Abstract of the lesson on drawing traffic rules. Abstract of the lesson on traffic rules in the preparatory group "Travel to the country" Rules of the road. Educator: If we want to eat

Sections: Working with preschoolers

Program content:

1. Consolidate children's knowledge about warning, prohibition, prescriptive, information and guidance road signs and service signs.
2. Exercise in the ability to schematically depict road signs using different visual materials (paints, colored pencils, felt-tip pens, helium pens).
3. To develop skills of orientation in space, the skills of conscious use of knowledge of traffic rules in everyday life.
4. Develop children's attention, creative imagination.

Preliminary work:

  • classes on traffic rules in a group;
  • didactic games: "Our street", "Put a road sign", "Traffic light", "Guess which sign";
  • reading fiction on the topic of traffic rules;
  • conversation "Road signs";
  • familiarity with road signs in everyday life.

Material for the lesson:

  • "damaged road signs";
  • paper of different sizes;
  • paints, colored pencils, felt-tip pens, helium pens for all children.

STUDY PROCESS

A traffic light comes to visit the children for a lesson.

Traffic light: Guys, I came to you for help. The fact is that I live in a magical country, everything was fine with us, but one day the Confusion Fairy sent a Mischievous whirlwind. He stole all the road signs and threw them into a deep ravine at the edge of the country. Residents found road signs, but they are in such a deplorable state that it's just a disaster. Not a single sign is now similar to itself, I will now show them to you (posts "spoiled" road signs, time is given to examine the signs). Accidents began to occur in the city, pedestrians fall under the wheels of cars, cars cannot cross the railway crossing, wild animals are afraid to cross the road passing through the forest, pedestrians quarreled with drivers, passengers cannot understand where the "food point" is and where the "service point" ". Guys, help us, please fix our signs.

Educator: Let's help the inhabitants of the Magic Land?

Children: Yes!

Educator: Okay, but first, let's repeat what road signs exist and what they mean, and the Traffic Light will listen to us and tell us his opinion.

Children's stories about road signs.

Traffic light: Well done guys, you're right! But what do we do with the "spoiled" signs?

Educator: Don't worry, Traffic Light, we will help you, the children will draw existing signs for you and also invent and draw new ones that will help the inhabitants of Magic Land in life, right, guys?

Children: Yes!

Educator: We will split into three groups; the first group will draw warning signs, the second group - forbidding, and the third - information and indication and service signs.

Children are divided into groups and distributed among themselves, who will draw what signs. Independent work of children, during which the educator provides individual assistance, hints, recalls the methods and techniques of drawing.

Educator: Finished guys? Traffic light, look, did our children cope with the task?

Traffic light: Yes thank you.

Educator: But that's not all, now the guys will draw one more sign, which they came up with themselves. These signs are not simple, they will help the inhabitants of a magical land in their fun life.

Children draw imaginary signs.

Traffic light: Very interesting, what do they mean?

Creative stories of children about their invented signs.

- Thank you guys, I will definitely convey your signs and wishes, I have to go. Goodbye.

Educator: You did a good job, coped with the task, and whose signs and stories about them did you like the most?

Analysis and introspection of children.

- Well done, did you like the lesson? In the next lesson, we will continue to get acquainted with the rules of the road.

Outline of the complex-thematic classes "The Road and We" for the preparatory group

Description: the material will be of interest to older preschoolers, educators
Target: consolidation of knowledge of traffic rules
Tasks: to develop in children the habit of behaving correctly on the roads, to educate them as competent pedestrians, to develop cognitive activity as a road user;
promote the development of caution, prudence on the roads, educate attention, concentration, the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in everyday life.

I. Formation of a holistic picture of the world

Topic: "We are pedestrians"
Goals and objectives: clarify knowledge of some road signs; clarify the knowledge that in the city all traffic is subject to special rules; consolidate knowledge of the rules for crossing the carriageway of the street; to bring up responsibility for their safety, to generalize the idea of ​​the work of traffic police officers.
image of road signs.
Lesson progress:
The teacher reads the poem:
I walk to the traffic light
In front of passers-by.
Only on a zebra, I know for sure
I will cross the road.

