How to check an outline map, a point-by-point analysis, and formatting rules
The outline map is filled out, the child is happy, and the parent looks at the sheet and doesn't know whether to scold or praise. There are about nine remarks piling up,...
August 13, 2026
Why Malevich's Black Square is considered a masterpiece and not a joke
The phrase «I can do that too» is probably heard by the guards at the Tretyakov Gallery more often than any other. It is always heard in front of the same...
August 12, 2026
How many continents are there on Earth and why different schools give different answers
Seven-year-old Nika from Vancouver returned home with a science assignment where she had to color and label the seven continents. Her mother...
August 11, 2026
How to teach a child geography at home if it is barely taught at school
In the summer, a Russian-speaking family in the States was talking via video call with their grandmother, and the mother asked her daughter to show on the map the city where...
August 11, 2026
A Postcard for Grandma in Russian: A Sample Text for a Child
In families abroad, an adult usually writes the postcard, and the child signs their name at the bottom. The reason is simple: a blank page...
July 29, 2026
Russian Case Trainer for Children
Cases are the number one thing that trips up children who grew up abroad. A child speaks fluently, and then suddenly says
July 28, 2026
Bilingual child dominant language test
The question that arises in many families abroad sooner or later. Is the child's Russian still alive or only understood?...
July 27, 2026
My name in Russian is "ChatGPT" and it's written in Cyrillic as "ЧатДжиПиТи".
Enter the child's name, then your name, then the grandmother's name. The tool will show how the name is spelled in Russian letters, break it down by sounds, and find...
July 27, 2026
Russian stress trainer for children and adults
Stress betrays a speaker faster than accent. A child may pronounce their "r"s and "sh"s perfectly, but say "magazin" (with the stress on the last syllable), and the person they're talking to will immediately...
July 26, 2026
The Runet Language from "preved" to "cringe"
An ordinary word doesn't have a birth date. No one can say in what year Russians started saying «bread» or «road»; linguists argue...
July 26, 2026
