness after such rest.

To come to this conclusion, scientists observed 400 schoolchildren. They were also able to establish a direct relationship between the deterioration of physical indicators in children and the wealth of their families. It turned out that schoolchildren whose parents paid more attention their vacation and bought them tickets to a summer camp, stayed in the best sports uniform. In children from low-income families who had to stay at home and entertain themselves computer games or films, indicators of physical development worsened 18 times. These data shocked the researchers, so they are preparing to raise the issue of allocating additional funds for the improvement of schoolchildren from state budget Great Britain.

Consequences of low physical activity

Scientists warn parents that passive holidays will have a bad impact on the child’s health and academic performance. Children who spend all their free time on the sofa near the TV or sitting in front of a monitor screen are at risk of developing dangerous diseases such as cardiovascular diseases or diabetes. In addition, their memory and attentiveness deteriorate, which will have a bad effect on the grades and future of the student.

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Quick summer holidays. How and what to do with your child so that your vacation is not in vain?

Recommends Natalya Avdeeva, professor of the department of middle-aged psychology at the Moscow City Psychological and Pedagogical Institute:

- Vacations are best time for parents and children to spend it together. Moreover, not by repeating what was learned at school, but in general walks, going to the cinema, on trips, outings, etc. Today, the overload on children at school is enormous, learning is not easy for them. Give your baby a good rest during the holidays, sleep well, communicate with his peers, and finally with you. In ordinary life, many of today's mothers and fathers are busy at work most of the day and have almost no contact with their children. It is necessary to give schoolchildren as many new experiences as possible during the holidays - children really need them, because their life during training year quite monotonous: school, home, lessons, handicrafts... An indicator of a successfully completed vacation will be such a jubilant feeling that he spent his time very fun and interesting, he has something to remember and tell his friends. The main thing is not to focus on one thing, but to offer the baby different ways pastime.

What can you do together during the holidays?

Make something delicious at home with your own hands. For example, make dumplings, bake pies or pizza. And then the whole group of 7 will enjoy the treats at a beautifully set table.

Go to the cinema. take a look New film or cartoon. Be sure to share your impressions of what you saw. Such communication is extremely valuable because it brings children and parents closer together, because it gives them the opportunity to share their feelings with each other. And plus this plays an important educational role. Ancestors may pay attention to unknown moral moments in the same film or cartoon.

Allow your child to call his classmates home. Almost many people forget about this, and this is important. Teenagers communicate in virtual worlds, social networks and feathers - they began to visit each other in colors, as before. Have a childish tea party like this. Children will be happy to come, for them real communication very precious. And over time, this can develop into a tradition.

Try making some crafts or souvenirs with your own hands. There are many options today: embroidery, weaving, appliqués and toys from various modern materials(children's stores are full of such creativity kits). What is more useful here is not that the child sits and does it himself (and with this, by the way, fine hand activity develops), but that at the same time parents and children will be able to communicate.

Fill gaps in knowledge. It is also possible to improve your knowledge of subjects, but preferably by the end of the holidays. When you see that the child has rested, has accumulated strength, and is in a joyful mood, it is possible to exercise a little. For example, strumming games related to the score (let’s say, such as “yes” and “no” are not reported), funny riddles. You can write a letter to the midwife if your child has difficulty writing a letter at school. But it's better to educational activities had the spirit of play and was involved in communication. Then the child will not like it school lessons, from which he was already tired, namely interesting activities together with adults.

Walk more, move around. Roller skates, bicycles, scooters, maneuverable games in the fresh air - physiological activity should be as varied as possible. Then the child will develop harmoniously. Oddly enough, the more a child sits, the more tired he gets. The more he moves, the better he feels.

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I want my child to learn better. How much time a day can you do math, reading, writing?

Svetlana Protchenkova, Samara

Speaks Natalya Krasavina, director capital school № 91:

— As a person with extensive teaching experience, a psychologist and a teacher, I can say - not at all. Especially if the baby is studying in primary school. The situation with older students is somewhat different. Children are already preparing to enter universities, so those who lack knowledge gain it in the summer.

For young children, the main thing is motivation to learn, the desire to learn. If they have this, then everything works out easily for them during the training year. It’s not for nothing that all the great psychologists and teachers have allocated a school year, and then - right certain time holidays This is associated with the psychophysiological state of the child. He, like older people, gets tired. And therefore he must have time to rest. But active. Studying takes away a lot of moral and physical strength. If the child is not ready to exercise physically, when his brain has not rested or switched over, then asthenia sets in very quickly - and this leads to illness and delays in the school curriculum. Of course, if a child picked up a book in the summer, this should be encouraged. If you suddenly open a mathematics textbook, look through it together and take a look. But no training through force, under pressure. Because in such a case, we kill this sweet word “study”, when “I want - and I do.” Prostonar if your schoolboy is in primary school If he doesn’t learn very well, you shouldn’t put him at the “desk” again in the summer season. Like: now you’ve had a walk, and now 20 minutes of math or writing. He didn’t want to go to school all year anyway, and they forced him to study during the holidays. The child must wish and feel the joy of learning. This is motivation. When he feels continuous tension (that he has to solve problems, write, read), we will not get the result. By the 7th grade, those children who are constantly forced to study - on weekends, during vacations, in the evenings - simply stop studying - they are already exhausted, there is no more interest.

