This book is a collaborative activity eTwinning project We Are Valuable With Values Spring event
Authors

1.Team Moț Cornelia Alina Găvojdia Secondary School Romania

2. Team Canan Sipahi Şehit Lütfi Gülşen Kindergarten Ankara-Türkiye

3. Team Elvan YETKİN, Kabakllari Primary School, TURKEY

4. Team Elena Oprea, Raciu Secondary  School, Romania

5.Team Agnieszka MichalskaSzkoła Podstawowa nr 59 w Szczecinie,

Polonia

6. TeamAlina Ioana Mera High School, Horia, Closca and Crisan, Turda/Romania

7. Team Ilona Nedzinskienė, Alytus Dzukija School, Lithuania

8. Team Aura Cășuneanu, Secondary School No. 25, Galați, Romania

 

9. Team Emel Balci Ozbek Mehmet Ali Ekener Kindergarten Turkey

10. Team Adina Udrescu Baia Sprie Auto Technological High School Romania

11. Team Inga Kacevičienė Kėdainiai r. Miegėnai Basic School, Lithuania

12. Team Luminita Melania Dîngă, Ghelari Secondary School, Romania

13.Team Dushanka Josheva, OOU Dimkata Angelov Gaberot, North Macedonia

14. Team Livia Marilena Gherghel, Theoretical High School “IC Brătianu” Hațeg, Hunedoara, Romania

15. Team Duca Ludmila, Spiridon Vangheli Primary School, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

16. Team Claudia Emilia Frînculeasă  – Radu Vlădescu Theoretical High School, Pâtârlagele, Buzău, Romania

17. Team Adelaida Loredana Iorga – Radu Vlădescu Theoretical High School, Pâtârlagele, Buzău, Romania

18. Team Plamadeala Rodica, “Spiridon Vangheli” Primary School, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

19. Team Borș Adi Luminița „Ștefan cel Mare” Secondary School Vaslui, Romania

20. Team Mihaela Elena Duman, Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, Hunedoara, Romania

21. Team Elena Mitrescu Filipestii de Padure Theoretical High School, Prahova, Romania

22. Team Cristina Turițoiu Liceu teoretic Filipeștii de Pădure

România

23. Team Reneta Raicheva 36 High School, Sofia, Bulgaria

24. Team Nadya Stankova –  Școala Gimnazială “Sf. Sf. Chiril și Metodie” – Smolyan, Bulgaria

25.Team Enuță-Ștefan Ionica, Secondary School  No. 17, Galati, Romania

26.Team Socea Magelona -Secondary School Borlești, Neamț,Romania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEAM MOȚ CORNELIA ALINA, GĂVOJDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ROMANIA

STUDENTS DARIAN, NATALIA, ANA 

Spring has arrived! The white snow had melted and the flowers had begun to emerge from under the thick layer of snow.
Spring is the most wonderful and blooming, where snowdrops make their appearance. The sun’s rays caress the green earth full of colorful flowers. The birds had begun to sing with their thin leaves. The flowering trees had given the forest an indescribable beauty. The wind still blew from time to time through the green leaves and through the flowers. The bees were still buzzing from flower to flower among everything that is blooming and green. Sometimes, small drops fell from the sky on the leaves. Above, on the blue sky, you could see flocks of birds circling around. So spring is the most beautiful and wonderful season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEAM 2: Canan Sipahi Şehit Lütfi Gülşen Kindergarten My Team: Arya Mira,Defne,Irmak,Demir,Alya,Alper

Spring always gives people the joy of life.
It is the symbol of rebirth.
Nature begins to bloom again, the birds begin to sing happily again.
Rain falling from the sky helps trees and streams to live and revive.
In my country, traditionally,
21 March “Nowruz” is celebrated as Spring Festival.

