Self-massage for preschoolers

No doubt, all parents would like their children to grow up healthy and physically strong, do not suffer from excess weight and problems with the spine. Now, when children prefer to spend most of their free time at the computer, the problem of a healthy lifestyle is especially urgent. To master the basic skills of self-massage - for preschool children one of the ways to join a healthy lifestyle. Self-massage for children - point, game, in verse, using massage balls, designer details, pencils and even paper - a great way to relax the muscles and get rid of the neuro-emotional tension in a fun game form.

In order to develop a good habit for children to massage regularly, it should not be tedious for them. The process of self-massage should be for children to enjoy, not to cause pain, to produce positive emotions, and its elements and the sequence of their fulfillment should be easily remembered. The game self-massage serves for children a good training of figurative thinking, trains their memory, helps to quickly and easily remember poems and songs, helps to strengthen mental and physical health.

Point self-massage for children is performed by pressing the pads of the fingers on the skin and muscles at the locations of energetically active points. This kind of massage can serve as a relaxing or stimulant, when used in combination has a positive effect on the child's body. It is used mainly to normalize nervous processes and most often it is self-massage of soles and toes, hands, head and face. You need to teach children not to put pressure on the massage with all their might, but to press lightly, gently.

Facial acupressure for children

The purpose of the massage is to prevent colds, to learn how to control facial expressions. Performed in a game form, imitating the work of the sculptor.

  1. We stroke the cheeks, wings of the nose, forehead in the direction from the middle of the face to the temples.
  2. Push your fingers on the bridge of the nose, the points in the middle of the eyebrows, making rotational movements first clockwise, and then counter-clockwise. We perform 5-6 times.
  3. Making efforts, putting pressure, "draw" eyebrows, giving them a beautiful bend. We "sculpt" thick eyebrows with the help of tweezers.
  4. With gentle gentle touches we make eyes, comb the cilia.
  5. We carry our fingers from the nose to the tip of the nose, "molding" the long nose for Pinocchio.

Self-massage for children in verse "Nose, wash!"

  1. "Crane, open!" - with your right hand do rotational movements, "opening" the tap.
  2. "Nose, wash!" - rub the forefingers of both hands with the wings of the nose.
  3. "Wash both eyes at once" - gently hold your hands over your eyes.
  4. "Wash, ears!" - rub our ears with palms.
  5. "Wash, shake!" - gently stroking the neck in front.
  6. "Neck, washing properly!" - iron the neck behind, from the base of the skull to the chest.
  7. "Wash, wash, bathe! - gently stroke your cheeks.
  8. "Mud, wash yourself off! Mud, wash off! " - Three hands against each other.

Self-massage for face and neck for children "Indian"

The purpose of the massage is to teach the children to relax the muscles of the face and neck while performing a massage in front of the mirror. Imagine that we are Indians, who paint a war paint.

  1. "Draw" lines from the middle of the forehead to the ears with strong movements - repeat 3 times.
  2. "Draw" the lines from the nose to the ears, while widely placing the fingers - repeat 3 times.
  3. "Draw" lines from the middle of the chin towards the ears - repeat 3 times.
  4. "Draw" lines on the neck in the direction from the chin to the chest - repeat 3 times.
  5. "It's raining" - tapping lightly on the face, as if playing the piano.
  6. "We wipe off the leaking paint from the face," gently rubbing the palms of his face, pre-warming them, rubbing each other.
  7. "Shake off the remaining droplets of water", hands down.