Motanka doll is an assistant in studies

Everything in the image of this baby is symbolic: both legs in red shoes that will help such a rag “girlfriend” to tread a path to the knowledge of her owner, and pigtails that symbolically reach out to the sun and are charged with its vitality and energy

"A bird is red with a feather, and a man with a mind" or how children were taught to read and write in Russia?

Literacy was treated with reverence, and teachers were greatly revered and respected. Book understanding was considered a gift from God. And therefore they sought to master literacy.

Natalia Konchalovskaya perfectly describes the school of Ancient Russia in her poem



In the old days , children studied –

They were taught by a church clerk.

They came at dawn

And the letters repeated like this:

A yes B – as Az da Buki,

C – how to Behave, G – Verb.

And a teacher for science

On Saturdays I flogged them.

Here is such a wonderful one at the beginning

Our diploma was!

That 's how they wrote with a pen –

From the goose wing!

This knife is not without reason

It was called "pocket":

They sharpened their pen,

If it wasn 't acute.

It was difficult to read and write

To our ancestors in the old days,

And the girls were supposed to

Don't learn anything.

Only boys were trained.

A clerk with a pointer in his hand

He read books to them in a singsong voice

In the Slavic language.

The textile doll "Assistant in studies" is made in the Old Slavic traditions.
The amulet will give strength and health for successful learning, will help to assimilate knowledge better and more successfully, will add mood and protect from sad and negative thoughts.

This magical doll will definitely contribute to the fact that their mistresses bring home only fives.