A variant of the Shrovetide scenario in kindergarten

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-15 22:35

For educational purposes, it is better to introduce children to culture, folk traditions from an early age. In kindergarten, kids have the opportunity to get acquainted with the customs of antiquity, take an active part in preparing for the celebrations.

Seeing off winter is an event from adult life. Transferring him to a nursery is unusual. To convey its meaning to the children through a fairy tale game is an interesting task for the educator.

General information

The organization of any holiday in kindergarten requires careful preparation, planning, rehearsals, decorations. On Maslenitsa, the scenario for kindergarten children begins with an introduction to the topic, acquaintance with the tradition.

There is no clear fixed date on the calendar for Maslenitsa, Maslenitsa week begins 56 days before Easter, falling on a different date from year to year. In Russia, each of the days of the week of seeing off winter had its own name, was filled with specific actions.

Mon	"meeting"	baking pancakes
Tue	"flirt"	snowball fight, sleigh ride
Wed	"fracture"	mother-in-law bake pancakes for sons-in-law
Thu	"wide"	farce, swings, fortresses, fistfights, feasts
Fri	"mother-in-law evening"	son-in-law invite mother-in-law to pancakes
Sat	"sister-in-law gatherings"	daughter-in-law invite relatives to pancakes
Sun	"forgiven"	+jumping over the fire

The name poster can be attached to the wall as room decoration, every day to carry out the corresponding role play.

The holiday is pagan in origin. With the introduction of Christianity, the church included it in its calendar to avoid controversy. Among parents there may be supporters of different creeds, views on the universe. It is better to introduce children to the ancient custom in an unobtrusive way, placing more emphasis on nature, without putting tolerance to the test.

The symbol of Maslenitsa is the Sun. The key dish is pancakes. Topping ideas are different for every chef.

Work onclearance

Work on the script for the Maslenitsa holiday in kindergarten begins with the preparation of the premises. The design of the hall should be approached with all seriousness. Some of the decorations will be occupied by handicrafts made directly during the Maslenitsa week. Children and their parents will make other decorations in advance.

It is beautiful to hang a voluminous sun under the ceiling - Yarilo (color the balloon, stick rays of yellow cardboard to it). If you attach an inverted open umbrella nearby, from which garlands of small suns will hang, you will get a beautiful transition from winter to spring, especially with cotton snowmen pasted on the walls, classic paper-cut snowflakes, green leaves, flowers. On the leaves, children will write their own or selected poems about the Sun. Closer to the doors, another circle is attached to the ceiling - orange. You need to glue long multi-colored satin ribbons to it - rays, the ends of which are also fixed at the top in any way.

From colored paper, children should cut out many small circles, thin strips. The rays are glued to the suns, with which the word "Maslenitsa" is laid out on the wall, as if it were embroidered with beads.

Outside, the entrance to the premises is made in the form of a village house. From the inside, it is better to come up with something fabulous, for example, a lot of balloons of all colors of the rainbow, the inscription: "Sunny Country".

The initiative is welcome. The symbol can be knitted, crocheted, embroidered with a cross, satin stitch, drawn with gouache, felt-tip pens, colored crayons.

Beautiful, easy to make garlandsfrom strips of colored paper. Glue the strips into rings that are connected to each other not just by a chain, but in random order. Stretching long garlands around the room is more interesting - more room for design imagination.

If there are truly gifted artists in the group, for them, according to the Shrovetide scenario in kindergarten, the task is to draw Yarilo, Spring, Shrovetide, stick it on the walls in different places.

In a conspicuous place, a large photo of a frying pan with a high stack of pancakes, with a bowl of red caviar on the table will look spectacular.

Design - improvisation, despite the advance preparation of ideas. Directly when putting up the decorations, thoughts will definitely appear, especially in children, which certainly need to be implemented.

Days of preparation for the matinee (narrow Maslenitsa)

In the first days of the holiday, children learn about it, if it is new for them. Those who celebrate not for the first time can enlighten newcomers with interest in their own way. According to the Shrovetide scenario in kindergarten, kids should learn that the days from Monday to Wednesday are called "Narrow Shrovetide".

Sack jumping, tug of war, "elephant" played by 2 teams are suitable as moving physical minutes: 1 participant, bending over, leans on the wall, the next grabs him by the belt. So all the members of the “elephant” team cling to each other. Riders scatter, jump as far as possible. Objective: Don't fall.

For the development of speech, it is not bad to continue the theme of literary fantasies about the Sun. Now in prose. How Yarilo drives away winter,pancakes turn into the Sun, Lady Maslenitsa teaches forgiveness.

