The problem of health and active lifestyle worries more and more people every year. Of course, there is no greater happiness than being healthy, when relatives and friends are full of energy and strength, joy and optimism. Unfortunately, in our time, not everyone can boast of excellent health.

In the coming year new year holidays will again last for many days, so many people have a question: how to spend the winter holidays with health benefits? Of course, you can try to buy an inexpensive ticket and go on New Year's holidays to warm countries, or vice versa, where you can practice winter sports and enjoy pure winter nature. It's good to go to Thailand United Arab Emirates, on the Maldives or to Israel - where you can swim and sunbathe when we have winter, cold and snow.

Active holidays in the Alps or Northern Finland are more to the liking of many of our compatriots, even beginner skiers: after all, this is the peak of the ski season.

By the way, you can go to Finland to rest not only with your family, but also with a company of your best friends. It is very convenient - there you can rent a cottage inexpensively, and accommodate everyone in it with comfort. Comfort and low prices are also available in other places: for example, in the Czech Republic, the Baltic States, Turkey or Egypt.

Well, if, after all, the New Year holidays abroad, even if they are not very expensive, do not fit into your family budget - what then? How to organize your vacation? And what do we imagine when we talk about rest?

So today, in the midst of the winter New Year holidays, we will talk with you about how best to spend time with health benefits.

Unfortunately, in new year holidays most of us relax by lying on the couch, eating goodies, and watching holiday TV. Does our body, our nervous system, exhausted by the hustle and bustle and a long series of working days, rest at the same time? Unlikely. Such a "rest" will only worsen the state of health and mood, and after the holidays, depression will not be slow to appear.

Holidays with benefits

What to do and how to spend the New Year's winter holidays with the benefit of the health of oneself and one's family? First of all, you need to cancel lying on the couch, gluttony and stupidity in front of the TV. Move more, don't overeat, and try to spend most of the day outdoors - at least when the weather allows.

Of course, for many, this may cause rejection: after all, they were waiting for the holiday so much in order to finally sleep off, relax and calmly watch their favorite TV programs! And what now, to spend this rare opportunity on some kind of walks, to go somewhere - why? After all, you don't have to work...

What do experts think about this? Most of them are sure that The best way spend the winter New Year holidays leisure Outdoors. If you ski through the forest for at least one hour, then the body will rest and relax much better than for a whole day of “rest” on the couch. This will be true even if you are very tired and want only one thing - to lie down and not move. Both psychologists and doctors are sure that just one hour of walking in a coniferous forest will bring great benefits to your body.

At the same time, the option of relaxing on the couch in front of the TV will load our already overloaded psyche even more. You can relax emotionally, psychologically and physically only in the fresh air, in nature. So do not waste precious time - let's spend the New Year holidays with maximum benefit!

Leisure

Of course, immediately after the New Year's Eve, on January 1, it is unlikely that most of us could go for a walk in the forest, but in the following days it is quite possible to organize an active holiday. The simplest is a trip to the skating rink, but this is more suitable for those who have their own skates.

Skate rental during the New Year holidays is almost impossible, so it is worth considering other ways to have fun and relax.

Another simple option is to get together with family or friends and go to the nearest forest. If you don’t have a car, then you can also take the train: in most regions of our country there are enough forests. Of course, not everywhere there are recreation centers, but an independent trip has its advantages: you can relax calmly, with your company, and choose any place you like.

Be sure to take with you to the forest everything you need for fun winter activities: sleds, skis, and of course, a video camera. Believe that for many months you will feel better every time you and your whole family view these truly unique shots!

By the way, for sports activities in the forest, wide skis are more suitable - forest ones. Of course, they cannot be rushed with a breeze, but it is very convenient to move on them in deep and untouched snow.

For those who like to ride with the breeze, there are other, more mastered options - where a lot of people ride. On the rolled slopes of slides, hills and hills, both experienced athletes and beginners can ride. You can also go sledding and other simple sports equipment there.

