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When I was returning from the school I saw a young cat high in the crown of birch. It was meowing loudly. At first moment I was afraid to climb on thin branches to save it, however later I became more courageous; because I knew that cat itself could not come down from the tree. When I saved her we became best confidential “friends” . From that event cat each day waited on me at the house door and helped me several time to overcome teenager’s large and small problems.

Melita Trdin

With parents we hiked the whole Slovenian hiking path and visited many beautiful places in Slovenia. At school we had a test from geography, which included was an exercise to put some famous places (the capital, Triglav, Koper..) on the map of Slovenia. My parents were disappointed, because I put the places, which I visited on wrong positions (for example Triglav (the highest peak in Slovenia) on the seaside).

With our children we already visited several of those places – however, now I have a map in the car on which we are marking the places we visit, roads where we were driving or hiking, so that our children can orient better on the map.

Knez Alenka

All pre-school period in the evening I spent some time with children – reading stories, talking what happened in kindergarten...

This evening  talks we used to have also in the school period – so I learned a lot about what happened, when I was not with my children and what about they are thinking.

I am happy that they accepted these evenings as ours, so that we are talking their and my experiences, even now when they are teenagers. So this period is for us also nice, without special »teen age » problems.  I know that for good relationship with teenager I started to build in the preschool period.

Knez Alenka

It happened one day, when I was not feeling well, I had pain in my stomach so I laid down on mattress in playing room. The astonished children came to me and asked me what happened, do I have stomach pains. Than they laid or sat down around me and started to touch me tenderly. They were extremely tender and sensitive. They became quite, they were playing quitter with more feelings.

Lina Umek

That day I was in bad mood because, I had conflict with my co-worker. Probably I was absent with my thoughts, or I showed non-verbally my bad mood, and sadness. A boy came to me, he recognized my problem , and started t talk with me. I knew that he has a young dog, so I guided the talk in this direction. I asked him is he playing a lot with a dog, does dog obey him, did it make already some gaff, what do likes to ear, where does it sleep... boy answered my questions, art end I asked him:« What kind of »pasma« (breed) is your dog?«. The boy answered:«No it does not »pase« (graze)!«. I started to laugh gave the hug to the boy and said:« Thank you to make me feeling better!«. Boy said:«How?«. I explained him tha pasma (breed) means what is the dog like, does it have long ears, long or short tail, is it large or small, does it have short or long hair...he said «Oh this? It is Great Dane.".

Urška Rihtar

I like to remember my childhood, because I have a really nice memories.  We were living together with grandparents in same house, so whenever it was possible I was sneaking to grandmother , who was always doing something interesting .

The nicest moment  were in the winter, when she made fire in stove , and was shucking the beans or was sitting at old sewing machine sewing something. In those moments she had time for storytelling.  We, children climbed on stove and liked to listen to her because sometimes she invented part of story. We knew that, but we did not interrupt her, but we were asking her again and again let she tell us a story »about fat boy, who ate all.«; or...

I still remember some stories, what left is my love for storytelling »with mouth« as once one child from my group has said.

Nataša Majhen

n childhood I was often visiting my grandma and grandpa.  They told me true events of their life in Germany, were several families were moved. The grandma always made the visit more interesting preparing food like pancake, plum dumplings....We were sitting around the table and we children were carefully following the mimicry of face, the peach of the voice, what only grandparents could do.  Several times we were singing songs. We were always happy when were visiting grandma and grandpa, and we were permanent asking them »tell us another story.«

All children in age group 5-6 years are participation in action »reading badge« (parents are reading to the children at home, and children present the content of the stories on different way in the kindergarten). A boy wanted to tell other children the folk story shepherd. He invited all children to sit on carpet. He was telling the story on very interesting way (he has rich vocabulary, and is good speaker). During storytelling children were listening carefully, however in one moment he stopped and asked:«Children do you know what does mean merciful?«. All children answered:«No!«, He said:«OK I will explain. Merciful means that you are merciful. Do you understand now?«. The children were looking astonished. Then I helped him with explanation (in two sentences), and boy has continued with storytelling.