What would happen if people and cars stopped following traffic lights?
- What would happen if road signs suddenly disappeared: No. pedestrian crossing, "Be careful, children!", "Bus stop"?
Places road signs on the board, reads riddles, asks to find an answer on the board:

Round sign, and in it a window,
Don't rush in haste
And think a little:
What is this, a brick dump?
("traffic closed")

I'm in a circle with a red outline,
It means it's dangerous here.
Here, understand, prohibition ...
(pedestrian)

I'm walking in a blue circle
And it is clear to the whole district,
If you think about it a little...
(footpath)

We walked from the garden with you,
We see - a sign on the pavement:

Circle, inside the bike,
There is nothing else.
(Bike Lane)

I want to ask about the sign
It's drawn like this:
Guys in the triangle
They are running with all their might.
("Careful, children!")

Task: find the signs according to the description:
- prescriptive: "Bus stop", "tram stop", "hospital", "food point", "pedestrian crossing", "underground pedestrian crossing", "bike path", "pedestrian path"
-- forbidding: “careful, children!”, “entry prohibited”, “cycling prohibited”, “crossing prohibited”
-- warnings: "careful, children!", "railroad crossing", "road work"
The teacher gives each sign to the guessing child.
Then he clarifies that the signs are for motorists (“no stopping”, “no parking”, “no entry”, “caution, children!”, “travel only straight ahead”, main road) for pedestrians (“underpass”, “overground crossing "" crossing is prohibited "), and signs for pedestrians and motorists ("pedestrian crossing", "bus stop") and invites children to take turns raising signs for pedestrians, for drivers and for pedestrians and drivers (see photo No. 1 game " road signs").
The teacher asks questions:
- Remember what rules pedestrians must follow?
- And what services in the city are responsible for traffic safety?
The teacher deciphers the abbreviation of the traffic police, clarifies the role of the traffic police officer and suggests visiting a playground with an imitation of a road, a pedestrian crossing, with signs and a sculpture of a traffic police officer in the center of the site on the weekends with parents.

II. Introduction to verbal creativity.

Topic: D. Orlova story "The New Adventures of Stobed" from the magazine "Health" (reading)
Target: reading a story
Tasks: consolidate knowledge of the rules of safe behavior on the street; contribute to the correct perception of the story; Continue to take responsibility for your own safety.
Demonstration equipment: illustration for this story.
Lesson progress:
The teacher offers to listen to the story of D. Orlova "The New Adventures of Stobed" from the magazine "Health" about the wooden naughty boy Stobed, who rolled down the hill on a sled and hit the roadway.
Questions:
- What is the story about?
What mistakes did the boy make?
- What conclusions can you draw for yourself?

III. The development of speech.

Theme: "The road does not tolerate pranks"
Target: making up a story from a picture.
Tasks: consolidate knowledge of the rules of safe behavior on the street; consolidate the ability to compose a story based on a plot picture; exercise in the selection of synonyms, continue to educate the responsibility for their safety.
Demonstration equipment: A4 pictures: children play football near the roadway, a boy goes down the hill to the roadway, boys play hockey on the road, a boy goes down the hill to the roadway.
Lesson progress:
Educator:
-- The road is a high-risk area. Crossing it and being near it must be done with caution. What do you think is not possible to do next to the road? (play, indulge, jump out onto the road for a ball, ball, etc.) Why? (this may cause an accident).
The educator offers to sequentially consider the children a series of paintings, where the plot is the games of children near the roadway.
Questions about the first picture:
What time of year is shown in the picture?
- Where do the boys play?
- What names can be given to them in order to make a story about them?
- What activities did the children choose near the road?
For the second picture:
Why was the boy on the road?
- What can happen in such a situation?
For the third picture:
Why did the car crash into the house?
What were the boys doing on the road?
For the fourth picture:
Why was the boy scared?
Where would it be safer to sled?
-- What can happen?
Depending on the level of speech skills of children, the educator suggests compiling a plot story for four children in succession, one picture for each child.
Story plan:
1. What happened on the road?
2. How did the participants feel about what happened?
3. What rules did they break?
Giving an assessment to the stories, the educator notes the accuracy and consistency of the description, the use of definitions, the complexity of sentences, the expressiveness of speech.

