A cultural and educational center opened in the village of AMZ

The modernization covered more than 200 square meters of library space. We have updated all the halls and the entrance group, put the facade in order, created a barrier-free environment - now children with disabilities and parents with wheelchairs will easily get here.

Until recently, there was no place at AMZ where the whole family could come and spend a few hours with benefit. Now this point of attraction has appeared. Children come here with their parents, classes from neighboring schools, and after lessons, teenagers come in with friends. The project of modernization of the institution was prepared in a short time, it was highly appreciated at the federal level - the victory in the competitive selection of the national project "Family" allowed to purchase a large number of books and interactive equipment.

“We are a place where everyone can find something to their liking,” says Natalia Nechaeva, head of the children’s library No. 5, head of the cultural and educational center. Someone needs a safe place, someone needs to be the center of attention. Someone wants to play board games, someone just wants to read.”.

The first thing a library starts with is books. After the opening of the center, the fund was significantly transformed: bright novelties and classics of Russian literature were purchased for children.

“Children mostly like to read fantasy, fiction, adventure, detective stories,” says Laisan Akhmedyanova, head of the sector of the cultural and educational center. But in the summer they take the classics because they are given a reading list. We got a lot of interesting new books.

The rules are simple and clear. Books are issued for two weeks, but for this you need to register, necessarily together with your parents. The adult fills out a special form-guarantee, and for each reader draw up a form - a reader's passport.

In the reading room there was also its own musical feature - a vinyl player and a whole set of records with fairy tales that many adults know by heart. Now children can listen to them.

“Records and a record player so that every child can listen to a fairy tale,” says Natalia Nechaeva. I think many people will tell you what vinyl records are: our childhood was spent with them.

In the next room there are new activities for young readers. Children’s attention is immediately attracted by a “talking” globe that turns a geography lesson into a game.

“Guys, what is the name of our country?” Russia, right. Let's try to find it here, - suggests librarian Valentina Ruzaykina.

Children press the right point. The Globe immediately responds and even sings the anthem. With its help, you can easily study geography and learn interesting facts about the economy and politics of different countries, about continents, names of states, lakes and rivers. In Russia, there is even more information – you can travel to specific regions and cities.

The globe is accompanied by a tablet that adds new possibilities: the world of dinosaurs, the world of virtual reality, the world of animals.

“Today we asked the guys questions about the taiga. If you connect a tablet, animals appear on it and we suggest finding a beast that can live in the taiga. There are other activities, for example, flags of countries appear on the tablet. This is all very interesting for the guys: they want to spin, spin, press, explains Valentina Ruzaykina.

Another new feature is the revived books. Some publications with the help of a tablet can talk and even sing. There is an alphabet for kids, there are books for older children - about military equipment and cars, hover over the tablet - and the model of the tank comes alive, you can see it in 3D.

Just a few meters away is a new location. The interactive sandbox will surprise even the most sophisticated child: volcanoes appear here and rivers are born. There are a lot of games in the complex: the seasons, the rules of the road - everything to captivate children with different interests. With this technique, you can also engage in patriotic education.

“The interactive complex includes a huge number of different activities,” says Tatiana Mingaleva, head of the event and creativity hall. We especially like “Homeland in the palms”: we can remember Russian folk tales, heroes, proverbs and sayings. We talk to children about symbols of Russia, national costume. Thanks to the complex, we can play games on the floor, such as checkers and chess, and on the wall.”.

There are in the updated library and places for individual work - two monoblocks. You can do it yourself here.

“Monoblocks help children with disabilities. Here is a special document camera that helps visually impaired children to increase the font, explains Natalia Nechaeva. As you can see, this is a little book. We put it under the camera and the book comes to life, grows in size.

Another location awaits children with parents. A lot of special equipment was purchased for such activities - from bright toys to interactive panels.

“With the new equipment, children develop spatial thinking. He swiped his finger, and the puzzle fell into place. We use this in our work when we work with children within the framework of the city project “Biblionica”, Natalia Nechaeva noted.

Such lessons for the youngest are very popular among the villagers, because parents want to instill in the child a love of reading from an early age. The best advertising is word of mouth.

“People share information about our center with each other,” says Natalia Nechaeva. We have an open record, most likely there will be a second group. After school, it is very difficult to get the child out of here. It’s nice to know that Dad comes with his kids a lot. It is also important that all children's libraries in Chelyabinsk are free of charge.”.

The target audience of the center is children, teenagers, residents of the village and students of the neighboring school. Not far from the library there is a correctional school, its students also often came here for classes, but after the transformation of the site, they have never been here: for them, a trip through the updated halls became a separate event.

The head of Chelyabinsk Alexey Loshkin highly appreciated the new center and noted that there should be as many such spaces as possible.

“In fact, the national project “Family” gave the city of Chelyabinsk a unique space,” said Alexey Loshkin. We created it in a short time. Different formats are successfully combined here: there is a traditional book reading, many interactive projects, which are studied with great interest by children. Our children are very curious, they love to read. And I see that they come here with their eyes burning.”.

The doors of the library No. 5 at AMZ are open to everyone: children who are just learning to hold a book in their hands, teenagers, parents, and teachers are waiting here.