Russia launched a preschool pilot program called "Conversations about Important Things" to teach citizenship, morality, families and love for the motherland to children aged three to seven. The program will operate in 100 preschools across Moscow, Kaliningrad, at least 17 other oblasts and autonomous regions, and in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Lessons will use colorful illustrations, interactive tasks and game elements to suit young children. Education minister Sergey Kravtsov said the curriculum will form ideas about important life values and help children grow into worthy citizens. The curriculum promotes national identity and past war actions and follows a high-school program compulsory since 2022, with presidential endorsement to expand to the youngest children.
A new Russian pilot program with 100 preschools aims to teach children as young as three to be "worthy citizens" and "cultivate respect for the culture and history of Russia," the country's education ministry said. The lesson series, called "Conversations about Important Things," is to be tested in schools for children from three to seven in the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, Moscow, Kaliningrad, and at least 17 other Russian oblasts and autonomous regions.
On Tuesday, Russia's education minister, Sergey Kravtsov, said the classes would be tailored to young children with "colorful illustrations, interactive tasks, and game elements." "This will help children better absorb information, form correct ideas about important life values, and ultimately grow up to be worthy citizens of their country," Kravtsov said. While the education ministry said the program involves lessons on citizenship, morality, and families, it is also meant to foster a "love for the motherland."
"Conversations about Important Things," which promotes Russia's national identity and past war actions, has been compulsory learning in high schools since 2022, the year that Moscow invaded Ukraine. The new push into preschools comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin said in October that he supported the program being rolled out to the country's "youngest children." Putin said he was disappointed, for example, that the Soviet Union's heavy losses in the Battle of Stalingrad were not discussed in children's textbooks about World War II.
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