IV. Drawing

Theme: "The road does not tolerate pranks"
Target: drawing on the topic of compliance with traffic rules.
Tasks: consolidate knowledge of the rules of behavior on the street; to teach to depict different types of transport, their shape, proportions; to consolidate drawing skills with simple and colored pencils, using an eraser; to consolidate the ability to draw a human figure in motion; to consolidate the ability to position the image using the entire area of ​​​​the sheet.
Demonstration equipment: pictures of A4 format: children play football near the roadway, the boy goes down the hill to the roadway, the boys play hockey on the road, the boy goes down the hill to the roadway; handout: landscape sheets, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, crayons, felt-tip pens.
Lesson progress
The teacher, demonstrating visual material:
- You, of course, remember these pictures. You wrote stories about them. What do these pictures have in common? (children play next to the road and this leads to an accident).
The teacher invites the children to arrange an exhibition of drawings in the group "The road does not tolerate pranks." To do this, first of all, you need to think over the composition and content of the picture in advance. To convey in it a simple story that tells about the behavior of road users. Build a multifaceted drawing, use the entire space of the foreground and background.
Draw a sketch with simple pencils, carefully paint over with colored pencils. Follow the rules for working with pencils.
The teacher reminds the children about observing the proportions between parts of objects, the proportions of parts of a person, as well as about transferring the ratio of objects to each other in size. Reminds you that in a drawing some objects may partially obscure other objects, you need to pay attention to this when drawing and painting.
At the end of the lesson, the work is hung out for review. Children talk about their drawings: what exactly they wanted to show in their work, whether it was possible to convey the situation on the road in a small plot drawing and correctly assess the actions of pedestrians and drivers. The teacher, together with the children, evaluates the drawings, notes interesting in design, the complexity of arranging the image on a sheet of paper (using the foreground and background), original solutions in the composition, accuracy, respect for proportions relative to each other.

V. Manual labor

Topic: "Manufacturing of figures of people for theatrical and gaming activities according to the rules of the road"
Target: making figurines of people.
Tasks: to consolidate the ability to draw a person; to consolidate the ability to work with pencils and scissors; to consolidate knowledge of the rules of the road, traffic signals; to consolidate the ability to conduct a story game, to agree on the development of the plot with comrades; develop fantasy, imagination.
Demonstration equipment: an image of a human figure, two children's collective applications "On our street" of A1 format; handout: small rectangles of light yellow paper, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, felt-tip pens, scissors.
Lesson progress
The teacher, demonstrating a collective application depicting a road, houses, cars, trees, traffic lights:
- Remember, we recently made these two large applications? Each made their own house and one of the cars, you can easily recognize them. But look carefully, who is missing on the applications? (pedestrians).
The teacher pays attention to which directions the green and red traffic lights shine, where pedestrians could cross the road. He invites children, remembering the proportions of a person, to draw little men on small rectangles (in proportion to the houses and cars on the application), color and cut them out along the contour. Reminds about the rules for using pencils and scissors, monitors the progress of children's independent work, helps as needed.
Children place cut-out figures on applications and beat the plot “I’ll go to visit a neighbor”

Educational area: "Security" and "Socialization"

Subject: "How to avoid dangers on the street"

Target: formation of a consciously correct attitude to compliance with the rules of the road.

Tasks:

    Educational:

    Summarize the knowledge of children about the rules of the road, about traffic lights, about road signs.

    Teach children to see what is a danger to their life and health.

    Developing:

    Activate the speech of children, the ability to answer questions.

    Develop ZKR, automate the delivered sounds.

    To consolidate the ability of children to guess riddles, the development of logical thinking, ingenuity,attention, memory.

    Develop small hand movements, coordination of movements.

    Educational:

    To create a situation of joyful emotional mood, to educate in children competent pedestrians who can independently use the acquired knowledge in everyday life.

Types of children's activities in the NOD:

Communicative.

Game.

Motor.

Cognitive.

Equipment : bus, letter, traffic light, road signs, split cards, computer for presentations.

Game progress:

The teacher and the children gather in a circle :

Hey! Guys, come on

Look at each other

Say hello with your palms

Smile a little.

Educator: What mood have you got?

Children: Good.

Children: This is us.

Educator: That's right, look at what kind of kids you were. When you came to our kindergarten, you did not know how to dress yourself, did not know how to hold a pencil correctly. It's been almost three years now. Now, when I look at you, I see that you have changed a lot, grown up and learned a lot, learned a lot.

I know that you love to play and now I want to play a game with you.

