Russian people have always had a special attitude to the earth. For him, she was nothing but "mother" and "nurse." And this is not surprising: after all, the main income of the peasant was the harvest he harvested. Therefore, there are many proverbs about the earth, having read which, you can see how people treated it with care.
About the importance of agriculture
In folk art, there are many proverbs about the land-nurse. The peasants understood the importance of proper care for her. If it is not prepared for planting the crop and not taken care of in the future, the peasant may remain hungry. They passed this caring attitude from generation to generation through proverbs about the earth.
“The Earth feeds people like a mother of children” - this means that it will give the best to a person, will take care of it just like a mother, will do everything for her child. And just like mother, she does not single out any of her children, because they are equal for her. The Earth also feeds everyone equally, it just all depends on the efforts that the person made.
"The land is the nurse, but she asks" - in order to have a good harvest, a number of preparatory work must be completed. Including it you need to fertilize, take care of watering - and as a thank you person will get a good harvest.
About native land
Of course, she was important not only as a nurse. She is also associated with the Motherland, therefore, in Russian folklore there are proverbs about Mother Earth. From an early age, children are told that, treating her with respect and love, they also relate to their homeland.
“A native bush and a hare of roads” - this means that not only people value their home. Any living creature treats this way, and for a hare a bush, the forest in which he lives, is his homeland for him.
“Own land is also pretty in handfuls” - it doesn’t matter whether your homeland is big or not, the main thing is how you feel about it. And even if a person has left for another country, he will no longer be so sad if he has something reminiscent of her. And a person is always happy when he returns home.
Why do children learn folk wisdom
Proverbs about the earth are studied in classes around the world and reading lessons in kindergartens and schools. This form of work favorably affects the development of speech. Children learn to speak concisely, accurately express their thoughts. It also helps to normalize and improve diction, so they can be used as speech material in speech therapy classes.
When explaining the meaning of proverbs, the formation of coherent speech occurs. The guys learn to build their story correctly, to give arguments proving their point of view, to build reasoning logically. The vocabulary is expanding in children, because in such folk sayings there may be outdated or rarely used words, the meaning of which is told to children.
Why now proverbs about the earth are being studied in kindergartens and schools? Indeed, most modern children do not help their parents in kindergartens or kitchen gardens. Proverbs and sayings teach not only that agriculture is important. First of all, they are aimed at educating the right attitude towards the earth - this is an important stage in moral and patriotic education.