cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11991380

[Original in Russian. This is an automated translation with minimal edits.]

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The authorities [in Russia-occupied Crimea] have developed games for kindergarten children, in which they will talk about the “reunification” of Crimea with Russia and explain the justice and justification of the annexation of the Ukrainian region. The methodology for conducting such events (“Adventures in Crimea”) within the framework of the “Good Games” classes introduced from this year was published on the website of the Institute of Childhood, Family and Education.

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With the help of games, children should consolidate the theoretical knowledge gained.

In the scenario of the game “Bridge of Friendship”, children … will throw a rope across the imaginary sea, and then lift it overhead, imitating the Crimean bridge, and say: “Crimea and Russia – a bridge forever!” After that, the children should walk along the rope with a flag, and the rest should applaud. At the end of the day, everyone will be shouting, “Hurrah!” At the same time, in one of the cards with the name “Crimea is Russia”, the creators indicated that Russian norms refer to the peninsula as the Russian Federation, but “its status is the subject of an international dispute.”

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Another game involves children remembering paired pictures. When a child finds images of the Crimean bridge or flag, other pupils should welcome it: “Patriotic moment: when they found a pair of Crimean bridge or flag – everyone claps and says: “Yay!” We’re together!

Children of three or four will play “Sun and cloud” to feel the joy of the annexation of Crimea. According to the idea, the peninsula before entering the Russian Federation was sad alone. Then the teacher says: “But when the Crimea and Russia became together, the sun looked out,” the field of which turns on cheerful music, and the children, who until then squatted, covering their face with their hands, stand up and begin to clap and spin with smiles.

In the game “Train to Crimea”, the children will portray a trip to the Kerch bridge and return home with the words: “How good that we are one country!” And in the game to determine the animals that are found on the peninsula, children must say: “Dolphin lives in the Crimea – this is our Crimea!”

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“Good Games” was introduced in kindergartens as an analogue of propaganda “Talk about the important.” According to methodological materials, preschoolers from the age of three will be told about the annexation of Crimea to form their idea of the peninsula as a “region of Russia”. This, according to the authorities, will cause children “patriotic feelings and pride for their country.” Also, children are going to educate “heroism”, which in the materials of the project is defined as “the highest manifestation of love for the Motherland and people” and “willingness to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.”

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