Apple Spas: a holiday scenario. Apple Savior in the kindergarten

In the people the Apple Feast is called the church feast Transfiguration of the Lord. To this celebration is a large number of folk rituals.

This holiday symbolizes the coming of autumn and the changes taking place in nature. Until this day our ancestors did not eat fruit and other fruits. The only exceptions were cucumbers. It was allowed to eat fruit only after they were consecrated in the church on 19 August.

Earlier this holiday was celebrated on a grand scale. Adults congratulated all friends and shared with them fruits, children sang songs and told poems. The Apple Savior was accompanied by folk festivals and brought a festive atmosphere to each house.

Modern people also celebrate this holiday and join the people's culture of children begin in the kindergarten. So, you want to spend an interesting Apple Savior. The holiday scenario given below may be of use to you.

Main tasks

Why do this event? What will the children bring out of this holiday? Why is it worth holding an apple salad in kindergarten?

Let's try to answer these questions. First of all, in this way, we bring our children to moral and spiritual values, familiarize them with folk rites and customs, and form in their souls an interest in the cultural traditions of our ancestors.

In addition, during the holiday, you can bring to the kids interesting and important information about the useful properties of apples, to teach them to take care of loved ones.

Beautifully decorated room

To the hall where the celebration will be held, looked festive and elegant, you need to decorate it with apple tree branches with ripe fruits and balloons. You can also place on the walls of beautiful postcards with apple spas. To lay on the floors homespun rugs, and on the table towels. The main decoration of the table - apples in baskets (as well as baskets with other fruits, berries and nuts) and bread loaf with salt shaker.

You can buy decorative plates or pre-paint them with the children. If possible, you can put an old spinning wheel next to the benches and make a model of the Russian stove, adding to the interior decorative apple, pots and sticks. After all, the apple feast was an original Russian. It is necessary to find audio recordings of Russian folk songs in advance.

Beginning of the holiday

The holiday is held by the two leading.

The first lead (hereinafter B1):

Hello our dear guests! Happiness and health to you! Our meeting today will be very cheerful and will give us all a lot of joy. After all, it is dedicated to the ancient Russian national holiday. And his name is beautiful - the Apple Savior. It's time to harvest. And do you know why it is on this day that people celebrate the Apple Savior?

The second lead (hereinafter B2):

The Feast of the Apple Savior is pagan. They marked it when the apple harvest began. Each of the folk rituals that took place on this day was dedicated to the pagan gods, who were called Spas. Previously, such celebrations were arranged a lot, they were dedicated to the harvest of each fruit or vegetable. You could not eat the fruit if it was not consecrated in the church.

Q1: Do you know that besides the apple one, there is also a nut tree, and a berry, and even a honey one saved?

Q2: And the church began to celebrate this holiday in the fourth century. Then St. Helena in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor erected a temple.

Q1: The Apple Savior is the most important of all. There were some fruits before it was not allowed to anyone.

Remembering Sayings

As we spend the Apple Savior in the kindergarten, it is not superfluous to remind the children of folk wisdom, proverbs and sayings. Let the leaders in turn start the expression, and the children finish. For example, you can use these.

Q1: A worm apple on a branch?

Children (hereinafter D): up to the first wind.

Q2: Apple from the apple tree?

D: Not far away.

Q1: The red apple?

D: The wormhole is not a reproach.

Q2: Crooked tree?

D: Yes, apples are sweet.

We tell poems

Little children are very fond of listening and telling poems. The Apple Savior is exactly the day when it is quite appropriate. You can declare a contest.

Q1: I'll tell you the verse that I came up with.

When I tear apples sideways at dawn,

Then I feel that childhood lives in me again.

Fences and glades, fog and grass,

And the apple in the palm of your hand, and around the head.

Do you know beautiful poems about apples? Well, tell me! Who will tell me better than that, I will reward him with a gift.

Of course, we will not offend children, and every child will "win" and receive a small souvenir to remember. It can be, for example, keychains in the form of apples or postcards with apple spas.

Let's talk about fairy tales

All the details need to be considered in advance. It depends on this, how the festive scenario will develop. Apple Savior for children should not become another banal matinee, but an interesting and memorable event. Therefore, you can invite children together to recall all the tales or cartoons in which they met the mention of apples. Almost all children know such works as "Sleeping Beauty", "Ivan Tsarevich and Gray Wolf", "Geese-swans" and so on. Most often, the kids, remembering their favorite heroes, noticeably brighten up and the festive atmosphere intensifies.

