They know how to surprise newcomers during the traditional week of additional education institutions for children and youth. This is followed by children enrolling in several clubs simultaneously.

They know how to surprise newcomers during the traditional week of additional education institutions for children and youth. This is followed by children enrolling in several clubs simultaneously.

There are plenty of options for those wishing to choose their leisure activities: 49 clubs are available in the district. In the center's building on Sovetskaya Street, there are over ten, and in the aesthetic department on Lobanka Street, there are four.

The last guests of the open house week were pupils from Secondary School No. 4. Sixteen first-graders, after a concert with clay whistles and meeting a turtle, continue their "journey." Alla Misnik, the head of "Magic Patchwork," shows that toys are not only made in factories and not from whole materials, but can be sewn by hand from fabric scraps. She promises to teach children patchwork mosaic. Elena Savchenko conducts a beadwork masterclass: a couple of minutes and

Under "Kukarella," Svetlana Mikhno, a teacher from the "Neposedy" dance studio, teaches simple dance moves. Business cards have been received, the tour of the center is complete – and the children, with no less enthusiasm than for participating in all the club presentations, ascend to the second floor. The convenient location of interest clubs for them is in one building, combining both study and leisure.

By the way, for similar classes for children in big cities, parents pay considerable sums, while in this center, they are free.

Ekaterina Ossovskaya

In the photo: Elena Savchenko gives a beadwork masterclass.

Photo by the author.