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:
We walk and talk about spring to children
Be sure to pay attention to spring changes in nature. During spring walks the baby:
- replenishes vocabulary;
- enriches knowledge about the world around us;
- develops curiosity, observation, interest in living nature;
- expands knowledge on the topic “seasons”;
- learns to see the beauty of the world (development of the aesthetic principle);
- develops analytical skills (learns to compare, analyze and structure the information received, draw conclusions);
- learns to distinguish plants, trees, animals.
In addition, the following types of perception develop:
- visual
(shape, color, size of surrounding objects); - tactile
(the child touches the grass, buds on branches, tree bark, etc.); - sound
(the sound of a drop, the murmur of streams, birdsong, etc.); - olfactory
(the smell of melted snow, the aroma of the first flowers, etc.).
What does a child need to know about the wonderful spring season
and how to present the information? Read our recommendations below.
Poems, proverbs, sayings, riddles about spring
Read a poem about spring to your child.
In poetic form, new knowledge is learned easier and more fun. The snow has melted, the ice has cracked! Spring brings us warmth! The birds ordered to sing, streams run across the earth! The days are getting longer, the sun is warming stronger. All nature comes to life, Joyfully greets spring! Proverbs, sayings, riddles will also be very useful:
Spring scatters flowers, winter forgives snow. Work hard in the spring and you will be well-fed in the winter. March with water, April with grass, and May with flowers. *** She comes with affection and her fairy tale. He waves his magic wand and the snowdrop blooms in the forest (Spring)
The days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter
“Look, before we woke up and it was dark, but now it’s light. It's because spring has come! The sun wakes up earlier and makes us happy! Now it will walk in the sky longer and go to bed later, which means that we can walk outside longer.”
The sun rises higher, shines brighter, warms warmer
Tell the baby that when spring comes, winter does not immediately go away, but begins to be harmful and hide the sun behind dark clouds, let in a blizzard and frost, but it cannot cope with the beautiful spring. The snow begins to rapidly melt, the sky becomes clean, clear, bright blue, and the air becomes warm. Winter eventually has to give up its rights. Due to the fact that the weather is improving, we change clothes from warm to lighter ones (compare winter and spring clothes).
Changes come with snow
“Look at the snow. What's happening to him? That's right, it melts and turns into loud, babbling streams spreading everywhere. Why does the snow melt in the spring? (because it's getting warmer)." Also draw your child’s attention to the fact that snow in the city in spring is usually dirty, as it is exposed to car exhaust fumes, smoke, dust and dirt.
The first thawed patches
We explain that thawed areas are areas of land on which the snow has melted. We are looking for thawed patches on the street.
Swelling buds, blossoming trees
Be sure to keep an eye on changes occurring in the trees. Say your observations out loud: “Look at the branches of the tree. There are little buds eating on them, but they are still sleeping.” “The kidneys woke up and swelled because it became warm. Today they are even larger than they were last time. Inside the buds there are small leaves. Very soon they will hatch!” When you finally see the first leaves, admire their beauty together and continue to watch them grow. This is a very fascinating sight for a baby! *For the sake of experiment, you can take a small twig home and see what happens to it if you put it in water (in the warmth the leaves will bloom much faster). At the end of spring, enjoy the blossoming of trees (cherry, bird cherry, apple, lilac, etc.).
Ice drift
Tell us that in spring the ice in reservoirs cracks. The ice floes float like real ships, crash into each other, and capsize! The snow melts and ends up in rivers, lakes, and ponds. Sometimes there is so much water that it even begins to overflow and flood the ground around. If you have the opportunity to watch the “ice drift” live, do not miss this fascinating spectacle.
Drops
Watch the icicles: “Oh, the icicles are crying. KA-KAP-KAP! Winter is over and they are sad. Listen to the sound of the droplets falling to the ground. The air became warm and melted the ice.”
Last year's and fresh grass, first flowers
Pay attention to the crumbs that the grass under the snow is last year, but young, fresh grass will soon appear: “Look at the grass under the snow: wet, dirty, limp. It will no longer grow. Soon new, young grass will grow in its place: green and fluffy.” When your baby touches the grass, be sure to ask him how it feels (soft, tender, etc.). Take a walk through the forest and look for the first flowers: snowdrops, coltsfoot, lungwort. If this is not possible, then look at color pictures at home depicting spring flowers.
Return of birds from warm countries
Explain that birds return from warm countries because it is getting warmer. First, rooks, nightingales, wagtails arrive, and then everyone else. Birds are starting to build nests and lay eggs, which means an extra feeder won’t hurt. Do a good deed and feed the birds. Listen to their chirping: “Listen to how the birds chirp joyfully, as if they are saying: “Hurray! Spring came!""
End of hibernation
A brown bear emerges from its den with its cubs. Hedgehogs, gophers, badgers, jerboas, frogs, lizards, snakes, as well as other animals and insects wake up. Now they can be active and get their own food without any problems. Many wild animals, for example, wolves, have offspring in the spring.
Animal molting, coat change
Some animals (hares, foxes, wolves, squirrels) begin to shed and change their fur coat from warm to lighter. The bunny changes the color of its coat from white to gray, and the squirrel changes from gray to red.
Spring in the garden
Already in early spring, people begin to sow seeds, plant onions, carrots, dill, parsley, radishes, and peas in their gardens.
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”.
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.
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.
Tales of spring: spring conversations in the forest
Hares give birth to babies in March. They are called “nastovichok” (from the word “nast” - crust on the snow). The wolf's cubs appear. They are born very small and blind. Other animals also give birth to babies.
Here is a spring fairy tale about one such little bunny - a baby. It contains a very unusual word “cramming”, that is, making notches.
