How to create the perfect children's room: Tips psychologist

Flatplan - is a service for creating interior design projects. Working on the project, Flatplan designers consult with experts: fitness trainer He knows how to make the apartment comfortable for sports, Chef - how to make a cozy kitchen, and freelance - how to build an office building. In a joint project, we seek the advice of experts from different fields.

This time, we asked the children's and family psychologist Sabina Lamani to tell you how to equip a children's room.

Child's room affects the child's development. If you build it right, it will help your child grow into a happy and comfortable atmosphere, to develop creativity and emerge as a person.

How to properly zoned nursery

Children's room - a place to sleep, games, study and storage. To obtain a functional room, divide the space into three parts: the bed, the playing and learning area. For preschool play area a priority, and the older children - training.

Workplace better equip the window, with lots of natural light. sleeping area as possible should move away from the door, so that the child was a sense of security. To better highlight the game in the middle of the room on a soft carpet, providing access to daylight.

Advice from Flatplan

Game Zone

Zone must be safe and interesting. It is not necessary to clutter the space volumetric toys, it is better to make it free and give the child a place for creativity. The playing area can accommodate wall bars and a table for sand and water games, covered slate wall paint. The more abstract the entertainment, the better the child's imagination, and the more opportunities to play.

Slate cover allows the child not only draw on the walls, but also to use them in teaching - to solve problems, to remember the rules. You can combine this with a magnetic coating: on a wall, and you can still attach magnets to the notes.

Advice from Flatplan

Blackboard paint can cover not only the walls, but also the door of the cabinet and countertop. The paint is and white - it can draw markers.

If space allows, arrange the room for the reading area: Hang at eye-level shelves, display cases and put children's books face forward. Colored pictures will interest the child, he wants them to consider. Put cushions on the floor, and get a place to curl up with a book in his hands.

Learning zone

To a child it was convenient to do, it is important to choose ergonomic desk, chair and lighting. It is best to choose a furniture, make it grow with your child: bed becomes large, and a table and chair - above. The light should be bright without harsh shadows - so less will get tired eyes. The student aid can hang a map on the table objects and posters, reminders, to help assemble a portfolio and do homework.

Equipping a place to study, it is important to take into account the individual characteristics of the child: how he attentive and diligent if quickly grasp the information, whether he requires reminders and visual examples. For example, if the child is not very diligent, it is not necessary to do a training area in front of the window: it is often distracted. For this reason, all the posters helpers should be a bit further from the workplace.

Sleeping place

Properly organized sleeper can improve the child's sleep. To do this, you need to choose a good mattress, pillow, bed linen and proper lighting.

• bed size should match the growth of the child (his feet do not rest against the back of the bed).
• Choose bedding pastel shades of satin, calico or calico. It should be soft, not bright pictures. Motley clothes can distract from sleep, and the bright colors - to excite the nervous system.
• Try to make a cozy bed to the child liked to be there.

That the child is well enough sleep, 1.5-2 hours before bedtime dim the lights in the apartment and close the windows with thick curtains. The hormone melatonin is responsible for sleep, is produced only in darkness, so to sleep better to abandon any light, including the nightlight. His light decreasesSensitivity of the circadian system to evening bright light in preschool-age children. levels of melatonin, which is why children often wake up at night and feel tired in the morning. You can use red lights. This coverage does not suppressRed Light and the Sleep Quality and Endurance Performance of Chinese Female Basketball Players melatonin production.

How to choose suitable colors

color effectColor psychology: effects of perceiving color on psychological functioning in humans. the emotional state of the child. Some shades cause sadness and depression, while others - the joy and enthusiasm. Therefore, it is important to correctly pick a color scheme for the nursery. The main rule - do not oversaturate room one color and do not make it too bright. It is better if the room will be in soothing pastel colors with bright accents on the walls or objects of decoration.

Choosing color accents, guided by the psycho-emotional features child (active and excitable, quiet and shy). It is important to choose the color so that they do not interfere with the training sessions, games and sleep.

Here's how some colors affect the emotional state of children:

• Red increasesPerception of the color red enhances the force and velocity of motor output. heart rate and respiration, as well as physical activity. If a lot of red, it can cause aggression and anxiety. However, small red accents can improve concentration and help a shy child feel more confident.
• The yellow color is associatedChildren's Emotional Associations with Colors. with sunlight and cause the joyful emotions. If the yellow lot, the child hard to calm down and fall asleep.

• Blue color calmsColor-emotion associations: Past experience and personal preference. . It is well suited for excitable children and reduce physical activity. But if you overdo it, it will have an overwhelming and depressing effect.
• Brown hasChildren's Emotional Associations with Color. calming effect, because it is associated with nature. Children who are different anxiety disorder will be well feel themselves in a room decorated in those colors. However, the need to combine brown with beige and other pastel shades, otherwise it will paralyze and suppress child.

• Green is considered to be suitable for a child's room, because it is the color of nature and freshness (especially if you use soft green shades). It strengthensFertile green: green facilitates creative performance. reading ability and imagination, enhances creativity.
• Pink color isChildren's Emotional Associations with Color. excitement and other positive emotions. In addition, it develops empathy and a sense of caring, so the room with pastel pink shades - a variant in which there is nothing wrong.

Ask the opinion of a child, but offers options to choose from. For example, ask: "Do you prefer the blue or the green?"

How to create a comfortable environment

Choosing furniture

Children explore the world around and check everything on the strength of: swinging on chairs, jump on the bed, parse the contents of the cabinets. It's part of growing up, swear because of similar pranks not worth it. Another thing is that the furniture must withstand children's experiences.

Older child, of course, want to retire. To do this, you can allocate the space with light shelves, which will transmit light, but visually fence off the room.

Advice from Flatplan

Furniture should be practical, functional, but not cumbersome - it can inhibit a child. Give preference to the furniture in neutral shades. Bright wardrobes, beds and desks quickly bored child, and to buy new will be costly. It is better to make colored accents on decor items: posters, lamps, pillows and bed mats.

Arrange storage items

Children can be taught to order through proper storage device. That the child could himself remove the toys and other items, place them in small containers at eye level. Containers should be comfortable for little hands and easy to be nominated. On each stick fotoyarlyk that shows where that is. However, the containers themselves will teach nothing - should show an example of adults.

Disclaim TV

Psychologists and pediatricians are advised to give up the TV in the children: it worsensMedia Use and Child Sleep: The Impact of Content, Timing, and Environment. sleep, reducesChildren and Adolescents and Digital Media. school performance, depression and obesity provokesEffect of Social Media on Child Obesity: Application of Structural Equation Modeling with the Taguchi Method. .

Child up to 1.5 years in general do not give a tablet and show the cartoons on TV - is quickly replaced by vivid pictures overdriveAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Announces New Recommendations for Children's Media Use. baby nervous system adverse effectPotential effects of screen media on cognitive development among children under 3 years old: review of literature. its development and can worsen sleep.

Teach a child to gadgets canAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Announces New Recommendations for Children's Media Use. 2 years, limiting the residence time at the screen. For children 2-5 years - is one hour a day for children 6-12 years - 2 hours a day.

Flatplan help you arrange child so that the child was comfortable in it. The price does not depend on the complexity of the project and the size of the apartment: up to 29 900 rubles you can get ready fletplan entire room with the drawings, estimates and tips for builders. Leave the application, and within a week you will have thought out a design project with the check-list shopping and drawings.

Order fletplan