Quiz

This is one of the most interesting moments of the festive event. By the way, do not forget about the quiz, even if you are currently developing an apple rescue scenario for adults. In this kind of competitions, not only kids like to participate.

Q2: Apple is my most favorite fruit! Therefore, I want to hold a quiz, in which I will ask you questions related to this juicy, tasty, useful fruit.

When thinking out questions, do not forget that you will ask them children. And here are a few questions that can be included in the quiz organized for adults:

1. On the head of Newton, as you know, an apple fell. What law did he open after that? Answer: universal gravitation.
2. Who was the composer of the famous song "Apples in the snow? Answer: Muromov.
3. Cartoon "Everyone remembers the bag of apples? Who was the main character? Answer: Hare.
4. Who wrote the story "Antonovskie apples"? Answer: Bunin.
5. The name of which fruit is translated from the Dutch language as "Chinese apple"? Answer: Orange.
6. What was the name of the goddess from ancient Greece, who received the "apple of discord"? Answer: Aphrodite.

Competitions

No holiday can not do without competitions, and even more so the Apple Savior. The scenario of the holiday must include them in itself. And it is not important who will participate in them - children or adults. Here are a few entertainment options that suit both.

1. We divide the guests of the holiday into two teams. In the different ends of the hall we set two baskets. One of them is empty, and the other is filled with apples. The team that quickly transfers apples will win. It is possible to stipulate in advance that one person can transfer only one apple at a time, and it is possible (especially if the baskets are large) to allow the removal at any time.
2. Guests are again divided into teams. There may be more than two of them. We are traveling the participants of each team - we can form a circle or chain. The task is to transfer the apple from the first to the last participant, without using the hands, but using only the nose or chin.
3. For this competition you need to purchase 2 puzzle pictures in advance, which represent apples. The team that wins the image correctly will win.
4. And finally, entertainment, known to all. Two competitors compete, which of them will eat an apple faster, which is hung on a string. You can not use your hands, of course.

Solve my puzzle

So, our children cheerfully celebrate the Apple Savior. The script of the holiday can be supplemented with a contest in which children will solve the riddles of the leaders. Below we give some examples. Do not forget, the complexity of puzzles depends on the age of the guys.

1. Red beads hang

They look at us from the bush!

These beads are very fond of these

Interzhuge. Well, children!

Answer: Raspberry.

2. I am wearing a caftan.

I'm round like a ball.

I'm sweet like sugar.

Inside, I'm like a bum.

Answer: Watermelon.

3. It's difficult to get.

You can not bite.

Around everything is smooth,

And in the middle it's sweet.

Answer: Walnut.

4. When I will rush, I will be fragrant.

I will become ruddy and gold.

And the taste of honey, sweet was given to me,

And a whole suit of vitamins.

Answer: Apple.

Everybody dance

What folk festivities without songs and dances? We invite you to dance and in the Apple Savior. The script of the holiday can include just a dance program, and driving round dances, and the performance of Russian folk songs, and so on.

Of course, it is advisable to think about everything in advance. It is possible to learn Russian folk dance with children or learn a song. In addition, if possible, children can be dressed in special costumes. Do not upload the holiday performances of professional artists, dancers and singers. Any event is much more fun and memorable for a long time, if all participants in the festival take part in it directly.

Apple Fair

Well, that's the end of our holiday. What will be a worthy finale? How to complete our Apple Savior? The scenario of the event may include a festive fair.

When all the guests danced, ate and drank, they can be invited to a separate table. On it, put out a variety of dishes prepared by the children themselves or their parents. If there are only children at the festival, then you should not sell dishes for real money.

It is possible, for example, to distribute during the competitions and quizzes to the children beautiful candy wrappers. They also later used as a "change coin." By the way, if you inform the children about it in advance, but they will be even more pleased to participate in all the festive events. After all, then you can buy a lot of delicious things!

Afterword

Of course, the scenario presented to your attention is not the only true one. Fantasize, add new competitions, replace them with old ones. Deal with children poems, songs, ditties, etc. Come up with new entertainment. Let the festive mood do not leave you as long as possible.