The big story of a small button.
You can become an archangel, a fool or a criminal, and no one will notice. But if you are missing a button, everyone will pay attention to it. (E.M. Remarque)
Button. What could be interesting about this familiar, everyday object? “Clear as a button” we find in the dictionary of comparisons.
However, if you look at it from a slightly different angle, a lot of interesting things may open up. After all, every thing has not only its own history, but also a lot of fantastically exciting features.
The first fasteners, resembling buttons, appeared around the 3rd millennium BC. A real button with two holes for sewing was found at excavations in the Indus Valley.
In Europe, the first buttons appeared in the 4th century BC. among the Greek warriors.
During the Middle Ages, knights brought them to Europe from the Middle East, but buttons gained popularity only in the 18th century. And at first, oddly enough, men showed interest in the new fasteners. Women greeted the appearance of buttons with hostility and continued to use pins.
Men's clothing at that time was not inferior to women's clothing in terms of brightness and luxury. Buttons were made of precious metals and were often decorated with precious stones.
The button, which was then called a “button,” reached Russian fashionistas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
If we collect the ideas of scientists from different fields of knowledge - historians, ethnographers, etc., then we can distinguish four main functions of a button:
1.utilitarian (button like fastener);
3.magical (button - amulet or talisman);
4.semiotic or informative (button as an identification mark).
On the one hand, buttons found in various excavations clearly served as fasteners. Thus, the uniform of Greek warriors was fastened at the front with belts using several metal buttons with “legs.”
On the other hand, among the archaeological finds of ancient Greek art from the 4th century. BC. to the 1st century AD There are buttons made of gold, which speaks, first of all, of their decorative value. It is a known fact that the cost of a fur coat was two and a half times less than the cost of the buttons placed on it.
Today, hardly anyone remembers that in the past the button was one of the important magical amulets designed to scare away forces hostile to man. A pellet, a piece of tin or a round pebble was placed in hollow buttons, which produced a muffled sound when moved, reminiscent of the sound of a bell. And the buttons turned into amulets.
Interestingly, button in Russian has the same root as the words scare, scarecrow, pugach. Some Russian researchers believe that this coincidence is due precisely to the fact that the button has long served as protection against evil forces. From this we can conclude that among Western peoples the main functions of a button have always been utilitarian and decorative, while among the Slavs the function of a talisman was put in first place.
When buttons appeared, they were worn much more than necessary, because the more noble and rich a person was, the more there should have been. It is known, for example, that the French king Francis I once ordered a jeweler 13,600 small gold buttons to decorate just one velvet suit.
In many countries, philobutonism - collecting buttons - is not inferior in popularity to philately - collecting postage stamps.
The button was the very first clothing fastener invented by man. And, as it turned out, the longest-lasting one. This is not only a functional detail, but also a decorative accessory, which often allows one to “break away” from clothes and live an independent life. In the last two or three years, interest in buttons in our country has increased noticeably. Directories and a thematic website appeared on the Internet. We began to take something as seemingly insignificant as a button seriously. This is very important, because a button is a witness of the era.
Svetlana Volchenko
Project “The History of a Button”
« History of the button»
educational and research project for preschoolers.
Passport project
Educational area: Cognition
Type project: educational and research.
By the nature of contacts: In implementation project Children of the senior and preparatory groups and group teachers take part.
By number of participants: group.
Relevance
It is no secret that the leading role in the formation of a child’s personality and in the formation of his spiritual world belongs to the emotional sphere. It is through it that one should act. A preschool child lives in a specific natural social and cultural environment.
The child’s ability to animate the inanimate world with his imagination allows him to “humanize everything that exists”
The ways to involve preschoolers in the process of perception and productive creativity are varied. Fairy-tale narration, game situations, and elements of pantomime will add dynamism and intriguing mystery to the lessons.
Waste material is probably one of the most common materials for arts and crafts. Plastic bottles, food containers, cups, spoons and plates, plastic straws, kinder surprises, old things and other household waste are worth nothing, but using them in your creativity you can make real masterpieces.
We will stop at buttons.
Button- This is a ready-made material, easy to use for crafts with children. You can say "decorative" waste material.
The relevance of our topic is that the teacher’s task is to show children what can be done from ordinary buttons where it can be used. Develop collecting skills. Interest in research activities
And it’s also no secret that the development of fine motor skills (flexibility and accuracy of finger movements) and tactile sensitivity is a powerful stimulus for the development of children's perception, attention, memory, thinking and speech. Children who have better developed fine hand movements have a more developed brain, especially those parts of it that are responsible for speech. The fingers are endowed with a large number of receptors that send impulses to the human central nervous system.
