Fostering patriotism is one of many tasks of parents. In family the foundation of this feeling which promotes formation of civil consciousness at the child are laid.
Personal example
One of effective methods of fostering patriotism is the personal example of parents and other family members. It is impossible to bring up in the patriot's child if at him the negative to the country expresses. Do not afford it. Even if you had an unpleasant opinion, do not voice it at the child.
Begin education of patriotic feelings with small. Draw the attention of the kid to beauty of the native nature. Let it will be the park or the gardens, the main thing that the child was able to see harmony of the natural phenomena, a plant and animal life. You teach it to protect wildlife, to keep it for others. It will be good if the child himself is able to plant a plant and to look after him.
In process of your forces and opportunities take care of that place, where do you live. Let your child see that you do not throw garbage on the roadside, do not trample down a bed and you do not pick flowers and branches. For it it will become standard of behavior. Further he will begin to behave also, showing elementary skills of cultural behavior. And it will promote fostering patriotism. Acquaint the child with participants of the Great Patriotic War. Explain to him what their immortal feat consisted in. Let him learn about those feelings which young soldiers had, protecting the country. Veterans, being a part of history, will be able to describe to the child, to be how important the soldier of the Homeland.
Influence of external factors
At the child such external factors as peers, kindergarten or school, mass media, the Internet have a great influence on the procedure of education of patriotic feelings. If you noticed that the child acquires from them the wrong data, explain to him what is true and that is not present. The authority of parents supported with a personal example usually has bigger influence. Together with the child you find those facts in the history of the country of which it is possible to be proud. Read him books where heroic feats of your compatriots are described. After reading, in the course of the conversation, specify what the feat of any given hero consisted in. Trace what transfers and movies are watched by your child. Information which does not correspond to age of the kid is inadmissible. He should not see violence scenes, murder and extremism. On their basis at him incorrect idea of the defender of the Homeland can be created. Even information on the Great Patriotic War should be issued it is dosed. At preschool age it can make a strong impression on the child.