Spring is red with flowers... Proverbs and sayings about spring. Summary of educational activities with children of senior preschool age “Spring is red with flowers, and autumn is with sheaves Proverbs about the weather and spring changes in nature

Vera Burtseva
Abstract educational activities with older children preschool age“Spring is red with flowers, and autumn with sheaves”

Target: formation of ideas about folk traditions in September.

Educational objectives:

Introduce old names September;

Enrich children's understanding of the traditions of the peoples of Russia;

Learn to select epithets, synonyms, antonyms, related words;

Arouse interest in folk art.

Developmental tasks:

Develop imagination, creative activity;

Expand your vocabulary;

Develop agility, reaction speed, coordination of movements.

Educational tasks:

Cultivate interest in folk traditions;

Foster a sense of pride in your country.

Equipment: calendar, panel, "river of time", pictures

Preliminary work: conversation about traditions different nations, viewing paintings by I. Levitan "Golden autumn» , « Autumn» , V. Polenova "Golden autumn» , I. S. Ostroukhova "Golden autumn» , N. Eltysheva "Golden autumn» , E. Volkova "Forest Lake", « Autumn» .

Expected Results: systematization of knowledge about the traditions and signs of September.

Progress of educational activities

Hello guys. You and I often travel, getting acquainted with the traditions and history of the peoples of Russia. Let's remember where we have already been. (Approach the time scale.) What the color indicates that that was a very long time ago, old man? (Blue color) . Look at symbols and tell me what happened long ago in the past?

What color is the present tense indicated? (In red) . What events do you know?

What did we learn on our last trip? What time of year is it now? What signs autumn you know? Name autumn months. Look, I have a monthly book in my hands, we are opening the month of September. Do you want to get acquainted with folk signs, traditions and rituals in September? I invite you on a journey along the river of time. Ready to go?

Sit down, close your eyes and imagine that you and I are on a journey along the magical river of time (mysterious music sounds).

Look what time of year it is now? How did you determine? You named many signs of an attack autumn. But each month has its own characteristics, which is why in the monthly word each month is named differently.

What are the special features of September?

The fogs have thickened, shrouding the lowlands in the evenings, and cobwebs glisten under the rays of the sun. Sometimes the sun warms up like summer and dew falls abundantly in the evenings. The wind is blowing sharply. The most familiar sign is yellowing leaves. The grasses are finishing their growth. Insects, amphibians and reptiles hibernate.

What insects do you know?

Name the amphibians.

What reptiles do you know?

Inhabitants of ponds, rivers and lakes gather for the winter. Among the green leaves - red lingonberries, viburnum. There are milk mushrooms, there are honey mushrooms - just have time to collect them. “Apricots are approaching – summer is over”, - notice old people.

Name of September many peoples (Belarusians, Ukrainians, Poles, Lithuanians) associated with heather - an evergreen plant. Find where the heather is.

Smelly inflorescences heathers bloom in August and bloom until the end of October. However, pink and lilac are the most magnificent flowers cover sand hills, peat bogs and pine forests exactly in September.

They also called September "ruen". Why do you think?

Ruen is a plant from which orange- red dye. Along with the title "ruen" used "glow". All of these September nicknames are somehow related to yellow. color, since it is at this time that the leaves begin to turn yellow.

People called it September "howler". Why do you think?

Right at the beginning autumn Moose and deer began to roar, starting fights, possibly due to the roar of the wind.

Why was September called "frown"?

Khmuren hints at change weather conditions, cloudy, gloomy sky, frequent rains, fading sunlight and early twilight.

Another name for September is fieldfare. Why?

With the coming autumn pores, rural Rus' began to grow eloquently, take a broader note. After all, the field work is almost completed - there is time to talk and reflect.

Let's take a look at the months. September opens with the day of Stratilata the warmer. Usually the weather on this day is warm and sunny. On this day they noticed whether the wind was warm. They say: “Father South let the wind blow through the oats”. “Teplyak holds on, bows to the departed summer”. How do you understand these expressions?

Look, September 5th – Loop Lingonberry – first frosts – "Luppovskie", after which they go into the forest to collect ripe lingonberries. Hence the name of the holiday - "Lingonberry".

In the morning, men go to the fields to harvest flax and oats. It is believed that if the lingonberries are ripe, then it is time to harvest the oats.

Women, having finished their morning chores, take their children and go into the forest to pick berries. What does lingonberry look like? Find lingonberries among other berries.

Which healing properties at lingonberries?

Berry juice is good for colds. Sweet syrup made from lingonberries improves vision.

What can you make from lingonberries?

Have you ever tried soaked lingonberries?

For dinner, traditional lingonberry pies are served on the table.

Already looked at sky: the cranes are heading south - winter will come early.

It was believed that if the oats were not mowed on time, then they would have to be harvested in the rain and autumn thaw, and threshed grain will rot very quickly. The end of the oat harvest was usually celebrated "oatmeal lunch". Have you heard about this lunch?

What do you think was served on the table?

What dishes can be prepared from oats?

The owner and workers sat down together at a large table, and the hostess treated them to oat pancakes, oatmeal, oatmeal jelly with autumn berries and fruits, oatmeal brewed in milk with butter and honey. How is oatmeal prepared? Oatmeal was the name given to crushed oatmeal made from pre-roasted grains. The grains were steamed, dried, fried and cleaned. Only after this they pounded it in a special mortar.

On this day, they treated all the horses in the household to oats. Sometimes special oatmeal cookies were baked for them on Fescue Day, and sometimes they simply filled the feeders with oatmeal so that the horses had enough to eat. It was peculiar a gift for faithful work throughout the summer.