Team Borș Adi Luminița „Ștefan cel Mare” Secondary School Vaslui, Romania

Specific traditions of Dragobete: “Dragobete kisses the girls”
Dragobetele, the Romanian love celebration, has its roots in Dacian traditions and in the belief in a kind of god of love, whose honor, on February 24, also symbolically marks the beginning of spring.
Dragobetele, son of Dochia, was the god of love and good mood. It was also called Spring Head or Summer Head and was identified with Cupid, the god of love in Roman mythology, and with Eros, his counterpart in Greek mythology.
Another name for him was Năvalnicul, being perceived as a handsome and loving boy in great need, who makes young girls lose their minds.
Another tradition says that Dragobetele was transformed into a weed called Năvalnic, by Maica Precista, after the fool dared to confuse her paths as well.
When is Dragobetele celebrated?
In the world of the Romanian village, until the middle of the 20th century, Dragobete was celebrated on February 24 and 28 or on March 1 and 25, according to researcher Ion Ghinoiu, author of the volume “Days and Myths”. Probably, in ancient times, February 24 marked the beginning of spring, the day when nature wakes up, the bear comes out of the den, the birds make their nests, and man also had to participate in the joy of nature.
On that day, the signal was given by the non-migratory birds, which gathered in flocks, chirped, mated and began to build their nests. Everyone knew about the unaccompanied “birds” at Dragobete that they remain alone and without chicks until the same day of the following year.
Following the model of flying girls, girls and boys met to celebrate Dragobetele, to stay in love throughout the whole year. If the weather was favorable, dressed for the holiday, the girls and boys met in front of the church and went to look for spring flowers in the woods and meadows.
The girl was running back to the village, usually called “flying”, followed by a boy whom she had fallen in love with. If the boy was fast and reached her, and the girl liked him, she would kiss him in front of everyone. This kiss signified the engagement of the two for a year or even longer, Dragobetele being an opportunity for the community to find out what other weddings are being prepared for the fall. From the unmelted snow, the girls gathered the last remnants in the evening – the snow of the fairies -, and the melted water from the snow was used throughout the year for beautification and for various love spells.
Even the older people didn’t sit around for nothing, Dragobetelui’s day being the one in which they were going to take care of all the orchards in the yard, as well as the birds of the sky. Animals were not sacrificed on this day, because in this way the point of mating would be ruined.
On this day, Romanian villages resounded with the joy of young people and the saying: “Dragobetele kisses girls”. There are many popular beliefs regarding Dragobete. Thus it was said that those who participated in this celebration would be safe from the diseases of the year, especially fever, and that Dragobetele helps the householders to have an abundant year.

Team Mera Alina Ioana, ,,Horea, Closca and Crisan” Secondary School, Turda/ Romania 

 

4th grade students

Spring is coming!
On March 1, the coming of spring is celebrated, but it coincides with Marțișor, a traditional holiday, which marks precisely the beginning of spring, the rebirth of nature after a hard winter and the beginning of the agricultural year. Mărțișor is one of the elements of extremely old folklore, being celebrated on the territory of Romania today, but also in the Balkans, for thousands of years.
Regardless of how it looks, the Martișor must have a cord made of a white and a red thread. Red representing fire, blood and the sun, and white means the purity of water and the wisdom of man.

 

Primary School  ,,Spiridon Vangheli”,Duca Ludmila

Team Oprea Elena, Secondary School Raciu, Romania

Little girls with smiles
At the beginning of spring,
Mărțişoru is gifted,
To all the girls at school,
And then also at mothers.

One white and one red wire
I can bring joy
On the face of the one who
He wears it on his chest with pride.

A four leaf clover,
A basket with a ladder at the back,
ladybug, snowdrop,
They all have meaning.

They are the first heralds,
What do you announce to the whole world,
The frosty winter has passed
And the heat doesn’t go away.

TEAM Cristina Turițoiu- Theoretical High School Filipestii de Padure, Romania

We enjoy the return of nature and paint the first flowers of spring.

On March 1st we celebrate Marțișor by tying a red and white string, a symbol of spring.

On March 8 we celebrate all mothers.

Team Ilona Nedzinskienė, Alytus Dzukija school, Lithuania

We celebrate many holidays in spring in Lithuania.

March 4, Kovarny Day is an old Lithuanian holiday dedicated to glorifying spring. At the moment, kovarny are flying back to Lithuania from warm countries. With the advent of Christianity, this day was identified with St. Casimir’s name day.

