Nature DayNature Day

Goals of the ActivityGoals of the Activity::To acquaint the children with the

surrounding natural environment (forest, wilderness);

To learn about forest animals (by looking at them);

To go through a serious of challenges in game form.

We ourselves became We ourselves became animals, with the help of a animals, with the help of a magical gypsy lady, acted magical gypsy lady, acted by Liza Chirkovaby Liza Chirkova

Sandy-coloured ElephantsSandy-coloured Elephants

Fidgety ParrotsFidgety Parrots

Enchanting PandasEnchanting Pandas

Bunny RabbitsBunny Rabbits

MischievousMischievous ZebrasZebras

We We looked looked for for berries berries with the with the help of a help of a forest forest gnomegnome

And lookedAnd looked……

……some moresome more

We competed in We competed in dexteritydexterity......

…with a fox and a wolf

We helped a hare (zaika) do We helped a hare (zaika) do a puzzle (mozaika) a puzzle (mozaika) zaika- zaika-mozaika!mozaika!

And searched a way out of the And searched a way out of the forest with a butterflyforest with a butterfly

ResultsResults::The children received a host of new

impressions from the summer, evening forest;

Role-playing games with animals to develop imagination and expand horizons;

The children showed keen minds and physical strength to pass their forest tests and continue along the way.

Some ObservationsSome Observations::The children learned about new, exotic

(to them) animals with the help of costume games – these animals were way different than the livestock the children usually see in Belskoye-Ustye!

We had: exotic parrots, chameleons, zebras, pandas, to name a few. The children didn’t only make their own costumes, but enjoyed each others costumes at the dance party after Nature Day.

Nature Day wasn’t only wonderful, but really quite amazing. The children had such grand fun imitating animals and were “over the moon” at the painted faces of the volunteers. After our walk through the woods we had a dance party and in the photographs you can see a crowd of satisfied, smiling faces