Spring has come... Happy Spring to you, friends!!! I love spring very much... Yes, all seasons are good, and each is beautiful in its own way. But here is an amazing magic, a beautiful awakening from sleep of everything and everyone around, this miracle exists only in spring... In the section “About the seasons for children” we will talk today about it, about spring, which gives hope, awakens in us the most wonderful feelings and makes us believe in the most incredible!
Spring is a very interesting and amazing time of the year. It is in the spring that it is so fresh and easy to breathe, the sun appears, which we all yearned for so much during the winter. In spring you can find so many unusual things around, the main thing is to look around, and spring will seem like a fairy tale to you and your baby, no worse than a snowy winter. Spring is very beautiful and bright. No wonder there is an interesting legend about her arrival.
The Legend of the Origin of Spring
One day the Sun descended to earth in the form of a beautiful girl. The sun wanted to have fun, rejoice with people. The Evil Serpent stole and locked the Sun in his palace. The birds stopped singing, all people, especially children, forgot what cheerful laughter, friendly smiles, and kind looks are. The world plunged into sadness and despondency. One brave young man volunteered to save the Sun. For a whole year he searched for the Serpent's palace. Still, I found him and challenged him to a fight.
He fought all day and night. A sharp and cold wind blew on Earth. It started snowing in large flakes. It seemed like there would be no end to the bad weather.
But the brave young man, of course, defeated the evil Serpent. The bad weather immediately stopped: the wind calmed down, the snow began to melt... And the sun rose into the sky, illuminating the whole world. Nature began to come to life, people were happy, but only the brave young man did not have time to see spring. His warm blood flowed onto the snow. The last straw has fallen. A brave young man has died. Where the snow melted, white flowers grew - snowdrops, the harbingers of spring. (Source of legend)
Observations of nature in spring
With the arrival of spring, general rejoicing and awakening begins. Everything around is gradually changing. Nature changes slowly, but with each new day you can notice something completely new and wonderful.
With the arrival of spring, the sun shines more and more and rises higher, the days become longer. The snow begins to melt, spring streams are running with might and main, spring drops are dripping cheerfully and cheerfully. The ice that bound the lakes and rivers cannot stand it either; it becomes covered with cracks and gradually breaks, beginning to drift. At this moment the flood is in full swing, the lowlands are flooded with melt water. The weather is very changeable, sometimes the bright sun is shining, sometimes a strong wind begins to blow.
How animals, birds and insects live
Sensing the sun and approaching warmth, insects crawl out after a long winter hibernation. Migratory birds return from the south to their native lands. Rooks are among the first to be seen, followed by starlings, larks and wagtails. The animals also wake up after winter, a bear with cubs crawls out of its den, a badger crawls out of its hole. Animals change their fur, molt in the spring, hares and squirrels also change the color of their fur coat to a summer version.
I recommend: My tales about changes in nature in spring “How the gnome Toto greeted Spring” and “News from the editorial office of Galkin News.”
How plants grow
Plants also feel the warmth of the spring sun and begin to come to life. Juice rises from the roots to the about-to-swell buds, and leaves will soon begin to appear.
The willow is the first to bloom - the first harbinger of spring. Soon the alder and hazel will dress up in fluffy buds.
Everywhere, the first flowers of spring - snowdrops, coltsfoot and lungwort - are making their way out from under the ground towards the sun. The gardens are also filled with bright colors, where fruit trees bloom at the end of spring.
Features of human activity in spring
With the arrival of spring, not only animals and plants wake up. The person also feels a surge of strength. There is quite a lot of work at this time, especially outside the city. After all, it is necessary to cultivate the land, and then sow millet, barley and rye. Also at this time, greens, onions, and carrots are sown.
What about sports in the spring?
You can play sports at any time of the year. However, in the spring it is doubly pleasant to do this. The temperature outside is optimal, the air is fresh, and your soul is in a great mood. In the spring, when the days are long and bright, when everything around is starting to dry out, you can start running in the park. For the more active, you can offer roller skating or cycling. Also, many parks now offer exercises and dance master classes.
Spring in literature
Tales of spring
Perhaps the most famous fairy tale about spring is the Russian folk tale “How Spring Overcame Winter,” which tells about the confrontation between Winter and Spring, in which the warm and gentle spring still wins, legally coming into its own.
It is noteworthy that Japanese culture also has an interesting fairy tale about spring. It's called "Nightingale House". It tells about a lumberjack who did not listen to his wife and looked out the treasured window.
The fairy tale “The Adventures of Freckles” by S. Prokofieva is interesting and educational. Little Freckle looks for and protects freckled children.
And don’t forget our favorite heroes by E. Uspensky by reading the fairy tale “Spring in Prostokvashino”.
I wrote above about my original fairy tales about spring. Be sure to read it. There is information about amazing metamorphoses in the world of insects in my book from the series of “Creative Fairy Tales” - “The World of Insects”.
Stories about spring
Many authors at one time dedicated their creations to the beautiful spring and her ringing melodic drops. After all, writing about spring is a pleasure!! The outstanding writer A. N. Tolstoy wrote about spring in the story “Spring Has Come.”
You can also read such stories about spring as I. S. Sokolova-Mikitova’s “Spring in the Forest” and V. Suteev’s “Spring”. The famous writer N.V. Gogol has a very short and entertaining story about spring “Spring! Spring! And she needs everything!”
If you want to know how a spring day begins in the steppe, then you can read “The Steppe in Spring” by the talented writer A.I. Kuprina. To get an idea of spring as a whole, you can:
The meaning of folklore
Signs contain the “wisdom of the people”; they are part of folklore. Oral folk art, which also includes proverbs, beliefs and sayings, is a national treasure that reflects the customs, traditions and life of our ancestors. Historically, folklore can be called the basis of world artistic culture. This is where it all began.