The game "Stand up, those who ..." is being played.

Children sit on chairs arranged in a circle, listen and perform the task of the teacher:

    Stand up those who like to play cars?

    Stand up those who come to kindergarten on foot?

    Stand up those who are brought to kindergarten by car?

    Stand up, those whom mother brought today?

    Stand up, those whom dad brought today?

    Stand up those who come to kindergarten alone, without adults?

Educator: Look, guys, now you are all sitting, which means that you all come to kindergarten with adults, with mom or dad, with grandma or grandpa. Why do you think? (children's answers). That's right, you and I know that the street is a place where you need to be very careful so that trouble does not happen.

Knock on the door bring in an envelope (traffic light)

Educator: See what an interesting envelope that resembles the color of the envelope?

Children: Traffic light.

Letter : Hello guys.

In our country, traffic lights, a disaster happened: "Shapoklyak",

ruined the main traffic light and now we have accidents on the roads all the time. Shapoklyak promised to return the signals to the traffic lights if we complete all her tasks.

Help us please!

Educator: So guys, can we help?

Then let's not waste time - let's start completing the tasks of Shapoklyak

Let's go to the traffic light.

Educator:

Get comfortable

Our cheerful bus

Take your places quickly

road adventure

Our children are expected!

Educator: so that the road would not be boring, we will sing (“rubber bands”, we sing vowel sounds in different keys).


Educator: What are the rules for pedestrians and drivers called (children's answers). That's right, it's the rules of the road.What do we say about the rules of the road?

Chorus:

"To never get into difficult situations,

You need to know and follow the rules of the road!”

Conversation at the traffic light

caregiver : Tell me, do you and your family always follow the rules of the road? Let's remember our relatives (finger gymnastics"This finger").

Educator: The guys who are our main assistant on the street. How does a traffic light help people and pedestrians? How many signals does a traffic light have? What do they stand for?

Educator: When I show a green signal, you march in place, when it's yellow, you clap your hands, when it's red, you stand still.

Educator: Well done boys.

Look at traffic light red light lit up. It means we have done the right thing.

caregiver : Tell me, can children drive a car? Why? Can adults be drivers? Why? (children's answers - to drive a car, you need to study, you need to get a license, etc.)

Of course, you still cannot drive a real car, but you and I can dream up and play. Want to?

Fizminutka "We are drivers" (children show movements)

Let's go, let's go by car

(driving)

We press the pedal

(bend the leg at the knee, stretch)

Turn gas on and off

( turn the lever towards you, away from you)

We look intently into the distance

(palm to forehead)

Wipers clean off drops

Right, left - clean!

("wipers")

Hair ruffled by the wind

(tousle hair with fingers)

We are drivers anywhere!

(right thumb up)

caregiver : Where are the traffic lights on the street? (Crossroad). Think and tell me if a red light is on for pedestrians, what kind of light will be on for passengers? Why?

Let's check and play.

Situations are played

Educator: Well done boys.

caregiver : Guys, think and tell me what else helps pedestrians and drivers to follow the rules of the road, except for the traffic light? (road signs)

The game "Riddles about road signs"

    What kind of sign is this?
    - "Stop!" - he orders the cars. -
    Transition, go boldly
    Stripes in black and white.( Crosswalk ).

    Red circle, rectangle

Every student must know:

This is a very strict sign.

And wherever you are in a hurry

With dad in the car

You won't get through.

(No entry)

    You can find a sign like this

On the fast road

Where is the big hole

And it's dangerous to walk straight

Where the area is being built

School, house or stadium.

(No Pedestrians)

    Under this sign, oddly enough,

Everyone is waiting for something all the time.

Some sitting, some standing...

What kind of place is this?

(Bus stop location)

Educator: Well done boys. You guessed the riddles, you know the road signs. Then try putting them together.

Game "Fold the sign" (cut pictures).


Educator: Well done!

Look at our traffic light, it also has a yellow signal.

Educator: Guys, we are in a magical, fabulous country, which means that transport should also be unusual here.

Guys, Shapoklyak sent us video questions about fabulous transport.I will guess, and you try to guess:

Viewing a presentation (question and answer slides ).


- On what did Emelya ride to the king's palace?

- What did the good fairy turn the pumpkin into for Cinderella?