The flyover of birds has been celebrated on March 10 since ancient times. 40 bird day. It is called so because approximately the same number of bird species fly out of Lithuania to spend the winter in a foreign country, and then return to their homeland.

On March 11, we celebrate the day of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence.

On March 19, we celebrate Pump Day – another spring holiday with deep traditions. The old people used to believe that on this day pump would fly back, warming would begin.

March 20-21 The length of day and night becomes the same in all corners of the globe. The current level is celebrated around the world on the eve of March 0, in conjunction with International Earth Day – calendar spring.

We express the only day of the year – April 1st – with a strange psychological paradox – we can lie as much as our imagination allows and we will not receive any reprimands.

Most of us celebrate Easter every year. Easter is a movable holiday celebrated on the first Sunday of the full moon after the vernal equinox.

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May. This holiday has been known to Lithuanians since ancient times. Children and husbands congratulate mothers on this day.

 

 

Team Livia Marilena Gherghel/Theoretical High School ”I.C.Brătianu”Hațeg

 

The snowdrop is a symbol of spring, being one of the first flowers to appear after the long winter. Snowdrop is a small and cute flower that can be of different colors such as white, yellow, pink and purple. Snowfall occurs in early spring, when snow still covers the ground and the wind is still cold. The snowdrop makes its appearance in the bushes and meadows, and begins to spread its sweet fragrance. Snowdrop is a flower that can be seen in parks and gardens, and can be collected to make beautiful bouquets. Snowdrop is an easy-care flower that can be grown in the garden or in pots

Team 12 Luminița Melania Dîngă, Ghelari Secondary School, Romania

The pleasant and friendly weather makes us see in spring the ending of winter and the promise of a new beginning. Spring comes with rain, it makes the snow to melt slowly so it gives flowers a hope.

Under the snow it appears green, the wind starts to caress the ground and the trees begin their life again. The rabbits hop on the hills, the nightingales, the larks, all the birds sing their songs and the bees wait the right moment to take a sip of nectar.

Children wave ”Goodbye!” to snow and say ”Hello!” to the warm weather and to the shining sun. The flowers are pretty coloured, every tree is dressed in greenish leaves and then in white and pink clothes. The landscapes are painted in lively colours, so let`s spread our wings in the air and look at the sun which seem so happy to calm the time of spring!

 

Team: 13- Dushanka Josheva, OOU Dimkata Angelov Gaberot, North Macedonia

 

Welcome spring!

16. Team Claudia Emilia Frînculeasă  – Radu Vlădescu Theoretical High School, Pâtârlagele, Buzău, Romania

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17. Team Adelaida Loredana Iorga – Radu Vlădescu Theoretical High School, Pâtârlagele, Buzău, Romania

 

THE SWEETEST WORD

A Collective Poem Written on Mother’s Day 2023

 

Mother, dearest mother, the brightest star
On your special day in March I will always come
To say “I love you and I thank you”!
Hear my heartfelt words and my heartbeats, too
Everything I am today I owe to you,
Radiant guardian angel of my life!

20. Team Mihaela Elena Duman, Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, Hunedoara, Romania

 

Spring in the Northern hemisphere usually starts around 20/21 March. Not in Romania, though. The winter coat hanging in the closet and the little birds tweeting at my window in the morning, along with the bright rays of sun falling tenderly over the buzzing city streets on March 1st, have always been my first day of spring.

We call it Martisor (a sort of diminutive for Martie, the Romanian word for March), and we celebrate it with snowdrops, traditional gifts, plenty of joy, and dinners downtown. It is a bustling, but very special time of the year, when every city, town, and village in the country is brought to life by heaps of colorful stalls selling the so-called Martisoare.

Martisor is an authentic Romanian celebration that dates back to the time of the Thracians, but also the name given to the little talismans with red and white strings offered during this holiday.

