National holidays
In order for children to perceive themselves as part of their people, they must be imbued with its foundations and understand its originality. To do this, preschool educational institutions organize conversations and classes to familiarize themselves with folk life, but children best learn information while playing. You can celebrate national holidays with songs, dances, and a good mood to join the traditions.
Celebrations begin with Christmas and the old New Year. Children learn carols, then visit in groups, sing, and receive sweets as a reward.
The Maslenitsa celebration can be organized during a walk; all preschool children can participate in it at the same time. Winter, Spring, and buffoons take part in the performance. Preschoolers get acquainted with the history of the holiday, its essence and symbols. The main symbol of Maslenitsa is pancakes; you can involve parents in making them and organize a kind of fair.
The Easter holiday also has its own symbols. A lesson on painting Easter eggs is being held. There are a lot of methods and techniques that give a child the opportunity to develop their artistic abilities.
Expanding the theme of the small homeland
Every corner of our Motherland is unique and original in its own way. It is important to introduce the child to the beauty of the nature of his native land, to its traditions and way of life.
One of the ways is to organize a mini-museum of local history in a preschool educational institution. In it you can collect a collection of antique things that characterize everyday life, samples of folk art products (embroidery, napkins, tablecloths, amulets, dishes, toys).
Another method of exploring your native land is to conduct excursions and visit attractions.
Educational lessons are also held. Appropriate topics on patriotic education are selected for classes. Children will learn about their famous fellow countrymen, the history of the emergence and development of their native settlement, the natural features of the region, and study folklore.
Systematic work carried out in preschool educational institutions allows preschoolers to instill primary knowledge of the history, geography of their native land, its features of development and formation.
Ceremonial events dedicated to public holidays
Activities for patriotic education in preschool educational institutions are usually timed to coincide with the celebration of relevant public holidays, such as Victory Day, Defender of the Fatherland Day, International Women's Day.
When preparing for the event, children learn the history of the holiday, understand who it is dedicated to and why it is celebrated.
For example, when preparing for the Victory Day celebration, you can hold a “Dove of Peace” campaign, making white paper doves with your children as symbols of peaceful life. For the event itself, learn military songs (“Katyusha”, “Victory Day”, etc.), poems on relevant topics. You can organize a meeting with veterans or children of war as part of the project “Such different childhoods: war and peace.”
In preparation for the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day, boys develop the concept that they are future men, strong and strong, the support of their family, the Motherland, its defenders. On the holiday itself, you can hold several different events depending on the age of the children, for example, a holiday congratulating fathers with military-themed poems, songs and dances, sports competitions, a lesson-conversation “We need peace,” dedicated to the army that protects our country.
International Women's Day is dedicated to the formation in preschoolers of family values and the image of a mother, a woman as a guardian of the family. Traditionally, events on this day are dedicated to congratulating mothers and grandmothers. The day before, children make gifts for them with their own hands, developing their creative abilities.
