Author's fairy tale." Mother Earth." For children from 6 to 12 years old.

We are earthlings. All countries, cities, forests and oceans known to us are located on one planet - Earth. It belongs to the solar system. The solar system is made up of eight planets revolving around one star, the Sun. In addition to Earth, the system includes Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Earth is the third planet farthest from the Sun. And the only one of all the planets in our system on which there is life. Why?

Scientists believe that there are many conditions necessary for the emergence of life on the planet. This includes the temperature regime - not too hot and not too cold - and the presence of water, and the atmosphere in which there must be a number of certain elements, and much more. Not a single planet in the solar system, with the exception of Earth, meets all the requirements. Mercury is too hot, Uranus is very cold, Venus has no atmosphere at all. But our planet seems to have been created for life to arise on it.

Our article today will help you introduce your child to our amazing planet, tell you about the history of the Earth, its place in space, structure and other interesting facts.

Description of planet Earth for children

Earth is not the largest of the planets in the solar system. On the contrary, it is one of the smallest - only Mercury and Venus are smaller than it. But at the same time, the radius of the Earth is 6 thousand 371 kilometers.

The earth is almost perfectly round. At the poles it is slightly flattened. Therefore, two different radii of the Earth are often called: equatorial (in the middle of the planet) - 6378 km and polar (at the “ends”) - 6357 km.

In ancient times, people did not know that the Earth is spherical. They imagined something like a round flat plate. Only after the sailors circumnavigated the Earth and returned to the same place, it became clear that our planet is a ball. Now there is no doubt about it: we have seen many times photographs of the Earth taken from space. By the way, in many photographs the seas, mountains and even large cities are clearly visible.

Earth Rotation

The Earth, like other planets in the solar system, undergoes a complex rotation: around the Sun and around its axis (an imaginary line passing through the center of the planet). Moreover, around the Sun the Earth moves not in a circle, but in an ellipse - this is such an elongated circle.

It is thanks to this rotation that day and night come on Earth, and summer gives way to winter.

Everything is clear with the time of day: day is on that part of the planet that is currently facing the Sun, night is on the opposite. The Earth makes a complete rotation around its axis in approximately 24 hours - during this time a day passes on Earth.

The seasons are more complicated. The Earth makes a complete revolution around the Sun in 365 days. Many people think that the change of seasons is associated with the distance of the Earth from the Sun. But it is not so. The angle of the Earth's inclination relative to the Sun has a much stronger effect on air temperature. The fact is that the Earth's axis (around which rotation occurs) is tilted relative to the Sun by more than 23 degrees. And during rotation, the sun's rays fall on the Earth in different ways. If it’s straight, summer is coming, if it’s at an angle, it’s getting colder. The greater the slope, the colder it is.

The most direct rays fall to the equator, which is why the weather is almost always smooth there, and the extreme points of the Earth - the poles - are so inclined that the sun glides across the surface and does not warm the earth. That's why it's cold in the Arctic and Antarctic even in summer.

How did planet Earth appear?

The child will probably have a question about how our planet was formed. Scientists can only make assumptions on this matter; they do not have an exact answer.

The main hypothesis is that 4.6 billion years ago the Sun arose from a huge gas cloud, and under its influence, the planets of the solar system, including the Earth, were formed from the cosmic dust around. At that time, it bore little resemblance to the planet we live on. Most likely, it was a fireball, which, as it cooled, turned into a stone desert - without water, atmosphere and, of course, signs of life.

Gradually, under the influence of various processes occurring in the depths, various substances rose to the surface. Some turned into water, others participated in the formation of the atmosphere. This happened slowly: scientists believe that the formation of the oceans and surfaces took more than 200 million years.

What is planet Earth made of?

The child will be interested in learning about the structure of our planet. The earth, if you imagine it in cross-section, consists of several layers.

In the very center is the core, solid on the inside and liquid on the outside. Its composition is metal alloys, mainly iron and nickel. The core occupies most of the diameter of the earth, it is the size of the planet Mars. There is an inner and outer core. This part of the earth is very hot, and the deeper it is, the hotter it is. It is impossible to reach such a level, but, according to scientists, the temperature inside the core can be higher than in the Sun - up to 7 thousand degrees.

Above the core is the mantle. This is the most important layer of the Earth - and the largest (over 80% of the total volume). This is where most of the substances that make up the Earth are concentrated. These are mainly iron compounds, but the structure of the layer is not entirely solid: the mantle is rather viscous, so it is often said that the earth's crust “floats” on the mantle.

