- Russian folk tales Russian folk tales The world of fairy tales is amazing. Is it possible to imagine our life without a fairy tale? A fairy tale is not just entertainment. She tells us about what is extremely important in life, teaches us to be kind and fair, to protect the weak, to resist evil, to despise cunning and flatterers. The fairy tale teaches us to be loyal, honest, and ridicules our vices: boasting, greed, hypocrisy, laziness. For centuries, fairy tales have been passed down orally. One person came up with a fairy tale, told it to another, that person added something of his own, retold it to a third, and so on. Each time the fairy tale became better and more interesting. It turns out that the fairy tale was invented not by one person, but by many different people, people, which is why they began to call it “folk”. Fairy tales arose in ancient times. They were stories of hunters, trappers and fishermen. In fairy tales, animals, trees and grass talk like people. And in a fairy tale, everything is possible. If you want to become young, eat rejuvenating apples. We need to revive the princess - first sprinkle her with dead and then with living water... The fairy tale teaches us to distinguish good from bad, good from evil, ingenuity from stupidity. The fairy tale teaches not to despair in difficult moments and to always overcome difficulties. The fairy tale teaches how important it is for every person to have friends. And the fact that if you don’t leave your friend in trouble, then he will help you too...
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- Tales of Valentin Kataev Tales of Valentin Kataev Writer Valentin Kataev lived a long and beautiful life. He left books, by reading which we can learn to live with taste, without missing out on the interesting things that surround us every day and every hour. There was a period in Kataev’s life, about 10 years, when he wrote wonderful fairy tales for children. The main characters of fairy tales are the family. They show love, friendship, belief in magic, miracles, relationships between parents and children, relationships between children and the people they meet along the way that help them grow up and learn something new. After all, Valentin Petrovich himself was left without a mother very early. Valentin Kataev is the author of the fairy tales: “The Pipe and the Jug” (1940), “The Seven-Flower Flower” (1940), “The Pearl” (1945), “The Stump” (1945), “The Dove” (1949).
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- Tales of Samuil Marshak Tales of Samuil Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (1887 - 1964) - Russian Soviet poet, translator, playwright, literary critic. He is known as the author of fairy tales for children, satirical works, as well as “adult”, serious lyrics. Among Marshak’s dramatic works, the fairy tale plays “Twelve Months”, “Smart Things”, “Cat’s House” are especially popular. Marshak’s poems and fairy tales begin to be read from the very first days in kindergarten, then they are staged at matinees, and in the lower grades they are taught by heart.
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- Tales of Sergei Mikhalkov Tales of Sergei Mikhalkov Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (1913 - 2009) - writer, writer, poet, fabulist, playwright, war correspondent during the Great Patriotic War, author of the text of two anthems of the Soviet Union and the anthem of the Russian Federation. They begin to read Mikhalkov’s poems in kindergarten, choosing “Uncle Styopa” or the equally famous poem “What do you have?” The author takes us back to the Soviet past, but over the years his works do not become outdated, but only acquire charm. Mikhalkov's children's poems have long become classics.
- Tales of Suteev Vladimir Grigorievich Tales of Suteev Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev is a Russian Soviet children's writer, illustrator and director-animator. One of the founders of Soviet animation. Born into a doctor's family. The father was a gifted man, his passion for art was passed on to his son. From his youth, Vladimir Suteev, as an illustrator, periodically published in the magazines “Pioneer”, “Murzilka”, “Friendly Guys”, “Iskorka”, and in the newspaper “Pionerskaya Pravda”. Studied at Moscow Higher Technical University named after. Bauman. Since 1923 he has been an illustrator of books for children. Suteev illustrated books by K. Chukovsky, S. Marshak, S. Mikhalkov, A. Barto, D. Rodari, as well as his own works. The tales that V. G. Suteev composed himself are written laconically. Yes, he doesn’t need verbosity: everything that is not said will be drawn. The artist works like a cartoonist, recording every movement of the character to create a coherent, logically clear action and a bright, memorable image.
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Vladimir Suteev
Apple
It was late autumn. The leaves had long fallen from the trees, and only a single apple still hung at the top of the wild apple tree.
During this autumn season, the Hare was running through the forest and saw an apple.
