Comenius multilateral project "The Seasons"

1. SUMMER IN LITHUANIA
Šilutės r. Katyčių pagrindinė mokykla
,,The Seasons”
Comenius Multilateral Project
2013 – 2015

2. Summer is the stuff of a dream. When adults sit at
their desks, and children sit at their schools, they
dream about summer.

3. Summer is the time of an infinite
fun.

4. Summer months

5. June - Birželis

6. July - Liepa

7. August - Rugpjūtis

8. The Weather in Summer

9. The weather is a funny thing,
it changes every day.

10. Look outside now, can you say
what the weather is today?

11. Is there the sunshine?

12. Is there any rain?

13. Is the wind blowing down the lane?

14. Look outside now, can you say
what the weather is today?

15. Summer is such a time when even
a sparrow is busy in every yard

16. The plants bloom and thrive in
summer.

17. Birds and animals nest and grow
up their young

18. People work on their farms, fields
and gardens.

19. Summer is also a time of holidays.

20. Celebrations in summer
• Father’s Day
• St. John’s Day or the
Day of Dew
• The State Day
• The Assumption.

21. Father’s Day is celebrated on the
first Sunday of June

22. St. John’s Day or the Day of Dew
• It is the summer Solstice Day,
when a day is the longest and
a night is the shortest.
• Lithuanians believe that dew
becomes magical at that
night.They also reverence the
Sun and burn fires..
• It is known that a fern blooms
at that night. Its blossom
brings success and luck to
everyone who finds it. So, on
St. John’s night, young people
go to the woods looking for a
blossom of a fern.

23. The State Day
• In Lithuania the State
Day is celebrated on
6th of July.
• It commemorates the
coronation of the first
and only king of
Lithuania, Mindaugas.

24. The Assumption
• The Assumption Day is
on 15th of August .
• It means the day that
Virgin Mary was taken
into the Heaven.
• The Lithuanian name for
this day is "Žolinė", the
Herbal Holy Day. It
means that summer is
coming to its end and
there are the last days for
flowers and herbs to
bloom and thrive.

25. The Storks’ Leaving Day
• Lithuanians believe that
storks bring spring,
coming back to Lithuania,
and call for autumn,
leaving our country.
• It is assumed that 24th of
August is the day when
storks begin to leave
Lithuania. It means that
autumn is approaching.

26. “This project has been funded with support
from the European Commission. This
publication reflects the views only of the
author, and the Commission cannot be
held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained there
in.”