A living corner (also a zoo corner , a green corner ) is a small place in the premises of a school or preschool institution, as well as an enterprise or organization decorated with plants and small, often decorative, animals in specially adapted cages , terrariums and / or aquariums .
In the form of a corner in the room are prohibited by Rospotrebnadzor (SanPiN 2,4,1,2660-10): you need a separate room where children can only watch, hands are forbidden to touch, only watering flowers is allowed. In view of this, the original meaning of the living corner has lost its meaning, and in any pre-school or school institution they simply are not there.
Name Etymology
The term “living corner” comes from the stable phrase “ living ” ( organism ), as part of wildlife in a small corner of the room .
Significance and arrangement
The arrangement of living corners is of great importance in cities and large settlements, where a person is divorced from communication with wildlife and his life is filled with constant stress. Observation of living organisms helps to relax and for some time to get rid of fuss, having a rest and receiving a charge of positive emotions from contemplation of green plants and variegated flowers, as well as from communication with animals.
Literature
- Zoo angle // Brief Encyclopedia of Household / Ch. ed. A.P. Gorkin. - 4th ed .. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 1993. - P. 508-512. - ISBN 5-85270-052-5 .
- Corners of wildlife. - Sat articles edited by V.A. Gerda and S.A. Petrov. - L., ed. Brockhaus Efron. 1926.
- Wildlife Corner: a teaching aid . - Leader-M, 2010-01-01. - 156 p. - ISBN 9785918230213 .