Those who still decide to get to the recreation center are advised to take enough money with them to calmly pay for equipment rental or use of the lift.

It is hardly worth taking animals to the recreation center. In the forest, the dog will feel free, but on ski resort she can get injured, and even cause injury herself, getting in the way of a skier quickly sliding down the hillside.

If you plan and conduct several such trips to the winter forest during the winter New Year holidays, then the feeling of a good rest and holiday will remain with you for a long time. After all, you can ride, play snowballs, play fun winter games, and just wallow in the snow, and then drink hot tea and eat potatoes baked in the ashes of a fire.

In order for the moments of relaxation to leave even more positive impressions, especially for children, and look good in photographs, you can take rain, tinsel, air balloons, and decorate the trees near your parking lot.

Just don’t forget to take everything with you, like garbage, and eliminate the remains of the fire so as not to spoil the beautiful kingdom winter fairy tale. After all, many people want to relax in the forest - so let them, too, be able to fully experience this fabulous winter splendor.

In a village or camp

There are other options for how to spend the winter New Year holidays to good use. If you have relatives living in your village or village, for example, grandparents, then going to them is a great choice. You can combine business with pleasure: and help relatives with the housework, and fresh air breathe enough, and walk up, and generally get a long boost of vivacity and good mood.

If there is a children's health camp or a sanatorium nearby, then you can go skiing there by renting skis. Many children's camps offer this service today: it is profitable for them, and city residents can ride and improve their health.

But even this option sometimes causes difficulties, so you can just go sledding from the hills located near your home, and you can do this even with guests who come to celebrate the continuation of the holiday.

Rules for holding

In general, the basic rules for spending the New Year holidays with benefit are a positive attitude and activity, movement and fresh air. Our children are a great incentive to spend more time in nature, play and have fun: after all, we are always busy with work, and we postpone communication with them “for later”.

Most often, children spend time playing computer games or watching TV, and adults almost do not try to tear them away from this activity - after all, they are less distracted from business. However, then problems arise: with health, training, behavior, and in many other areas.

So use the winter holidays to the maximum to take part in games, run, laugh, wallow in the snow with your children. You can even arrange a quick snowman building contest, and involve not only your children, but also their friends, preferably together with their parents.

Such New Year holidays will not only help you get closer, but will also give you a wonderful boost of vivacity and energy for several months ahead.

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Consultation for parents of a preschool educational institution on a winter theme. Winter break fun for kids and parents

Alimova Ludmila Vyacheslavovna
Description: This article is for informational purposes and is recommended for parents, and will also be useful for educators, methodologists, teachers of additional education.
Purpose: material for a slide folder in kindergarten.
Target: to develop productive activities, physical activity, moral and aesthetic education, to strengthen the health of preschoolers during the winter holidays.
Tasks:
1. To form an idea of ​​the traditions and customs associated with folk winter holidays and festivities.
2. Improve health through winter games and outdoor activities.

3. Improve skills and abilities in working with snow (sculpting, drawing).

Joint leisure of children and parents during the winter holidays

December. The most magical time of the pre-holiday bustle and preparation for the New Year is approaching. For children, this is the time of gifts from Santa Claus and winter fun. Children love winter very much for its unique opportunity to enjoy and get unforgettable experience from outdoor activities. Little fidgets love to ride downhill, skiing, skating, snowmobiling. With great pleasure they sculpt a snowman and make snow fortresses. And this is true, because one of the diverse factors affecting the health and development of a preschool child is physical activity.
Every child wants to share his joy with his closest people - parents. But often mothers and fathers do not know how to diversify the winter holidays of their children, as if they themselves were not children. And everything is extremely simple. Even the most ordinary walk can turn into a fun holiday thanks to games and creativity in the snow.
The winter vacation- this is a unique opportunity to spend joint leisure time for children and parents, actively use the time for health benefits, plunging into the magic of winter fun. So what are they, fun?

