Almost all over the world there is a harvest festival. The scenario for each country is different, and the celebration takes place at different times. But the idea of the autumn event is the same - to thank for the harvest. This holiday has pagan ancient roots, and now not a single preschool event can be held without it.
Where else is the autumn holiday celebrated?
The harvest festival is celebrated in the fall by Catholics, Orthodox, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Germans, Americans, Canadians, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians. This day, mankind thanks the higher forces (each nation has its own deity) for fertility. Mother Earth was previously revered; later, the autumn harvest festival coincided with the celebration of the Virgin. Such a combination is connected with the fact that the crop also symbolizes well-being, family happiness, and offspring. All this, Christians also ask the Mother of God.
Roman Catholics celebrated the autumn holiday from the third century AD, the Slavs always held celebrations in the fall. They took place on different days under different names: autumn, the feast of women in labor, Pasikov day, the Nativity of the Virgin, autumn fugitives, Malaya Purechistaya, gardener day, day of the day, mother-autumn, rich man, sub-spring day, late, blessing day for bread, onions day, Aspos day, the second meeting of autumn.
All this is the harvest festival. The script initially included rituals, traditions, rituals of ancient peoples (now they are shown by theatrical performances). Over time, the descendants began to add fun contests, games, giving the celebration an entertaining character.
Holiday at DOW
In all kindergarten groups, autumn holidays are celebrated. For younger preschoolers it can be private events or open lessons. The children, together with the teacher, are preparing for the autumn holiday, learning the names of vegetables, their properties, games, short quatrains. The teacher only makes masks for them (a ribbon with a paper image of a vegetable), that is, nothing is needed from the parents for the celebration.
And older preschoolers delight parents with vivid performances, where they reveal all their talents. But for the children's harvest festival to be held without hesitation, you need to prepare for it in the lessons:
- guess riddles about autumn;
- to study the properties of autumn;
- learn songs, poems on the autumn theme ;
- to repeat how rich autumn is;
- remember about vegetables, berries, mushrooms, fruits that are collected in the fall;
- learn the dance, where the characters will be autumn-themed;
- remember the sequence of the participants.
For the autumn performance, you will need the help of parents to memorize poems, songs, collect autumn material at hand (cones, acorns, chestnuts, leaves, branches), sew autumn costumes, make autumn crafts. The hall is decorated with teachers, children, the parent committee, and autumn family crafts decorate the hall of the kindergarten.
An example of an autumn event: the beginning
That's how preschoolers celebrate the harvest festival. The script assumes the adult roles of the host, Borovichka, Amanita and children's images of a teddy bear, Antoshka, fly agaric, Turaram. Preschoolers enter the hall with musical accompaniment, sit on the chairs. The host meets the children with a poem about autumn, focusing on how beautifully decorated the hall (to match the golden autumn). Here the children go out one at a time, read poetry about autumn.
The host tells in poetic form about the beauty of golden leaves, inviting children to sing the song “Leaf Fall” (music by M. Krasev, lyrics by M. Ivensen). After the song a teddy bear runs in with a bright envelope, narrating in verse that it is a telegram for the children. Gives it to the leader and runs away. The letter was written in the fall, which says that she has a lot of work (to color the vegetation, spend the birds south, replenish stocks of squirrels, bears, hedgehogs), therefore she offers her children an assistant who is recognized by the riddle.
Mid view
We continue to consider the children's harvest festival. The script for the middle of the event becomes more active. Borovik enters, asks about the autumn berries. Here we are talking about cloudberries, and since the mushroom does not remember it, the children sing the song "Cloudberries" (music by A. Abramov, lyrics by M. Plyatsky). Borovik goes on to say that Autumn handed over a basket with difficult leaves, on which riddles are written (about the sun, clouds, wind, rain). Preschoolers again, together with the presenter, utter the features of the autumn weather, study the autumn months. Then the children sing ditties about the fall.
Borovik invites everyone to dance in pairs (“True Friend” dance to the words of M. Plyatskovsky, music by B. Savelyev). Next, the mushroom makes a riddle about the fly agaric that enters the room. Together with children, they recall edible and inedible mushrooms, and solve riddles. Next is the dance of the fly agarics. After this, Borovik and Amanita leave, and the children with the presenter lead a round dance and sing the song "Harvest" (music by A. Filippenko, lyrics by T. Volgina).
The end of the children's script
Now Tararam enters, who presents himself in a poetic form, plays with the children the game “Highly deft” with chairs. Chairs stand in a circle, and children to the music run around them. As soon as the music subsides, you need to take a place. Whoever is left without a chair leaves the game. The chair is removed, the game continues. The winner will be the one who stays with the chair. Further, the children dance any dance in the end for Tararam.
After his departure, Antoshka comes along with the children sings the song of the same name (music by V. Shainsky). By the way, almost all teachers use this children's song, arranging a harvest festival (for adults, the script includes the following children's game about potatoes). Next, preschoolers play the game "Plant and collect potatoes." Children are divided into two columns. The first participant takes a bag of potatoes, plants it in painted circles. He returns and gives an empty bag to the next player, who must harvest. So the game continues until the last participant, those who plant and harvest all win.
Antoshka runs away to train, and mushrooms with a basket of cones come to replace him. The host draws attention to the fact that the guys don’t squirrel, they don’t eat cones. To which Borovik asks to close the children’s eyes, reads a spell during which baskets are replaced by apples. Children are treated to delicious apples, farewell rhymes are read, and everyone goes home.
