Kids with Mums and Dads Invented Fairy-Tales, Drew Fishes, Made Videos and Compiled Mezen Guides
The interregional environmental Family Battle contest launched on 1 September, initiated and conducted by the Leshukonye Central Library (Arkhangelsk region) as part of the Model River Mezen project, is completed.
The family teams that applied for the contest had to travel “distantly” along the Mezen river from its source to the estuary by performing environmental tasks. Each task fulfilled correctly earned points for the teams. The teams with most of the points competed in the final – at the “estuary” of the river. Families from Leshukonye, Mezen and Udora districts were invited to participate in the competition. 6 teams were admitted for the start, 5 from Leshukonye and one from Udora. Four teams got to the final – Joyous Family, Girls and Cactus from Leshukonye district and Udorachi from Udora district.
The game consisted of 5 stages. At the first one the participants had to invent a fairy-tale, story or legend about how the Mezen river appeared, and the children had to illustrate their essays. At the second stage the participants had to make a video with the youngest family member reciting a poem about the Mezen river. At the following stages they had to compile and present a quiz devoted to the Mezen and do the quiz prepared by another family.
The final test was creation of a tourist guide of the district chosen at random (either Leshukonye, or Mezen, or Udora districts). In addition, the children had to draw fishes inhabiting the Mezen river.
All tasks were assessed by a jury made of four people. According to the jury, the participants took a creative approach to fulfilling the tasks, they did it with all their hearts, all their works turned out to be bright and interesting. However, it was a competition, so the winner certificate and the prize went to the Joyous Family team – Anna Ivanova and Maxim Ivanov from Leshukonskoye – with 85 points they had earned. Our congratulations on the victory! The other teams were awarded participant certificates and souvenirs.
“We are thankful to all the participants”, Svetlana Ivanova, the contest facilitator, said. “Thank you very much for finding time to participate in our initiative. A special “thanks” is to the Udorachi team from the Republic of Komi – Alyona Tsyngina, Bogdana Tsyngina and other members of their big family.
It should be noted that the Leshukonye Central Library staff joined actively the Silver Taiga’s project on sustainable fishery resources management in cooperation with the local population (Model River Mezen) and conducted a cycle of environmental training events entitled as Mezen – River of the North, River of Life in June-September. The environmental Family Battle is just one of such events.
Family Battle winners Anna and Maxim Ivanovs