On this day we watched the weather.

If there were rare clouds in the sky that day, this foreshadowed clear and cold weather for a long time.

If there was thunder on this day, then autumn promised to be warm.

If the morning of this day was cold and clear, then the coming winter was supposed to be early and frosty.

If by this day the leaves had not fallen from the birches and oaks, then the winter must have been harsh.

On this day, the time to collect rowan and viburnum berries begins. They picked the berries and hung them under the roof with tassels. Some of the berries were left on the bush. Why do you think not all the berries were picked?

They left it for blackbirds, bullfinches and other birds.

On this day a ritual was performed Osenin. What's happened autumn?

Autumn - the first meeting of autumn and offensive Indian summer. Indian summer is the best time autumn. Who doesn’t love warmth, even if it’s farewell! Why do you think this period is called Indian summer?

At this time, the women sat down to twist yarn into one thread and weave. Who wants to crush flax and hemp?

Again to her, a woman. Crumpling, spinning and weaving is not at all easy, which is why the beginning of these works for women was hot, suffering like summer. The time for great work was just opening for them. It is possible that in words "Indian summer" hinted at transience, unreliability autumn warmth . It was believed that Indian summer was given so that women last time Before winter we enjoyed the sun.

Let's remember the slogans about the sun.

On Semenov's day the gatherings began, autumn round dances.

Let's start a round dance. ( "Round dance at the mountain ash" music etc. L. Veselova)

Semyonov Day was the first holiday of canine hunters. What animals were hunted?

Let's turn over a few pages of the monthly book. September 21 – harvest, "pozhinki". This title contains words mixed up "madam" And "reap"- harvest. After Semenov's day - this is the second meeting Osenin. It was believed that from this day summer ended, and autumn comes into its own. Women gathered early in the morning and went to the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds "meet Mother Osenin» . It was believed that if a woman or girl washed her face with water before sunrise, she would beautiful until old age. Oatmeal bread was specially baked for this meeting. They were distributed to households and kept until Christmas. Meeting ritual autumn passed like this. Senior one of the women with oatmeal bread in her hands stood in the center of the round dance, and the rest walked around her and sang songs. The bread was broken into pieces according to the number gathered and ate it washed down with oatmeal jelly. Then the dancing and games began.

Let's play too. Game "Green turnip".

All players stand in a circle, hold hands, sing song:

Green turnip, hold on tight

Whoever breaks off will not return.

One, two, three.

On account "three" everyone turns around as they please, but the hands try not to uncouple. Whoever breaks his hands enters the circle, the rest repeat the song. And so on several times.

Ospozhinki were distinguished by their special hospitality and hospitality. Housewives cooked fish or mushroom soup and baked pies. It was customary to visit each other.

On this day, the bees were removed for the winter and onions were collected.

September 21 - day autumn equinox. What does equinox mean? Therefore talked: "The sun plays with the moon". From this time on, the nights become longer and the days become shorter.

Was beautiful custom - rural autumn finish the work together. Mow the remaining crops ( "Dozhinki", ruffle flax ( "trash", the whole village gathered to make sauerkraut. These joint works were called "pushes", from the word "talk"- treat. How do you think this custom came about?

At first, this custom arose from a natural human desire not to leave one’s fellow tribesmen in a difficult situation. Traditions "cleansing" appeared due to the fact that in villages there were often single housewives, as a rule, widows of soldiers who died for their homeland. Everyone helped them together, and in return they could not refuse the helpers a treat.

"Cabbage butterfly" was one of the most common types of cleanup. And no wonder - in Russian regions they call cabbage "third bread". Why?

It’s in cabbage soup, in a frying pan, or just in a bowl with sunflower oil and sugar.

“Soup cabbage soup and porridge are our food!”- said the village people, and he himself sentenced:

Without bread a man will not be well-fed; without cabbage, cabbage soup cannot live!

What proverbs and sayings about cabbage do you know?

Without potatoes, bread and cabbage - what food.

The cabbage is not empty, it flies into the mouth itself.

Have you tried sauerkraut?

What does it taste like?

How is it prepared?

There were white and gray sauerkraut. Both were prepared from white cabbage. The white recipe has survived to this day, only now we don’t add anise and raisins. Gray cabbage was obtained by sprinkling layers of cabbage with salt and rye flour; if there was not enough juice, it was added to the barrel rye kvass. Perhaps this was the best way old who gave cabbage its name "fermented", that is, seasoned with kvass.

Cabbage was fermented with caraway seeds, celery, dill, and juniper berries. Together with chopped cabbage, whole white heads of cabbage were fermented, as well as cucumbers of the last harvest and apples.

By folk tradition Cabbage parties and girls' parties began, when young people went from house to house to chop cabbage. The cabbage wars lasted for two weeks. The girls, dressed up, went from house to house singing - chopping cabbage. A special table with snacks was prepared.

Chopping cabbage was a true holiday for the village boys and girls. Why do you think?

It is known that children love to chew stalks. How many of you gnawed the stalk? What is she like?

While cutting cabbage, the children did not leave their mothers for whole days. After a friendly collaboration, cabbage cuttings, red the girls went out into the street and started round dances until dawn. Often villages blossomed from their outfits, resounding with the sounds of songs and folk instruments. What folk instruments do you know?

Can you identify an instrument by its sound? Now we will check (sounds like an accordion, balalaika, pipe, rattle, etc.)

The evenings become darker and colder, the pre-dawn freshness cools the air and the ground. Last days September are announced by the cliques of departing geese and cranes. among the people They say: “The geese are flying, dragging the winter bird on their tail.”.