But how to get it? The apple hangs high - you won’t be able to jump!
Krra-krra!
The Hare looks and the Crow sits on the tree and laughs.
Hey Crow! - shouted the Hare. - Pick me an apple!
The crow flew from the tree to the apple tree and picked an apple. Only she couldn’t hold it in her beak - it fell down.
Thank you, Vorona! - said the Hare and was about to pick up the apple, but it, as if alive, suddenly hissed... and ran. What's happened?
The Hare was frightened, then he realized: the apple fell right on the Hedgehog, who, curled up in a ball, was sleeping under the apple tree. The hedgehog woke up and started running, but the apple got caught on the thorns.
Stop, stop! - shouts the Hare. -Where did you take my apple?
The Hedgehog stopped and said:
This is my apple. It fell and I caught it.
The hare jumped up to the hedgehog:
Now give me back my apple! I found it!
The Crow flew up to them.
There’s no point in arguing,” he says, “this is my apple, I picked it for myself.”
No one can agree with each other, everyone shouts:
My apple!
Scream, noise throughout the whole forest. And the fight begins: the Crow pecked the Hedgehog on the nose, the Hedgehog pricked the Hare with needles, and the Hare kicked the Crow...
This is where the Bear appeared. Yes, how he barks:
What's happened? What's that noise?
All to him:
You, Mikhail Ivanovich, are the biggest, the smartest in the forest. Judge us fairly. Whoever you award this apple to, so be it.
And they told the Bear everything as it happened.
The bear thought and thought, scratched his ear and asked:
Who found the apple?
I! - said the Hare.
Who picked the apple?
Just like me! - Crow croaked.
Fine. Who caught him?
I caught! - Hedgehog squeaked.
That’s what,” the Bear reasoned, “you are all right, and therefore each of you should get an apple...
But there's only one apple! - said the Hedgehog, the Hare and the Crow.
Divide this apple into equal parts, and let everyone take a piece for themselves.
And everyone exclaimed in unison:
How come we didn’t think of it earlier!
The hedgehog took the apple and divided it into four parts. He gave one piece to the Hare:
This is for you, Hare, you were the first to see the apple.
He gave the second piece to Vorona:
This is for you, Crow - you picked the apple.
The Hedgehog put the third piece in his mouth:
This is for me because I caught the apple.
The Hedgehog put the fourth piece in the Bear’s paw:
And this is for you, Mikhail Ivanovich...
Why should I? - the Bear was surprised.
And for the fact that you reconciled us all and taught us wisdom!
And everyone ate their piece of the apple, and everyone was happy, because the Bear judged fairly and did not offend anyone.
Olga Kriklenko
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: to teach children coherence, logic and continuity of retelling, using abstract models of fairy-tale characters and actions with them as a visual support; continue to learn to speak independently on a topic from personal experience, to express your own opinion; consolidate the education and practical use of possessive adjectives; develop children's creative abilities, thinking, imagination, speech breathing.
EQUIPMENT: a riddle encrypted in pictures; a storyteller's cap, a basket and pieces of colored paper; 4 cubes (large brown, medium gray, medium black, small gray, plasticine red apple on a string, modeling board, dry twig (“apple tree”, stack, piece of plasticine; manual for the game “Whose Tail?”, umbrella, tape recorder with a recording of cheerful music; a graphic plan for the retelling with stylized pictures, a basket of apples.
PRELIMINARY WORK: reading V. Suteev’s fairy tale “The Apple”, conversation based on what was read, acting out animal dialogues.
1. Organizational moment.
Today I brought you an object and a drawn riddle about it. Let's solve this riddle. This item is made of branches and is needed to go into the forest to pick mushrooms and berries. What is this? (Basket.)
Yes, it's a basket. And this basket is not simple, but magical. Let's remember which fairy tales have baskets. (“Little Red Riding Hood”, “Three Bears”, “Masha and the Bear”.)
Do you have baskets? Why do you need it at home? (Children's answers.)
2. Making sentences based on two reference pictures.
Today we will remember the fairy tale “The Apple”. Who is the author of this fairy tale? (Vladimir Suteev.) Let's make a sentence based on these two pictures.
Sample answers:
“The Apple and the Tree” – There was an apple hanging at the top of the apple tree.
