How to tell children about the 1941-1945 war in kindergarten?

For a long time the Patriotic War, left in the past, left a really deep trace in the life of many generations of people. Already there are few veterans who took part in the fighting, but grandchildren and great-grandchildren still remember and are proud of their feat.

While engaging in the upbringing of a new generation, it is also necessary in the kindergarten to tell children about the war of 1941-1945 so that they understand how our heroes managed to defeat the enemy and defend their Motherland. Only in this way will we be able to give the children a correct idea of ​​those distant and difficult war years.

How correctly to tell the children about the Great Patriotic War?

There are several ways, using which in a complex, we can achieve our goal. Ideally, this should be done by both educators and parents.

1. Reading to children in kindergarten small stories about the war. Perfectly suitable for this work of Sergei Alekseev of courage, courage and friendship. Kids can be introduced to simple poems "Tale of a loud drum" or "My brother goes to the army", and for children in the middle group of a kindergarten read aloud stories about the war 1941-1945 and victory in it: "Taiga gift", "Galina Mama "," Brotherly Graves "," Victory ended the war. " 5-6 year old guys of the older group are already actively sympathizing with the characters of the books, so they are more interested in stories about the lives of their peers, for example, "War and Children," "What Soldiers Can Do," etc. The older children can be introduced to the moral aspect of the war by showing them good military films of Soviet times.
2. The meeting of the children of the kindergarten with veterans of the war may be exactly what will cause the children a real interest. After all, live communication is always better than even the most fascinating book. Such a meeting can be timed to the Victory Day or held in advance, so that by May the children already had a notion of when there was a war and why May 9 is such a big holiday for all of us.
3. Visiting museums and monuments, laying flowers at eternal fire will help kindergartners to realize and remember the meaning of war and especially victory, draw parallels between the 40s of the XX century and their own lives. The opportunity to see for yourself the real evidence of that time - mines and shells, military uniforms and trophies - leaves a deep impression in the soul of every child. Especially exciting are such excursions for boys, who are always interested in weapons and military transport. That is why visiting a solemn parade or watching it on TV will be an excellent occasion to conduct an informative conversation on this topic.
4. Crafts, dated for May 9 , will help to systematize and consolidate the kids' information about the war. It can be applications of paper, cardboard and felt (stars, St. George ribbons, bouquets of carnations), voluminous crafts in the form of tanks and aircraft, the dove of the world in origami technique, etc.

Timely talks about war with children in kindergarten are a guarantee that the younger generation will grow with due respect to the feat of the heroes of that war. Do not neglect the patriotic upbringing of preschool children , as they, after watching the modern films with emphasis on special effects, can get a false idea of ​​the universal values ​​that were so vividly manifested in wartime - love of the Motherland, friendship, duty, etc.

However, do not overload children with extra information at their age - dates and other figures, special military terms and names of settlements. All these details they learn later, from the school history books.