- What gift did the parents of Uncle Fyodor give to the postman Pechkin?

- Baba Yaga's personal transport?

Educator: Well done! Look at the traffic light, it also turned green. We returned the signals to the traffic lights. Now it's time for us to go back to kindergarten. We sit back in our bus.

(music plays)

Goals:- continue to acquaint children with the rules of behavior on the street and in transport;

  • fix the rules for crossing the street;
  • to consolidate the concept of "pedestrian crossing", traffic signals.

Lesson progress:

Communication and speech game “Dear friend”

Purpose: to set children up for each other, to enable each child to feel in the center of attention.

mischievous bell,

You guys in a circle build.

The guys gathered in a circle

On the left is a friend and on the right is a friend.

Let's hold hands together

And we smile at each other.

Educator:- Guys, we are going to go for a walk through the streets of our big city. What is the name of the people walking down the street?

Children:— Pedestrians.

Educator:“Ah, there are rules of the road for pedestrians.

  1. child - Everywhere and everywhere the rules,

They must always be known.

Without them they will not go sailing From the harbor of the court.

  1. child - Go on a flight according to the rules

Polar explorer and pilot. The driver and the pedestrian have their own rules.

  1. child - In the city, along the street

They don't go just like that: When you don't know the rules, It's easy to get into trouble.

  1. child - be careful all the time

And remember beforehand: The driver and the pedestrian have their own rules.

Ya. Pishumov.

Educator:- Guys, look who is coming to meet us?

Children:- Dunno!

Educator:“But Dunno is upset about something. Tell Dunno what happened to you?

Dunno:- Once in a big and noisy city,

I'm lost, I'm lost...

I don't know the traffic lights

Nearly got hit by a car!

There are cars and trams around, then a bus is on the way. To be honest, I don't know where I can cross the road.

Guys, help me

And if you can tell me

How to cross the road

So as not to please the tram!

Educator: Don't be upset dude. Our guys are already familiar with the most important rules of the road. They will not only tell you, but also show you how to behave on the streets of the city.

Educator:- So, we went out into the street and went for a walk along ... I forgot. What is the name of the part of the street on which pedestrians must walk?

Children:- Sidewalk.

caregiver: That's right, children. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk. And on which side of it?

Children:- On the right.

Educator:- That's right, on the right. To avoid disturbing other pedestrians. But in the pedestrian business, the most important and difficult thing is to cross the road. So please answer the question: where should pedestrians cross the street?

Children:- Underpass, pedestrian crossing or zebra crossing.

Educator:- That's right, the street is crossed in a strictly defined place. And this is an underpass, a pedestrian crossing or a zebra crossing.

Guys, what kind of assistants do pedestrians have?

Children:- Regulator, traffic light.

  1. child: - Police post

Very important and not easy. He makes sure that everyone along the way Knows how to behave.

  1. child: - At any intersection

We are met by a traffic light

And starts a very simple conversation with a pedestrian.

The light is green - come on!

Yellow - better wait!

If the light turns red -

Moving is dangerous!

Be patient.

Learn and respect

Traffic rules.

Educator:- Guys, let's help Dunno remember the traffic lights.

Held traffic light game.

Purpose: to consolidate children's ideas about the purpose of a traffic light and its signals.

The leader switches the traffic lights.

  • on the green children are stepping in place;
  • on yellow they clap their hands; - keep silence on red.
  1. child: - The city is full of movement:

Cars run in a row.

Colored traffic lights

Both day and night are burning.

  1. child: - Walking carefully,

Follow the street - And only where you can cross it!

Educator:- Well done, children! You have shown and described everything correctly.

Dunno, do you remember the traffic lights?

Dunno:— Yes, and now I know where and how to cross the street. Thanks guys!

You helped me a lot. Goodbye!

Educator: Guys, I think it's time for us to go back to kindergarten.

But we will return by bus. I'm going to stop. And here is the bus.

We take places, sit down comfortably, and hit the road (children sit down). Educator:- And while we are driving, tell us about the rules of conduct in public transport.

Children:- Do not touch the doors while driving. You have to wait for the driver to open them. You can not run around the salon.

Educator:— Is it possible to talk while driving with the driver?

Children: - No, the driver is distracted.

Educator:— Can I lean out of the window?

Children:- No, it's dangerous.