September is over, which means our journey is coming to an end. It's time for us to return. Sit down, close your eyes and imagine that you and I are returning to kindergarten (mysterious music sounds).

Did you enjoy the trip?

Look, there is a river of time in front of you, let's put pictures on it, explain what they mean, and once again remember what we learned about September. ( Pictures: roen, mushrooms, fog, yellowing leaves, lingonberries, viburnum, heather, deer, rowan, rain, oat pancakes, oatmeal, oatmeal jelly, round dance, oatmeal, bees, onions, cabbage, flax, oats, etc.)

Let's mark our journey on the timeline. Which symbol should we choose?

Where do you want to go next?

Reflection "Tree of Creativity".

Preschoolers choose images and attach them to tree:

fruits - it was interesting;

flowers - interesting, but I didn’t understand everything;

leaves - it was boring.

Sources used

1. Lykova I. A., Shipunova V. A. Folk calendar. AUTUMN GOLDEN. – M.: Publishing house « Colored world» , 2013.

2. Shorygina T. A. Mushrooms. What are they? M.: Publishing house GNOM and D, 2008.

3. Shorygina T. A. Cereals. What are they? M.: Publishing house GNOM and D, 2007.

Proverbs and sayings about spring very clearly express and emphasize people’s observations of nature since ancient times. Spring, the time when nature comes to life, blossoms, a new natural cycle of development of all living things begins. This is the time of snow melting, birds arriving and the first flowers appearing.

The meaning of proverbs and sayings about spring expresses not only the beauty and significance of this time, but also the importance spring day for the whole year, for example, the spring season was very important for the peasants who sowed bread (what you sow is what you reap; a spring day feeds the year). Also in these proverbs there is a lot of folk signs and observations of spring weather.

The page will be useful for children primary school(2-3) class and for preschoolers when studying the topic “My favorite time year" or for self-study projects on the surrounding world about the seasons.

He who sleeps in spring cries in winter.

What goes around comes around.

A spring day feeds the year.

Spring has come, so there’s no time for sleep.

What goes around comes around.

Proverbs and sayings about spring for children

In the spring, if you miss an hour, you won’t be able to make it up in a week.

Spring has come, so there’s no time for sleep.

Ay, ay, the month of May, it’s warm, but I’m hungry.

April begins with snow and ends with greenery.

He who sows early does not lose seeds.

Early spring costs nothing, late spring does not deceive.

Spring is red with flowers, and autumn is red with fruits.

Wherever a swallow may fly, it will arrive again by spring.

In spring, a bucket of water is a spoonful of dirt; In autumn, a spoonful of water is a bucket of dirt.

In spring, even a rotten stump blooms.

Spring is red and hungry, autumn is rainy and satisfying.

April will deceive, May will let you down.

April is with water, and May is with grass.

I saw a rook - welcome spring.

April sleeps and blows - it promises warmth to the woman; the man looks: something else will happen.

In April, clear nights end in frost.

In March, day and night are measured and equal.

In March the frost is creaky, but not stinging.

In March-April there is winter in front and behind.

Even the king will not stop the spring water.

They don’t pour winter winter crops into the barn in spring.

Spring rain grows, autumn rain rots.

Spring ice is thick, but simple; autumn - thin and tenacious.

Spring ice, like the threshold of someone else's hut, is unreliable.

Spring winter does not go into the bin.

It's spring time - I ate from the yard.

Spring - light up the snow, sparkle the ravines.

Spring and summer, this will also pass.

Spring and autumn - there are eight weather conditions per day.

Spring is red during the day.

Spring and autumn they ride a piebald mare.

Spring also lives on the worm.

Spring is red with flowers, and autumn is red with pies.

Spring is red with flowers, and autumn is red with sheaves.

Spring is red with flowers, and autumn with mushrooms.

Spring is red and cold.

Spring is red and summer is miserable.

Spring opens the keys and waters.

Spring will have its say.

In spring the rain steams, in autumn it wets.

In the spring, the shaft becomes overgrown with grass overnight.

In spring it wets for a day, and dries for an hour.

In the spring, whatever the river sheds, you won’t see a drop; In the fall it will be sifted with chintz - at least scoop it with a bucket.

If you miss a day in the spring, you won’t get it back in a year.

In spring, the shaft becomes overgrown with grass overnight.

In the spring it bakes on top and freezes below.

In the spring it wets for a day, and dries for an hour.

If you miss an hour in the spring, you won’t be able to make it up in a year.

The wind eats the snow.

It's spring time - I ate from the yard.

Return the debt to the earth - it will help.

You won't get hurt by jumping.

Rook on the mountain - spring is in the yard.

Frogs don't croak until the first thunderstorm.

For the time being, no seed is sown.

The good land is full of waste; bad land is an empty purse.

Rain in May raises bread.

The oak tree will put out a leaf in front of the ash tree - for a dry summer.

Plowing the land is not playing for money.

The earth has warmed up, don’t be late with sowing.

Winter scares spring, but it itself melts.

Frozen seeds always germinate late.

And in March the frost sets in on the nose.

We’ll eat and dance, we’ll just plow the arable land.

Sometimes March boasts frost.

Just as there is rain in May, so there will be rye.

Just as the aspen trembles, so the cattle in the field are well fed.

Spring is red and hungry.

He who is lazy with his plow will have a bad year all year long.

Those who sleep a lot in the spring experience insomnia in the winter.

He who is not lazy to plow will produce bread.

He who sows first is first to reap.

He who sleeps in spring cries in winter.

The cuckoo crowed - it's time to sow flax.

The swallow begins spring, the nightingale ends summer.

