Geography for children aged 3–5 years and a secret that needs to be explained to them about how to get there
Cardboard from a chocolate bar, a napkin, a clover flower, three beads and a glass bead without scratches. If you grew up in a Russian backyard, you can go on…
23 Oct 2026
Geography games for children and why the «Cities» always end with cities on the A
Everyone who grew up speaking Russian apparently played in «Goryata,» and no one read the rules; they were handed out in a car, on a train, in…
23 Oct 2026
The Family Map of Russia and Why the Homeland Begins with the Family
Homeland. Relatives. Parents. Relatives. From the homeland. A child may know all five words and never notice that something is wrong inside them…
23 Oct 2026
Rivers for children and why the right bank does not become the left one when you cross a bridge
Something suspicious is happening on the bridge with the right bank. Stand facing the river. On the right side there will be one bank, on the left another. Now go…
22 Oct 2026
The main idea of the text and the butcher who did not exist in Tolstoy's time
«The butcher threw a bone to the dog.» That is how the retelling begins. The child read Tolstoy's fairy tale «The Dog and Its Shadow» and now he is telling it in his own words...
22 Oct 2026
Grandparents' Day on October 28: what was grandma like when she was little
In American English, babushka can mean a scarf tied under the chin. The word was borrowed from Russian, where grandma, of course, is a person, not…
22 Oct 2026
«Nosov's »Fantasies" and the lies of Mishutka and Stasik are different from Igor's lies
«We picked up Fantazerov just because the story is short and funny. No one thought about a serious conversation. Mishutka and Stasik…
21 Oct 2026
«He is alive and shining» about Dragunsky and why Deniska gave away a dump truck for a light bulb
Anyone who lives somewhere in Ohio or New Jersey knows what it’s like in June. It gets dark, and suddenly in the yard there’s a strange light…
21 Oct 2026
«Fedina’s »task” of Nosov and why Fedya reads the condition over and over again, but the task is not solved
Marina has a home math class in Toronto that is done to music. Sone is nine, she has headphones in one ear and a phone on the screen…
20 Oct 2026
«Osёyev's »Blue Leaves" and why Lena didn't take the pencil that was offered to her
«Mom, why is it like cancer?» Misha is eight years old; they live in Katy, near Houston; he has had a long-standing relationship with crayfish...
20 Oct 2026
