Mikhail Zoshchenko: Soviet Humorist Who Made Millions Laugh
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko was known throughout the Soviet Union. And not only. He amused millions of people with his stories and feuilletons. This writer told about the ordinary life of ordinary people. But all this was presented in a cheerful and humorous way. Modern youth could call him a stand-up comedian. And the older generation reread his works many times. But his life is not at all [...].
National Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latinos Continue to Shape Modern America
The United States is a multi-ethnic country. But there is the largest ethnic group. And it deserves special attention. And that is Hispanics. Not only do they make up about 18% of America's population. They have made a huge contribution to the entire country. In honor of this, the United States has a special holiday. More specifically, it's not even one holiday. It's an entire month of celebration and [.....]
Homework Help: When Parents Support Learning and When They Hurt It
Homework is often a big problem for children and parents. It is an opportunity to get a good grade or to lower the average grade. Very often parents want to help their child get an excellent grade and double-check homework after it is done. Especially with underachieving children. But is it so useful? Is it necessary to check the dz or so we do only worse? Let's understand the [....]
Why Your Child Refuses to Go to School — and How to Help
School is a new stage in the life of all children and their parents. But not all children are happy about it. It happens that every morning starts with a bad mood, because the child does not want to learn. And the reasons for this can be many. Why does the child does not want to learn? First graders are especially hard to adapt to school. Instead of games [...]
Redundant Words You Should Stop Using Right Now
There are already more than 8 billion people on Earth and each of them speaks differently. Unfortunately, many people make mistakes in speech. And only a few can be called speakers of an impeccable language. In the English language such a representative is rightly considered to be the actor and writer Stephen Fry. For literacy he is attracted to the creation of textbooks and audiobooks. But most ordinary people incorrectly [.....]
Trendy sections for kids in 2026
Parents think about their child's future from the moment he or she is born. They want to give them maximum skills and opportunities so that they can find themselves and be happy. That is why parents so often give their children to different circles from an early age. But how to choose sections just for your child. So that they maximally help the development and self-realization. What circles [....]
Silent terror for bilinguals: homonyms, homophones and complex Russian
Foreigners are terrified of the Russian language! Not only does it have a huge number of rules to learn. There is also a real nightmare for bilinguals - homonyms and homophones. That's how a person learns a language. And then realizes that it contains words that are spelled and sound the same. Except that they denote completely different things. Homonyms in Russian [...].
The mysterious letter Y: uniqueness and origin
The Russian language has undergone many changes over hundreds of years of existence. It is unlikely that you would understand now a person who lived 500 years ago in Russia. There are letters in the Russian language that did not exist before. And there are those that have gone out of use. It may seem that the letter «Y» appeared in the alphabet quite recently. But it is not so. Unique letters [....]
St. Petersburg and New York: Two Capitals of Art
What do St. Petersburg and New York have in common? Far from just the fact that these names are spelled with a dash. They are two cultural capitals of the most developed and largest countries in the world. And they are true centers of creativity. But there are also significant differences. Art of St. Petersburg Peter is the center of classical art. When you walk through the historic part of the city, you literally get into the 18th [...].
International Literacy Day: Why September 8 Matters
Did you know that literate people have their own holiday? September 8 is the International Day of Education and Literacy. And it is not just a day on the calendar that has been assigned a certain meaning. This holiday has made the whole world a better place and helped millions of people. History of Literacy Day World organizations have always fought to eradicate illiteracy. This has become especially relevant in [.....]
