It is very important to start instilling in the child love for the Motherland, the country, and its people from early childhood. After all, patriotism is one of the important features of a modern developed personality.
The relevance of patriotic education of junior schoolchildren is due to the fact that there is a lot of negative information, especially in the media, which often undermines faith and love for the people and the country. That is why a program of civil and military patriotic education of schoolchildren is necessary.
The patriotic education of junior schoolchildren makes it possible to form the correct attitude of children to their country from an early age - the ability to appreciate and respect past events and modern achievements of our people, to explain the concepts of good and evil, to form an idea of the importance of Russia and its self-worth. All this will help to raise a generation ready for heroic deeds, ready to defend the interests of their country. After all, patriotism has characteristic features - religious tolerance, law-abiding, trembling love for native nature.
Patriotism is based not on an empty place, but on centuries-old traditions and foundations of our country. Most importantly, the school alone can not cope with patriotic upbringing. There should be support and participation of the family.
The tasks of patriotic education of schoolchildren
The program of moral patriotic education of junior schoolchildren is aimed at the following tasks:
- educate the student's sense of self-esteem through his good deeds, love and respect for family and friends, a sense of respect for the elders;
- to form an idea of the environment of a person, the ability to behave in society in accordance with generally accepted norms;
- to bring up love for a small homeland through interest in family history and its traditions, respect for its past of the country, the present, and to foster a sense of responsibility for its future.
Peculiarities of patriotic education of younger schoolchildren
But do not forget that we are now talking about children aged 7-10 years, and these tasks can only be managed through games and exciting activities that are accessible to children - this is the main feature of patriotic education of younger students. The main activities aimed at the formation of patriotism: class hours, business games, meetings with veterans, conversations, quizzes, competitions, collective creative activities, competitions, exhibitions, excursions, trips, trips, acquaintance with the historical past of the small homeland, its traditions, folklore, and the customs of the Russian people.
Military-patriotic education is one of the components of the school curriculum. The main goal is the formation of love for the Motherland, psychological and moral readiness for service in the army - the protection of their country. To cope with this task allow excursions to historical museums, trips to places of military glory. All this brings schoolchildren to the history of our country, its spirituality.
Do not forget about the sports component. Participation in various competitions, sports festivals together with parents rallies families, and the school-family-teacher chain becomes stronger, stronger, more authoritative in the eyes of younger schoolchildren.
Civil patriotic education allows you to form a correct civic position, love and respect for the older generation. It is also important to participate in the family - because in the history of almost everyone there are moments associated with the feat during the war. Tell the children about grandmothers and grandfathers, their participation in the Great Patriotic War, review photos - study the history of their family, it also brings up little patriots in children! Study letters, diaries - this allows children to come into contact with the stories of people, experience their destinies. This is invaluable!
Do not forget that it is you, parents, who are the main example for imitation of your children - be patriots yourself!