Why do we love fairy tales? The answer to this question is very simple. Our ordinary reality lacks miracles and magic. In pursuit of material values, we drown in routine, begin to slowly go crazy from monotony, constantly experience stress and dream of escaping for at least an hour to a place where fantasy can paint a world different from the usual one, where dreams come true, and good certainly triumphs over evil.
However, all this applies mainly to adult readers - fantasy fans. If we talk about children, then miracles and magic are as real for them as another deadline at work or a morning traffic jam is for us. They not only believe in them, they are convinced that the world is woven from magic. And fairy tales confirm this confidence. Therefore, reading fairy tales for children is not escapism at all (an attempt to escape from reality into a fictional universe). This is a continuation of what they see around them. And the task of a modern storyteller is to make sure that, on the one hand, the dream is not killed, and on the other hand, to fill his work with realism: eternal values, real rules, understanding of current events, and a description of the surrounding reality. In a word, you need to combine business with pleasure, and in no case should you violate the correct proportions between the main ingredients. After all, if there is too much reality, the fairy tale will lose its magic. If it is not enough, the work will be empty and will lose its main meaning: teach and pass on accumulated experience from one generation to another.
Fairy tales appeared long before modern civilization. Once upon a time, ancient people told them to each other around the fire, often composing them on the go. In an allegorical manner, they shared their observations, conclusions, and mistakes. In this way, the kids had fun and learned their first life lessons, which are perhaps more important than all school activities combined. Fairy tales contain not only entertaining and educational components, but also an educational base. They are bright, beautiful and are stored in memory along with all the morality that they contain. And our ancestors understood this very well.
The traditions were continued by the author's stories. Over time, the world and the problems that the storytellers addressed changed. It should be noted that works from the past often seem gloomy to contemporaries, and the ideas expressed in them can traumatize the psyche of prosperous children of the twenty-first century. Therefore, very often classic books are modified, abridged and even rewritten. Is this correct? A question whose answer can be debated for a very long time. But if you want to avoid controversy and read the original book to your children, it would be safer to take the creation modern writer, who understands our realities and the mental characteristics of girls and boys of the new generation.
An author whose work deserves close attention is Natalia Mosina. Her book “How Katenka and Mashenka went into a fairy tale,” which was published in May of this year by the Union of Writers publishing house, is very sweet, kind, and magical. It is full of magic and adventure, there is a dream to strive for, and hope that leads forward, like a saving light of a lighthouse in the night. The characters turned out to be charming and similar to young readers. They know how to love, make friends, and have respect for elders. Natalia Mosina presents the highest human values, tested by time, to the public. And at the same time, her work is dynamic and colorful in modern traditions.
What is this book about? About two sisters who loved to listen to fairy tales. And then one day they themselves decided to find the way to the world of miracles, the door to which does not open to everyone. They met a good fairy, met a wise Storyteller and went to their own Fairy Tale, where discoveries, adventures and, of course, danger await them.
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In addition, fairy tales wonderfully establish a connection between a child and his parents. What could be nicer and more enjoyable for a child than spending an evening with his mother reading him a fairy tale? And if the mother also explains the actions of the characters, shares her opinion or finds out the child’s opinion, then in addition to a pleasant pastime, this will also bring great benefits.
At their core, fairy tales are simple and understandable, especially folk tales, since they have evolved over centuries, passed on from mouth to mouth. All fairy tales are based on the confrontation between good and evil, stupidity and intelligence, beauty and ugliness, and therefore fairy tales are an ideal example for the first steps in our lives. Fairy tales are filled with allusions and repetitions, they are mythological - this is one of the reasons why children love fairy tales. For example, the fairy tale “Kotigoroshko” is about a boy who defeated the Serpent Gorynych. But there are many such tales in world literature. Russian, Ukrainian, French - they are all based on myths that are many, many years old. In childhood, a child reaches out to something familiar and understandable - this is their way of self-preservation, because they are so vulnerable at this age.
Fairy tales are very beautiful and there is magic in them. On the one hand, they are clear and simple, and on the other, there is always a miracle in them. As if there is no pain and evil, and if there is, then it is weak and easy to defeat. Starting to listen to fairy tales, children open the door to a magical land where magic lives and animals can speak. It’s easy to believe in, you can easily realize it while playing, it’s a pleasure to live with.
