How did the first man appear? This question worries scientists all over the world and excites the imagination of our children. We will take as a basis Charles Darwin's theory that people descended from monkeys and go to a distant and mysterious primitive world to feel like a representative of the Stone Age. We'll build a cave, create an image for ourselves primitive man, let's learn how to make fire and create weapons. We will meet shamans and become the first artists. We will catch our first mammoth and learn all about the spirits that live among us.
We'll find out:
- From whom did the first people descend (according to Darwin's theory)
- Where did primitive man live?
- How did you get your food?
- What did primitive men and women do (I wonder if something has changed over millions of years? đ)
- What did primitive people believe?
- What animals inhabited the primitive world
- What did ancient man learn?
You'll get:
- theoretical material (based on which you can tell your child how people lived in the Stone Age)
- themed games that allow you to enter the world of primitive people and immerse yourself in the theme
- cards with logic games and tasks that you will need during thematic games
- Educational cards with drawings and information about animals, primitive weapons and tools
Age 4+
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How did ancient people live?
IN modern society The life and lifestyle of ancient people evokes considerable curiosity. We are children modern world, we use all its benefits and high tech and it is quite difficult for us to understand how people survived who had nothing at their disposal except the nature around them. In this article we will try to talk about what the life of ancient people was like and what kind of life they led.
Tribal Relations
Ancient people preferred to live in tribes, because in such harsh conditions of wild ancient nature it was almost impossible to survive alone. Each member of the tribe played his own role - women were engaged in farming and gathering, maintaining housing, preparing food, and looking after children, men were breadwinners and went fishing and hunting and made auxiliary tools. Weak and sick members of the tribe and children were the women's assistants and carried out their instructions. Since medical knowledge was still lacking in prehistoric times, the age of ancient people was not long. In addition, infant mortality was very high, and the childbearing age was low.
So how long did ancient man live on average?
Of course, the area of ââresidence of the tribe and way of life played a big role, but a 30-year-old man in those prehistoric times could be considered an old man. To survive, the tribes constantly tried to increase their numbers and had very free morals, incest often occurred. Loyalty was also not paid attention to, since men in the tribe were in short supply, since males died hunting and in battles with neighboring tribes.
The cave played the role of housing and altar
Ancient people used caves not only for cooking, sleeping and heating; the cave was the first human altar. It was in caves that ancient people learned to draw their first âiconsâ; before hunting, they depicted pictures of victories over ferocious animals, performed tribal dances, and performed the first ritual ceremonies. Time passed and the first totems appeared in the caves, which personified the gods to whom the tribe prayed.
The evolution of ancient people was very slow, much slower than ours, but even such underdeveloped creatures were not alien to progress. Men constantly improved their tools made of wood and stone, and women created new household items that allowed them to more easily carry out household work. In addition, women who were engaged in gathering realized that spices could diversify a very meager diet.
Perhaps the very first people walked naked, but they quickly realized that primitive clothing could be made from the skins of animals they killed while hunting, and jewelry could be made from shells and gems. It will be interesting to know that it was multi-colored stones and shells that became the first money in primitive society. Such âmoneyâ began to be used for trade within the tribe and between tribes.
Some tribes lived in forests and on vast plains; they realized that they could build a hut from branches and tree trunks. It is the huts that can be considered the first full-fledged houses for humans. Such huts were built both on the ground and in trees.
Time passed, a huge glacier came to the territory of Eurasia, and the Ice Age began. People had to adapt to very harsh conditions environment. Since it was very cold, the ancient people realized that they could take refuge underground from the cold. This is how the first dugouts appeared, which were built from logs and earth. Such underground shelters could shelter up to 30 people from the cold.
Educator: Komarova A.A.
Program content:
To acquaint children with the appearance and life of primitive man;
Expand lexicon the introduction of new words: leader, tribe, skin, mammoth, etc.;
Promote the development of pantomimic and facial abilities in children, the development of fine motor skills;
Develop imagination, fantasy, logical thinking.
Materials and equipment: illustrations on the topic; model of a cave, model of a fire; skins-clothes; sticks, ropes and âspearsâ according to the number of children; winder toys; sanguine.
Progress of the lesson
Guys, today we have amazing adventures ahead of us, and I will tell you an interesting story.
It was a long time ago. On our green and blooming planet, where various animals and birds already lived, man appeared. Where did he come from? Whether it came from a monkey or whether it came from outer space, we donât know. But he still appeared. This is what he was like (show illustration). Tell me, what was he wearing? (Children's answers). Yes, in those days there were no clothes, since there were no factories. Man had to do everything with his own hands. Why do you think he needs the skin? What do you need clothes for? Want to try on some caveman clothes? (Children wear skins-clothes). So we turned into cavemen.
Ancient people, in those ancient times, lived in human packs. And in each pack there was a leader, an elder. While the adult members of the pack were hunting, the children learned from the wisest and most experienced mentors. Today I will be your leader.