Snow masterpieces

An adult perceives snow as precipitation, which does not make it easy to move along the road, and children love snow for its many accumulations of beautiful, dissimilar snowflakes. Moreover, snow for children is a material for creativity. Snowmen, towers, fortresses, caves of unprecedented size, all such masterpieces can be seen in every yard during the winter holidays.

Painting in the snow with aerosol paints is no less exciting. Snow-white background, soft texture help to create amazing New Year's drawings.

The most favorite game of all girls and boys in the winter is "Snowballs". And not in vain! During this game, motor activity, eye, finger motor skills develop, and ringing laughter causes a positive emotional mood.

Skates and skis

We all know the benefits of being active. A large selection of skates will not leave indifferent neither children nor parents, and skating will bring a lot of pleasure. To avoid injuries, it is necessary to use protective equipment: a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads.
According to experts, skating promotes the development of the musculoskeletal system, strengthens the back muscles, develops correct posture, and also prevents flat feet.
Skiing is a useful and exciting activity. Even breathing will enrich the lungs with oxygen, and landscapes winter park leave a pleasant impression.

snow Hill

Children are delighted with skiing from a steep snowy mountain. Go to the nearest hills, so that with a healthy blush and unhealthy shortness of breath, ride with your child on a sled, ice rink, just standing on your feet. The feeling is incomparable.
The rapid downward movement overwhelms the child with feelings and emotions. Well, if mom and dad are hooked on the trailer, there is no limit to joy!

Help animals and birds

During the winter holidays, you can make a birdhouse or feeder, hang it in the park or in the yard, filling it with bird seeds or nuts for squirrels. Watching how titmouse peck grains from a homemade feeder or how a squirrel takes nuts into a hollow is a fascinating sight for kids. At the same time, the child develops a sense of love, care and responsibility for our smaller brothers.

Walks with the whole family

Walking, breathing fresh air is necessary in any weather for both adults and children, because nature has no bad weather. But when the air temperature reaches 15 degrees below zero, it is recommended to reduce the walking time in order to avoid frostbite. It is important to choose the right clothes and shoes, the movement should not be constrained, so as not to experience discomfort.
Walks can be organized in the courtyard of the house with benefits, for example, to clear the paths from snow. Leisure in the park today is full of entertainment programs: sledding, skiing, skating, winter bikes, ice figures, hot treats.
Leaving the city with the whole family, you can enjoy the beauty winter scenery, vast expanses of snow-covered fields and trees. Russian winter is the splendor of nature! And all this can be captured on a camera, make homemade sketches from memory. At the same time, the child will not only have a pleasant time, but will also acquire artistic and aesthetic skills. Discussing such walks, the child will receive unforgettable impressions and enrich his vocabulary.

Do not justify your boring leisure time with unpleasant cold weather. A little desire and activity should be shown, and the winter holidays for a child can turn into a small planet of entertaining hobbies, interesting leisure and emotional pleasure. In his memory, this will become the warmest and most pleasant memory associated with spending joint leisure time with his parents.

Christmas holidays always bring a lot of new and interesting things, which is why every child is looking forward to them. Adults, on the other hand, need to make sure that the winter holidays are not in vain for their child. Tear the student away from watching TV and computer games, change boring Moscow by diversifying your child's leisure time with exciting excursions.

Winter is not only frost and cold unpleasant weather. Show your child how beautiful and picturesque nature can be in winter time years, sending him into a fascinating sightseeing tour outside the boring capital. Especially for children of different ages, we have prepared many topics for excursions, during which each child will have fun and benefit from knowledge.

We invite elementary school students to go to the Christmas tree decorations factory, where they can see with their own eyes how toys are made for their favorite holiday. After such a journey, they will decorate the New Year tree with even greater desire and joy. Many children are delighted with visiting the sika deer farm. This tour will appeal to both primary and secondary school students. Here they will not only see, but also be able to touch and even feed real spotted deer from their hands.