The earth's crust is the upper part of solid earth. Compared to other layers it is thin. There is continental and oceanic crust. The layer of continental crust reaches 40–50 kilometers, and under the oceans - 5–10. The crust makes up about 1% of the Earth's mass.

The earth's crust and upper mantle are called the lithosphere.

And the hydrosphere is the entire water part of the Earth’s surface, which includes the World Ocean, waters and glaciers, and groundwater.

It turns out that for a surface covered with water, the hydrosphere is located above the lithosphere.

Even higher is the atmosphere. This is no longer part of the planet, but its gas shell, which is located above the Earth and rotates with it.

The composition of the earth's atmosphere, and more specifically the oxygen content in it, played a key role in the emergence of life on Earth.

In addition to oxygen, nitrogen and other gases are present in the Earth's atmosphere. And thanks to the ozone layer in the atmosphere, the Earth is protected from most of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

"Earth Group"

An interesting fact about the terrestrial planets.

Most people know that Earth is the only planet in the solar system with an atmosphere that can easily support life (and also has both oxygen and water). However, most people have no idea that the Earth is one of the four planets of the “terrestrial group” (rocky surface, small size and mass). The other three planets included in this group are Venus, Mars and Mercury.

How life originated and developed on the planet

For millions of years, planet Earth remained uninhabited. Scientists have found confirmation that living organisms appeared on Earth about 3-4 billion years ago, during the Precambrian period of the Earth's development. Of course, these are not the animals we are used to, but protozoa - microorganisms.

More developed animals and plants appeared later - during a time called the Phanerozoic. This period is divided into 3 eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. During the Paleozoic, invertebrates, insects and fish appeared; The Mesozoic gave us dinosaurs, and the Cenozoic gave us mammals. This happened more than 65 million years ago, and it is still believed that mammals are the highest stage of development for living organisms. Man is a mammal.

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Structure of the Earth

Based on various studies, scientists have divided the Earth into three parts - core, mantle and crust.

The core is the heaviest part of our planet, its radius is about 3500 km, and its temperature is 4000 degrees and above. It is supposedly divided into an outer liquid part, consisting of sulfur and iron, and a solid inner part, containing an alloy of iron and nickel.

The mantle is not yet available for full research, so all data was obtained using geophysical and geochemical methods. It is in a solid state, from 30 to 3000 km from the surface and consists of ultrabasic rocks, refractory elements.

On top of the mantle lies the earth's crust, consisting mostly of rocks and minerals. It is on it that the oceanic and continental crust is located. Its thickness ranges from 5 to 10 km under water and up to 80 km on land.

Scientists have hypothesized that the oceanic crust was initially formed, and as a result of various processes that occurred inside the planet, folds were formed - sections of mountains. Over time, the thickness of the crust increased, forming the continental crust.

Continents and oceans

71% of the Earth's territory is covered with water. The land exists in the form of six continents: Eurasia; Africa; North and South America, Antarctica and Australia. The largest continent is Eurasia, the smallest is Australia.

There are four oceans on Earth. They are connected to each other (this is the so-called World Ocean), but at the same time they differ greatly - in temperature, bottom features, salinity. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest, the second largest is the Atlantic, the third is the Indian (compared to the Atlantic, it is smaller but deeper). And the smallest is the Arctic Ocean. It is also the coldest because it is located near the North Pole and is partially covered with ice.

On our planet there are four climatic zones - these are territories that seem to encircle the planet. In one zone all over the Earth there are approximately the same conditions for life: temperatures, humidity, precipitation.

The equatorial belt runs through the very center of the Earth. Here the weather hardly changes throughout the year - summer, it rains and about +25 degrees.

There are two tropical zones, they are located on both sides of the equatorial one. It is dry and warm here, but the difference between summer and winter is already obvious: in winter it can be about +15 degrees, but in summer - up to +50.

We are familiar with the climate with cold winters and warm summers. It is typical for temperate zones. There are also two of them, and they are located after the tropical ones in the direction from the equator.

Arctic zones are located at the Earth's poles. It is the coldest here, especially in winter. But even in summer the temperature rarely rises above zero.

Of course, this division is conditional. The climate does not change dramatically when moving from one climate zone to another. There are transition poles: two subequatorial, two subtropical and two subpolar, where the characteristics of neighboring poles appear. If you move smoothly from one belt to another, changes in the weather are practically unnoticeable. But if you fly by plane, you can feel the difference.