Where do you think ancient people lived? (Children's answers). They lived in caves. And here is our cave. It's dark and cold here, brrrr. I started to freeze. What could you come up with that would make it warmer and brighter? (Children's answers). Yes, it would be nice to make a fire, so the wood is ready. But the problem is, how do you get fire? (Children's answers). I'll tell you one secret. Primitive people waited for a tree to catch fire in the forest from lightning, and they saved this fire in their cave. But there is another way to make fire. You need to take some forest moss, place a stick on it and quickly rotate it with your palms. This must be done until the fire appears. (Children âmakeâ fire). Yes, this process is difficult and long. To speed it up, I suggest blowing on the fire. (Children blow on the fire, a âlightâ appears). Well, it immediately became light and warm.
(Voices of the forest sound). Do you hear someone big and angry walking near our cave. These are probably predators! I'm afraid! What to do? (Children's answers). We need to arm ourselves. Ancient people made weapons from different materials: from stone - knives and darts, spear tips; made of wood - spears and ax handles. They tied the stone point to a tree with the help of flexible plants - vines. Let's try to make a spear of a primitive man. True, we will replace the stone tips with cardboard ones, and the vines with ropes. But it will do for the protection of our cave. Do you agree? (Children make spears). We have real weapons, and now we are not afraid of any predators, nor saber-toothed tigers, nor even mammoths.
(Show illustrations).
What animal does a mammoth look like? How is it different from an elephant? And even then there were saber-toothed tigers, with large and sharp fangs like sabers, and huge cave bears.
I want to eat something. Are you hungry? Let's go fishing. (The game âWho can catch the fish fasterâ). What a big catch! How can we prepare it? I know that the ancient people loved very much dried fish, since this was the easiest way to prepare it, because people did not have utensils. Let's spread it out in the sun.
After eating, cavemen loved to eat something tasty. But there were no sweets or cookies in those days. But in the forests there were apparently invisibly tasty and sweet berries. Let's go to the forest to pick berries. (Game âCollect the berriesâ).
Well, a fire is burning near the cave, fish is drying in the sun, weapons protect us from uninvited guests. What to do now? When ancient people were well-fed and safe, they loved... to draw. Yes, yes, draw. But not on paper, but on the stones and walls of the cave. And coals served as a pencil. Of course, their drawings were similar to the drawings of small children, and they have survived to this day. (Show illustrations).
Let us, like ancient primitive people, try to draw on the walls of the cave. (Children draw).
This is where our primeval adventure ends. Let's take off our skins and go back to being boys and girls living in our world. Did you like it? What were the names of the people we turned into? What were they wearing? What did you eat? Who were they hunting? Where did you live? How was fire made? I have prepared an interesting book for you in the group about the life of primitive people and I suggest you go and look at it. (Children go to the group).
Lena Berezhnaya on the day âStone Ageâ
Our day today was very interesting and fun! First, we built the dwellings of ancient people from stones. It turned out to be something like a cave, near the entrance of which you can see the primitive people themselves.
And this is the stone path of primitive people.
I told how primitive people made fire. The kids tried long and hard to strike fire from the stone. Of course, we didnât succeed, but we liked the activity of knocking stones against stones.
Then we tested for dexterity. They drew a circle and the kids tried to push each other out of the circle without using their hands. Kids are always delighted with these games!
Then we took arrows and went hunting for mammoth. Bogdanchik immediately remembered the protective function of amulets and said: âMom, letâs put on these little things that we sculpted!â We put amulets on our necks and arms and went hunting! I was in the role of a mammoth and hid behind the bushes, and the kids carefully crept up and then ran away from me with cheerful squeals!
We played this game for a long time until we got tired!
They played for accuracy. I built a tower out of pebbles, and the kids knocked it down with pebbles.
Then we started collecting. The kids were given a bucket each and went to collect nuts (pebbles).
While the kids were collecting food for primitive people, I hid nuts in the cave. After a job well done, I offered to refresh myself. She said that primitive people hid a surprise in a cave. The kids happily went looking!
We ate some nuts, drank some Compatico and decided to do some rock painting. They chose a pebble, took out paints and began to paint the stones!
Here's what we got:
And it was Bogdanchik who put his handprint on the asphalt.
After the rock painting, we went looking for fossils, which the kids found very quickly!
We had so much fun playing today! Lena and Oksana, thank you so much for such cool game ideas!
Report on the whole camp
Thank you so much for such a huge number of new games and ideas that were included in the training! The training is simply wonderful!
Firstly, I immediately liked that the training would be held in the form of a themed Internet camp! I myself went to camps all the time as a child, and I really liked everything there! And then Lena and Oksana suggested organizing such a camp for small children! And itâs themed too!