Schoolchildren of senior and junior classes will be able to go on an excursion to the bakery, where they will be able to see how their favorite delicacies are prepared. And also they will get to know the profession of a cook closer, which is especially important for the graduating classes, who have to decide on the choice of profession.

Every year, for thousands of families, the question arises of how to spend the New Year holidays without being bored and not get tired. Many stay at home and all holidays watching TV shows. However, the long-awaited winter holidays are once a year, and it is better not to miss the opportunity to spend them fun and beneficially for the whole family.

We have compiled a special calendar of New Year's fun. Looking into it, you can choose classes for each day of the holidays in 2016 😉

1st of January

So let's wake up...

January 1 is a day that starts well after noon. Even if you wake up only for dinner, the program is still worth planning. A trip with the whole family to an evening session at the cinema or to an interesting winter performance is the most suitable activity for the first day of the year.The decoration of the evening will be a walking path home through the city lit with festive lights.

New Year's, Christmas trees, street garlands, Santa Clauses - everything has a festive atmosphere - a great opportunity to warm up after a long feast.

January 2

On the second day, you can arrange outdoor entertainment. Go ice skating or visit the town with ice slides and see an exhibition of ice sculptures. Entrance to such events is not limited, you just need to overcome your laziness and leave the house. But, as practice shows, even adults will find it hard to break away from fun descents on ice sleds!

New Year is a great time to remember childhood and play pranks, turning into a child for a while, and allow yourself to have plenty of fun! Evening animation and ice in colorful lights is a great place for a happy family photo session.

January 3

Who goes where, and we are in the circus! In ten days you can try to embrace the immensity and visit all the desired places of entertainment. But do not forget to take into account the fact that it is better to take care of tickets in advance.

For a leisurely walk with the kids, it is better to go to the local zoo. Looking at the animals, feeding and stroking them is a fun and educational activity. You can also personally see the symbol of 2016 - the monkey - and study its habits.

4 January

From the beginning of the year, the most profitable sales start in stores. This is just the right excuse to have a shopping day. True, this pastime is more suitable for mothers, so dads with children can be sent to frolic on the rides at the nearest entertainment center.

If you are going to buy, then in a big way and mood, so it's best to go to New Year's fair. There is always an atmosphere of celebration, laughter and fun. Perfect place for a selection of Christmas gifts and souvenirs: handicrafts of craftswomen, pleasant souvenirs and useful little things for the home for every taste and color.

5 January

After physically active noisy days, we advise you to visit friends and not just like that, but to organize a party with contests and prizes. You can arrange a fun obstacle course, breaking New Year's piñata and exchanging gifts. For those who like to train their brains, we offer quiet games of Scrabble or the popular Mafia.

In between games, brew coffee with spices and mulled wine, non-alcoholic or wine. In a friendly atmosphere at the stove, it’s better to conjure with a company, things will go more fun, and resourceful guys will suggest tastier recipes. In order not to spend a lot of time cooking, buy snacks in advance: small cookies, nuts, winter fruits.

January 6

Christmas Eve is the time for Christmas divination and Christmas gingerbread. Therefore, it's time to go to family cooking classes in a restaurant. Making Christmas cookies together is bread and spectacle in one place. And for those who like to tickle their nerves on the eve of Christmas time, they will go to a haunted quest room to complete tasks and search for treasure.

As we remember from Gogol's "The Night Before Christmas", in Russia it was customary to carol on Christmas Eve. Keep up this custom to have a fun evening with your neighbors. Team up with several families, put on carnival masks, take a button accordion (suddenly luck smiled at you, and someone will find this musical instrument) and walk under the windows of the nearest houses. You will sing well and loudly, wait for you good treats!

January 7

A real Christmas is a time to visit a cultural institution. Take a trip to the world of traditions, antiquity and everyday life by visiting a museum or a Christmas exhibition. During the winter holidays, museum workers prepare entire programs with competitions and prizes. So the tour can turn into an exciting game of treasure hunting and solving ancient secrets. In the evening, go listen to the Christmas bells or attend a festive performance.

