Making cubes Zaitsev do it yourself

The method of teaching reading with the help of Zaitsev's cubes is becoming more and more popular in the modern world. Many parents make a choice in her favor. However, the purchase of textbooks on this method can significantly affect the family budget. Not all families can afford to purchase expensive materials. In this case, loving parents think about how to make them with their own hands.

There are various options for making bases for cubes. You can use thick cardboard, plastic cubes. The main thing is to find those that will be empty inside and, preferably, they have one removable edge. Some make them from cartons of milk, juice or kefir. In total, you need to make 52 dice, among which there are single and double.

Cardboard is a short-lived material. Without additional reinforcement, they will serve very little. You will need to glue them much longer. All faces of the cardboard cubes must be well processed so that they do not become curves. They are better laminated or pasted over with scotch tape, thermal film. In this case, they will last much longer.

An economical option would be to use liter cartons of juice, yogurt and milk as a base. The base of the packages should be square. They will be stronger and more beautifully glued together from cardboard.

The most convenient for the manufacture of Zaitsev's cubes will be plastic. Although this option is more expensive. You will spend much less time on making of them.

All cubes are filled with special fillers. It is different for different types of cubes.

To fill the iron cubes, you can use:

• corks from metal from glass bottles from under beer, lemonade. The number of traffic jams is different. In those that are small, 4 plugs will be required, 6 plugs in large size, 8 plugs in twin ones.
• If there are not enough traffic jams, you can partially replace them with small coins. Cubes filled only with coins will ring badly, they will have to shake very strongly.
• Fishing bells. It will be enough to 2 bells for small cubes and 3 for large ones.
• In the departments for needlework you can buy small bells. Their number is determined, as well as for traffic jams.
• Bent letter "g" details from the metal constructor. They must be broken beforehand.
• Thimbles. Their number is the same as that of traffic jams.
• For filling, you can use cans. They must be cut into small pieces and bend the letter "g".
• Small accessories, which will make a ringing.

For filling wooden cubes fit:

• trimming thick cardboard.
• Small sticks, sticks, slats made of wood (4 and 6 pieces).
• Branches of trees, broken into small pieces.
• Broken into small pieces of pencils, you can use plastic parts from markers.
• Beads.
• Buttons.
• Small pebbles, best of all pebbles.
• Seashells.
• Peas, beans, pasta.
• Counting sticks, broken into small pieces.
• Details from the plastic and wooden designer.

For filling gold cubes fit the same list of materials as for the iron. The choice of materials for iron and gold cubes should be different. They should sound different.

For iron-wooden cubes, use two different fillers. Punctuation marks can be filled with rustling paper or rags. They need to be filled very tightly so that they are heavier.

It is very important that for each species one type of filler is used, because they have to make the same sounds. Therefore, the choice of items for filling you need to decide in advance. It should be enough for all cubes of the same type.

Cubes by this author's method are different among themselves. They are different in color, weight and size.

Only 12 types of cubes:

1. Large golden color. On them are the vowels А-У-О-Э-Ы. For letters, the font color is red.

2. Small golden color. They are intended for the letters E-EY-YU-YA. Font color is brown.

3. Large iron-gold color. Here are located the warehouses of B-BA-BU-B-B-B-BO, V-VA-VU-VE-VO-VYO, M-MA-ME-ME-MO-WE. These cubes are made in 2 copies. Г-ГА-ГУ-ГЭ-ГО ГЫ, Д-ДА-ДУ-ДЭ-DO-ДЫ, З-З-ЗУ-ЗЭ-ЗО-ЗЫ, L-LA-LU-LE-LO-LY, N- NA-NU-NE-NO-NY, R-RA-RU-RE-RO-PY. The letters are written in blue and blue.

4. Double large cube of iron-gold color. For warehouses Ж-ЖЬ-ЖА-ЖО-ЖЕ-ЖЕ-ЖИ-ЖУ. Font blue-blue.

5. Small iron-gold color. БЬ-БЮ-БЯБЬ БЬБЕ БИ, ВЬ-ВЮ-ВЯ-ВЁ-ВЕ-ВИ, ГЬ-ГЮ-ГЯ-ГЁ-ГЕ-ГИ, Д-ДЮ-ДЯ-ДЁ-DE-DI, ЗЬ- ZYU-ZYA-ZYO-ZE-ZY, L'LYU-LYa-LYE-LI-LI, MY-MYU-MYA-ME-ME-ME-MI, NY-NY-NYA-NY-NI-NI, Ry-ryu- RYA-RYO-RE-RI. The font color for warehouses B, B, B, L, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3b is blue-green, for the other warehouses, blue-blue.