The weather in different parts of the Earth depends not only on the distance from the equator, but also on the topography. The main types of relief on Earth are mountains and plains.

In terms of area, plains occupy most of the land. We can see this on a map or globe. Neither of them, plains and mountains, depending on their height, are indicated in green, yellow or brown. The highest mountains are dark brown (Himalayas, Andes, Caucasus).

The highest point of land in the world is Mount Chomolungma in the Himalayas - 8848 meters above sea level. And the lowest is in the ocean, this is the Mariana Trench (11,022 meters below sea level).

Highest point

Interesting fact about the highest point.

Mount Everest is not technically the highest point on Earth. Since the Earth is not perfectly round, objects located near the equator are slightly "higher" or closer to space than objects located further from the equator. Thus, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,743 meters lower than Everest, measured from sea level. However, due to the "bulge" of the equator, its summit is actually about 2,400 meters further from the center of the Earth than the summit of Everest.

BOOK FOR CHILDREN “Tales of Mother Earth” page 1 of 2

(for preschool and primary school age)

Tales about the creation of the world for children

About the seven days of creation

It was a long time ago, there was no time, no light, no darkness, no sky, no earth, well, there was simply nothing, but there was only an all-pervading radiance and the omnipresent holy spirit and his name was God. And what happened before that, it seems, is unknown to God, and therefore it was not included in the fairy tale.

The image of God was, as it later turned out, very similar to man. It’s all confusing for an adult to understand, let alone you and me. When you grow up, maybe you’ll figure it out, and you’ll tell me. God forgive me if anyone sees heresy. We are not discussing reality, but telling a fairy tale, and in a fairy tale it’s like this: what you thought, what you came up with, is what it is. The fairy tale is a strong saying.

God also knew how to speak, even though he had no one to talk to. And he spoke and thought at that time definitely not in Russian, who knows why, maybe he just didn’t know, or maybe for some other reason. And for every thing there is a reason or there is not. They say that laughing without a reason is a sign of being a fool, and if there is a reason, then laugh as much as you want, even until you drop, no one will make you look like a fool.

And God said: Let the water that is under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear. And so it became. Divine. And God called the dry land earth, and the collection of waters he called seas. And God saw that it was very good. And God said: Let the earth produce greenery, grass, and fruitful trees. And it became so... Divine. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning: the third day ended.

And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to separate day from night, and times, and days, and years. And it became so... Divine. And God saw that it was good. While God was shining the light on the sky, like hanging it on a Christmas tree, the fourth day passed.

God said: let the water bring forth reptiles and let birds fly over the earth in the firmament of heaven. And it became so... Divine. And God saw that it was good. And he said: Be fruitful, multiply and fill the waters and the earth. Well, they definitely messed something up. Or we don't understand. You can walk on the firmament, but how can birds fly? Apparently only God knows. And there was evening and there was morning: Day five.

Thus are the heavens and the earth and all their hosts perfect. And God finished His work on the seventh day; He became tired and rested (slept, that is) on the seventh day from all His works that He had done. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, and made it a day of rest. God himself rested, they say, for the last time. After God’s deeds accidentally created the Devil, the Lord watches over us and protects us from the devil’s deeds day and night. But the Devil is strong, no, no, let him slip through the Lord’s vigil. This is how God created a week of seven days for us. Six days for mom and dad to work, and for the child to go to kindergarten or school. And only on the seventh you can sleep longer, play with mom, dad, go to the zoo or go somewhere else. Do whatever pleases your body and soul all day long. So remember that according to this fairy tale, man is the fruit of the sixth day of God’s creation.

Let's continue the story another time. And now the fairy tale ends. Whoever listened to the end is well done, and if a girl listened, she is also a young woman, and also a beauty.

It was a long time ago, but not as long ago as before in the first fairy tale. The Lord God has already created the earth and the sky, and every bush of the field and every grass of the field (and this, therefore, is the third day of God’s creation according to the first tale). It’s no different that he hung the luminaries in the sky (and this is the fourth day of God’s work). After this, God decided to create a man. And the Lord God created man from the dust of the ground (from the earth), and breathed into his face the breath of life, that is, the great and divine spirit, and man became a living soul.