Therefore, it is very important to develop fine motor skills in a child from a very early age. But simply doing exercises will be boring for your child - you need to turn them into interesting and useful games. In our case, games using buttons. Making crafts from buttons.
And it is very important for parents to work together with their children, to create a unified space for the child’s development in the family and preschool educational institutions, to make parents participants in the educational process.
Target project:
Children naturally develop scientific ideas about objects in the world around them.
Broadening one's horizons through educational and research activities.
Development of fine motor skills, coherent speech, thinking and creative abilities of children.
Tasks:
Introduce children to history of buttons, their diversity, range of use.
Development of the desire for search and cognitive activity.
Development of mental activity and creative abilities.
Supporting the desire of older preschoolers to examine objects to identify their features.
Encouraging children to independently use mastered standards to analyze objects, highlight their similarities and differences on several grounds.
Development of communication skills.
Forming an idea of the diversity of species buttons.
Introducing children to different sewing methods buttons.
Improving analytical perception, stimulating interest in comparing objects, learning their features and purpose.
To interest and captivate children with the idea of collecting.
Development of fine motor skills of the hands.
Cultivate a caring attitude towards clothing and including buttons.
Stages project
Stage I – preparatory.
Discussing goals and objectives with children.
Determining the level of formation of preschoolers’ ideas about buttons. Two question model used "What do I know?" And "What do I want to know?". Thus, the main research questions were identified activities:
"What does the word mean? button?»
“What did people use before the invention buttons?»
"What were the first buttons?»
"What types are there buttons?»
“What materials are they made from? buttons?»
Stage II is the main one.
Topics have been selected projects, which the children and their parents had to prepare.
The stages of research activities were determined, options for searching for information, and the products of activity that the children planned to receive at the end were discussed project.
As a result of the implementation of joint projects preschooler prepared samples of sewing methods buttons, collected material about the species buttons.
Stage III is the final stage.
Registration of the result project.
A presentation of the implementation of all stages has been prepared project.
During the research, the group created a mini-museum and collected collections buttons, samples buttons"Metal and plastic buttons» , "Children's buttons» , « Buttons - decorations» .
Implementation project.
Educational situation:
Speech development (speech development). Looking at paintings depicting buttons. A story from personal experience "How I learned to fasten buttons» Writing descriptive stories about buttons. Memorizing poems and proverbs about buttons. Use of proverbs and sayings.
Making up fairy tales and stories about a button« Button» , "A Tale about a Beloved" button» , « Button» and etc.
Speech exercises: "Pick and Tell", « Button got lost» , "Which button?» , “Describe button» ;
Cognitive development: Conversations on topic: "Where did it come from? button» , « History of the button» , « History of buttons» .
Communication situation: « Buttons- information carriers".
Didactic games: “Distribute buttons for groups(by color, shape, size, material)», "Make a picture", "Find a Pair", “What geometric figure does it look like? button» ,
Artistic and aesthetic activity:
Drawing: "Let's draw button» , "Let's draw button» , "Grapes"
grapes", "Ladybug", « Buttons for fairy-tale characters", "Aquarium", "Sun" and etc.
Modeling: "Pyramid", "Doll from buttons» , "Globe", "Centipede", "Bright photo frame", "Amanita". "Berry Glade", "Vitamins in a Jar", "Beautiful plate", "Flowers", "Caterpillar", "Dressing up the Christmas tree", "Magic Flower", "Ladybug" and etc.
Application: "Lay out from buttons picture» , "Bunch of grapes", "Caterpillar", "Pyramid", "Merry Men".
Construction: Creation of volumetric structures from buttons using wire, plasticine, cocktail sticks, etc.
Laying out from buttons of various patterns(mosaic, etc.) .
"Caterpillar", "Laying out patterns", "Butterfly", "Bracelet for Mom", « "A tree made of threads and buttons» . "House","Pot with a flower" and etc.
Manual labor: Sewing buttons, stringing.
"Beads from buttons» "Beads", "Heart for Mom", "Hot stand" "Decoration for the kitchen", "Ring", "Butterflies", "Plate" and etc.