 

 

20. Team Mihaela Elena Duman, Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, Hunedoara, Romania

 

Many women are given cards, flowers, and other gifts on Women’s Day in Romania. Women’s Day social events, including parties, dinners, and concerts, are held on March 8. Women can expect to receive gifts and compliments from their family or significant other. For example, husbands will give their wife (soție) sweets or flowers, and children will give their mother (mamă) cards. In fact, stores and shops all over Romania have massive sales just for Women’s Day. Sometimes, a boyfriend or husband may also take their significant other out for dinner or another fun activity. The most important thing is for women to enjoy themselves on this day!

My students from the 1st grade made paper flowers bouquets for their mothers.

20. Team Mihaela Elena Duman, Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, Hunedoara, Romania

 

Spring in the Northern hemisphere usually starts around 20/21 March. Not in Romania, though. The winter coat hanging in the closet and the little birds tweeting at my window in the morning, along with the bright rays of sun falling tenderly over the buzzing city streets on March 1st, have always been my first day of spring.

We call it Martisor (a sort of diminutive for Martie, the Romanian word for March), and we celebrate it with snowdrops, traditional gifts, plenty of joy, and dinners downtown. It is a bustling, but very special time of the year, when every city, town, and village in the country is brought to life by heaps of colorful stalls selling the so-called Martisoare.

Martisor is an authentic Romanian celebration that dates back to the time of the Thracians, but also the name given to the little talismans with red and white strings offered during this holiday.

 

 

20. Team Mihaela Elena Duman, Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, Hunedoara, Romania

 

Many women are given cards, flowers, and other gifts on Women’s Day in Romania. Women’s Day social events, including parties, dinners, and concerts, are held on March 8. Women can expect to receive gifts and compliments from their family or significant other. For example, husbands will give their wife (soție) sweets or flowers, and children will give their mother (mamă) cards. In fact, stores and shops all over Romania have massive sales just for Women’s Day. Sometimes, a boyfriend or husband may also take their significant other out for dinner or another fun activity. The most important thing is for women to enjoy themselves on this day!

My students from the 1st grade made paper flowers bouquets for their mothers.

Team 21-  Elena Mitrescu- Theoretical High School Filipestii de Padure, Romania

 

Spring traditions – Martisorul – March 1, 2023

Spring – the season of joy, of rebirth. The first day of spring in Romanians is Martisorului Day – the white and red wool cord symbolizes the struggle between cold and heat, good and evil. We hang small symbols on the string – a snowdrop, a four-leaf clover, a horseshoe, a chimney sweep – all with the idea of ​​giving joy and luck.

 

Team 25: Enuță-Ștefan Ionica, Secondary School  No. 17, Galati, Romania

 

International Women’s Day (generically called Women’s Day) is celebrated annually on March 8 to celebrate both the social, political and economic achievements of women and to honor the fight against discrimination and violence that still make their presence felt in many parts of the world.

March 8 is associated with spring, and one of the main symbols of this day are flowers. The international ‘mascot’ of Women’s Day is said to be the tulip. It is a symbol of spring and must be given to women on their birthday.

It is said that girls who wear the martisorul between March 1-9 will have good luck all year. March 8 is dedicated more to mothers in the Baltic countries. They receive gifts and flowers.

Team 18: Plamadeala Rodica, Primary School „ Spiridon Vangheli”, Chișinău, Moldova.

International Women’s Day is also celebrated in the spring.
The most beautiful holiday among holidays dedicated to mothers,
grandmothers and sisters. Every year, children prepare gifts,
recite poems and sing the most beautiful songs to their loved ones.
Mothers play an important role in every child’s life as they are
those who take care and educate them. As long as we acknowledge
their importance and appreciate them, their responsabilities
will feel like they tire less and are worth it.

March is the month of the revival of nature,
the month of martisor that brings color to our
lives and enlivens the holidays.

If we celebrate Spring – we celebrate love, beauty and peace in the world.
Peace is the celebration dearest to our hearts.

Team Adina Udrescu Baia Sprie Auto Technological High School Romania

 

Team Elvan YETKİN,Kabaklarlı Primary School, TÜRKİYE              Spring came early again. Almond trees were filled with white flowers. Festival preparation is everywhere. Almond drops are collected. Children are playing in the gardens. scatters sunlight.