Take the child out of the city, into the open spaces. For a dose, to the sea, to visit grandma in the village. So that the gaze does not rest on the wall of the house or the fence, but is directed to the horizon without limiting visibility. As they will inform you, give room for thought. And when a thought settles in the head, the baby has a question. And studying is a question-and-answer process. For example, the child asks: “Mother, what is this stripe in the sky?” Here is a good reason for you to read about it and speculate. Or the child looked at the flowers and became interested in why they were different. Again a reason to find out something new. All this is also learning. Fine motor skills develop not only when a child picks up a pen and makes letters. Helping a grandmother plant something in the garden, helping a mother pick paints, collecting pebbles, blades of grass, leaves - such activities are entertaining for a child and at the same time train the small muscles of the hand necessary for proper handwriting. In a word, to study and experience a maximum of different experiences that are not available during the training year.

Encourage enthusiasm for the world around you. Power problems can be found anywhere. The same as learning the multiplication table. When a child studies phenomena on unknown life examples, he more easily overcomes information. If a simpleton child just sits with a computer on the river bank, in the garden, in the vegetable garden - that’s a completely different story. All the same, he sometimes needs to get up, and at the same time his gaze can go into the distance, break into the buzz of a mosquito or fly, the breath of the breeze, the sound of rain.

20 things you need to do this summer with your child

1. Weave a wreath of dandelions and daisies.
2. Throw a kite.
3. Go to the forest for sea buckthorn.
4. Celebrate the holiday of Ivan Kupala by jumping over the fire.
5. Swing on the bungee.
6. Organize a picnic.
7. Go to an open-air cinema.
8. Find and eat a 4-leaf clover leaf.
9. Build a hut.
10. Lazy people catch butterflies and then release them.
11. Walk barefoot on the grass damp with dew at dawn.
12. Go fishing.
13. Play frisbee and badminton.
14. Draw with crayons on the asphalt.
15. Make your own ice cream.
16. Go to a small village to watch how cows are eaten and vegetables are grown in the beds.
17. Swim on a boat.
18. Go on a hike.
19. Go on rides.
20. Organize a plein air - draw a park, temple or river from life.

Summer holidays are the time when schoolchildren, exhausted by their studies, can fully relax, gain strength, improve their health... According to statistical data, most of Russian children spend the summer at home. What are their peers living around the world doing at this time?

. Japan

The official “day of knowledge” in this country is April 1, and the end of the next academic year is March 1. It is interesting that little Japanese are taught in classes whose composition is constantly changing. And this is very good: children who do not have good relationships with classmates may well move to another group of students, where they will make real friends and acquaintances. The Japanese study a lot because it helps them later find well-paid jobs. It is believed that vacations are “created” in order to usefully spend time comprehending subjects that are difficult to understand. Many children “on vacation” are engaged in completing tasks assigned by teachers or developing the ability to draw and write hieroglyphs.

. Italy

Italian schoolchildren study from September to June. They rest three times - during Christmas (a couple of weeks), in the spring - in April or March (about a week) and in the summer. Italians tend to pamper their children without strictly monitoring their children's success in the field of education, which is why children have to independently evaluate the results of their work. As a rule, guys relax with their family.

. France

Work schedule educational institutions(including holidays) in France depends on the region of the country. In total, during the school year, the children rest five times - and this does not count the days of national holidays. It must be said that French mothers strive to ensure that their children study as best as possible, and therefore, during the holidays, most children have to fill existing gaps in knowledge.

. Spain

In the majority spanish schools“summer” begins June 20-23. The new academic year starts around mid-September. So the summer holidays for little Spaniards are somewhat shorter than for their Russian peers. Most often, young family members while away their time in the company of the older generation - grandparents, since parents are busy at work. In Spain, peculiar summer camps- “campamento”, usually located in picturesque mountainous areas or on the sea coast. In many of them, schoolchildren are taught national singing or dancing. However, the most popular are institutions that offer young people in-depth study foreign languages.

. USA

Here, school holidays are tied to three holidays - Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. Their duration and exact dates may vary from state to state. Independence is cultivated in little Americans from childhood, and therefore they plan their leisure time themselves. Most often, children communicate on the Internet or watch television programs.

. Canada

The duration of the school year in this country is 10 months. The educational program of one class is divided into two semesters: September - December, January - June. Acquiring communication skills is one of the priority areas Canadian education, and therefore during the school year classes are periodically “reformatted” (the composition of teachers and students changes). Local psychologists are convinced that this is how children find their place in society. During the holidays, students usually travel in organized groups.

. Australia

Since Australia and Russia are located in different hemispheres, then at a time when our young compatriots are enjoying long summers, little Australians are content with short winter holidays. And vice versa. To be fair, we note that the duration summer holiday for Australians is not that long - just over one month. At this time, children are encouraged to be active in every possible way, organizing numerous festivals and sporting events for them.

Even while resting, the baby must develop - after all, the lack of fresh impressions will inevitably make the child bored. At the same time, there are many opportunities for self-development - a huge and tempting world is already waiting for the young researcher! And in the process of learning the mysterious and unknown to the child The experience of peers living in different parts of the world will certainly come in handy.