And then he put the man into a deep sleep; and when he fell asleep, he took one of his ribs and covered that place with flesh. And the Lord God created a wife, a woman, from a rib taken from a man. So before, it seems, there were no words for man and woman, and a man was called a man, and a woman was called a wife. Our Ukrainian brothers still live like this: a man is a man, and a woman is a woman. And now Russians have a father who is a man, and a mother who is a man, and a son who is a man, and a daughter who is a man, and a father and son who are men, and mother and daughter who are women. Still, together they are people. So it turns out that man, together with woman, is the fruit of either the fourth or fifth day of creation, and not the sixth. Because of this amendment, it turns out that in just five days God had completed his work of creating the world. And he did not need either Saturday or Sunday.

Yes, no less, there were once five days in a week, but what? Again the counting: one, two, three, four, five - the bunny went out for a walk. Try to count to seven! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven….. doesn’t go well. And again: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten - the white moon floats out, whoever reaches the month will go to hide. There are five fingers on the hand, and it is easier to count to five by five than to seven by seven. One hand - five, two hands - ten, three hands - fifteen. And then, turn on your little brain and count everything, even up to a hundred, even up to a thousand. And then it’s clear why there is a Wednesday day in the middle of the week. Monday, Tuesday before Wednesday, Thursday, Friday after Wednesday. Two days before and two days after Wednesday, Wednesday is the middle of the week. So it turns out that if you think about it as an adult, and even a scientist, then the fairy tale about the creation of man from the dust of the earth and a wife from his rib goes back to more ancient human beliefs than the fairy tale about the seven days of creation. And they say Saturday and Sunday were invented by lazy people. Truly, the waters of time are muddy. So that. And Rus' did not begin with the Bible and Christianity, but existed before and lived before that.

And the more ancient beliefs of mankind have their traces everywhere: both in the Bible and in other modern faiths. The beliefs of the past are remembered by the hands of masters and craftswomen, our fairy tales, and the language, the great and mighty Russian, and other languages. You just need to remember this, think about it, honor your ancestors, who gave you incomparable grace, such as reasonable, human life. Yes, and wisdom will come to you, as independence of both your thoughts and spirit.

Our fairy tale, it is a fairy tale. What was it really like? You will mature in your mind and either read it in the Bible and believe, or somewhere else, you will figure it out and tell me if I am alive. And in the Bible there is a firmament, a firmament is a firmament, and that is what faith stands on.

Here is the end of our fairy tale. Whoever listened to the end is well done, and if the girl listened, she is also a young woman, and also a beauty.

About the creation of the world not according to the Bible, but in Russian

And in our fairy tale, the Almighty Parent got tired of the desolation and disorder of that time and he revealed the Golden Egg from oblivion. The hen Ryaba, known to us, promised to lay this, or perhaps not such, golden egg to my grandparents.

And in that Golden Egg, behind its golden shell, surrounded by fresh white, like a golden yolk, slept the Progenitor of all things - the god Rod. And he saw dreams about a wonderful world, where there is a place for everything - the Red Sun, the Clear Moon, the clear stars and Mother Earth. And on earth - high mountains, wide valleys, deep seas, fast rivers and blue lakes, and what kind of forests? That's right, we're dense. So he fell in love with his vision, this dream, his soul was so inflamed that Love was born in Rod’s soul. And the power of Love is a great force, nothing can stand against it.

Rod opened the shell with the power of love, left the egg and began to create the world. Created nine different heavens. One for clouds and winds, another for the month, then for the sun, for the stars. And Rod made the seventh heaven a transparent firmament, the transparent bottom of the heavenly ocean, there behind the seventh heaven are stored reserves of living water, an inexhaustible source of rain. When the long rains begin in the fall, they say: the abysses of heaven have opened up, that is, all the heavens, to their entire depth, or maybe it’s better to say to the height, right up to the seventh heaven.

He placed in the sky in a fiery chariot Thunder thundering and Lightning flying from under the wheels. God Rod had many faces, this is how the Highest made him, and from his face the Sun God Ra appeared in a golden boat in his sky and the Clear Moon in a silver boat, also in his sky. Who is for our god Ra? – HURRA is the battle cry of Russian soldiers. There, in seventh heaven, the wonderful island of Vyrey-Irey appeared, a paradise where migratory birds fly, where gods and souls of unborn people settled. This island is also called Buyan. And this island is on the earth’s axis, on the stojar. On this island is the throne of Vyshenya, there is the most CORRECT, divine order. This is the world of the gods, the world of Rule, in that world the laws of Rule.