In his head, a child endows objects, toys, animals, plants with living human characters, because it is important for him that all his fears and joys are expressed and personified. A child's dangers and problems are usually associated with dragons or monsters, which the brave fairy-tale heroes must definitely win. Thus, a children's fairy tale, after being read by the child himself or his parents, has a beneficial psychological effect - it frees one from negative emotions and various experiences.
Each reading is in fact a session of psychotherapeutic assistance to the child, since the “adult” world is fraught with many dangers and the child is often afraid of them. Despite the fact that the parents take care of the child, the baby still encounters something new and incomprehensible every day, and this does not always end with a feeling of joy and delight. Sometimes experienced fear and stress requires an outlet, and a fairy tale, in this sense, plays one of the key roles. A fairy tale can teach a child to overcome difficulties, defeat enemies, not be afraid of dangers and hope for the best.
Although the text of the fairy tale is simple, it is always very meaningful in terms of images. The child can develop the ability to dream, and the imagination becomes richer. Due to his young age, the child has some limitations that may prevent him from experiencing some emotions, but in fairy-tale reality everything can easily be experienced by dreaming and imagining. Children love fairy tales, because a fairy tale for a child is a reality in which he does not feel like a defenseless little child, where he is a personality growing and developing.
What do we read to kids? Fairy tales. What do grandmothers tell their grandchildren? Fairy tales. What shows do children like the most? Fabulous. What heroes accompany you in childhood? From fairy tales!
Why are fairy tales so important and necessary? Experts from the publishing house "Clover" tell us.
1. A fairy tale is the most understandable way for a child to learn what life is and how to “handle” it.
2. It is in the fairy tale that relationships between people and life situations are spelled out - love, friendship, deception, joy, sadness...
3. Fairy-tale images are very clear - good, bad, kind, evil, greedy, generous, smart, stupid. No “halftones” that are incomprehensible to the baby.
4. In fairy tales, good always wins. And this is necessary for the child in order not to be afraid. When you are sure that good will win, you boldly move forward!
5. In a fairy tale, good deeds rule - hard work, intelligence, generosity. It’s easy for a child to understand how he needs to be in order for everything to work out.
6. There are many repetitions in fairy tales. The gingerbread man equally “left” everyone in turn, the turnip was pulled, gradually increasing the “team” (mouse for the cat, cat for the bug, bug for the granddaughter, etc.), the animals knocked on the Teremok in the same way and entered (someone in the little tower lives?). Children love repetition. Firstly, repetition helps them remember a fairy tale, and secondly, children like to learn something they already know - this speaks of stability and predictability, which is so reassuring to kids.
7. A child who believes in fairy tales believes in good things, and this helps him smile at the world and not be afraid.
8. Fairy tales contain the wisdom of centuries, which is so lacking in the modern slightly “material” world.
What does a girl learn from fairy tales?
You need to be kind and hardworking, like Nastenka from Morozko. You need to be able to care, help others, wish people happiness. Because lazy people and envious evil girls always get what they deserve at the end of the fairy tale.
You need to be grateful. Like the girl from the fairy tale “Geese-Swans”, who thanked the apple tree for the apples, and the stove for the pies. Modern children are accustomed to receiving everything at once. But in fairy tales, nothing is given for nothing, and you need to be able to say “thank you.”
The groom needs to have a check. Will the prince be able to pass all the difficult tests for the sake of the princess? (This, of course, is not for kids, but useful wisdom will still be deposited in your head).
What does a boy learn from fairy tales?
You need to be noble. Help the weak, take care. The prince who helps the pike, gives away his lunch and saves someone, in the end will definitely receive mutual help in trials.
Don't be afraid of difficulties. In all fairy tales, men go on journeys, quests or undergo trials without hesitation. A man is not afraid, a man is ready to overcome difficulties, to take risks, even the one who first lay on the stove. It is these qualities that will help a boy feel like a man in the future.
Just as the fairy tale teaches girls to test grooms, the fairy tale teaches boys to test brides. Will he be able to bake a loaf of bread, will he be able to clean the house, will he be able to sew a dress? A woman should be economical and smart. This is what the fairy tale teaches.