6. A small cube of iron color. On it is located only the letter на on all faces. The font is blue. Must be different in weight from the other cubes.

7. Large wooden-gold color. P-PO-PA-PE-Py-PU, K-KO-KA-KE-KY-KU. These cubes in 2 copies. Warehouses F-FO-FA-FE-FY-FU, T-TO-TA-TE-TY-TU, S-SO-SA-SE-SY-SU, X-HO-HA-XE-XY-XY one by one an instance. The font color for the warehouses P, K, F, T, C, X is blue, for all the others it is blue.

8. Double large wooden-gold color. SH-SH-SHA-SHO-SHU-SHE-SHE-SHI, C-TsA-TSO-TsU-TsI-Tsy-TsE. The color of the letters for the warehouses W, C - blue, SH - blue-green, for the rest blue-blue.

9. Small wooden-gold color. ПЬ-ПЮ-ПЁ-ПЮ-ПИ-ПЕ, КЬ-КЯ-КЁ-КЮ-КИ-КЕ, ФЬ-ФЯ-ФЬ-ФЁ-ФЮ-ФИ-ФЕ, ТЬ-ТЯ-ТЁ-ТЮ-ТИ-ТЕ - these cubes 2 copies each. CH-SYA-CHO-SU-XI-XH-HYA-XYO-XY-XY-XE. The font color for warehouses ПЬ, КЬ, ФЬ, ТЬ, СЬ, ХЬ is blue-green, for the rest blue-blue.

10. Double little wooden-gold color. For warehouses CH-CH-CHO-CHA-CHE-CHU-CHE-CHI, SCH-SCH-SCH-SCHA-SCH-SCHO-SCHU-SCH-SCH-SCHE. Font color for H, U - blue, for CH, U - blue-green, for the rest - blue-blue.

11. Large wooden-iron cube color. On it is a warehouse V'-B'-D'-Z'-S'-T'', the font is blue-green.

12. Small white cube for punctuation marks.

You can make a large wooden cube for the warehouses of the remaining consonants with b, but most likely it will not be needed.

In order to make them out of cardboard, you need to download ready-made scans of cubes and print them on a color printer.

Sheets with printouts are glued to thick sheets of cardboard and you will need to let them dry under the press. After they are dry, cut the reamer. Well bend all sides. Collect the cube and think about which edges are better to lubricate with glue right away, and which ones later, when you just have to fill it and glue the last facet.

This is done for convenience. If you immediately glue everything with glue, then the process of gluing will be very difficult. After you have glued the cube, reinforce it with an elastic band so that it does not break up during drying. Tape it with tape or thermal film. It is possible to laminate the scan in advance, and after gluing, tape the corners with adhesive tape.

If suddenly you are not able to print ready-made models on a color printer, then you will need simple reamers for gluing the cube. After gluing it, using self-adhesive paper, give it the desired color and write the warehouses with a stencil.

How to make cubes of paper, see the following video.

It is necessary to measure the length of the face in the base of the box. Exactly the same length we measure on the side faces. At this point there will be a fold. Above the fold line measure 3 cm and cut. From the cutting line to the fold line we cut along the side faces. Fill the cube with "stuffing" and glue. From above we paste over self-adhesive paper and we write warehouses. With the second part of the box, if dimensions allow, you can do the same, only it will be necessary to glue together both from above and below.

This production version will be a little more expensive than the rest. Although it is much easier to do here. If you bought small cubes that have one removable face, you need to open it with a knife. On sale there are plastic cubes that open diagonally.

If no edge is opened, then you can cut the lid with a knife. Fill the cube with filler and, having missed it with glue, close the lid (if you cut the lid with a knife, it is better to use a soldering iron for gluing). Let the glue dry. After that, paste them with self-adhesive paper and write warehouses.

As you can see, you can make Zaitsev's cubes yourself, without spending a lot of money on it. It's a troublesome thing, it takes time. But with their own hands, the child will like to play even more! After all, their mother made them especially for him!