So, some people say one thing, others another, we made up a third, but hardly anyone knows how it really happened. Only people can believe that it was one way and not another, but faith that the firmament of heaven, God forbid, opens up, how much human grief there was on Earth because of this. Here's a saying.

Well, then, and... the Heavenly cow descended from that same Sedava-Star, and from her udder star milk spilled throughout the Universe, which became the Milky Way, the star road in the heavenly heights. And the heavenly god Svarog rules all the heavens; his Family created him to help himself. It’s him there, in heaven, he’ll do all the work, and if you ask nicely, he’ll do it for you too.

While Rod was busy arranging the heavens, the earth, like a yolk with white, was completely filled with water, the Sea-Ocean and land were nowhere to be found. And one World Duck, which Rod created from sea foam, swam and dived across the Sea-Ocean. The duck dived and picked up a small pebble from the bottom of the sea that fit in its beak. But either Rod or Svarog said the magic word and that stone began to grow. The duck couldn't hold it and dropped it. Some people said that the heavenly god Svarog picked up that stone, called Alatyr-stone, and began to beat up the Milky Way with that stone. What comes out of milk if you beat it hard? And it will turn out to be cheese. Svarog got the cheese - Earth and he sent it from heaven to the sea-ocean and land was formed.

Other people said that the god Rod picked up the Alatyr-stone and began to foam the blue sea - the ocean - with this Bel-Flammable stone. Foamed, whipped and dry land was formed, again Mother Earth Cheese, our nurse. And high mountains, wide valleys, deep seas, fast rivers and blue lakes, and what kind of forests arose on the earth? That's right, dense ones. Everything is as God Rod dreamed. And also flying flies, creeping creatures, different, diverse animals, and people white and dark, brown and black, believers and non-believers, hardworking and not so hardworking.

God Rod, when he had done everything, turned into a pike fish and began to swim across the sea-ocean, fast rivers and blue lakes. Apparently, Emelya was lucky with this very pike in the fairy tale “By the pike’s command, at my will.” Where did the world duck go? Until now, they say, he swims and waddles on land and helps good people live. And people make dippers in the shape of a duck to coax ducks; water tastes better from such a dipper. They also put ducks on shelves to protect the house and the wealth in it.

This is how the world of Revealed, Revealed was created. We live in Yavi, we see everything in reality, the whole world. You sit in a room and you see the room and everything in it. I went outside, you see the street. Or you can look out the window and don’t go outside. This is what reality she is!

The world of Navi is when it is dark, when dreams are evoked. The souls of the dead go to the world of Navi. A world of sadness and sadness. In Navi, people must live according to the laws of the Rule, live CORRECTLY, obey their fathers and mothers, glorify their gods and ancestors, otherwise we will feel bad in Navi, we will see bad dreams, and the soul, when you leave this world, will suffer punishment from the gods determined for violation of the laws of the Rule, for a wrong life. He who lives according to the laws of the Rule, glorifies the Rule, is Orthodox.

And the Alatyr stone is also very interesting, the father of all stones on earth. Some said that this is a sacred rock in the center of the world, that is, where the stozhar passes and reaches the very seventh heaven. Others said that Alatyr-stone is on an island on Buyan, and Buyan Island is in the center of the world. We still say: the Altai Mountains are like that, the Altar is an elevated place in the church.

And there can’t be too many gods, our ancestors believed. All gods and Vyshen, and Rod, and Svarog, and Ra, and many other gods are faces of a single god. God is many-faced, omnipresent, both one and multiple. This is what the ancient Russians thought. Well, they were wise, God grant that we too be the same.

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THE PURE VOICE OF WATER (excerpts from the book)

::: Who needs some water :::

A girl was running in the yard and accidentally stepped on a puddle. She shouted angrily:

“You, the water, wet my shoes.” Go away!

The large puddle instantly evaporated.

- Meow, girl. Have you seen a puddle here? “I’m thirsty,” the kitten asked the girl.

The girl didn’t answer him and went to the other end of the yard. Flowers grew there. Their heads drooped and plaintively asked: “Drink, drink!”

The girl also felt hot, and she ran home. In the room, she saw with horror that there was little water in the aquarium. Her favorite fish were floundering among the algae.

“Mom,” the girl screamed. — I urgently need water for the fish.

