For growth: how to equip a nursery for a preschooler

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Preschoolers no longer walk, like babies, tail after mom and do not require attention 24/7. They learned how to spend time alone and can take care of themselves and their favorite games on their own. They want to spend more and more time in their own room, which means the task of parents is to make it comfortable, convenient and cozy there. What features of preschool children need to be considered, what colors to choose, what furniture will suit them? Answering these most pressing questions, we have selected for you some tips on how to best equip a nursery for a preschooler.

Zoning the room

Each nursery should have certain areas for sleep, activities, games. Zoning is a visual division of a room, assuming that the toys will be in one place, the classroom table in another, and the bed in the third. This organizes the child and helps to switch from one activity to another.

Training area

If the baby needs one small table for games, drawing and modeling, then the preschooler needs to provide a full place for classes. It's time to learn to read and write, get ready for school, and then do homework. The study area is best located right in front of or next to the window - so that the light falls on the desktop on the left. Choose the most ergonomic chair so that the child is comfortable sitting upright and he is not tired of classes. Next to the table, provide your child with shelves and drawers for storing stationery, books and textbooks. Pick a good desk lamp.

Not far from the table you need to provide a place where to hang crafts, drawings, as well as various educational tips. A cork or magnetic board is perfect for this. And if space and budget allow, part of the wall can be covered with slate paint with the effect of a blackboard to draw and write on it with colorful crayons.

Game Zone

The games area should also have maximum organization. No matter how many toys a child has, it is necessary for all to provide storage space. It can be shelves, special drawers or a cabinet. This approach accustoms the child to order. No need to overload the playing area with furniture or voluminous toys, at the end of the day everything should come together and put into boxes. Also, it is in this zone that you can mix a sports complex - a wall, horizontal bar or rings.

Sleep area

The sleeping area should be the most comfortable. It is important for the child with the desire to go to bed in order to quickly fall asleep after a long day.Place a nice and calm nightlight on the wall or bedside table, and for bed, choose linen with your favorite cartoon characters. For example, a child will be pleased to meet bedtime with Caramel or Korzhik from “Three Cats”, wish good night, and also purr their beloved “miu-miu-miu!”.

Choose a color scheme

The overall color scheme in the children's room should be calm. No need to oversaturate it with one color or a theme. The pink walls and wallpaper in the form of a princess’s castle, which seemed appropriate in 3-4 years, can completely dislike the girl in a couple of years.

If the child really really likes a certain color, you can make several bright accents - visually highlight one of the zones. For example, in the game part of the room, paint a corner or part of the wall in a bright favorite color or choose the optimal color combination. It is important that the selected colors do not interfere with sleep or exercise.

To decorate the walls in the nursery, it is advisable to give preference to pastel colors. It is not necessary to make all the walls the same color, you can use the shades to zone the room. For example, make the sleep zone pale blue or slightly pink, and the occupation zone beige or yellow.

We select accessories

In recent years, designers have advised everyone: make the walls as neutral as possible, because that's when you can use any accessories. And most importantly - change them as often as you want. Instead of covering the walls with wallpapers depicting your favorite heroes, it is better to choose posters with their photos. They can hang the entire wall, but as soon as love for them passes, calmly remove and exchange for new ones without repairing the entire room.

In the zone of games and entertainment, you can hang images of all your favorite characters and frames from cartoons, place some soothing pictures in a calm color scheme above the bed. It can be landscapes or still lifes, pictures with the sky, clouds or stars. In the classroom, post motivating posters: a schedule of your favorite characters for your studies. And if the child already knows how to read - funny sayings that encourage classes.

We decide on furniture

When equipping a nursery for a preschooler, it is necessary to understand that the child is growing rapidly. All furniture should be as ergonomic and mature. If you do not want to immediately put an adult single or double bed, consider the option of a transformer. Such a bed can be moved apart as the child grows. The same transformers can be a desktop with a chair. Do not forget about durability, because any child will definitely want to jump on the bed, climb onto the table or swing in a chair. All furniture should be designed for this kind of experimentation.

Do not choose bulky, large, space-filling objects. It is better to give preference to small and airy furniture not conspicuous shades. Such furniture will not bother the child, and it is also convenient to supplement it with bright accessories: bedside rugs, lamps, etc.

We attract the child

The choice of the color of walls, furniture and accessories is a fun and at the same time difficult task, to which the child himself must be involved. The preschooler is already old enough to formulate his wishes and preferences. Only by considering and discussing together options for colors and shades, you can really understand what you and him like. In addition, the child with great pleasure will feel his own contribution to the adult business and will love his room even more.

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