Studying different areas of oral folk art has a beneficial effect on the development of children. Namely:
- expands knowledge about the surrounding world, nature, and ancestral culture;
- develops observation skills;
- enriches the vocabulary on the topic being studied;
- develops attention and memory;
- teaches respect for nature.
It is good if a child gets acquainted with folklore in early childhood. First, at 1-2 years old in the form of nursery rhymes, at 3-4 years old in the form of riddles, and at 5-6 years old in the form of signs, folk songs and other, more complex genres. In winter, with children, it is important to consider the topic of folk signs for the winter harvest, in the spring - signs about spring.
Proverbs about spring
- April with water, May with grass.
- May, may, don’t take off your fur coat.
- Whoever does not start sowing in March forgets about his wealth.
- Spring is our father and mother; whoever does not sow will not reap.
- Spring is red during the day.
- Spring will show everything.
- Martok - put on two trousers.
- March sets the frost on the nose.
- No matter how angry the blizzard is, everything feels like spring.
- Water flowed from the mountains and brought spring.
- Prepare the sleigh in the spring and the wheels in the fall.
- If you miss a day in the spring, you won’t get it back in a year.
- A day earlier you sow, a week earlier you harvest.
- If you sow in good weather, you will produce more offspring.
- He who sows early does not lose seeds.
- He who hopes for heaven sits without bread.
- In the spring, if you fall behind for an hour, you won’t catch up during the day.
- Spring is red during the day.
Riddles about spring
The snowball is melting, the meadow has come to life, the day is coming... When does this happen? (Spring)
I give new leaves to maples, lindens and oak trees, I invite sweet birds to return from the south, and I see off my winter friend to the north. (Spring)
I water the crops, there is a lot of movement. My name is...(spring)
There is a huge collection of riddles about spring in the article “Spring Riddles”.
Spring crafts on the theme “sun”
This spring craft “sun” made from felt serves as a wonderful educational tactile material for kids (there are beads around the perimeter of the sun that are so nice to touch).
Spring craft “sun” made of felt
And this wonderful sun is made from the warmest material - salt dough.
Salt dough sun
An unforgettable magical totem sun drawn on a paper plate.
Sunshine on a plate
Spring in painting
It's amazing how differently different people see spring. We can verify this by looking at some spring paintings by famous artists. For example, the painting “Early Spring” by Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi. It is amazingly bright and positive, apparently spring is already in full swing.
Let's look at another painting by the famous Russian artist A. Savrasov, “The Rooks Have Arrived,” here the landscape is grayer, as if winter had not yet completely given way to spring, and if it weren’t for the rooks, it could easily be confused.
Isaac Ilyich Levitan also painted paintings on a spring theme. For example, this is “March”
and “Spring. Big water."
Landscape painters enjoy painting what they see around them in the spring, because it is at this time that they are literally overwhelmed by a wave of inspiration. Look at the amazing paintings by K. F. Yuon “March Sun”
and “Spring sunny day.”
They are amazingly bright, lively and perfectly lift your spirits. It immediately becomes clear why artists love to depict life in spring.
And if many paint the first days, still very early spring, then in I. S. Ostroukhov’s “First Greenery” spring already feels like a full-fledged mistress, the leaves and the first grass are blooming with might and main.
Spring is one of the favorite themes of many authors, so this list can be continued indefinitely.
To all of the above and what we have seen, let’s add the children’s favorite animation and watch the cartoon “What is Spring”:
You can watch many more wonderful cartoons about spring here.
Spring is a magical island of joy in nature. Everything about it is wonderful - the amazing metamorphoses, the awakening of nature and more, the mood, and the growing sunny day, giving us the much-needed vitamin D...
This is the story we have about spring.
DIY spring lilies of the valley
But what a beautiful spring card with lilies of the valley can be made using the quilling technique.
Spring card with lilies of the valley
Spring applique “lilies of the valley” made from pasta
Stunning, very delicate lilies of the valley made of ribbons and beads.
A charming spring birch tree is made from colored paper and a cardboard roll.
Birch from a cardboard roll
Spring basket with crocuses made of foamiran
Delicate spring crocuses from foamiran are not difficult to make. We cut out flower petals from pink foamiran. Apply the stripes with white pastel chalk, and then lightly shade with a damp cloth. We cut out green leaves from green foamiran. Lightly heat the petals and leaves on an iron. When heated, foamiran becomes wavy and the petals and leaves will become very similar to real ones.
Petals and leaves from foamiran
Take a small wire. We wrap the end of the wire with a yellow foamiran fringe. We fix it with glue. Glue the petals one by one.
Glue the fringe and flowers
When all the petals are glued, glue the green stems to the wire. We make several flowers in pink, purple and white. We place our foamiran crocuses in any decorative basket!
Spring crocuses from foamiran
See how to make a luxurious spring bouquet for March 8th from napkins:
DIY spring flowers
If you fold green paper in half, cut it, and then roll it into a tube, you get a very effective basis for creating a spring bouquet. This bouquet can be decorated with daisies, lilies of the valley, or tulips.
Corrugated cardboard tulips
You can make a very delicate and effective spring applique from yellow and green corrugated cardboard.
Spring applique made of corrugated cardboard
Using green paper folded like an accordion, you can make the basis of a chic spring bouquet.
Spring paper bouquet
Cardboard and colored paper make a charming spring bouquet of flowers in a vase.
Spring craft for kindergarten “bouquet of flowers”
A spring bouquet of flowers can also be made from plasticine. We roll pink and red plasticine into thin tubes, which we then slightly flatten and wrap into buds. From these buds we form an applique on paper folded into a “bouquet”.
Spring flowers made of plasticine
