Education during the war: webinars about Fairytale Ukraine for children and parents

The active phase of the war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine left millions of Ukrainian children without the opportunity to fully study. Someone cannot attend school, communicate with peers, someone was forced to move and change the place of study.

But adults understand that it is impossible to leave children in Ukraine and abroad without education and development, even in such difficult times. To access interesting and useful information to restore the cognitive activity and creative activity of children and parents, a new family educational project "Fairytale Ukraine" was created, which was launched by the IT company GlobalLogic Ukraine .

The cultural online project started on April 19th. It consists of six free online meetings, during which Ukrainian children and their parents will be able to get to know the culture and creativity of their native country. The organizers note that now it is more important than ever: “Our art and heritage is an intangible asset of every Ukrainian. We are confident that Fairy Tale Ukraine will unite families with children by spending time together.”

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The webinars are attended by well-known Ukrainian writers, directors and journalists, whose stories about where fairy tales, stories and fables come from, will be of interest to participants of all ages - both kids and grandparents.

The first meeting was devoted to Ukrainian mythology, which is "cooler than Marvel". Writer Nick Lissitzky told why Ukrainian mythology is one of the richest and most interesting in the world. The listeners learned what Ukrainian heroes and Avengers from Marvel films have in common, and could also learn how to create comics with Ukrainian superheroes. During the second webinar, "Tales about a Tale", Ph.D. in Philology Tatyana Sinyok spoke about the origin of Ukrainian folk tales.

Schedule of the following online meetings:

• May 3: The Hero's Journey: Writing Fairy Tales. Yulia Konoplyana, together with the audience, will analyze the path of the hero and help the participants come up with their own fairy tale.
• May 10: "Comics and Stories". Together with screenwriter and artist Taras Frolov, you will learn how to create real comics.
• May 17: "From a drawing to a real cartoon." Director Svetlana Magda will explain how the animation is created. You will find out what is the difference between Ukrainian cartoons and the work of the Disney studio.
• May 24: "How do cartoon characters get their voice?". Writer and journalist Tatyana Kasyan will tell how cartoon characters come to life with the help of voice.

Viewing is free, you can join all webinars with a single link . Lectures will start at 18:00.

In addition, each webinar will be announced in detail in a meeting on Facebook , stay tuned for announcements. The webinars can also be viewed on YouTube .

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