It’s better to starve and sow good seed.

May will deceive and go into the forest.

May is cold - a grain-bearing year.

May is cold - you won't go hungry.

May grass feeds the hungry.

March with water, April with grass, and May with flowers.

Dry March and wet May - there will be porridge and loaf.

Martok - put on two trousers.

Mother Spring is beautiful to everyone.

Dress up a stump on a spring day, and the stump will look good.

It is not the land that is bad, but the sower that is bad.

Don't be lazy with the plow - you'll end up with a pie.

Don’t pray for a long summer, pray for a warm one.

Do not feast on feasts if you sow grain.

If you don't work hard, you won't get bread.

Don't waste time: spring will pass - there's no turning back.

Not the bread that is in the field, but the one that is in the bottom.

Spring is reassuring, but deceptive.

Oats love it even in water, but at the right time.

The oatmeal sang to the stonefly: “Leave the sled, take the cart!”

One swallow does not make spring.

One grain yields a handful.

Autumn says: I'll tidy up the fields, spring says: I'll take a look.

It’s impossible because the ground was frozen.

We plow and sow, we don’t know how to boast, but we will reap the harvest.

They plow the arable land without waving their hands.

The first swallow of spring does not make it.

Bad oats - you swallow tears.

The plow shines from work.

Late spring will not deceive you.

If you sow at the right time, you will gather grains from the mountain.

A sandpiper flew in from overseas, bringing spring from captivity.

A seagull would fly in, and it would be spring.

May has come, give the horse some grass, climb onto the stove yourself.

March has arrived, put on two trousers.

Early spring is a big flood.

Rye says: “Sow me into ashes and in time,” and oats say: “Trample me in the mud, and I will be a prince.”

The sun is rolling down the April hill into summer.

The pike breaks the ice with its tail.

To sow bread for bread - neither thresh nor winnow.

The bird cherry blossomed - the cold called.

What you sow is what you reap, what you reap is what you sow.

In April the earth crumbles.

V.I. Dahl, in his collection “Proverbs and Sayings of the Russian People,” also presented proverbs and sayings about spring. Below you can see an excerpt from this book. I would like to note that V.I. Dahl posted them in the section - "proverbs and sayings about the seasons - weather"

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AUTUMN SIGNS and PROVERBS

AUTUMN
Spring is red with flowers, and autumn with sheaves.
Spring is red, but hungry, autumn is rainy, but well-fed.
Autumn - eight changes.
Warm autumn means a long winter.
In autumn the morning is gray, so wait for a red day.
If the leaf does not fall cleanly from the tree, there will be a cold winter.
Migratory birds fly high in the fall, so there will be a lot of snow, and low - there will be little snow.
The appearance of mosquitoes late autumn- for a mild winter.
If in the fall the birch leaves begin to turn yellow from the top, then the next spring will be early, and if from the bottom, then it will be late.

SEPTEMBER
September is cold, but full.

In September, the tit asks autumn to visit.
The breezes started blowing from midnight, oh yes September!
In September there is one berry, and that bitter rowan.
* * *
Thunder in September foreshadows a warm autumn.
The web spreads over the plants - to warmth.
There are a lot of acorns on an oak tree in September - for a fierce winter.
From Seeds of the Day (September 14) the beginning of Indian summer. If the first day of Indian summer is clear and warm, then the whole autumn is clear and warm, and vice versa.
A lot of cobwebs in Indian summer - for a clear autumn and cold winter.

OCTOBER
October is the month of near powder.

In October it rains and snows at the same hour.
October is crying cold tears.
In autumn bad weather there are seven weathers in the yard: it sows, it blows, it twists, it stirs, it roars, it pours from above and sweeps from below.
* * *
In October there is thunder - snowless winter.
Autumn frost - to dry and sunny weather, to a bucket, to warmth.
From what date in October there will be a year (good, clear weather), from that date spring will open in April.
In October the moon is in a circle - the summer will be dry.
Until the cherry leaf falls cleanly, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away.
Intercession (October 14) - the first winter. On Pokrov it is autumn before lunch, and winter after lunch.

NOVEMBER
November is the gate of winter.

November is September's grandson, October's son, and winter's dear father.
In November, dawn meets dusk in the middle of the day.
November is the twilight of the year.
* * *
Dmitriev's Day (November 8) - winter is already creeping up on the fence. If there is cold and snow on this day, spring is late and cold, and if there is a thaw, winter and spring are warm. If Demetrius' Day is snowy, then it is Holy (Easter) because of snow; if it is snowy, then it is Holy.
Kuzminki (November 14) - autumn commemoration, meeting winter.

Under her huge shadow.

Wise bearded old man

Resident of the forest -...

(kivorob)

Chocolate brown mushroom,

The leaf stuck to the slippery cap.

Thin openwork collar -

This mushroom is called...

(to the conels)

Brothers sitting on a tree stump

All covered in freckles, naughty girls.

These friendly guys

They are called...

(atyapo)
4

Under the leaves in the clearing

The girls played hide and seek.

Three sisters hid,

Light yellow...

(ikchisil)
5

In a pink, furry hat,

But he doesn't look like a bungler.

Like a plush ear

For pickling...

(akshunlov)

Here's the green arrow

She rose to the light, to the sun.

We'll put it in the soup

After all, this seasoning is...

A fragile umbrella in the garden

Little by little it grows upward.

What's your name? "Prokop" -

Tell us loudly...

(spanking)
3.

Here is a green coquette

Celery's neighbor.

Pointy-nosed old lady

We know you...

(akshurtep)

Who lives in our forest?

Do you want to know?

