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The Day of the Elderly, with which we congratulate people on October 1st
On the first of October, the conversation can start with a pause. «Happy holidays,» says the adult grandson, adding the date. On the other end, they laugh...
Why the epilogue to War and Peace is based on an unwritten novel about the Decembrists
The book begins in July 1805, at a dinner party at the house of the lady-in-waiting Anna Pavlovna Sherer. French speeches, conversations about Bonaparte. But in…
A brief retelling using the Somebody Wanted But So Then pattern and a hat that should crawl
Anyone who has ever checked their homework in an American elementary school has surely seen this sheet. Five words in a column: Somebody, Wanted, But, So,…
Volcanoes for children and why volcanic ash isn’t really ash
After the volcano eruption, the city might look like a giant fire pit that has been burning there all night. Grey roofs. Grey cars. You have to drive on the road...
Natural areas for children and why the tundra is called a place where there is nothing
«Yes, there's a tundra here.» That's what the guests who came to the new suburb said, and they couldn't find a single cafe nearby.…
The child answered in English, five ways to react in the next ten seconds
In many Russian-speaking families, the first word a child says is «mama,» and parents then tell stories for years about where it happened, in a stroller, on a…
Why proverbs and jokes are difficult to translate literally
Imagine a family history. Someone mistakenly signed the box with Christmas toys «soup». They left the inscription, and now at the New Year in…
Why «let's do it» can mean five different things
There are Russian words that are easy to translate until you hear them at home. «Let’s go» is one of them. Mom can reach out her hand…
What are «Palmas» and how can a child earn them?
«Palmas» are the points that the teacher gives at the end of a lesson. The maximum score you can get for a lesson is 2 points, and…
Earth for children and why there is more water than land on it
If you give a child a globe and ask them to find Earth on it, the task sounds strange. They already have the entire Earth in their hands…
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