Let's discuss with parents how to make the most of school holidays

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Children look forward to school holidays to go outside, play computer games and watch cartoons. It is important for parents that the rest is beneficial for the child, but most often cultural events are characterized by going to the circus, zoo, play center and cafe. The educational program is homework assignments given by the class teacher.

How do school holidays usually go?

In rural schools, parents, together with the class teacher, agree on trips to the theater, circus, cinema. The rest of the time in educational institutions there are additional circles (knitting, needlework, sports sections, dancing, literary reading), which children attend during the day. Recently, day camps have been opened in schools, where educational and entertaining activities are planned for children.

In the city, parents with children visit museums, dolphinariums, cinemas, swimming pools. We althy families are planning sightseeing trips in Russia and abroad.frontier. The advantage of megacities is that there are a huge number of paid development centers where children can engage in soap making, design, programming, sewing, modeling, professional sports, photoshop, etc. Such professional courses make it possible to identify a child’s abilities for one or another type of activity.

How to plan your vacation in advance?

Many parents say they can't afford field trips around the country or abroad because of high prices. But there is a little secret here: in order to buy a tour at affordable prices or with big discounts, you need to purchase it six months in advance. This will be possible if you know the school holiday schedule.

Schedule is subject to change at each facility due to weather conditions, local emergencies, or school type (remedial, trimester). For example, in the villages, spring break begins with increased snowmelt, as dirt roads are washed away, and it is difficult for children to get to school. Breaking pipes, epidemics, natural disasters or other incidents may also delay vacations in city institutions.

But the standard schedule for quarters can be as follows:

• in autumn, children have a rest for 9 days from November 2 to November 10;
• winter holidays are 15 days from December 29 to January 12;
• spring schoolchildren rest 8 days from 24 to 31 March;
• summer holidays are 3 months.

Where can I go with a child in the winterholidays?

In winter, you can buy a ticket for New Year's performances, and after the magnificent festivities, go skiing, sledding in the park or skating on the skating rink. At this time, there are various circles where children can make gifts with their own hands or take part in folk festivals (Christmas, Carols).

Water parks, dolphinariums, performances, art exhibitions, cinemas can turn the head of any child, so you need to plan activities wisely and periodically remind the child of when 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 the rest, and the beginning and end should be completed with cultural and educational events.

St. Petersburg Christmas trees are especially praised, where they have colorful decorations, original lights and illuminations, interesting attractions, a festive performance and bus tours of 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 your child?

Holidays in the capital are especially busy, when you can visit several events.

• Exhibition "Sportland" at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (Pavilion 57), where you can see the latest know-how in the field of sports and entertainment (board games, construction kits, mosaics, puzzles, computer games, team sports games, books, trampolines, slides, playgrounds).
• Performances based on Pushkin's fairy tales at the Pushkin State Museum will help children consolidate their literary knowledge.
• Theater shows and animation workshops "Mult-Fest" at the "Illusion" cinema, where schoolchildren can watch cartoons made by children themselves and take part in creating scripts.

Vacations 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 cartoons Masha and the Bear, Fixies.

What can I visit for free during the summer holidays?

Summer holidays are the longest, but many parents limit them to a trip to the sea and local visits to parks, the promenade and cinemas. However, summer holidays can be spent in more diverse ways.

For example, in travel agencies, when school holidays begin, special school trips are organized. You can come to any city on your own and visit interesting places for free. There are free organizations in every city, you just need to find out about them in advance.

For example, in St. Petersburg there are once a month social days when children can go for free, and sometimes adults (monthly Hermitage - on the first Thursday, June 12 - Museum of Political History). You can visit without payingMetro Museum, St. Sampson Cathedral, master classes in the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor (2 times a week).

Underage children can visit the Russian Museum every 18th monthly, 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 every first Thursday, the Museum of Dolls and the Museum of Hygiene on the last Monday, icebreaker Krasin on the first Wednesday.

How to plan your fall break?

During the autumn holidays, you can visit all the activities described above. The main thing to consider when planning a vacation:

• child's age;
• children's interests and hobbies;
• requirements of the school curriculum;
• family budget.

Make lists of free, low-budget, and expensive activities. Even if you are going on an excursion to another city for a couple of days, plan a program in advance. To do this, just read the reviews of vacationers.

If a child does not want to visit museums, then intrigue him with some history or visit "multifaceted" institutions, where there are paintings, and exhibitions of stones, and the history of costumes, peoples and countries, weapons, etc.

When school holidays come, children are waiting for a miracle and celebration. Caring parents can organize interesting excursions at minimal cost. For example, you can play the role of a guide yourself and show the sights of your city or hire students for a small fee. Look around and you will see a lot of interesting and educational activities,development centers your child will love!