Then now

We will solve riddles

Let's find out who lives in the forest.

The teeth are sharp, the tail is like a shovel,

What nice guys?

They are building huts and dams,

Thick aspens are falling.

(yrbob)

Well, this dexterous beast

Catches fish without nets

Spoils beaver dams

And he rolls off the cliff.

(ardyv)

This animal sleeps all winter.

The snow will melt and it will fly.

He will squeak, listen,

The moth eats it.

(I'm sorry)

In colorful clothes,

In a red hat

Flying through the forest

He plays the drum.

(flying eagle)

We have a cat in the forest:

Menacing beak, huge eye,

Keen hearing and a tenacious claw.

I'm afraid to touch her.

And now around Asia

We'll go for a walk.

Something wonderful

We will find it here too.

Majestic, graceful.

You know, her mouth is deadly.

If the hood inflates,

Better get out!

(arbok yaaksvelorok)

For hours he lies and waits,

When his sacrifice comes.

Here comes the prey, throw - and there it is

Enclosed in a steel embrace.

He won't let her get out.

This, guys, of course...

(notype)

Red, shaggy

forest man

In Sumatra, Borneo

Spends his time.

This is not a hippie

And it's not punk

But also our relative...

(gnathugnaro)

Graceful, beautiful, strong and dexterous,

It has long been surrounded by legends.

The eyes glow brightly like emeralds,

A black outfit suits them so well.

(aretnap yaanryoch)

Natalia Maidanik
AUTUMN
Autumn is a yellow word in a yellow picture,

Because the leaves on the aspen tree have turned yellow!

Autumn is a kind word, warm days,

Because the sun is friends with a light breeze!

Autumn is a delicious word, jam is being made,

Because there is a lot of fruit, a lot of treats!

Autumn is a joyful word, friends meet again,

Because back to school is how it works!

OCTOBER
October is creeping along the paths,

Walks quietly after the sun.

Mushrooms and berries in a basket.

And he sends greetings to September!
In a crimson velvet caftan,

A hat made of leaves on one side,

He will be with us for a whole month

To meet the dawn, and the night, and the day.

He will fulfill the will of autumn -

Color the field, meadow and forest.

And fill the world with beauty!

And he will invite you to wonderland!

NOVEMBER
November is a hunchbacked old man,

The eyes are like ice, the nose is a hook!

The look is dissatisfied and prickly,

Cold month, clouds in the sky.
Seeing off the golden autumn,

And welcomes the white winter!

He changes heat to cold

And he gets tired - he’s no longer young!

But the north wind will help:

He will pick the leaves and lay them in the carpet,

Will cover the earth with a blanket,

So that it doesn't freeze until spring!

Autumn leaf

Outside the window the autumn leaf turned yellow,

He broke away, spun, and flew.

The yellow leaf made friends with the breeze,

Everyone is spinning and playing under the window.
And when the cheerful wind flew away,

The yellow leaf on the asphalt is bored.

I went into the yard and picked up a leaf,

I brought it home and gave it to my mother.

You can't leave him on the street,

Let him live with me all winter.

AUTUMN POEMS

The sky was already breathing in autumn,

The sun shone less often,

The day was getting shorter

Mysterious forest canopy

She stripped herself naked with a sad noise.

Fog lay over the fields,

Noisy caravan of geese

Stretched to the south: approaching

Quite a boring time;

It was already November outside the yard.

(A.S. Pushkin)
There is in the initial autumn

A short but wonderful time -

The whole day is like crystal,

And the evenings are radiant...

The air is empty, the birds are no longer heard,

But the first winter storms are still far away

And pure and warm azure flows

To the resting field...

(F. Tyutchev)
Autumn. Our whole poor garden is crumbling,

Yellowed leaves are flying in the wind;

They only show off in the distance, there, at the bottom of the valleys,

Brushes of bright red withering rowan trees.

(A. Tolstoy)

BEFORE THE RAIN

The mournful wind drives

The clouds are flocking to the edge of heaven.

The broken spruce groans,

The dark forest whispers dully.

To a stream, pockmarked and motley,

A leaf flies after a leaf,

And a stream, dry and sharp;

It's getting cold.

Twilight falls over everything,

Hitting from all sides,

Spinning in the air screaming

A flock of jackdaws and crows...

(N. Nekrasov)
The fields are compressed, the groves are bare,

Water causes fog and dampness.

Wheel behind the blue mountains

The sun went down quietly.

The dug-up road sleeps.

Today she dreamed

Which is very, very little

All we have to do is wait for the gray winter...

(S. Yesenin)
Just yesterday, blazing in the sun,

The forest was the last to tremble its leaves,

And the winter, turning lushly green,

She lay like a velvet carpet.

Today summer suddenly disappeared;

White, lifeless all around,

Earth and sky - everything is dressed -

Some kind of dull silver...

(A. Fet)
Lingonberries are ripening,

The days have become colder.

And from the bird's cry

It only makes my heart sadder.

Flocks of birds fly away

Away beyond the blue sea.

All the trees are shining

In a multi-colored dress.

The sun laughs less often

There is no incense in the flowers.

Autumn will wake up soon

And he will cry sleepily.

(K. Balmont)

NIGHT LEAF

I was sitting today

Before dark

Near open
Suddenly on the windowsill

Lay down

Golden

Small leaf.

It's damp outside the window

And it's dark.

So he flew in

Through my window.

He's shaking.

And it’s obvious that’s why

The tail is moving

He has it.
(V. Orlov)

FOR THE WINTER

A rustling string

Chasing the sun

Birds fly above us

To a distant place.

They are flying to winter quarters.