The symbol of the holiday - a circle - evokes a curious associative idea - mandalas. It is enough for the teacher to print the required number of stencils. Another option is to draw the frame with a compass, laying circles of the same size on top of each other. It is more interesting to paint with colored pencils, gel pens, felt-tip pens combined. Several people can work on the same mandala.

Easier crafts - suns from a disposable paper plate, made in different ways.

Days of preparation for the matinee (wide Maslenitsa)

It's great if, after the event in kindergarten, every kid will have a tiny Maslenitsa-amulet in the house.

Children work with amulets on Thursday - the first day of the "wide" Maslenitsa. The child takes the finished doll with him for lunch, a quiet hour. Before leaving home, everyone writes a short story for their doll - the beginning of a long fascinating biography, which the children promise to write in a diary (first with the help of their parents, after learning to read and write - on their own).

Indoor Costume Party

On Saturday the kids come in costumes. According to the scenario of Maslenitsa in kindergarten, everything begins with the fact that the kids move around the hall to the music, improvising a free dance, admiring each other's costumes. It is better to make Shrovetide carnival non-competitive in order to avoid offending others when choosing the best.

Then each of the guys tells the others briefly about his costume: who he is, why he chose this particular image. It's great if, in addition to the story, the kid will prepare an interesting concert number.

The Saturday scenario of Maslenitsa in kindergarten in a group can be anything, at the discretion of the teacher. At gatherings in the dining room at breakfast, the guys exchange impressions about the previous holidays they have already experienced, note what they remember most of all. Since the costumed farewell to winter coincides with Western European carnivals, it is worth asking the children how the Russian event differs from the foreign ones. The feeling of national love for the Motherland develops in the soul from childhood.

Outdoor party

Outside, it's fun to organize an obstacle course in the playground. The organizers think over the route in advance along the ladders, slides, swings, sandboxes. For a change, obstacles are added with guessing riddles, solving puzzles. Jumping in colored circles, sled-engines develop mobility, strengthen friendship. The guys are not running fast. Judges evaluate the originality, unusualness, expressiveness of the action. Celebrating Maslenitsa in kindergarten, the scenario outside depends on the weather. Spring rain can disrupt plans, it is better to make an event with umbrellas short, noisy, move the rest of the concert indoors. In dry, snowy weather, it is more interesting to weave the game into a costume performance "And yet a water lily".

Characters: Brother-Spring, Sister-Spring, Snezhana,Firebird, starlings. If the actors wish, the characters can briefly tell about themselves.

Starling dance performance begins. Firebird joins them. In the hands of dancers, paper snowflakes turn into flowers.

Firebird:

- Starlings fly in all directions! What a long flight!

Starlings:

- We are young messengers of spring. She sent us ahead.

Brother Spring:

- Something sis is delayed. Let's loosen up for now. Show me how you can dance, sing songs.

Children perform Russian folk songs/dances, ditties, play balalaikas, button accordions, harmonicas, whistles.

Sister Spring:

- Ah, where are you? I'm looking for you on the other side of the country!

Brother Spring:

- Hello dear! We've been waiting for you! Did you like the performances? What will please you?

Sister Spring:

- It is necessary to warm the earth after the winter as soon as possible. The guys are talented. Can you improvise? I will put music on for you. I'll send the starlings to dance. You don't repeat after them. Suggest your moves.

Snezhana:

- Wow! What good fellows! Talented bastards! It got very hot for me. I'll melt like a fire now.

Firebird:

- Wait, Snezhana, don't be shy! A sparrow arrived today. He baked pancakes with jam. Everyone eat. To the tower!

Everyone goes to the cafeteria for a bit. Dessert is pancakes stacked on a platter like a log cabin.

Brother Spring:

- I haven't eaten like this in a long time. Thank you! Fed for a year ahead. You will nowwarm, light.

Starling:

- It's time for the relay. Can you see the marked path? You have to go through it, find a water lily, illuminated from the inside by fire. Like a torch, it must be carried to the bowl.

Firebird explains the task to the children in detail in simple language. A relay race is underway. The same prizes are distributed for everyone so that no one is offended.

Snezhana says that they used to burn an effigy. He talks about the magic of dry branches, changing the rite. Together they burn a big fire, leading a round dance around the fire, sing the final song:

Goodbye, goodbye forever

Goodbye, goodbye forever

Farewell Shrove Tuesday, good luck

Farewell, Maslenitsa, forget evil!

Having received the opportunity to create, play, enjoy the performance thanks to the Maslenitsa script in kindergarten, the children will reveal their talents, recharge with positive emotions, learn information that they will definitely share with their own children in the future, continuing the tradition of oral folk art.