How is the harvest festival at school?
The script for students includes dance, comic, mobile, intellectual competitions. It can be a school holiday for all elementary and senior classes, or events for each class separately. For younger students, you can make a whole presentation with useful information about vegetables, and older children can participate in competitions, showing their knowledge, abilities, skills.
Here is an example of a school holiday in the form of a tea party. Classes sit at their tables, on which there should be gifts of Autumn with an autumn bouquet. This is also one of the contests of the autumn holiday. Before the start of the celebration, a judge, team captains are selected from teachers, students of each class, a name, a phrase, a motto on an autumn theme are thought up. Next, the leader announces contests, the children participate, and the judges then announce the intermediate and final balls. Disco completes the harvest festival. Contests of the autumn event can be presented in the form of television games "Field of Miracles", "Starry Hour" or a quiz.
Competition Examples
- Gifts of Autumn. Evaluated dishes, autumn bouquet and how the participant will invite guests to his table.
- Riddles. The teams take turns recalling the riddles of the autumn theme, and they conjecture to their opponents. Estimate the number of puzzles, the number of correct answers.
- The legend of vegetables. Pupils need to find three stories of local vegetables in advance: when they appeared, where were they brought from, where are they used. The problem is that you need to describe the facts gradually, without naming a vegetable, and opponents must guess what it is. Evaluated as the story itself, its presentation, and the answers to the tasks of opponents.
- The best salad. You need to come up with a recipe for autumn products in a minute. This competition can be divided into two stages: from edible and inedible products. The originality of the name, the complexity of the dish, the “tasty” description of the preparation of the salad are evaluated.
- Who is bigger? In turn, you need to name vegetables, berries, mushrooms, fruits, cones and other gifts that are collected only in the fall.
What other autumn contests are there?
- Suit for the fall. For a while you need to draw a suit of autumn. Both the image and its presentation are evaluated.
- Dance of the leaves. To the music you need to beautifully depict falling leaves.
- The best crop still life. It is necessary to bring autumn vegetables to every schoolchild from home. Next, from a common heap, participants should make a still life for a while. Originality, aesthetics, and presentation of information are evaluated.
- The best panel. The team is called by the participant at the beginning of the event. While the performance is in progress (about 30-40 minutes), you need to make an original panel about autumn from improvised material.
The scenario of the holiday "Harvest Day" may be different. It can be represented as a charity fair. That is, when classes need financial assistance from their parents, then all students bring different homemade cakes. A purely symbolic price is established on it. Children with parents walk around the trays, buy products. The sale is accompanied by the presentation of buffoons, autumn poems, songs, dances.
Sample scenario for primary school students
Consider another harvest festival at school. The script is suitable for primary school students. All the guys are met by the Scarecrow, who conducts a tour of his garden. He just doesn’t call directly vegetables, but begins from afar, telling where they come from, who brought them in, what kindred people they are in other countries, and only at the last stage does he speak a familiar riddle about them.
Then they go on to the proverbial contest about vegetables. The scarecrow begins, and the children must end with their name. Next, students must show their initiative by providing a dance of vegetables or singing about them.
Then the Scarecrow focuses on the benefits of vegetables and fruits. Mysteries about autumn fall again. Next, the children recite poems about the fall. If you wish, you can tell how the villagers celebrated the autumn celebration (for this purpose you can read the scenario of the harvest festival in the village or find the rites of the ancient Slavs). Then the Scarecrow complains that he stands in one place, inviting the children to stay in his place. A person should stand on the iron circle of "Health" with a broom. You need to set the broom in front of you, turn on a circle 360 degrees and catch the whisk before it crashes to the floor.
Next, everyone plays the game "Collect the potatoes." While the melody sounds, the children dance. As soon as it shuts down, students should grab a potato, which is one less than the participants. Then the children stage a fairy tale about a red tomato, and then they treat everyone to sandwiches from these vegetables. Finally, students dance to the song "Antoshka" and "Harvest", go home, as Scarecrow tells them.
The scenario of the harvest festival for seniors
For adults, the autumn festival is organized by the administration of the city or village. Usually, a vegetable fair is organized on the square with the performance of artists. Ordinary citizens can buy the presented products at a low price. Judges determine the winners in the competitions:
- the largest vegetable or fruit;
- competition of photographs of autumn flowers, vegetables, fruits grown in the garden;
- competition of autumn bouquets, costumes;
- exotic vegetables and fruits grown in the area;
- young gardeners who have grown their crops;
- competition of autumn crafts.
Competitions are approved by local authorities. In addition to garden competitions, artists offer their own harvest festival scenario for senior citizens, parents and children. The performance combines songs, theatrical productions of artists with competitions for ordinary citizens. There are various attractions on the square right there. After the presentation, winners are announced among gardeners, summer residents, prizes are awarded.
Brief conclusions
Autumn holiday is held all over the world at the beginning, middle and end of autumn. Russian schools, kindergartens, camps can not do without autumn balls, the townspeople are looking forward to the autumn fairs. But there are countries where all citizens officially celebrate the harvest festival (for adults, the scenario is approved by local authorities). On this day, people can buy gardeners' products, participate in contests, receive prizes, and children learn a lot of interesting things about vegetables and fruits.