Play activity:
Didactic games:
"What does it look like button» ,» Button mosaic», "Pick up the wheels", "Count it", "Miracle- button» , "Look-decorate", "Private button» ,» "Seven-flowered flower", « Buttons» , "Composite Pictures", "We're putting things in order", "Throwing buttons» , "Pick the Fruit", "Geometric figures", "Plant a flowerbed", “Match with clothes” and etc.
Role-playing games:
"Shop", "Studio", "Family", "We are designers" and etc.
Experimental - search activity:
Consideration buttons under a magnifying glass; familiarization with the properties and qualities of the materials from which they are made buttons(color, shape, size, transparency, strength, weight, texture, etc.)
Working with parents:
Parent meetings
Conversations with parents about the importance of this problem;
Making crafts,
Making up fairy tales and stories by button,
Replenishment of the collection buttons,
Folder addition « The button is a miracle worker» , "Miracle - button»
Holding a show-competition of crafts “Mom and I are needlewomen”
Holding an exhibition-competition of drawings « Button» "My button»
Conducting a fairy tale competition button"Dreamland";
Family holidays “My mother, grandmother and I are great craftsmen!”;
Writing little books about your stories or fairy tales, about button.
Expected results.
Expanding children's vocabulary.
Developing children's interest in research, experimental activities, creative and cognitive abilities.
Active participation of children in conducting experiments and research.
Developing the ability to pose a specific problem, find its solution and draw an appropriate conclusion.
Results of monitoring the cognitive development of children at different ages (senior preschool, preparatory) The group was shown the success of the work carried out. Children began to ask more questions, actively show interest in objects of the world around them, and establish connections between the properties of objects and their use.
History of buttons captivated children and their parents so much that they began to create family collections buttons.
The main thing I taught project children and parents - this is the realization that even the most ordinary thing can contain amazing the history of its appearance.
Implementation results project were prepared and shown to parents in the form of a presentation.
Bibliography
1. Dybina O. V. "Man-Made World". – M., 2001.
2. Dybina O. V. “What happened before... Games - journeys into the past of objects". – M., 2001.
3. Kiseleva L. S., Danilina T. A. et al. “ Design method in the activities of a preschool institution. A manual for managers and practical workers of preschool educational institutions." – M., 2003.
4. Directory of the senior teacher of a preschool institution.
A conversation-game about the origin of the button. The conversation-game uses a lot of literary language, theoretical and practical material.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
2.Are you going to get dressed?
You can't do without me.
Adults and children know -
(Children guess the riddle.)
The button is hanging and missing,
She lives in peace.
They don't notice the button
Until it comes off.
Summary of direct educational activities
Conversation game: HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE BUTTON
(in the preparatory school group 6-7 years old)
MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 72", Engels, 2013.
Compiled by teacher: Arefieva Irina Valentinovna.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
Introduce children to the history of the origin of familiar and familiar things;
Develop interest in the subject being studied and imaginative thinking with the help of riddles and games;
Expand children's understanding of the use of buttons;
Develop an aesthetic concept about various elements of clothing, cultivate neatness and attention to detail;
Develop creative imagination.
Integration of educational areas: “Socialization”, “Cognition”, “Communication”, “Reading fiction”, “Physical education”, “Safety”, “Artistic creativity”, “Music”, “Labor”.
Previous work: Familiarization of preschoolers with the environment and social reality N.V. Aleshina, O.V. Dybina What happened before…..(Games of traveling into the past of objects).
Vocabulary work: Fibula - metal clasp made of bronze (safety pin), camisole.
Material: collection of buttons, safety pin, zipper, Velcro, buttons, Whatman paper, albums, felt-tip pens.
Today we will get acquainted with the history of the origin of familiar and familiar things. Hundreds of things surround us, and we never think about where they came from, we are not interested in the history of these familiar things. These are the things we will talk about today.
Guess the riddle about an object we need in our lives:
1. You will find this necessary thing on your clothes.
If she is not there, you will be considered a slob.
2.Are you going to get dressed?
You can't do without me.
Adults and children know -
I'll button up everything in the world. What is this?
(Children guess the riddle.)
Of course - it's a BUTTON. That's what we'll talk about.
Look how different they are.
(DEMONSTRATION OF BUTTONS COLLECTION)
The poem “Button” by R. Sefa is read out.
The button is hanging and missing,
She lives in peace.
They don't notice the button
Until it comes off.
Imagine, please, that buttons have disappeared all over the Earth. What should people do? What can replace buttons? (children's answers).