And in the yard, in the cold,

Clothespins on a rope

Like swallows on a wire.

(V. Orlov)

smart

CROSSWORD

"FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BERRIES"

The names of fruits, vegetables and berries are hidden here.

Find them and count them!

(read horizontally or vertically)

Crossword solution

CROSSWORD

"FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BERRIES"

answers
Carrot, tomato, cucumber, pumpkin, onion, cabbage, orange, tangerine, lemon, apple, grapes, plum, watermelon, corn, pepper, pomegranate, pear, potato, beetroot, pineapple, cherry, melon, sweet cherry, strawberry, banana, mango.

Total, 26 items.

CROSSWORD

"BEASTS AND BIRDS"
11 names of animals and birds are hidden in these cells. You need to find them, and from the remaining letters add up the name of the extinct animal.

Words can bend at right angles.

CROSSWORD

"BEASTS AND BIRDS"

answers

animals

HORIZONTAL:

VERTICAL:

Look at the pictures, translate the names into English language and write it horizontally in the boxes. If you solve everything correctly, then a word that combines all the other words will easily fit into the vertical cells (6). Which?

CROSSWORD "ANIMALS"

Answers:
2. Tiger.

5. Ewe.
6. (in vertical boxes) ANIMALS

LESSONS IN GOOD MANNERS

school of politeness:: how to behave:: etiquette

Lesson 29

FOREST ETIQUETTE

poems by Sergei Chertkov
BUNNY AND SQUIRREL
Bunny and squirrel playing

At the tall spruce.

The stars are disappearing in the sky,

This means there will be a snowstorm.
The bunny takes off his mittens,

The squirrel puts it on quickly,

What a boy

Little bunny.
Snowstorms are no longer scary -

The mittens warmed the squirrel...
A bunny and a squirrel were walking

Together until dawn

Their eyes shone in the night

Beads of light.

Stubborn Donkey
Along a narrow path

Centipedes crawled

The ducklings followed them

Happy chickens.

A donkey got in the way.

- Let us pass, donkey!

- I don’t believe my ears, -

He told the kids.

The donkey's legs are spread out

For track width:

- I even rhinoceros

I won't give way.

ETIQUETTE
If you are a beaver man,

Be very kind to the beaver.

If you are a tiger man,

Offer more games.

If you are a hedgehog man,

You will find everything for your girlfriend.

And I'll give you some more advice

To all animal gentlemen:

Talk to your sweetheart more often,

And flowers, give flowers!

* * *
People teach, animals teach:

You have to trust mom and dad.

Every time before meals

Remember simple advice -

Wash your faces and faces

Paws, arms and hooves.

This is the rule for everyone -

Whether you wear or don't wear fur.

* * *
Among the fir trees and pine trees

The little fox got lost.

I'm in a hurry to help him -

The forest will soon be covered by night.

To mom and dad's home

The path I know.

After all, the little fox and I are friends,

But you can’t leave your friends!
Lesson 27

FLOWERS AS A GIFT.

If you know what flowers your friends or relatives have, don’t overdo it and give them exactly.

It is appropriate to give a child a small bouquet (violets, forget-me-nots, daisies, mimosas...), tied with a bright ribbon. You can give a tulip. They say he opens up to the laughter of a child.

To mom a good gift there will be roses or carnations, for grandma - flowers of delicate tones: lilies, chrysanthemums... Give red carnations to dad and grandpa.

You can give your older sister unblown pink or red roses. Dark roses would be a good gift for an older brother.

According to tradition, a gift bouquet should contain odd number flowers: 3, 5, 7... If you give one flower, pay attention: it should not be fragile or small.

Flowers are presented after freeing them from paper in advance. And if the flowers are in an elegant gift wrapper, then they do not remove it.

The bouquet is carried along the street and presented with the stems down.

Good option - indoor flower in a beautiful pot. But it’s better to know in advance the tastes and preferences of the person you want to give a gift to.

Gifted flowers should immediately be placed in water in the room where guests are received.
Lesson 28.

HOW TO EAT FRUIT.

PINEAPPLE. Serve in slices with peel. Eat with a dessert fork and knife, cutting out triangles.

WATERMELON and MELON. Serve cut into slices. The pulp is eaten with a teaspoon or with a dessert fork and knife.

ORANGE. It is very difficult to eat at the table.

First method: cut the washed orange into slices; holding the circle in your hand and tearing the ring of the peel, they eat out the pulp.

The second method: completely peel the orange and divide it into slices that can be taken by hand.

BANANA. Peel and eat the pulp with a teaspoon or dessert spoon or dessert fork.

GRAPE. They pick them off the bunch, put them on their plate and eat one berry at a time.

CHERRY. Served with petioles, holding them by which the berries are eaten. At the same time, the bone is spat out onto dessert spoon, bringing it close to his lips. Then place the bone on the edge of the saucer.

GRAPEFRUIT. Serve cut crosswise. Edible middle part peeled with a knife and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Eat with a dessert spoon.

STRAWBERRY. If served with sepals, they are eaten by holding the petiole and dipping it in powdered sugar.

If the berry is served without sepals, then first sprinkle the whole berry with powdered sugar and eat it with a teaspoon.

LEMON. Cut into slices. Take it with a special small fork and put it in a cup of tea or coffee. Squeeze out the juice with a spoon, remove the remaining lemon and place it on the edge of the saucer.

APPLES. Cut into 4 pieces using a knife and fork. The slices are eaten with hands.

PEAR. Cut into 4 parts, like an apple, but eaten with a fork and knife.

MANDARIN. Peel and divide into slices, which are taken with your hands.