Educator:- Can I speak loudly?

Children:— No, it disturbs other passengers.

Educator:- Well done! You are good passengers, you know how to behave. This is where our walk ends. We calmly get off the bus, become pedestrians again and return to the group.

Subject. What is the street talking about?

Goals. Clarify the idea of ​​​​special light signals: flashing lights, headlights. To deepen children's knowledge of road signs: warning, prohibition, index, service signs. Develop thinking. To cultivate attention, concentration, sensitivity, responsiveness, the ability to help others.

Material. Models of road signs, cards with the image of cars, a punched card "Road signs", attributes for the game "Colored cars".

Lesson progress

1. Psycho-gymnastics.

1. "Add a syllable." The host says the beginning of the word, the children finish (add the last syllable).

2. Bagel . The teeth are closed, the lips are rounded and slightly extended forward. The upper and lower incisors are visible.

“The teeth are closed. And what?

Our lips are like a donut."

3. Finger gymnastics "Four brothers".

“Four brothers are walking towards the elder.

- Hello, big boy!

- Hello, Vaska-pointer, Bear-middle,

Grishka-orphan and baby Timoshka.

Teacher. Children, today I want to invite you to the school of drivers.

II. Didactic game"What to feed the car?" The teacher invites the children to sort the pictures into groups, depending on what the car “eats”. (Petrol or electricity.)

Didactic game"Who will name more cars?" (cargo, cars, special purpose).

III. Teacher. When a person learns to read, he is shown letters. Words are made up of letters, and whole sentences are made up of words. The road language also has letters - signs. But they do not need to be put into words. One sign, one road letter means a whole phrase - a road signal. These signals are circles, triangles, rectangles. Blue, white with a red border (shows signs). It is no coincidence that they have such a color and such a shape.

One group of signs was placed on triangles with a red design. How would a traffic light signal them? What are these signs called? What warning signs do you know? (Children's answers.)

Teacher. Another group of signs is not accidentally placed in a circle with a red border or a red background. These are prohibition signs: “Entry is prohibited”, “Movement is prohibited”, “Pedestrian traffic is prohibited”, “Bicycle traffic is prohibited”. Everything is forbidden yes forbidden. Therefore, these signs are called ... how?

Children. These signs are called prohibitions.

Teacher. But the signs on the circle are blue. They allow movement in the indicated direction. And the signs on the blue squares suggest something: about where the passage is located, the underpass ...

And another group of signs - blue signs with drawings - either a spoon with a fork, or a red cross, or a tent, or a bed. It is not difficult to guess that these signs indicate: there is a dining room nearby, a medical center, if you want to relax - a resting place is not far away. These are service marks.

IV. Punch card "Road signs". The teacher invites children to connect cards depicting road signs with signs depicting problem situations on the road.

Teacher.

The city in which we live with you

You can rightly compare with the primer.

The alphabet of streets, avenues, roads

The city gives us a lesson all the time.

Here it is, the alphabet, above the head:

Signs are posted along the pavement.

Always remember the alphabet of the city

So that trouble does not happen to you.

V. Fizminutka "Colored cars".

Children stand on the edge of the playground. They are "cars". Each has its own color circle. On the other side is a teacher, when he raises a flag of any color, children who have an identical flag run around the playground and buzz. When the box is unchecked, "cars" are returned to the garage, etc.

teacher. Cars run along the streets and roads, countless times they have to turn, slow down, stop, and each time the car either blinks a yellow or white light, then lights up red. When do the car lights come on? (Children's answers.)

Flashing lights are light signals, pointers (shows illustrations). With their help, drivers warn other drivers and pedestrians about their further actions (turns, overtaking, stops, starting and ending movement). If the driver needs to turn, then before the turn, a red or yellow light flashes behind and in front of the car, and all pedestrians and drivers know where the car should go. And if the brake lights turn on with a red signal, then the car stops. The red lights on the car in front come on - it means that the car following it slows down or stops, and then the collision will not occur. These signals are especially important in the evening and at night when it is dark outside and on the road.

Cars are equipped with a sound signal. They are used in exceptional cases, to prevent a traffic accident. When crossing streets and roads, pedestrians should carefully follow the warning signals of approaching vehicles.

Children, what groups are road signs divided into? What are the lights on cars? What do they stand for? (Children's answers.)