Children look forward to holidays in schools to take a walk on the street, play computer games and watch cartoons. It is important for parents that the rest was beneficial for the child, but most often cultural events are characterized by going to the circus, zoo, game center and cafe. The homework given by the class teacher is the educational program.
How do holidays usually go in schools?
In village schools, parents, together with the class teacher, agree on trips to the theater, circus, and cinema. The rest of the time in educational institutions there are additional circles (knitting, needlework, sports sections, dances, literary reading) that children attend during the day. Recently, daytime camps have been opened in schools, where cognitive and entertaining activities are planned with children.
In the city, parents with children visit museums, dolphinariums, cinemas, swimming pools. Wealthy families are planning excursion trips in Russia and abroad. The advantage of megacities is that there are a huge number of paid development centers where children can do soap-making, design, programming, sewing, modeling, professional sports, photoshop, etc. Such professional courses can reveal the child’s abilities for one or another type of activity .
How to plan a vacation in advance?
Many parents say that they cannot afford field trips around the country or abroad because of high prices. But there is a little secret: to buy a tour at affordable prices or at great discounts, you need to get it for six months. This will be possible if you know the vacation schedule at school.
In each institution, the schedule may be amended due to weather conditions, local emergencies or the type of school (correctional direction, training in trimesters). For example, in villages, spring breaks begin with increased snowmelt, as dirt roads erode, and it is difficult for children to get to school. In urban settings, vacations can also be delayed due to pipe bursts, epidemics, natural disasters or other incidents.
But the standard quarterly schedule can be as follows:
- in the fall, children rest for 9 days from November 2 to 10;
- in winter, vacations are 15 days from December 29 to January 12;
- in spring, students rest for 8 days from March 24 to March 31;
- summer vacations are 3 months.
Where can I go with my child on winter vacation?
In winter, you can buy a ticket for New Year’s performances, and after lush festivities go skiing, sledding in the park or ice skating on the rink. At this time, various clubs work, where children can make gifts with their own hands or participate in folk festivals (Christmas, Carols).
Water parks, dolphinariums, performances, art exhibitions, cinemas can turn a child’s head around, so you need to plan events correctly and periodically remind your child when to go to school. After the holidays, it is difficult for children to get used to classes and discipline, therefore, a rich program should be left in the middle of rest, and the beginning and end should be completed with cultural and educational activities.
St. Petersburg trees are especially praised, where colorful decoration, original lights and illuminations, interesting rides, a festive performance and bus excursions in the northern capital. During the holidays, you can visit the popular attractions of St. Petersburg, the Aquarium, the circus, the water park, the Water Museum, the Zoological Museum.
Spring break at school: where to go with a child?
Vacations in the capital are especially eventful when you can visit several events.
- The Sportland exhibition at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (Pavilion 57), where you can see the latest know-how in the field of sports and leisure activities (board games, designers, mosaics, puzzles, computer games, team sports games, books, trampolines, slides, children’s towns).
- Performances based on Pushkin's tales in the State Museum of A.S. Pushkin will help children consolidate literary knowledge.
- Theater shows and animated workshops "Mult-Fest" in the cinema "Illusion", where students can watch cartoons made by the children themselves and take part in creating scripts.
Holidays in Moscow schools are diverse: museums, exhibitions, festivals, scientific laboratories, musicals, literary and acting circles with live meetings with writers and stars. Schoolchildren can broaden their horizons in the historical, artistic, literary genre and take part in shows with the characters of their favorite animated films “Masha and the Bear”, “Fixies”.
What can you visit for free during your summer vacation?
Summer holidays are the longest, but many parents restrict their trip to the sea and local visits to parks, the promenade and theaters. However, summer vacations can be carried out more diversely.
For example, in travel agencies, when holidays begin at schools, special school trips are organized. You can come to any city on your own and visit interesting places for free. In each city there are free organizations, only they need to be informed in advance.
For example, in St. Petersburg there are social days once a month, when children can go for free, and sometimes adults (every month the Hermitage - on the first Thursday, June 12 - Museum of Political History). Without a fee, you can visit the Metro Museum, Sampson Cathedral, master classes in the Great Gostiny Dvor (2 times a week).
Minor children can visit the Russian Museum every 18th day free of charge, the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg and the A. Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House every third Thursday, the Ethnographic Museum on every first Thursday, the Puppet Museum and the Hygiene Museum last Monday, the icebreaker Krasin on the first Wednesday.
How to plan your autumn vacation?
During the autumn holidays, you can visit all the events described above. The main thing when planning a vacation is:
- the age of the child;
- children's interests and hobbies;
- school curriculum requirements;
- family budget.
Make lists of free, low budget, and expensive events. Even if you go on an excursion to another city for a couple of days, schedule a program in advance. To do this, just read the reviews of vacationers.
If the child does not want to visit museums, then intrigue him with a story or visit "multifaceted" institutions, where there are paintings, stone exhibitions, and the history of costumes, peoples and countries, weapons, etc.
When holidays come to schools, children wait for a miracle and festivities. Caring parents can organize interesting excursions at minimal cost. For example, to be a guide yourself and show the sights of your city or to hire students for a small fee. Take a look around and you will see a lot of interesting and informative events, developing centers that your child will like!