PEACH and PLUM. Cut in half and remove the pit using a knife and fork.

APRICOT. They are eaten either like peaches or cherries.

Lesson 3.

FOREST LESSONS IN POLITENESS.
Please remember how a well-mannered, polite person must behave in the forest and teach this to your friends.

A well-mannered person does not break branches of trees and bushes, or pick forest flowers. The grass cover retains moisture and provides shelter for a huge number of beneficial insects and small animals.

Don't knock down people you don't know or even know poisonous mushrooms. Many of them are medicine for forest inhabitants.

We should not catch and bring forest animals, insects and birds into the house; for them, our “entertainment” often ends in illness, torture and death. These are not toys.

Do not destroy anthills accidentally or on purpose! Otherwise, the ants will not have time to repair their little house before frost. And they will die!

And, of course, a polite person who comes to relax in a forest or meadow will not leave a landfill behind.

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Positive psychology 03.03.2018

Dear readers, it’s not for nothing that so many proverbs have been invented about everything in the world. This is a treasure trove folk wisdom, life itself. And although we do not teach them specifically, proverbs so accurately express the essence of many phenomena that they seem to come to mind naturally in appropriate situations. Thanks to this imagery and accuracy, they live for centuries in our culture and are passed on from generation to generation.

There are also a great many proverbs about spring: about the weather, about awakening nature, about the months, about the earth, about plants. For every occasion there is one that is better than any detailed descriptions will very briefly reflect the essence of spring phenomena.

I saw a rook - welcome spring

Proverbs about spring for preschoolers are easy and simple to understand. These are proverbs about months and work, about weather and natural phenomena, which children may notice outside the window or on a walk.

Proverbs about the spring months

March is with water, April is with grass, and May is with flowers.
In March it blows from the south and warms the old one.

March is dry - the harvest is bad.
March ends winter and begins spring.
March is not spring, but the pre-spring.
March – wind-carrier, watercourse, rookery.
March is a rooker, he brought the rooks.
March is a winter season, fighting winter.
March is the heir of February.
March is a march.
February is heavy with snowstorms, and March is heavy with rain.
In March the frost is creaky, but not stinging.

The April flower breaks the snowball.
Where there is a river in April, there is a puddle in July.
April rays awaken the earth.
The April starling is the messenger of spring.
In May, even the wind sings.
May grass feeds the hungry.
Blooming May is real May.
Happy May, under every bush there is paradise.
In May, everything will be spruced up—a leaf here, a flower here, and a blade of grass here.

Proverbs about people's spring work

He who sleeps in spring cries in winter.
Work hard in the spring and you will be well-fed in the winter.
Hope for spring, and stock up on firewood.

He who is not lazy to plow will produce bread.
What you sow is what you reap, what you reap is what you sow.
Put the manure thickly, the barn will not be empty.

It’s better to starve and sow good seed.
We’ll eat and dance, we’ll just save the arable land.
Don’t waste your time, spring will pass without a doubt.
If you don’t plow on time, don’t harvest on time, you’ll miss your harvest.

Proverbs about the weather and the coming of spring

I saw a rook - welcome spring.
Spring rain grows, autumn rain rots.
Rook on the mountain - spring is in the yard.
If you see a starling, you know spring is on the porch!
Spring is red with flowers, and autumn with sheaves.
In spring, the shaft becomes overgrown with grass overnight.
Spring will revive the worm too.
Water flowed from the mountains and brought spring.
In the spring it bakes on top and freezes below.
Winter scares spring, but it itself melts.
No matter how angry the snowstorm is, it still smells like spring.
The swallow begins spring, the nightingale ends summer.
The bunting flew in, the stonefly sang - leave the sleigh, take the cart.
Even the king will not stop the spring water.
Spring time - I ate from the yard.
In spring, there are no three fine days in a row.
In spring, even a rotten stump blooms.
The bird cherry blossomed and called for the cold.

Spring day feeds the year

Through proverbs, children learn to observe nature and how it changes. They learn what is right and the benefits of hard work. Nowadays, not all schoolchildren go to the field and see how the same wheat grows, but proverbs tell how important it is to plow and sow the field on time and how the future harvest depends on it. That is why the topic of proverbs is often raised in schools during lessons, and these proverbs about spring are for 2nd grade students.

Proverbs about the spring months

In March, day and night are measured and equal.
Martok - put on two trousers.
And in March the frost sets in on the nose.
March brings winter to nothing.
March sows with snow and warms with sun.
The March sun will leave its mark.
Perezimok-March-February-bokogrea smaller brother.
It's time to stock up on cold weather - when March is just around the corner.
Martyushka will still spin the snowstorm.
March knocks off the cow's horn.
The month of March loves to play tricks.
March is proud of its frost.
Sometimes March boasts frost.
In March, you’re driving on a trough (off-road).
In March there is winter both behind and in front.
Warm April, wet May means there will be a harvest.
The sun is rolling down the April hill into summer.
April begins with snow and ends with greenery.
April streams awaken the earth.
April is the primrose, the month of talkative water, the keeper of spring noise.
April – snowfall.
April Yegor is red.
April is rich in water.
April-April, drops are ringing in the yard.
April does not like the lazy, but loves the agile one.
April is black in the field, but still white in the forest.
April will deceive - it will let May down.
The deceiver April is fickle: there are seven weather conditions per day.
Neither water in March nor grass in April.
April has never been colder than March or warmer than May.
The first April rain is worth a cartload of gold.
May has come, give the horse some grass, climb onto the stove yourself.
May is cold - a hungry year.
Dry March and wet May - there will be porridge and loaf.
May is decorating the forests and waiting for summer to visit.
There are two cold periods in May: when the bird cherry blossoms and when the oak blossoms.
May frost will not squeeze out tears.

