Winter Solstice Day is the shortest day of 2024
Hello! Palme School here! Have you ever wondered where the day of the winter solstice came from? And also why December 21 is the shortest day of the year? If you want to get to the bottom of this, read our article. What is the essence of the winter solstice For centuries, people have followed the movement of the sun and tried to identify the relationship between the change of seasons and the position of the luminaries [...].
15 New Year cartoons in Russian
As you know, New Year holidays are a return to childhood, when the whole family was at home. Remember how great it was to fall asleep in the dark in front of a blinking screen? Kids waited for vacations, because these were the days when you could watch TV late into the night. That is why we invite everyone to watch New Year cartoons. Watch with your children old magical fairy tales in which good [...].
New Year symbols and New Year traditions in different countries
Hi! Today we will tell you about what the New Year's symbol of 2025 will be. From this article you will also learn how New Year's Eve is celebrated in the USA and Europe. And, lastly, let's compare the traditions of celebration and symbols of the new year in Russia. Reading time - 5 minutes. Chinese symbols on the calendar Celebrating the new year in the United States How celebrate the new year [...]
What is Russian culture?
There is hardly a Russian-speaking person who has never once uttered the phrase “Russian culture”. But what does it really mean? What meanings and values are contained in these two words? We propose to understand together. By the way, about 5 stereotypes about Russian culture, we wrote earlier in this article. If you have a free minute, we advise you to take a look. What is culture [...]
Online child personality test
The project approach in our programs and how it works
Friends, hello! Palme School is here with you! If you wanted to know about the projects in our Russian language classes, today we will tell you more about them. So, in one of the previous articles we already talked about the cyclical program of our lessons. Let us briefly remind you how it works. At Palme School, all children are assigned to a suitable group by level and age after an interview: [...]
Top 30 movies to watch on Christmas Day
What to watch as a family on Christmas Eve? We have collected 30 of the best Christmas movies for you. By the way, we give the titles of the movies in Russian for a reason. If you have already watched them in the original (and most of you probably have), try to find them in Russian translation. Watch them together with your kids. We are sure it will be a great experience. And if you want to [...]
18 Questions to a Russian Language Teacher
Hi, we are Palme School, an online Russian language school in Canada and the USA. We decided to collect for you the answers to 18 popular questions about learning Russian. Imagine that we asked these questions to a Russian language teacher and got comprehensive answers. By the way, if you are interested in how to organize a child's Russian language training, we told you here. So, let's go. [...]
How to decorate a Christmas tree in 2025
Did you know that there is a fashion for Christmas tree decorations? Do you want to know how the very first Christmas trees were decorated and where this tradition first appeared? In this article, you will also learn in what fashionable colors you can decorate your Christmas tree this year. And if you want to learn about the origin of the Christmas holiday, can read about it in this article. The time [....]
20 questions you can ask your child to develop his or her speech
As you know, children love to ask questions. They ask all sorts of questions, sometimes quite unexpected ones. Sometimes we, parents, have to invent or look for the answer on the Internet. In any case, you can not ignore children's questions, otherwise such children will grow up insecure. But, if you are tired of the constant “whykanye”, you can do something unconventional - ask questions yourself. The main thing, think of such questions that [...]