You dealt with this quickly, well done; Anything will do - Velcro, laces, pieces of wood, and pins.
How good it is that they exist. It’s even better when there are a lot of them, a full box.
There are buttons in front of you, and I have buttons, buttons in boxes.
In each box they are in a certain order.
On the count of “one-two-three” I show you my box of buttons, then from memory you lay out your buttons in the same order as mine.
(Children have a set of cardboard circles: 2 red, 2 yellow, 1 green). The teacher has cards on which all the circles are located in a certain order. The teacher shows one card after another, the children remember the location of the circles, the teacher removes the cards, the children lay out the circles from memory. (Game "Lights").
What do you think buttons are for? Have they always been like this?
Listen to the unusually entertaining story of the "button".
(The story is accompanied by a display of illustrations and items on the topic)
Do you know that the clothing of primitive man was the skin of a killed animal?! The skin was thrown over the shoulders and, so that it did not slip, it was held with hands. But primitive man needed to free his hands for work: to prepare tools for hunting, to make a trap for a mammoth. That's why fasteners appeared on clothes. The first fasteners were hairpins made from ground stones and ties made from durable plant fibers.
Do we use fasteners invented by primitive man? (Children's answers).
That's right, from time immemorial we have received such a fastening method as a belt and a belt. Of course, it is very different from its great-great-great-brother and now plays the role of more of a decorative element.
The ancient Romans and Greeks used brooches - metal fasteners made of bronze similar to a modern safety pin.
In the 12th century, leather, metal, and bone fasteners appeared and became widespread. Only rich people wore them, and such fasteners were more expensive than the clothes themselves. Ordinary people used rope ties. The button familiar to us appeared much later, in the 16th century, i.e. more than 400 years ago. Moreover, women did not immediately like the buttons, but men really liked them.
The button was treated as a luxury item, and in ordinary life they did without it. Buttons were made from precious stones and passed on from generation to generation. Buttons became fashionable, and a “button epidemic” began in Europe. The more buttons, the more noble the gentleman. A self-respecting nobleman sewed about 40 buttons onto his camisole.
In the Czech Republic, in the city of Jablonec, there is a museum of buttons from different eras and countries.
Do you know that on women's clothing buttons are sewn on the left, and on men's clothing on the right.
Did you listen carefully to my story? Then answer the questions:
What material were buttons made of in the old days?
(made from precious metals and stones, copper, tin, wood, bone and even fruit seeds)
What material is used now to make buttons?
Buttons can be plastic, metal, wood, covered with fabric or leather.
Can everyone sew on buttons? No? Now we will learn.
A button with four holes is drawn on the board. Children must come up with as many options as possible for “sewing on” a button. (They draw buttons in their albums).
Fizminutka:
So we threw up our hands,
As if they were surprised.
And to each other to the ground
Bowed to the waist!
Bent over, straightened up,
They bent over and straightened up.
Lower, lower, don't be lazy,
Bow and smile.
Play with a button and create
And by all means, speak up!
Show your friends
And teach mom and dad
Fastened with all buttons.
Simple as a button.
FINAL PART.
Don't get lost, don't get lost!
Web site.
Are you tired? Now let's move a little (rhythmic music sounds)
Fizminutka:
So we threw up our hands,
As if they were surprised.
And to each other to the ground
Bowed to the waist!
Bent over, straightened up,
They bent over and straightened up.
Lower, lower, don't be lazy,
Bow and smile.
Starting position – feet shoulder-width apart. (Recite the poem while performing the movements.)
Now pay attention to the shape of the buttons and sizes.
(DEMONSTRATION OF BUTTONS COLLECTION).
Which of these buttons can be sewn on a coat?
Which ones will go with an elegant dress? Why?
What types of fasteners besides buttons do you know? (Children's answers)
That's right, it's a zipper, buttons, Velcro. And each of these clasps has its own history. The zipper lock, for example, was invented by the Swedish engineer Gideon Senbeck about a hundred years ago. At first it was heavy, metallic and bulky and it was very expensive. Now this fastener has become light and convenient, it can be seen everywhere: on jackets, boots, bags...
You should not chase the most fashionable, expensive fasteners. We must remember that the main thing in clothing is not the most fashionable fastener, but neatness. Very beautiful and expensive buttons will not decorate clothes if they are fastened with frayed, torn loops. And the most modest button looks beautiful and aesthetically pleasing on neatly ironed clothes.
And guys, you can come up with various games with buttons.