“The Hare and the Apple” - The hare was running through the forest and saw an apple.
“The Hare and the Crow” - The Hare shouted: “Hey, crow, pick me an apple!”
“The Crow and the Apple” - The crow couldn’t hold the apple and it fell down.
“The Apple and the Hedgehog” - The apple fell on the hedgehog.
“The Hare and the Hedgehog” - The hare jumped up to the hedgehog: “Give me back my apple!”
“Hare, crow and hedgehog” - The hare, crow and hedgehog started a fight.
“The Bear and the Apple” - The fourth piece was given to the bear: “This is for you, Mikhail Ivanovich, for judging us!”
How do you understand the word “reason”? This means what to do? (Make a decision on any matter.) How did a bear stop a fight in the forest? (He barked.) How do you understand this - he barked? (He shouted loudly and angrily.)
3. Retelling a fairy tale.
Remember when I said I brought a magic basket? Let's blow on the autumn leaves and open the basket. (Children blow on “autumn leaves.”)
Today I want to show you a fairy tale and I brought fairy-tale characters from this fairy tale. (The contents of the basket are taken out.) Oh, what is this? Where are my dolls? It was probably some evil wizard who played a trick on us and turned fairy-tale characters into cubes. Who do you think it is? (Showing cubes of different colors and sizes.)
You know, guys, it seems to me that you and I can tell our fairy tale with these enchanted cubes. I'll start and you will continue (put on the storyteller's cap): “It was late autumn. The leaves have long fallen off the trees (the “apple tree” is attached to the board using plasticine, and only at the top of the wild apple tree was there still a single apple hanging..."
The cap is put on the child, he continues the fairy tale, the models of fairy-tale characters (cubes) are manipulated according to the plot of the fairy tale, and the “apple” is cut with a stack. The retelling follows a chain (the cap is given to the narrator).
4. PHYSICAL MINUTE “Whose tail?”
While cheerful music is playing, the “animals” run around the clearing. When the music stops, they find their tail under an umbrella to the sound of rain.
Sample answer:“I am a fox. I have a fox tail"
The game is played 2-3 times.
5. Game “Invisible Pictures”.
Let's now draw our fairy tale. (“I draw” with my finger in the air.) I draw a hare who saw an apple on a tree. What will we draw next? (Children “draw.”)
How would you judge the animals differently and help them divide the apple? How could you thank the bear for justice? (Children's answers.)
6. Summary.
Well done! Today you helped me tell a fairy tale well, and I, as a fair storyteller, decided to reward you. Close your eyes and help me cast the spell!
Shu-shu-shu, shu-shu-shu - I rustle the leaves,
Shi-shi-shi, shi-shi-shi - miracle, leaf, nashurshi.
(Change the empty basket for a basket of apples.)
Apple
It was late autumn. The leaves had long fallen from the trees, and only a single apple still hung at the top of the wild apple tree. During this autumn season, the Hare was running through the forest and saw an apple. But how to get it? The apple hangs high - you won’t be able to jump!
Krra-krra!
The Hare looks and the Crow sits on the tree and laughs.
Hey Crow! - shouted the Hare.
Pick me an apple.
The crow flew from the tree to the apple tree and picked an apple. Only she couldn’t hold it in her beak - it fell down.
Thank you, Vorona! - said the Hare and was about to pick up the apple, but it, as if alive, suddenly hissed... and ran.
What's happened? The Hare was frightened, then he realized: the apple fell right on the Hedgehog, to
who, curled up in a ball, was sleeping under an apple tree. The hedgehog woke up and started running, but the apple got caught on the thorns.
Stop, stop! - shouts the Hare. -Where did you take my apple?
Hedgehog stopped and said:
This is my apple. It fell and I caught it. The hare jumped up to the hedgehog:
Now give me back my apple! I found it! The Crow flew up to them.
There’s no point in arguing,” he says, “this is my apple, I picked it for myself.”
No one can agree with each other, everyone shouts:
My apple!
Scream, noise throughout the whole forest. And the fight begins: the Crow pecked the Hedgehog on the nose, the Hedgehog pricked the Hare with needles, and the Hare kicked the Crow...
