This article discusses the question of what should be a fairy tale about mom written for children. It also provides an example scenario of a scene about love for parents, which can be prepared with the kids in kindergarten or elementary school.
Is mom a housekeeper, a cleaning lady and a cook?
Most of the literary works for children are written according to a pattern that helps to educate children in consumer attitudes towards people. For example, very often a fairy tale about a mother talks about how well a child lives, when he is well-groomed, fed, gifted with toys and surrounded by care. But the ungrateful offspring does not appreciate this, offends parents. Therefore, they leave him and go to another family.
And the child becomes tight without a mother: hungry, cold, the house becomes uncleaned and dirty. The kid understands how bad it is to live alone, repents and apologizes. Mom, of course, comes back. And again, comfort and order reign in the house, delicious food is on the table. Everyone is happy.
Such a fairy tale about mom puts the concept into the baby’s brain: parents are a free servant who should not be offended, otherwise you may lose your usual comfort. An interesting fact is that even in literary reading programs for children there are precisely such works that emphasize the main purpose of the mother: washing, cleaning, cooking, scolding for disobedience. As if you need to love your parents for something!
Throw baby because of disobedience - is it worth a mother?
Often a children's fairy tale about mom and dad, and even about grandparents, contains in its plot a second delicate moment. Parents and grandparents, tired of the constant childish disobedience, abandon them and leave. This is, of course, done for educational purposes, in order to prove to the kids how difficult it is to survive without adult care. And although at the end the children call adults back, supposedly love and joy reign in families, but a spark of doubt remains in the soul: are adults normal who have left their children to their fate?
Even such a recognized genius children's writer as Sergei Mikhalkov composed his famous fairy tale "Country of Disobedience", which describes a blatant case of the ugliness of the child's psyche, in fact, the most terrible crime that a person is capable of - betrayal. And it is committed in relation to the blood child.
It is amazing that today this tale about mom, dad, grandmother, grandfather is loved by adults and is often read by them together with the kids as a warning. Unfortunately, it seems to such unfortunate educators that children, after familiarizing themselves with this creation, will become obedient. Yes, the baby will draw certain conclusions: you can’t be ruffian, you must be obedient, otherwise your parents can leave you. And fear and distrust of relatives will settle in the soul ...
Perhaps it is from those children who read fairy tales in childhood, where mothers abandoned their babies for some stupid reasons, then cuckoo mothers and fathers who hide from alimony grow up? Maybe that’s why our homes are crowded in Russia?
Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Today, a lot of talk about the fact that you should very carefully and seriously select works for reading with the kids. For example, many tales written by the Grimm brothers about mom for children are not at all suitable. After all, in them, parents easily make a decision to take their children to the forest only because there is a hungry winter ahead, and they themselves will have nothing to eat.
And although in the modern version the image of the mother is replaced by the stepmother, this does not change the essence of the matter. The father remains native, but he does as his spouse orders him.
And stepmothers in reality are not always so evil and insidious. Such tales just bring up in children a negative attitude towards foster parents, guardians, spouses of their parents after a divorce. And this is also fundamentally wrong.
“I will not apologize” by Sofia Prokofieva
This fairy tale is completely different. Although there is a traditional plot of disobedience to the baby, his departure from home in search of a new mother, the author constantly emphasizes the key word - “love”. The boy is frightened when four mothers appear at once: “How will I love them all at once?” Of course, he compares potential mothers with his own, but the main strongest mother’s trait is not the ability to cook deliciously, but her care. He even begins to worry about the fact that he understands how his mother is waiting for him at home and is worried.
The best contender for the role of mother - a sad Horse - is practically worthy of becoming her. But the baby already realized that he loves his mother, so the boy will not be able to love the second mother with sincere filial love. And he offers the Horse faithful friendship.
Mom needs to love just because she loves you
Such a simple conclusion can be drawn if a collection of works, the author of which is Sergey Sedov , falls into the hands . "Tales of Moms", written by him, are full of kindness and pure bright humor. It is difficult to say whether they are addressed to more children or adults. Therefore, it is easier to say that these tales are intended for family reading.
The images of mothers in miniatures are very peculiar. All the heroines are completely different. But there is something in common. This is love for children. One mother heroically fights with the rat, which she fears more than anything else - is this not a feat? The second mother rescues from her cannibal son the orphans whom he drags to her to cook them for dinner. There are already 200 of them, and she still accepts them as a family, assuring her son that he again found a sister or brother that had been lost for a long time. So the mother not only saves other people's children - she saves first of all her offspring, turning him away from crime!
Performances that talk about love for mom
Short thumbnails themselves ask that a script be written on them. The tale of a mother who fell ill, and her son-hunter ran into the forest to get provisions, will be easily played even by children 3-4 years old, because there are practically no words in the characters. For the author, the tutor can read the text.
The plot of the tale about the elephant calf and his mother is also interesting. This work can be played with children 5-6 years old, since in it already the characters have a small number of words. True, the performance will require theatrical costumes. But this will only make it more interesting - the kids love to transform into animals so much!
You can put the tale of Prokofieva "I will not ask for forgiveness" in elementary school. This is almost a finished script of the play. It is enough to portray the wind with sounds, but the voice “behind the scenes” can loudly announce that it is snowing. This performance will be quite long, because there are a lot of scenes in it. But if the little artists are well prepared for their roles, the audience will be happy to watch it from beginning to end.