And when I found out the theme of the camp... History! Before, I couldnât even imagine how it was possible to give small children a story theme in a game! Now I have enough ideas and games on this topic for a long time!
To be honest, we didnât have time to play all the proposed games! There simply wasnât enough time physically! But we will definitely play them! And how can you not play now! The kids themselves now ask every day: âWhere are we going to travel today in the time machine?â
All the games offered at the training were simply wonderful. Some seem simple, but terribly interesting! And some games required some preparation for them (costumes, props)!
The kids remember a lot of games that they now either play on their own or ask me to play with them!
During training, imagination begins to work so that various games are simply invented on the fly out of nothing! And most importantly, on the street other kids connect to interesting game! And from fun company The game becomes even more interesting for kids! The ideas of Lena and Oksana and the reports of the other training participants help to stimulate your imagination!
Moms on the street began asking me when I had time to do everything: invent interesting games, make props for them, and have so much fun playing with the kids, and much more! To this end, I advised you to take Leninâs and Oksanaâs trainings! The main thing should be desire! And you can have time to do a lot!
Also, thank you so much for the idea to keep a game album! In general, itâs always a little difficult for me to engage in design activities (I may not finish what I start, because there are many different ideas that I donât have time to write down). Everything turned out completely different here!
Role-playing game« Prehistoric man's site »
Participants: children 6-7 years old
Target: To consolidate the acquired knowledge with children, to give children joy and pleasure from role-playing game.
Tasks:
Cultivate interest in the history of development person;
Develop curiosity;
Expand the search and cognitive activity of children;
Develop cognitive activity, enrich vocabulary. Create a desire to actively participate in general conversation and play.
Cultivate friendly relationships and mutual assistance.
Develop memory, logical thinking, speech, interest in independent solving cognitive problems.
Activating the dictionary: dwelling, cave, tribe, sacred fire, ritual dance, rock paintings.
Material and equipment: cave, animal skins, "bonfire", stones and sticks for "breeding" fire, "spears", silhouettes of animals, sheets of paper, "river", skewers, crayons.
Musical arrangement: "Sounds of Africa", "Sound of Drums".
Preliminary work:
Reading books and encyclopedias on the topic « Ancient world» , "Journey to the Ancient World", watching video material. Making attributes for the game
Progress of the game:
Guys, do you want to go back to the Stone Age? I really want to see how people lived in the Ancient World! Who's with me? âŠâŠ children's answers
What if the journey turns out to be dangerous: We may encounter a wild beast, hostile tribes - arenât you afraid? âŠâŠ children's answers
Those who are ready to travel through the Ancient World, come closer to get into the field of action of the time machine. Get ready! Get in a tight circle, we'll start the time machine âŠ..game connoisseur
Put your hands on your shoulders friend friend: âWe want to go to the Stone Age! We want to go back to the Stone Age! We want to go back to the Stone Age!â
In ancient times, people did not live alone, but in large groups - tribes. Imagine that we are a tribe.
Once primitive people
Let's go to primeval forest.
AND primeval sun
Looked at them from heaven.
Then these people decided
Live in a remote cave
They got fire
They began to cook food on it.
And they ate with their hands
And they drank water from the stream,
Dressed differently from you and me
They had skin on them.
You found yourself in the Stone Age and reincarnated as primitive people. Guys, what do you think they were wearing? primitive people? ( take animal skins)
Where will you live?
Let's build a cave too! (from blocks and blankets)
The boys need to agree on who will build which cave, and the girls need to agree on what they will do.
But we will have one rule...
You know, primitive people hardly spoke. They mostly communicated with gestures. Letâs try to convey some information to each other using gestures without words.
The boys build caves using blocks, branches and skins. Tell me, what was the most important occupation for ancient people? (hunting, fishing, getting food)
How will you and I hunt animals and fish? What will be our weapon? Ancient people made weapons for hunting from sticks and stones, vines. We will also make spears and fishing rods.
Spears and fishing rods are being prepared. They go hunting and fishing. They take the prey, find the eggs, and carry everything to the cave.
Girls: collect fruits, herbs,
What did they eat from?
make dishes, decorate them,
How primitive people made fire?
they build a fireplace, take care of it, crack nuts, do laundry and babysit the children.
Summing up: Children name who they hit.
It was a nice hunt, rich booty.
What will we do with our prey? Shall we eat it raw or roast it on fire?
(We sit around the fire and "fry" shaped marmalade on skewers).
In the meantime, our prey is being prepared, we will perform a ritual dance so that next time the hunt will be successful.
Do you want to perform it?
A ritual dance is performed to the sound of drums.
Guys, do you like our trip to the Ancient World? Tell us what you like here? Who were you, what did you do?
I think the food is ready. Who wants to try?
After a while it buzzes "Time Machine".
Guys, do you hear? I think it's time for us to go back. Or maybe someone wants to stay here a little longer? Maybe someone wants to decorate the walls of the caves?