Play with a button and create
And by all means, speak up!
Show your friends
And teach mom and dad
How to make new button patterns
And successfully develop fine motor skills.
And also listen to Russian proverbs about buttons (from Dahl’s dictionary):
- The buttons are gilded, and I haven’t eaten for three days.
- A smart girl is like a bright button.
- The buttons are not molded, the loops are not twisted, nothing is done.
If you fasten the first button incorrectly, then all the rest will go awry.
Fastened with all buttons.
Simple as a button.
It seems to an envious person that the other person’s gold glitters, but if he comes closer, it’s a copper button. (Tajik proverb)
You can't sew buttons on someone else's mouth.
Now let's imagine ourselves as artists for five minutes. You have received an urgent order: to paint a picture “Merry Lawn”. And your magic pencil suddenly began to draw only buttons.
Try to complete the order without hurting the pencil.
(On a large sheet of Whatman paper, the children draw a lawn with buttons - an image using non-standard means - flowers from buttons, and if you consider that buttons come in different shapes, you get a very interesting picture. Children work to the accompaniment of calm music).
FINAL PART.
So what benefit did we get from today's conversation?
We learned the history of the appearance of the button. We talked about the button, its appearance, purpose, role in the aesthetic design of clothes. Let's watch our buttons. So that we always have them sewn on.
Button, button, hold on tight
Don't get lost, don't get lost!
You look so good on our dress
The outfit is in order - the soul rejoices!
Literature: Smart activities. From the series "Through play - to perfection." E. Sinitsina.
Familiarization of preschoolers with the environment and social reality. N.V. Aleshina
"What would have happened before..." Games-traveling into the past of objects. O.V. Dybina.
"Crafts made from fabric, threads and buttons." A.A. Anistratova, N. I. Grishina.
Excerpts from the dictionary of V. I. Dahl.
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Slide captions:
Municipal budgetary preschool institution kindergarten No. 12 structural unit “Beryozka” Short-term project “Magic Button”. Teachers: Karmanova G.V. Taepova R.H.
Relevance We live in a time of rapid speed and high technology. Every year the number of technical innovations that amaze with their capabilities increases. The world of objects, already huge, is replenished and expanded. All this is reflected in our daily life - we no longer pay attention to the objects that we use every day. It’s a pity, because some of them, sometimes even the most ordinary ones, contain a lot of interesting things.
Type of project: Research and creative Duration: Short-term (3 weeks) By number of participants: group (children, parents, teachers) Subject of research: Buttons.
Involve parents and children in joint productive creativity. Goal of the project: Objectives: Expand your horizons through familiarization with the accumulated human experience of knowing the world. To introduce children to the history of the button, its types and classification, to expand children’s knowledge about the world around them; Develop the imagination of children and parents, creativity, interest in collecting; develop fine motor skills of the hands, cognitive activity, imagination, and communication skills. Cultivate perseverance, the ability to work in a team, and instill a caring attitude towards other people’s work and crafts.
Preparatory stage: Information sheet for parents about the start of the project; Together with parents, preparing buttons for the project; Creation of the “Magic Buttons” collection in the group; Selection of illustrative and artistic materials; Drawing up notes for thematic lessons in different sections of the program.
The main stage of ECD Working with parents Working with children Joint activities of adults and children
Creation of the “Button - Magician” collection.
Joint activities of parents and children
Parents' work: “Massage mats for the prevention of flat feet.”
Family of Andrey O. and family of Darina Z.
Bracelets.
Didactic game: “Memorize and repeat”
Didactic game: “Match the leaves to the tree”
Button patterns
"Miracle tree."
Educational activities in special moments Modeling “The Miracle of a Button”
Artistic and aesthetic development. Drawing on the topic: “Such different buttons”
Educational activities in special moments “Artistic and aesthetic development” Application: “Fish in an aquarium.”
Artistic and aesthetic development. Modeling on the theme: “Here is our train rushing, the wheels are knocking”
The final stage is the broadcast of the project. Photo exhibition of special moments during the project. Review of massage mats. Design of the mini-museum “Magic Button”. Presentation of the project Exhibition of handicrafts of joint activities of parents and children (photo frames, magic bag, panels, handbags and bracelets, etc.)
Expected result: Development of children's cognitive and creative abilities. - Manifestation of independent activity of children. - Improving work on interaction with parents, activating parents as participants in the project. - A positive attitude towards the world based on emotional and sensory experience.
Mini-museum
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