CHILDREN'S IMPRESSIONS OR HOW TO SPEND A WEEKEND? It's great when parents and children spend weekends together. Parents often carefully plan a cultural program, try to choose the best performances and visit museums. However, sometimes parents make some mistakes, which, however, are easy to avoid. 1. WHEN SHOULD YOU START TAKEN YOUR CHILD TO THEATERS AND MUSEUMS? This is a very ambiguous question and there can be no answer to it. Does it make sense to take a child under one year old to a museum or theater? More likely no than yes. In an infant (up to 1 year), the main need is communication with loved ones (mom and dad), while in a young child (1-3 years), children at this age need object-manipulative activities and new impressions in extremely measured doses. What does it mean? This means that a child will get much more tired from going to the Philharmonic than he will benefit from. Even a trip by car or public transport to a destination is already a whole journey for a small child and is an experience in itself. The abundance of people in the foyer and hall is also a big burden on the psyche and a lot of impressions. After this, the child no longer really needs the concert itself. What impressions are needed and useful for a young child? The simplest ones. Those that may seem banal to an adult. It is important and valuable for a child to simply take a walk with his parents in the park. See the bullfinch in the winter and feed the ducks in the spring, walk barefoot on the sandy beach in the summer and throw pebbles into the water, and collect colorful leaves and acorns in the fall. These impressions are more valuable for a child than going to an art gallery or theater. The impressions a child receives may seem insignificant to an adult, insignificant for his development. An adult may feel that listening to a concert or watching a performance is a more significant event in a child’s life, precisely what forms the basis for development. But let's look at the baby. He sits with difficulty on a chair in the theater hall, runs around the halls of the museum, not paying attention to the exhibits, but at the same time selflessly collects daisies, watches a crawling beetle for quite a long time and builds a sand castle. What is more important for a child? Perhaps the child himself answers this question for us. And we just have to follow the child’s interest. 2. COMPLIANCE OF THE CULTURAL PROGRAM WITH THE AGE AND INTERESTS OF THE CHILD So, the child goes to the theater, museum, or concert for the first time. It doesn’t matter whether the child is one year old or three years old, it is important that the activity selected by the parent matches the age and interests of the child. What mistakes do parents often make? For example, parents often refuse performances based on works that are well known to the child, choosing a performance based on a work that is unfamiliar or completely unfamiliar to the child. Why is this happening? Parents are more likely to focus on their own feelings from watching something they know well. Adults often want to learn something new, so they choose new books to read and go to unfamiliar performances. But adults forget one important point from their personal experience. Most adults have one or two favorite books that they re-read from time to time. And a couple of films that they review, although they know very well not only the plot, but also all the quotes. In addition, a child’s perception is different from an adult’s. It’s boring for an adult to read “Turnip” ten times in a row, but a child enjoys it. Therefore, it will be interesting for a child to watch the familiar “Turnip”. We must not forget about the peculiarities of a child’s thinking. Namely, it is not always easy for a child to understand the plot of a play if he is not familiar with the work. The child is distracted by details, by characters, and often does not catch the essence. If a child watches a performance based on a familiar work, he perceives it more holistically. Therefore, before going to the theater, it is important to read or re-read the original source. This will help the child enjoy the performance more. And it’s better to start visiting the theater with your loved ones,works well known to the child. Now let's talk about what performances we often don't choose for children. Yes Yes. We do NOT choose. Most often, parents do not choose those performances that they think are aimed at younger children. So, a three-year-old is no longer taken to the simplest performances: “Kolobok”, “Turnip”, “The Ringed Hen”, etc., because these fairy tales are read to children from the age of one, or even earlier... As a result, a three-year-old child watches “The Little Prince” , "Deniska's Stories" at worst, and at best "Little Red Riding Hood" or "The Three Little Pigs." In the auditorium at performances intended for children aged 5-6 years, we often see three-year-old children who inattentively look at the stage, stand up, and ask questions loudly. These are children who still need to watch the simplest fairy tales that are familiar to them. There is no need to be afraid that you have brought your child to a performance that you think is intended for children. In this case, it is better to lower the age limit rather than raise it. The production director usually takes into account the fact that spectators of different ages come to the performance. Therefore, a children's performance for three-year-olds is usually designed for older children. It’s just that a three-year-old will not yet understand the humor or double meaning that an older child will understand. Don’t try to develop your child as much as possible! Sometimes it is important for a child to simply receive aesthetic pleasure. And this also needs to be learned. 3. IF A CHILD WANTS TO LEAVE...You are in a museum or theater, at an exhibition or in a planetarium, dolphinarium or zoo. You prepared, chose an event, bought tickets, drove for an hour and suddenly the child does not show any interest in your initiative. Let's look at the possible options. Museum. The child walked around the halls for 10-15 minutes and is getting ready to go home. How so? The parent is disappointed, he wants to thoroughly walk through the halls. And then the parent begins to persuade the child, sometimes almost forcibly leading him through the halls. Should I insist on continuing the inspection? No, it’s not worth it, especially if these are your first hikes. Even visiting one hall can give a child a lot of impressions. And a 10-minute visit is a full-fledged visit for the baby! After some time, the child will be ready to receive more impressions and the visiting time will increase. In any case, do not focus on yourself. Don't try to go around all the halls. The child doesn't need this. Watch your child. Was there anything he was interested in? For example, if in the Russian Museum a child’s gaze lingered on one or two paintings, you definitely didn’t come and waste your time in vain. If a child looks at bunnies and foxes at the Zoological Museum, then that is also enough. You don't have to look at all the exhibits. The child got to know what is important to him. But if in the Artillery Museum a child does not look at the exhibits, but demands to go outside and climb on the cannons that he climbed before you entered the museum, then it is better to go outside. Yes, it is more interesting for a child to touch tanks and guns with his hands, to climb in and inspect everything up close. And in this case, a walk on the street in front of the museum turns out to be more useful than visiting the halls. Theater. Some time after the performance begins, the child gets up and persistently asks to be taken out of the hall. Do not persuade your child under any circumstances. Let's not talk about the fact that by doing this you interfere with others. It's obvious. But if you are talking with a child, he still concentrates on your conversation, and not on the performance. Try to understand what the child did not like. Maybe the performance is not for its age? Then next time choose a play for younger children. Maybe it’s difficult for a child to sit in one place for a long time? In this case, interactive performances are what you need. At these performances it is not forbidden to stand up and walk around, children answer questions and play. After the intermission, the child does not want to go to the hall, although before the intermission he watched the performance with interest? It happens. Most likely, the child is already full of impressions and it’s time for you to go home. It's okay if you didn't succeed the first time.»…