According to a good tradition, for dinner, gather the whole family at the laid Christmas table, even if you do not belong to any denomination. In the culture of our country, the holiday of the Nativity of Christ has a long history. Prepare delicious treats, light candles and say warm wishes to each other.

January 8

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I don't really like to go on a trip for the New Year holidays. Winter, often cloudy weather, you never know if frost will hit, or, conversely, there will be a thaw. Everywhere there are crowds of people who are trying to have fun free time. In addition, winter is the traditional time for any epidemics such as influenza or SARS.

It can be very cold in winter. And very beautiful. In the photo: the temple of Alexander Nevsky in Vologda, the thermometer dropped to -25 degrees

But you don't have to choose free time. And therefore, a sacramental question arises: where to go for the New Year holidays, how interesting to spend your free time? After all, just going to visit each other is tiring, time-consuming for the hostess and generally unhealthy.

Based on my experience of traveling for the New Year holidays, in this article I will talk about some options for traveling for the winter holidays from Moscow and having fun at home.

If you are going to travelling by car, it is more convenient if the distance from your home (or the daily mileage of the car) does not exceed 500-600 km. This is due to the fact that the winter daylight hours are short, the road may not be in the best condition, it may rain or, conversely, everything will be covered with deep snow. This puts an extra burden on the driver.

Book hotels much better in advance. Especially if you are going to watch not very big popular tourist cities, such as, for example, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kostroma, Veliky Novgorod or Vologda. Already in early November, according to Booking, hotels in these cities were booked by 85-95%, only very expensive rooms remained, where the price tag reaches 100 thousand or more in 4-5 days, or apartments, that is, apartments ( not everyone likes to stay in them).

In small non-tourist cities there are free places in the hotel. So, in and in hotels there were still free places, and in general we were almost the only guests.

When searching for hotels, do not limit yourself to one booking system. It may happen that, for example, Booking will not show any suitable options, and Hotellook, Room Guru, or Agoda will offer very interesting options. In addition to hotels, you can also book apartments, for example, through.

New Year holidays the weather is very unpredictable. There may be a thaw, and a day later hit a 20-degree frost. In addition, the weather is often cloudy. Therefore, it is worth developing a route in such a way as to visit museums, estates and other places where there is an opportunity to warm up. If the weather allows, you can go on an excursion, for example, order or.

If you traveling with children, then the program should definitely include visiting places that are interesting for children. Not all kids like art galleries or estates. Tired and bored, they begin to act up, which can cause discontent among other people.

Travel options for the New Year holidays in Russia

There are a lot of options on how to spend the New Year holidays in an interesting and useful way. Here are some examples:

Trips to other cities of Russia

If you live in Moscow and are going on a trip by car, then these can be cities such as Tver, Torzhok, Uglich, Myshkin, Kaluga, etc. You should not forget about St. Petersburg and its Palace suburbs, ancient cities Leningrad region, for example, Vyborg, or.

In winter in St. Petersburg it can be quite dank and damp. But this is fully compensated by the beauty of the city and the wealth of its museums and interesting excursions.

Special New Year's excursions in St. Petersburg

If you are traveling with children, then you can go to Veliky Ustyug to visit Santa Claus. At the same time, hotel reservations should be taken care of much in advance.

In 2015, my friend and I went on a very beautiful route— — . We stopped for a day in each city. We went to museums, saw the sights. And they also “cleaned their feathers”, devoting time to beauty salons. We returned from the trip with a lot of impressions and noticeably prettier. Although we were not lucky with the weather: there was a thaw in Yaroslavl, and a bitter frost in Vologda.

During the day in Yaroslavl the weather was gray and warm. But in the evenings the city was transformed

Recreation centers outside the city

A good option is to stay at recreation centers outside the city. You can choose from large sports and recreation complexes or boarding houses, as well as small private houses. There is an opportunity to ski or skate, walk, if the complex has a swimming pool, then swim in it.