- What a problem! There is no water in the taps. You can't wash your face. “You can’t cook dinner,” Mom answered.

- Mom, can some water disappear if someone offends it? — the girl asked quietly.

“Maybe, but she will definitely return if she asks for forgiveness,” my mother answered seriously.

The girl closed her eyes and whispered: “Vodichka, excuse me and come back soon. Everyone feels bad without you.”

- Daughter, water is running out of the tap again! - Mom was happy.

The girl poured fresh water for the fish and looked out the window. In the yard, a kitten was drinking from a puddle.

Questions and tasks:

• Turn on the music. All children are trickles of water. If the music is quiet, the streams swirl smoothly and slowly. If the music is loud, the streams spin quickly, colliding and rolling away from each other.
• What does water look like when it's smiling or angry?
• Draw a portrait of water.

::: Glory to the water :::

Glory, honor, always and everywhere to our magical and good water! In rivers, seas, oceans, ponds All day long in great labors

Droplets, streams, streams of it are accomplishing their great work! Something terrible will happen to us if it stops even for a moment.

Questions and tasks:

• What happens if the water disappears forever?
• One of the children is the Water Fairy. He splashes water from a cup on the children. Those who are hit by drops of water should say something good about the water.

::: Crystal water :::

The water flows without stopping, rings with crystal purity, will not stop for a second and will not part with you.

It is around you, everywhere: In the pipe, in the river, and even in tea, Baby, water is like a miracle, Everyone knows about this miracle.

But the water is offended, When it is not taken care of and poured in vain, - It is afraid to disappear forever!

Questions and tasks:

• Why should we save water?
• Draw different places where water lives.

::: Good Sea :::

One day a small raindrop fell into the sea and was surprised:

- Why are you so huge, you can’t even see the shore?

“Because I have a mighty power,” answered the sea.

“I’m not as strong as you,” said the droplet, “but I can give water to grass or a flower.”

- And I am very strong. I am the strongest. Look how strong I am,” the sea roared.

It raised huge waves and began to throw ships in different directions.

- Stop! - the droplet screamed. - Why break ships? Isn't it possible to be strong and kind?

The sea responded:

- Can. This is me just showing my strength. Actually, I am a good sea, strong and kind!

The sea actually became kind, blue and calm. The ships sailed calmly to different shores, the children swam in the warm water, and the sea gave the fishermen a lot of fish.

“I am good,” the sea whispered tenderly. - I am very strong and kind.

Questions and tasks:

• What is the character of the sea?
• What makes the sea happy and what makes it sad?
• Why do you think the water in the sea is salty?
• Turn on some music and ask the children to imagine themselves as waves on the sea. Ask them to depict the dance of waves, seagulls, and dolphins to the music.
• Imagine that the sea has invited you to your birthday. Draw a pattern of seashells, pebbles and algae as a gift to the sea.

::: Seabed :::

The bottom of the sea is like a fairy tale, There are so many miracles in it! But we can’t get into the underwater forest without a mask.

Nimble, colorful fish of the country-city, but without a mask the bright colors are invisible.

Unnoticeable crab holes, traces of seahorses and algae patterns without sea glasses!

Questions and tasks:

• Do you like to dive?
• What does the seabed remind you of?
• Imagine that one day you found a magic pearl on the seabed that could make wishes come true. What wishes would you ask her to fulfill?
• What materials do you think sea creatures use to build their houses? Draw a house for a crab, seahorse or sea urchin.
• Imagine that one day, while swimming underwater, you met an unprecedented sea animal and became friends with it. Draw a portrait of your new friend.
• Tell us what flowers and plants grow in underwater forests and gardens. Draw these plants.
• Imagine that one day the king of the sea invited you to a sea ball. Tell me what you did at this ball.

::: We are at sea :::

In fins, in a mask, with a sea snorkel, I decided to conquer the depths, My younger brother went with me, Together with him we are like giants.

We will cross the expanses of the seas, The depths have been waiting for us for a long time, Let them call us eccentrics, This is all empty talk.

We will meet unprecedented animals, Maybe we will find an underwater treasure, And we will go to the king of all rivers and all seas for a dinner party.

We'll play tag with the fish, a seahorse will give us a ride, we'll go visit a fairy-tale mermaid, we don't want to go home at all.

Let's rest in beds made of shells, We can't find better beds, It's more comfortable than folding beds! It's a pity that it's time for us to go back.