This is where the Bear appeared. Yes, how he barks:
What's happened? What's that noise? All to him:
You, Mikhail Ivanovich, are the biggest, the smartest in the forest. Judge us fairly. Whoever you award this apple to, so be it.
And they told the Bear everything as it happened.
The bear thought and thought, scratched his ear and asked:
Who found the apple?
I! - said the Hare.
Who picked the apple?
Just like me! - Crow croaked.
Fine. Who caught him?
I caught! - Hedgehog squeaked.
That’s what,” the Bear reasoned, “you are all right, and therefore each of you should get an apple...
But there's only one apple! - said the Hedgehog, the Hare and the Crow.
Divide this apple into equal parts, and let everyone take a piece for themselves.
And everyone exclaimed in unison:
How come we didn’t think of it earlier!
The hedgehog took the apple and divided it into four parts. He gave one piece to the Hare:
This is for you, Hare, you were the first to see the apple. He gave the second piece to Vorona:
This is for you, Crow - you picked the apple. The Hedgehog put the third piece in his mouth:
This is for me because I caught the apple. The fourth piece of the Hedgehog in the Bear's paw
And this is for you, Mikhail Ivanovich...
Why should I? - the Bear was surprised.
And for the fact that you reconciled us all and taught us wisdom!
And everyone ate their piece of the apple, and everyone was happy, because the Bear judged fairly and did not offend anyone.
It was late autumn. The leaves had long fallen from the trees, and only a single apple still hung at the top of the wild apple tree.
During this autumn season, the Hare was running through the forest and saw an apple.
But how to get it? The apple hangs high - you won’t be able to jump! 
- Krra-krra!
The Hare looks and the Crow sits on the tree and laughs.
- Hey, Crow! - shouted the Hare. - Pick me an apple!
The crow flew from the tree to the apple tree and picked an apple. Only she couldn’t hold it in her beak - it fell down. 
- Thank you, Crow! - said the Hare and was about to pick up the apple, but it, as if alive, suddenly hissed... and ran.
What's happened?
The Hare was frightened, then he realized: the apple fell right on the Hedgehog, who, curled up in a ball, was sleeping under the apple tree. The hedgehog woke up and started running, but the apple got caught on the thorns.
- Stop, stop! - shouts the Hare. -Where did you take my apple? 
Hedgehog stopped and said:
- This is my apple. It fell and I caught it.
The hare jumped up to the hedgehog:
- Now give me back my apple! I found it!
The Crow flew up to them.
“You argue in vain,” he says, “this is my apple, I picked it for myself.”
No one can agree with each other, everyone shouts:
- My apple!
Scream, noise throughout the whole forest. And the fight begins: the Crow pecked the Hedgehog on the nose, the Hedgehog pricked the Hare with needles, and the Hare kicked the Crow... 
This is where the Bear appeared. Yes, how he barks:
- What's happened? What's that noise?
All to him:
- You, Mikhail Ivanovich, are the biggest, the smartest in the forest. Judge us fairly. Whoever you award this apple to, so be it. 
And they told the Bear everything as it happened.
The bear thought and thought, scratched his ear and asked:
Who found the apple?
- I! - said the Hare.
Who picked the apple?
- Just like me! - Crow croaked.
Fine. Who caught him?
- I caught! - Hedgehog squeaked. 
That’s what,” the Bear reasoned, “you are all right, and therefore each of you should get an apple...
- But there is only one apple! - said the Hedgehog, the Hare and the Crow. 
- Divide this apple into equal parts, and let everyone take a piece for themselves.
And everyone exclaimed in unison:
- How come we didn’t think of it earlier!
The hedgehog took the apple and divided it into four parts.
He gave one piece to the Hare:
- This is for you, Hare, - you were the first to see the apple.
He gave the second piece to Vorona:
“This is for you, Crow,” you picked the apple.
The Hedgehog put the third piece in his mouth:
- This is for me because I caught the apple.
The Hedgehog put the fourth piece in the Bear’s paw:
- And this is for you, Mikhail Ivanovich...
- Why should I? - the Bear was surprised.
- And for the fact that you reconciled us all and taught us wisdom! 
And everyone ate their piece of the apple, and everyone was happy, because the Bear judged fairly and did not offend anyone. 