If you like flat skiing, then pay attention to Demino, which is not far from Rybinsk. There are magnificent trails that are illuminated at night. There is a ski rental.

Professional sportsmen and members of the national team train in Demino. But non-professional skiers can also use the slopes.

A few years ago, my friends and I went to a recreation center on. We rented a small wooden house with several rooms. During the day they walked, skied, drove around the neighborhood, and spent the evenings talking, dancing and fooling around. Not far from Seliger are beautiful lakes where there are recreation facilities.

In winter, the source of the Volga looks especially fabulous.

Russian North and Karelia

One of the great options winter holiday is the Russian North and Karelia. At this time, the weather here is usually very mild. You can stay at the recreation center or rent a cottage near, or a small forest lake. From entertainment - skiing, dog sledding, snowmobiles. Fishing lovers won't be bored either.

During the winter holidays of 2018, we carried out fabulous journey on the route Vologda - Vytegra - Cherepovets - Rybinsk, visited Lake Onega. In the summer of 2018 we visited the shores Lake Ladoga and fell in love with those places. We stayed at the recreation center under, which is open all year round and which I can safely recommend.

However, keep in mind that it can take several days to get there, so plan your route in advance, taking into account unforeseen situations on the road (if you are traveling by car).

South to the sea!

Several of my friends drive south almost every year for the New Year holidays. Black Sea coast Caucasus or Crimea. At this time, it is not as cold there as in Central Russia. good options recreation - Anapa, Lazarevskoye, Adler, Zheleznovodsk, Kislovodsk, Evpatoria, Yalta, Sudak, Sevastopol.

Once in the winter I went several times to Egypt and Tunisia. It was such a delight to be warm, to swim in the sea, to ride on interesting places. Unfortunately, now these countries are not the safest.

Abroad to Scandinavia

You can go, on the contrary, to the northern countries, for example, to or Sweden and fully enjoy the fabulous winter weather. Renting a cottage in Finland is sometimes cheaper than in Russia. Several of my friends were on vacation in Finland and were very pleased with the trip. And their children were delighted with the trip to Lapland, the birthplace of Santa Claus.

Abroad to ski resorts or just for a walk

European ski resorts famous all over the world. You can go to Andorra, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Serbia, Sweden and other countries. Besides, European cities at the time of Christmas and New Year turn into a real fairy tale. , For example.

One of the most beautiful places in Andorra is Ordino. Nearby in the mountains there are excellent ski slopes

If you stay at home for the New Year holidays

It also happens that you cannot go anywhere for the New Year holidays. No problem! Rest at home can be made no less interesting and unforgettable. Many museums in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities will work free of charge.

Pay attention to the service Frendi(Groupon) - here you can purchase tickets for various events with a 50-90% discount.

To the cottage to yourself or to friends

New Year holidays are a traditional time of meeting with relatives or friends. And if it can be crowded in a city apartment, and an additional burden is imposed on the hostess in the form of cooking, table setting, washing dishes, etc., then relaxing with friends in the country is more informal.

In winter, the village is a real fairy tale!

Walks in the forest

Winter is a great time for walking in the park or in the country forest. Great if you ski. And if you master horseback riding, you can get an unforgettable experience for a lifetime.

The winter forest from the back of a horse looks very different

The winter forest is very beautiful. Look what extraordinary nature this time of year:

Blue sky, white trees - what could be more beautiful!

Day trips to other cities

You can arrange one-day trips to other cities. At this time, all cities are beautifully decorated, you can find a lot of entertainment: skating on skating rinks, going to museums, just walking around beautiful places if the weather permits. Not required to choose Big City. Small towns at this time often seem especially cozy and fabulous. You can also see the estates. For example, here are some ideas for the Moscow region. You can use our selection.

Bell tower of the Transfiguration Cathedral and Cross Street in Rybinsk

Thus, there are many ways to spend the New Year holidays in an interesting and productive way. The main thing is to plan everything in advance so as not to catch yourself at the last moment.

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