Toponymic legends as a means of patriotic education of primary school students

Abstract

This article examines the issue of patriotic education of primary school students by means of toponymic material on the example of studying and researching the origin of the names of geographical objects of the small homeland. Children get acquainted with toponyms in the context of the historical past, explore linguistic features related to origin, interact with various forms of nomination of geographical objects, toponymic legends and legends; examples for research are the toponyms of the Myshkinsky district of the Yaroslavl region. Examples of names of geographical objects are given, which are revealed to primary school students in the refraction of historical events, terrain features and cultural values of the small homeland. The most attractive and vivid in content for children of primary general education are toponymic legends, which represent a significant moment in the development of horizons, in particular, speech: through the study of the object of toponymy, the features of the meaning of legends and legends are deciphered, there is recognition and understanding of the features of the beliefs of our ancestors, the meaning of magical rituals. Children also, getting acquainted with the peculiarities of the names of geographical objects by their characteristics or by geographical terminology, learn that throughout their lives the names of geographical objects can undergo changes and transformations. Thus, many modern names in the territory of the Myshkinsky district of the Yaroslavl region are visually perceived as Slavic, while their nomination is related to the Finno-Ugric group of languages.