·         On March 17, millions of people across the United States celebrate in the Irish tradition known as St. Patrick's Day. The holiday has been around for hundreds of years, and while the history of the holiday may be less of the focus today, it is still an important element. Understanding the history of St. Patrick's day can help a child appreciate it more and see why this holiday is still celebrated today through parades, colors and meals. Modern interpretations of the holiday feature the color green, shamrocks, leprechauns and pots of gold at the end of rainbows. To celebrate this day with children, have them dress in green clothes, play fun games and sing silly songs.

St. Patrick

·         The holiday is named after a religious figure who actually was never born in Ireland. At a young age, St. Patrick was kidnapped by pirates and forced into Ireland. He escaped his job as a slave and lived on the rich, green Ireland shores. He later left Ireland, became religious and returned to spread the faith of Christianity. He lived there for 30 more years, where he spread knowledge and writing through the Irish people. March 17 is the day he was rumored to die, and that was chosen as the official St. Patrick's Day.

Today is one of the most pleasant holidays -

March, 8 is women's holiday, a holiday of spring and attention to the woman.

The 8th of March is a great official holiday for all women. It began in 1909 by women in New York streets who asked for better working conditions. Women’s Day is not celebrated in Great Britain. The British celebrate another wonderful holiday in spring. It’s called Mother’s Day.

The International Women’s Day is one of the most favourite holidays among Russian women because there is a nice tradition to congratulate and give bunches of spring flowers and presents to our mothers, grandmothers, sisters and all women on this day. In the morning men go to the shops to buy flowers and sweets. They also help to do the housework and cook something delicious for dinner. Children help their mums to lay the table and wash up. All members of the family are well dressed.

The 8th of March is the day when women are happy and they smile and thank their families because they can take a break and relax and forget about their everyday routine, about cooking and looking after their families.

Tomorrow is the 8th of March - the holiday which is celebrated in many countries as the holiday to honor all women but especially our mothers. There are so many craft ideas to do with your kids to prepare some nice presents for this holiday. Here are some.

System of education in Great Britain

 

Here are some videos which I found very useful for my lessons of Countrystudy. This week we speak about System of education in England and I thought that  it would be more interesting for students to watch a video than to read a plain text.
Thanks to British Council for great videos!

Happy New Year Song

Dear Friends!!

Last year I have found this great song on Youtube. I want to share it with you. I hope your students will enjoy singing it just as much as my students did! Happy Holidays!!!

Winter Projects with kids (part 2)

Making a poster for the parents.  
Christmas is coming. So little time left for the preparations. But we've got a little more than a week for creating and crafting!

I always try to do something fun and creative with my students before winter holidays. And they've started to ask me if we are going to do something special this year. 
Last year with students of the 5th and 6th classes we were making Christmas cards for the parents, and the youngest students prepared a poster for their moms and dads.
 Here what we had