Thematic lesson “Masha and the Bear”
Hello everybody!
All children love fairy tales, and probably adults too! Therefore...for a whole month we will be studying fairy tales and stories for children!
Our first lesson will be based on everyone’s favorite fairy tale “Masha and the Bear”.
I will post the main things here on the blog. And additional materials will be located in our VKontakte group. Therefore, those who are not yet in the group are welcome to join us!
Since I conduct classes not with one child, but in a group (in the center), I will write guys. At home, as you understand, I also have a mini-group, and if we play, we all play together. In this case, I assign to the elders the role of leaders. And most of the questions about the fairy tale are no longer asked by me, but by the older children.
Thus, we practice speech skills, the ability to ask questions, and conduct a dialogue. It turns out not only games for younger children, but older children - joint games.
Therefore, this lesson, and subsequent ones, are quite suitable for children of different ages. They just need to be adapted a little.
Let's begin our journey into a fairy tale!
1. Greeting the guys, getting ready for the lesson.
Hello guys! Are you glad you came here today? We're glad! Let's clap our hands together for a fun nursery rhyme!
Children know how to clap, they don’t spare their hands. Like this, like this, like this. They don't spare their hands.
2.How well you all clapped. Do you know the fairy tale about “Masha and the Bear”? Let's remember it all together. I will tell you, and you will help me. We read a fairy tale from a book or from pictures.
3. Let's bring the heroes of our fairy tale to life on paper. Will you help me? Glue the fairy tale characters onto whatman paper (make a collage). You can take a large sheet of whatman paper, you can glue several A4 sheets with masking tape, or you can take old wallpaper. As the lesson progresses, be sure to ask questions (it’s better to call the children one at a time and let them glue the characters one by one). Pay attention to prepositions. The first character is a bear (where does the bear live? In the forest) Masha (where did Masha hide? In the box) Pies (where were they lying? Above Masha in the box) Box (where was it? Behind the bear’s back) the bear going? To the village), to whom did you go? (grandmother, grandfather), where did the bear come from? (from his house), who was the bear afraid of? (dogs). We glue it in the same order (asking questions as we go): bear, Masha behind, pies on top, seal it with a box, forest, bear's house, path, village, grandparents, dogs. *See collage application.
4. Physical education minute. We play the big bear and the little girl. We consider the concepts of “big and small”. We explain that a bear is a large animal, and a girl is small compared to a bear. Rules of the game. When an adult says “little girl” everyone squats down, when an adult says “big bear” everyone stands up and stretches their arms up.”
5.*Watch the presentation about pies (in the downloadable file). Let's play: look for pies. You will need a container with millet and pies (made of plasticine, dough or paper laminated or covered with tape). *A picture of the pie for printing is included in the game appendix. We hide the pies in the millet and invite the children to find them. There should be pies according to the number of children. We look for pies one by one.
6. An outdoor game for coordination and reaction speed. You will need a bear mask for children, a dog mask (for an adult). Rules of the game: I (an adult) will be a bear, and you will catch me. I will have a bell, I will ring it and move around the room, and you (children) will run after me and try to touch me. Now let's do it the other way around. Remember who the bear was running from in the village? That's right from dogs. I will be a dog, and you will be a bear. You will run away from me. *See “masks” appendix.
7. We hide in a box. You will need two boxes, small (for the doll) and large (so that the child can hide in it), a tray and pies (real, paper, plasticine or clay). Do you know what the box in which Masha hid was? In the fairy tale, the box is a large wicker box made from twigs. The box can be large or small. In the Fairy Tale the box is large, so the girl Masha and the pies fit in it. Why didn’t the bear notice Masha? Because Masha covered herself with a tray of pies on top and the box had a lid. Here's a look at how Masha hid in the box: we show the small box and the Masha doll, we hide the doll in the box. In this big box: let's show it. Who wants to hide in it? We hide the brave souls and cheer them on. After everyone has tried themselves in the role of Masha, we once again act out the scene with the box (small), Masha and the bear (toy).
8. Reflection. What fairy tale did we listen to? What fairy tale did we play? Who are the heroes in this fairy tale? Now let's play with massage balls, sit down and roll them over our arms and legs. We turn on relaxing music and roll balls with the children. Then an adult approaches each child and rolls the ball on his back.
9. Watch the presentation of the fairy tale “Masha and the Bear”.
10. Creativity. We show the children what a tray is. If you can get a few trays made from different materials, the kids will be delighted. Be sure to let them touch the different trays. What do they feel like? Do they differ in weight? In form? What's on them? What material are they made of? Next, we suggest making your own trays from cardboard and decorating them. We distribute cardboard ovals to the children. This is our tray. We decorate it by gluing paper circles of different colors. Then we make the filling for the pies and roll out red balls (berries). We make pies from plasticine. We give the children cakes, put berries in them and glue the cakes together like pies. Place the pies on a tray.
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