Recently adopted by the Federal State Standard for Preschool Education, one of the most important tasks of cognitive development of children is the formation of primary ideas about the small motherland and the Fatherland, about the socio-cultural values of our people, about domestic traditions and holidays. Focused activities in this area include conducting classes, discussions, holidays, exhibitions and other forms of work with children and parents.
In terms of work on patriotic education annually event becomes the Day of Defender of the Fatherland in kindergarten. The script may be in the form of a sporting event or musical entertainment (or any other choice of teachers).
Army day or a holiday for men and boys?
In Soviet times, the February event was mandatory and was political in color. On this day, the Soviet system was glorified, its strength and power, the military accepted congratulations. It was previously named as the Day of the Red Army and Navy.
In our time, it is customary to honor all men, regardless of their membership in the army, up to the boys who are considered future soldiers. The holiday is now called Defender of the Fatherland Day. In kindergarten, the script is prepared in advance, and a lot of preliminary work is carried out.
The purpose and objectives of the holiday
Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten is part of the work on patriotic education. Its main goal can be formulated as the formation of ideas about the defenders of the homeland through the organization of diverse activities. Kindergarten with the help of this event also solves a number of problems:
- introduces children to the holiday, creates a joyful perception of this day;
- forms patriotic feelings, pride in the native country;
- fosters a sense of respect for the Russian army and love for the motherland in children;
- promotes sex-role education, teaches boys to be advocates;
- interacts with children and adults.
February 23: from kids to future students
The holiday will be held in all groups of the kindergarten, but in a different form and with different content. It is necessary to take into account the age characteristics of children. It is necessary to think carefully in advance how the Day of Defender of the Fatherland Day will be held in kindergarten.
The younger group can organize an interesting lesson with understandable characters - a doll, parsley, a hare or a bear. The holiday must be called, play games of dexterity, strength, accuracy and other qualities of the defenders. And, of course, a holiday for young children is associated with gifts, so you need to take care of small presentations for boys and sweet treats for all children.
For children of the middle group, you can organize a lesson where cognitive development will be carried out within the framework of the holiday theme, or hold a small event where a hero will appear as a surprise, and the focus will be on boys, their dads and grandfathers.
In addition to receiving informative information about the holiday, older children can learn poems and songs of similar subjects. You can read fiction.
Suitable for this age and meeting with warriors. This may be one of the dads or grandfathers, or it may just be a specially invited guest who will tell in a live conversation about military service, will be able to answer children’s questions. In addition, it is advisable to conduct an excursion to the monument to soldiers.
Forms of work with children
- Classes and activities.
- Reading fiction.
- Viewings of thematic films and cartoons.
- Exhibitions of children's or family creative works (drawings, crafts).
- Photo exhibitions ("My dad", "Our grandfathers").
- Family festival of military patriotic songs.
- Trekking to the obelisk.
- Conversations.
- Meetings with the warriors.
- Building snow figures for the holiday.
Who will protect the tower?
So, let's consider Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten. The lesson for the first younger group can be organized as follows.
Educator: "Today we celebrate Defender of the Fatherland Day - a holiday of our dads, grandfathers and boys."
Music sounds, a mouse appears. (All roles can be played by educators, parents or children of older groups, it is possible to use toys and glove dolls).
"I am a mouse - a louse. And who are you?"
Educator: "Hello! These are the guys, we have a holiday today."
Mouse: "I know today all men and all boys are congratulated. Do you have men among you?"
The boys get up
Mouse: "Oh, I see, I see! Do you know what it means to be a real man? You have to be strong!"
Educator: "Our guys are strong, because they do exercises every day. Here we will show you now and teach you!"
Dance "Charging": children perform simple movements following the example of adults.
Educator: "Well done, what kind of fellow you are! We will do exercises and become stronger every day."
Mouse: "But I have to go to the mansion, I will wait for friends for the holiday."
Educator: "Guys, can you hear nothing?"
There is snoring. The teacher comes to the bear.
"Look, this same bear is sleeping! Winter is ending, spring is coming, but he is still sleeping. Will we wake him?"
The musical game “Wake the Bear”. Children approach the bear, stomp, clap, he wakes up, jokingly catches them.
Bear (stretching): “Oh, and I slept sweetly! I sucked my paw in a dream. It’s good that you woke me up! Otherwise I would have missed the holiday. My mouse invited me to the tower”.
Educator: "You woke up just right, we have a holiday here now."
Bear: "I’m a teddy bear, I’ll stretch my legs! Yes, and you don’t sit, come out to dance with me!"
Dance "Bears".
Bear: "How well you clap your hands and stomp your legs, you can see that you are strong and agile. Thank you for waking me up. Now I have to go to the tent for the holiday."
Music sounds, a bunny appears:
"I'm a slick boy, a gray bunny.
I am the future man, today is the holiday - that’s the reason
That I rode here to you.
Am I late for the holiday? "
Educator: "Hello, darling! How fast are you."
Bunny: "I’m also clever and apt! They’re in vain saying that I’m oblique! Want to compete with me!"
Conducts a game - children must get into the basket with a ball.
Bunny: "Wow! What apt you are, like real men! And I ran to the mouse in the tower, for the holiday!"
Music sounds, the fox comes running:
"I am a fox fox, red beauty.
Fur coat, legs, nose and fluffy tail! "
Educator: "Hello! And are you on holiday?"
Fox: "Yes, of course. So in a hurry, I was almost late."
Educator: "So you are a girl, and today congratulate the boys."
