Before embarking on the education of a child's love for the Motherland, it is necessary to explain to him what the Motherland is. This is a very complex and capacious concept, which includes many feelings - from love to respect. The versatility of love for the Motherland is manifested not only in the attachment of a person to a certain geographical place. This love also consists of special feelings for mom, dad, other dear people, for your home, the city where you live, nature and country. Love for native places is included in the range of universal values. Love for the Motherland has the deepest historical features.
Parents and adults who are endowed with similar powers should educate the child for the sake of the Motherland. This - teachers, educators, mentors, etc. But in the education of a child's love for the motherland, the main role is played by parents. It is from their attitude towards their homeland, how they show their feelings to their native places, and it will depend on what feelings can be born in the child. In the child it is necessary to stir up interest in the history of the country and a sense of pride in national victories. That's when he can manifest other feelings, for example, ownership and respect for his land. Love for the Motherland, attachment to the place of birth, respect for one's own language, traditions and culture - these concepts are included in one term "patriotism".
Bringing up patriotic feelings in the child, it is necessary to maintain in him a constant interest and curiosity to all the events that take place in the country. It is necessary to talk with children about all cases and phenomena occurring in the social, social and socio-political life of the state. In the future, all these phenomena will be interesting and close for him.
You can not love the Motherland, but do not feel close to it. To do this, the child must know how their grandparents fought and protected for the Motherland. A deep feeling of love for the Motherland always lives in people, it is this feeling and "makes" them to show concern for the Motherland.
Why is it necessary to raise a child's love for the Motherland? Because such upbringing is the result of a long and purposeful activity. Therefore, patriotic education must begin with the earliest childhood. In ancient times children were tried to inspire, that a person was happy, he needs a happy Fatherland. At present, both in kindergartens and in schools, a lot is being done to this end.
Now many forgotten national traditions are being revived, historical values are being studied and restored. In the field of the formation of patriotic feelings, one of the main factors in involving children in historical values is the acquaintance of the child with his pedigree. Children should begin patriotic education as early as preschool. From an early age, they need to form a responsibility and a sense of duty towards their relatives and the Motherland. Experts argue that even at the earliest age, the child is interested in many things. Also from this moment begins the child's knowledge of many moral values based on love for native places. The patriotism of a child is formed by the concentration of many knowledge, and also by the unity of behavior and attitudes.
Question: "How to bring up a child's love for the Motherland?" "Has one universal answer. First you need to teach the child to be kind, responsible and not indifferent. It is necessary to awaken in him something of affection for anything. But first it is necessary to "teach" the child to see the beauty that surrounds him. A child who does not love nature can not love his country. The sense of admiration for the riches of the environment and the gifts of nature are the precursor of true patriotism. Here the term "teach" has only a conditional character. No one should forcibly put the child on the desk and explain to him the beauty of the flower or tree. "Training" is conducted every day and in an unobtrusive form: while walking, hiking in the forest or traveling to local attractions.
The child can show the historical and cultural monuments of his native city or tell him about the heroic deeds of his grandfather, who defended the homeland from the Nazi invaders very young. In this case, every specific campaign or story should be associated with the Motherland. After all, the brightest and most positive experiences a person receives in childhood and keeps it in memory. That is why, from a young age, a person needs to see the beauty of his native places and learn the history of his Motherland and family.
Adults should teach the child to see the sights, notice the surrounding beauty, celebrate the unique features of the native street and his city. This work is carried out every day by educators and teachers, and parents fix it all, expressing their attitude to what they saw, heard and studied by children. In the child, civil feelings will be formed.
Thus, the love for the Motherland in the child is formed in the first years of his life. The birth of this feeling is influenced by the patriotic atmosphere observed in the family, at school, in kindergarten, etc. The special attention of the child is attracted by the life and work of surrounding people for the benefit of the Motherland, events that take place in the state, national holidays, sports competitions and etc. In addition, a high emotional uplift causes the child's contact with nature.
Adults should remember that if they sincerely love their native land and show this love to their children, then their children will also love their Motherland, and patriotism will not be an empty concept for them. It is necessary to constantly show the children attractive aspects of love to their native places and the environment. Then you can be completely sure that their children will become the most worthy citizens of their homeland. It is important to remember that patriotism is an expression of the common feelings of citizens of the country in the form of national pride, and also in the form of respectful attitude to other peoples. For example, the most vivid expression of patriotism can be called the expression of feelings of love and pride of people after the first person's flight into space.