Proverbs about the weather and spring changes in nature

Spring ice is thick and simple, autumn ice is thin and tenacious.
Spring ice, like the threshold of someone else's hut, is unreliable.
Spring winter does not go into the bin.
Spring rain is never too much.
Spring - light up the snow, sparkle the ravines.
Spring and summer, this will also pass.
Spring and autumn – there are eight weather conditions per day.
Frogs don't croak until the first thunderstorm.
Spring is red during the day.
Spring and autumn they ride a piebald mare.
Spring is red and hungry, autumn is rainy and satisfying.
Spring is red and cold.
Spring is red and summer is miserable.
Spring is not meat, autumn is not dairy.
Spring opens the keys and waters.
Spring has come - everything has gone.
Spring will have its say.
In spring - a bucket of water, a spoonful of dirt; in the fall - a spoonful of water, a bucket of dirt.
In spring the rain steams, in autumn it wets.
In spring it wets for a day, and dries for an hour.

A seagull would fly in, and it would be spring.
Early spring costs nothing, late spring does not deceive.
In the spring, whatever the river sheds, you won’t see a drop; In the fall it will be sifted with chintz - at least scoop it with a bucket.
Just as the aspen trembles, so the cattle in the field are well fed.
On a foreign land even spring is black, on our own land even winter is green.
Spring is generous with warmth, but stingy with time.
No one can take away the spring water - the water will find its way.
Avdotya is red - and spring is red.
The willow leads to the muddy roads, drives away the last ice from the river.
Where crows can't fly, they'll peck all the dung.

Proverbs about people's work in spring

In the spring, if you walk for an hour, you won’t be able to make it up in a week.
Time is precious - the man has no peace.
Feed your cows more nutritiously in the fall, and the spring will be more profitable.
Those who sleep a lot in the spring experience insomnia in the winter.
If you sow at the right time, you will gather grains from the mountain.
Spring has come, so there’s no time for sleep.
Rye says: “Sow me into ashes and in time.” Oats says: “Trample me in the mud, and I will be a prince.”
He who sows first is first to reap.
The earth has warmed up, don’t be late with sowing.
You can’t put it in the ground, and you can’t take it from the ground.
He brought manure to the field - a cartload of grain from the field.
Frozen seeds always germinate late.
Do not feast on feasts if you sow grain.
One grain yields a handful.
Bad oats - you swallow tears.
We plow and sow, we don’t know how to boast, but we will reap the harvest.
He who sows early does not lose seeds.
You won't get hurt by jumping.
The cuckoo crowed - it’s time to sow flax.
Don't be lazy with the plow - you'll end up with a pie.
The plow shines from work.
Return the debt to the earth - it will help.

How to explain the meaning of proverbs

Proverbs are valuable because, despite the brevity of their presentation, they carry a valuable meaning, a certain morality, and edification. And it is important to correctly understand and be able to explain this meaning. In this section you will find explanations of the essence of some proverbs about spring.

One swallow does not make spring (the meaning of the proverb is that the arrival of one hasty bird does not mean that spring has come.

In the month of April, keep your clothes closer to your body (that is, it is still cold).

He who sleeps in the spring cries in the winter (fields and gardens must be sown in the spring, otherwise there will be no reserves in winter).

Don’t waste time, spring will pass and you won’t be able to turn it back (if it’s a good day, then you need to start planting).

Spring rain grows, and autumn rain rots (in spring rains are necessary for planted seeds to sprout. In autumn rains spoil the unharvested harvest).

In spring - a bucket of water, a spoonful of dirt; in the fall - a spoonful of water, a bucket of mud (in the spring it rains, the snow melts, but the sun also gets hotter, so all the moisture evaporates faster. In the fall it is muddy due to the lack of sun and constant cloudy weather).

Spring - light up the snow, sparkle the ravines (with the onset of spring, new streams appear, hollows in the ground appear and become visible. That is, places where water flowed).

I saw a rook - welcome spring (rooks arrive with the onset of warm weather, there will be no frost, and we can already expect spring).

Spring has come - everything has begun (in spring, everything quickly turns green and everything around wakes up. Flowers, trees come to life, birds fly in, the gardening season begins for adults, and children can now spend every day outside).

Return the debt to the earth - it will be useful (in the spring you need not only to plant, but also to fertilize the earth).

The earth has warmed up, don’t be late with sowing (when the sun gets hot and dries the earth a little, then it’s time to plant seeds and seedlings).

Early swallows for a happy year (swallows fly to warm weather, which means there will be early spring).

Those who worked hard in the spring will have fun in the fall (what you plant in the spring is what you harvest in the fall).

The bird rejoices in spring, and the baby rejoices in the mother (birds rejoice in spring just as a child does when he sees his mother).

There are no two springs in one year (in spring everything awakens and blooms once).

Spring ice is thick, but simple; in autumn it is thin and tenacious (in the spring it is very dangerous to step on and go out on the ice. But in the fall it, although it seems thin, is much stronger than the spring one).

Spring opens the springs and waters (every living thing wakes up, the snow melts, streams flow).

Good flowering means a good ovary (if everything blooms and is not hit by frost, then both the ovary and the harvest itself will be good).

In the spring, whatever the river sheds, you won’t see a drop; in the fall it will be sifted with chintz - even use a bucket (in spring, the water is quickly absorbed into the ground, and the sun bakes well and dries quickly. And in the fall there is no longer any heat, so there is constant dampness).

Spring is red with flowers, autumn with sheaves.
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