Lisa: "So I came to tell you that it’s high time for the boys to congratulate."
Educator: "Exactly! Thanks for reminding! Girls, let's congratulate our boys."
Chanterelle: "And I’ll run to the mouse to the tower, we will treat our fabulous men with cakes! Goodbye, guys!"
Girls give gifts to boys, all children have sweet treats.
Holidays for kids
Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten in the 2nd younger group can also be held as a theatrical performance for boys. Children 3-4 years old can already sing along, actively move to the music, walk, run, jump, so the scenario with the participation of some characters can be supplemented with outdoor games, dances or songs.
Military professions
On Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten (middle group), the lesson is aimed at getting to know the military branches. In the process, the dictionary of children is enriched, their vocabulary is expanded.
Sample lesson plan:
- Talk about what a holiday is and what holidays the guys know.
- The story of the holiday Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten. Analysis of the words "defender", "Fatherland".
- Consideration of illustrations and pictures with images of sailors, tankmen, pilots, border guards.
- Reading poems about soldiers of various branches of the army.
- A conversation about the qualities that a defender should have, and a demonstration of these qualities is a physical minute.
- Conversation about the form. Didactic game "Find out whose hat it is."
- A story about military equipment (showing equipment on video or toys on the table). Game with cars.
- The result of the lesson.
“Every soldier dreams of becoming a general” (fragment)
How else can the Defender of the Fatherland Day be held in kindergarten? The older group can take such a scenario as a basis.
Solemn festive music sounds, to which children and parents enter the gym. For them, chairs and benches are prepared in advance, placed on both sides.
Fanfares are heard, a presenter comes out to their sound.
"Good afternoon, dear friends! We are pleased to welcome everyone in this room - both girls and boys, as well as our esteemed adults - parents and teachers. A holiday will be celebrated throughout our country tomorrow - Defenders of the Fatherland Day. Who do we call that?"
Answers children.
"You are all right! Our defenders are dads, grandfathers, older brothers. And our boys will also grow up soon and will guard our homeland from enemies, so today is their day too. We, our dear boys and men, dedicate our holiday today .
Dad, grandfather and brother
We did not forget to congratulate!
Defender of the Fatherland Day -
Day of courage and strength.
Airplanes links
They fly across the sky.
Soldier pilots
Earth will be protected.
Frontier guard
Guards the border.
If the enemy suddenly snoops around -
It is unlikely that he will pass.
Let the soldiers at the post
They protect us all!
Know them in our garden
Congratulations today!
The holiday is joyful, special
Meets a kindergarten.
Defender of the Fatherland Day
Everyone is happy to celebrate!
For all our men and boys our musical number! "
The children’s song “When I grow up big” sounds , music. G. Struve N. Solovieva.
"Very soon, our guys will grow up, and maybe one of them will become a military, and someone will serve in the army and protect us and our country."
The military march sounds, under it the general goes at a marching step: "Hello, fighters!"
Children answer: "Hello!"
General: "Set aside" Hello! " Learning to greet correctly: "Good health, Comrade General!"
Children repeat.
"Here! That's better. Today I left my military unit and my trained soldiers and came here to see what the younger generation is capable of. I propose to go through tests to check how ready you are for military service. Is everything clear? Boys and girls Are you ready for the competition? "
- Yes!
General: "Well, what is this answer? We must answer:" That's right! "
Children repeat.
“Now we need an experienced headquarters that will monitor the progress of our exercises. Are there those who served in the army in the hall?”
Several people are selected from their parents on the jury.
"We are starting! For starters, the teams must line up on the parade ground. Teams, line up!"
Children stand in two lines facing each other.
"Let's see how you are ready to carry out combat commands."
In turn, the commands are pronounced differently: “To the left!”, “To the right!”, “Step forward!”, “Step back!” The pace is gradually taking root.
“You still have to do drill and drill! However, I’ll ask the headquarters to note which of the teams completed the most tasks correctly. And we continue: and move on to the uniform. There are two caps in front of you.”
Puts on the first team members.
"You must quickly overcome the distance to the pointer and, having run it, go back. In this case, you need to pass the cap to the next fighter."
Further, the script can include various contests and relay races that children perform on the instructions of the general, and end the holiday with a debriefing, awards and sweet prizes.
Work with senior preschoolers
Defender of the Fatherland Day in the kindergarten of the preparatory group may well pass according to the same scenario as the above event for the elder. And it may be completely different. Senior preschool age allows you to use more diverse forms of working with children:
- Learning poems and songs.
- Conversations “My dad is a soldier”, “Our army is strong”, “Russian heroes” and others.
- Walk-tour to the monument to the soldiers-defenders.
- The film is about the heroes of Russia.
- Making gifts for dads, grandfathers and brothers.
- Competitions and games.
Should parents be involved?
The introduction of the Federal State Standard requires pre-school education to support parents (legal representatives) in raising children and involving families directly in educational activities.
Defender of the Fatherland Day in kindergarten just creates the conditions for the participation of parents (legal representatives) in the life of an educational institution.
Dads, grandfathers, or other male relatives can talk about their service in the army, show photos, learn drill exercises with their children, or go through a formation with a song.
What a holiday without gifts?
A good educational moment is making gifts for the holiday with the hands of children. In addition to the development of fine motor skills and developing manual labor classes, crafts or postcards made by children will create a festive atmosphere and allow children and adults to remember this day for a long time.
Toy tanks, airplanes, and other military equipment made from waste materials or from paper and cardboard can be a gift. The scope for creativity is the creation of postcards. Various execution techniques may also be used for this.