One of its important components for children attending preschool is a matinee, which combines a theatrical performance, competitions and games and ends with the presentation of gifts.

In order for the children to immerse themselves in the fairy-tale atmosphere and remember the holiday for a long time, it is important to make and implement a thoughtful and cheerful scenario of the New Year's matinee, taking into account the age and interests of the kids. When drawing up a scenario for a New Year's matinee in the middle group, one should take into account the age characteristics of children and competently combine cognitive, entertaining, creative and mobile elements of the holiday.

At the age of 4-5, the child understands the essence of the New Year and is familiar with its main components: decorating the Christmas tree, festive songs and poems, waiting for gifts from Santa Claus. This contributes to the active involvement in the preparation of the costume and participation in the performance. Great cognitive and playful interest among pupils of the middle group of kindergarten is the starting point when drawing up a scenario for a New Year's matinee. For example, you can add a story about winter and winter activity to the idea and introduce traditional fun on the example of the game "Repeat after me", during which the presenter simulates movements when skating, skiing, playing snowballs, etc.

It is advisable to use a screen on which you can display puzzle pictures, broadcast images suitable for the theme of the matinee or even video files. Creating small video files is an interesting idea that will appeal to adults and children. However, it requires considerable preparation and, most often, the participation of parents in the process of creating a holiday. You should carefully consider the inclusion of such inserts in the course of the New Year's matinee, and the videos themselves will require adaptation of the script. An important feature of the psychology of pupils of the middle group is the predominance of positive emotions and high "infectivity" with the mood of other children and educators.

A New Year's matinee can be a great help for creating a creative and magical atmosphere, nurturing a sense of interaction and improving communication skills. In addition, during participation in the performance, imagination, fantasy, artistry, expressiveness of speech, singing and rhythmic abilities develop, the level of trust between children and adults increases. Alternating mobile and calm competitions will help children not to lose interest in what is happening and not to get tired. Introducing an element of a fairy tale into the design of the hall and into the plot of the performance will help maintain the magical atmosphere and form a positive attitude towards the celebration of the New Year among the pupils of the middle group.

Preparation for the New Year's matinee New Year's holiday in the kindergarten is a joint work of teachers, parents and children. Key characters in the performance should be played by adults. Children from the middle group are assigned small roles, the words for which they are easily able to learn. When writing a script, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of the pupils and the capabilities of the kindergarten team and the parental asset. Mandatory participants of the New Year's matinee are Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Their access to the children is the main part of the holiday. Before their appearance, as a rule, a theatrical action is played out. As a basis, you can take literary or animated works that are well known to children.

A greater number of ready-made scenarios of New Year's matinees in the middle group of preschool education institutions are on the Internet. You can use one of them completely or write your own based on it. It is important that the characters included in the script are recognizable and understandable for children of the middle group. The behavior of the characters should be logical and predictable, and the whole plot should not be made complex, multi-layered, confusing.