Some advice for parents
Read a fairy tale with your child for at least 10-15 minutes every day, and not necessarily before bed. Let reading a fairy tale become your tradition.
After reading, be sure to ask questions: what conclusions did the child draw, what moment did he like and what did he not.
Try turning a fairy tale into a game. The set will easily help you with this "Theater on the Table" from the publishing house "Clover" ". It doesn't just contain books, it's a whole box with the help of which the world of fairy tales comes to life. There is a stage, and backstage, and figures of heroes, and the fairy tales themselves. Read them with your child, and then create a real theater on the table.
Invite your child to draw his favorite fairy tale characters as he imagines them. This exercise develops imagination, helps to learn to think outside the box and creatively.
What child doesn't like fairy tales? If there are such children, then their number is very small. As a rule, children they like it when they either read, or they tell magical stories. And it often happens that if mom, dad, grandparents or some other teacher forgets or simply misses some fragment, the child immediately protests: “why didn’t you tell me about this or that”!
Why are fairy tales so necessary for us at a certain point in our lives? Why do they become an integral part of a certain period of our development?
From a psychoanalytic point of view, fairy tales help a child overcome the difficulties of growing up and cope with crises of normal development. The child needs to understand himself, his needs and possibilities of communication with the world in which he lives. He needs understand, how to cope with the emotions and feelings that fill him and bring them into a certain order. He also needs to get acquainted with the concept of morality - not in a dry didactic form, but in an everyday real image, which will be filled with meaning that will be remembered for a lifetime. And this is what a child receives through a fairy tale.
N regardless of the cultural and/or intellectual level of the “listener”, With kazki provide information to various substances of the psyche,who “use” it at one time or another. Children are at the mercy of their emotions and impulses, which are often invisible and invisible,and fairy tales offer them possible options on how to cope with them and what decisions to make both at the present moment and in the future.
With what normalWhat problems does a child have to cope with as they grow up? According to psychoanalytic theory, from the very moment of birth, the child is completely concentrated only on himself and his desires, then people close to him fall into the circle of his “interests”., who are like conductors in the world around us and then gradually the world expands, and the child finds himself in a multifaceted, complex and enormous reality. Of course, this is a very simplified outline of psychoanalytic developmental theory. But the fact is that we all go along this path andwe are faced with the need to renounce our own exclusive desires and motives, to overcome conflicts in the perception of our parents and in determining our place in the family structure; accept and understand the role and place of other children in the family structure; renounce childhood dependence; build your own identity and self; accept moral obligations... From birth, the child needs to understand what is happening in his mind and meet his unconscious world. And in this he is helped by fairy tales, which not only in their own waycontent offer children's imagination to reach a new level and expand its boundaries and sizes, but both in its form and page oeniya give you the opportunity to structure your fantasiesand guide them in the right direction.
Do we know any fairy tale where the hero does not have to face difficulties on his way? How does he overcome them? Fairy tales prepare a child for the fact that in life everything is never smooth and without problems. And there is no need to be afraid of this! In real life, we constantly face problems and difficulties and this is inevitable.Fairy tales teach that if you overcome obstacles and don’t run from them, if you know how to cope with hardships, sometimes very unfair ones, then in the end you will achieve your goal.
The moral component of fairy tales indicates that results cannot be achieved through robbery, robbery or violence. That is why in all stories there isa “negative” hero - a dragon, a witch, Baba Yaga... At some point, this “monster” achieves its goal, but in the end, good good heroes defeat him.As a rule, the child is identified with positive characters, but at the same time, at another level of the psyche, the presence of “dragon-witches” indicates the presence of “bad” impulses that the child has to fight in his subconscious or unconscious world. And the fairy tale shows that on the one hand it is normal to want to destroy everything, spoil it, kill in the end, and on the other hand - positive the hero always wins, i.e. good good feelings and emotions take over negative.
Currently, many different new stories and fairy tales have appeared, but as a rule, these fashionable books do not carry all that semantic load, which was mentioned above. It is not for nothing that fairy tales were created by the people and their life span is endless. And for these folk wisdom there are no boundaries or time!