E. Shim. Everything has its time
“The Nastovich bunny was born in March, when the earth was still covered in white snow.
The Bunny's fur coat is warm. The Hare's milk is nourishing. The little hare sits under a bush, looking in all directions with round eyes. It’s okay, you can live...
Days pass. The Little Bunny is growing. And he became bored.
“Well,” he says to the Hare, “will it be like this all the time?” Sit under a bush, look at the white snow, wait until they feed you milk?
“Wait,” the hare says. - Everything has its time. Soon spring will be in full swing, you will be running through the green forest, cramming sweet grass.
- Will it be soon?
- Soon!
Days pass. The sun is warming up, the snow is settling in the forest, there are puddles around the trees.
The little bunny can't wait:
- Well, where is the green forest, where is the sweet grass? I don't want to wait any longer!
“Wait,” the hare says. - Everything has its time.
Days pass. The snow is melting in the forest, the drops are clicking, the streams are ringing.
The bunny is unbearable:
- Well, where is the green forest? Where is the sweet grass?! I won't, I won't wait any longer!
“Wait,” the Hare says again. - Everything has its time.
Days pass. There is high water in the forest, fogs are spreading over the damp earth, the cries of cranes can be heard in the sky.
“Well,” the Little Bunny sadly, “apparently these are fairy tales - about a green forest and grass... None of this happens in the world.” And I waited in vain!
- Look at that! - The hare says. - Look around!
The Little Hare looked around and saw the first green leaves on the birch tree. Tiny, tiny! I looked at the ground and saw the first blade of grass emerge. Thin - thin!
And the Little Hare was so happy. I was so happy! He jumps on his awkward legs and shouts:
- Yeah! Yeah! Spring has flared up! The leaves on the trees are green! The grass on the ground is sweet! That's good! That's great!
“The time for your joy has come,” the Hare grins.
“Yes,” says the Little Hare, “how long!” I'm exhausted! I waited and waited and waited and waited...
“And if I hadn’t waited,” says the Hare, “would you have been happy about a tiny leaf, a thin blade of grass?”
In the spring, not only bunnies are born, but also other babies - animals. Listen to a fairy tale about how the mothers of the little animals talked to each other. Before reading, show your child pictures of animals and their babies and ask them to guess how many children each has. Write down the number or draw in circles the named number. And then read the story and see if the children guessed it. This is not a mathematical problem, and the most important thing in it is not to guess and sketch the number, but just the opposite, to discover a miracle for yourself! – and be amazed by the natural world! Therefore, do not tell the kids the correct answer, give them the opportunity to experience the joy of discovering the amazing world of nature!
E. Shim. Hare family
“At the birch edge, forest mothers boasted to each other about their children.
- Oh, what a son I have! - said Mother Deer.
– You can’t look at him enough. The hooves are chiseled, the legs are straight, the neck is high... light as a breeze!
“Mmm, son, of course, he’s not bad,” said Badger’s mother.
- But what does he care about my children! They are so smart, so smart! We were born in March, we already opened our eyes in April, and now – can you believe it? - they even run out of the hole... - How many of them do you have? – asked the Deer.
- Of course, not one or two. Three!
“We can congratulate you,” said Jerzykha’s
. – But still, my children cannot be compared with yours. I have five souls! And you know, they already have fur... and even their needles are becoming hard... Well, isn’t it a miracle?
- Oink! - said Kabanikha’s mother.
- Five is good. Well, what do you say if there are ten of them?
- Who has ten of them?! – Jezhikh’s mother was amazed.
- Oink-oink... I have exactly ten, and all as one... oink!.. furry... oink!.. striped... oink! They squeal subtly, like birds... Where else can you find such a family?
Before the mothers had time to agree, a voice suddenly came from the field:
- And I have a better family!
- And Hamster’s mother appeared at the edge of the forest.
“Come on,” she said, “try to guess how many children I have!”
- Also ten! – Kabanikha’s mother grunted.
“Twelve?” asked Mother Badger.
- Fifteen? – Hedgehog’s mother whispered and was scared herself when she named such a large number.
— — No matter how it is! - said Mom Hamster - Raise it higher! I have children - eighteen souls, what time! And why talk about fur, about eyes - it’s all nonsense. My kids have already started working. Even though they are small, everyone is already digging a hole for themselves and preparing their own housing. Can you imagine?
- Yes, your family is the most wonderful! - all the mothers admitted. – Just think: eighteen children are workers!
Mothers would have been surprised for a long time if the Hare had not appeared at the edge of the forest.
She didn’t boast, she walked quietly.
No one would have known how many children she had if Olenich’s mother had not asked:
- Well, how many souls are there in your family?
“I don’t know,” said the Hare. - Who counted them... Maybe a hundred, maybe a thousand, or maybe even more.
- How so?! - Moms jumped up. - Can't be!!.
“That’s exactly what happens here,” said the Hare. – We are not used to babysitting our children. Bunnies are born, we feed them once, and then we leave them somewhere under a bush - and goodbye!
- Why? How merciless! - the mothers shouted.
- And then it’s better this way. The little hares will hide under a bush, become quiet - neither the wolf nor the fox will find them. And if we were nearby, we would bring trouble upon them.
- But they are small!
- Small, but remote... And they know how to hide, they see vigilantly, and they hear sensitively. Yes, their fur coats are warm.
- Who feeds them?
- Yes, any Hare that you meet. We don’t have other people’s children, they’re all our own. Today I will feed one, tomorrow I will feed the other. So it turns out that all the bunnies in the forest are from my family. And no one knows how many there are. Maybe a hundred, maybe a thousand, maybe even more. Do the math, try it!
And then all the mothers realized that the most amazing family in the forest was the hare.”
