What is a day and how are they divided into parts? Determining time - pm or am? Evening time of day.

“We’ll see you tomorrow morning”, “we’ll call you in the morning”... We use such phrases quite often, only then it often turns out that everyone’s morning begins and ends at different times. How much time can really be considered morning?

In fact, it’s hard to say for sure when the morning begins. There are a lot of definitions - folk, astronomical, official - and each of them in its own way defines the boundaries between times of day. Some people generally use the simple principle “ When I woke up - then it was morning“, so it turns out that for some, morning is five o’clock in the evening.

Until man began to use artificial lighting, morning began with sunrise and evening with sunset. The length of daylight hours determined the length of the “working” day. Some people still use this distinction, but the times of dawn and sunset shift depending on the time of year - the division of the time of day is too unclear. In addition, it is not clear how to draw the line between evening and night, morning and day. That is, it is clear when the morning begins, but it is impossible to objectively determine when it ends and the day begins.

In addition, each language has its own stable expressions related to the time of day. For example, in Russian they say “two o’clock in the morning,” but in most cases they say “four o’clock in the morning,” that is, four o’clock is already morning, although in winter it may still be dark outside the window at this time. But, unfortunately, such descriptive constructions do not help to clearly distinguish between morning and day, evening and night: it happens that someone is used to saying “three o’clock in the morning,” and someone is used to saying “three o’clock in the morning.”

And in many English-speaking (and not only) countries it is generally customary to use 12 hour format time, and divide the day into only two periods - before noon (a.m., ante meridiem) and after noon (p.m., post meridiem). It is not customary for them to use descriptive constructions (although this does not mean that they do not use them at all), so the problem of dividing the time of day remains.

So it turns out that every country, and even every person has his own subjective perception of time of day, associated with the customs of the country and one’s own daily routine. For example, most office workers associate morning with the beginning of the working day, afternoon with the lunch break, and evening with the end of the working day.

But still, is it possible to somehow bring this into a unified system and distinguish between the times of day in order to clearly understand when the morning begins and ends? This way a lot of misunderstandings could be avoided!

Most European countries have adopted a single division of the day. According to this division, the day is divided into four equal intervals of six hours each.

It turns out that the times of day are distributed as follows:

• from 0 to 6 o'clock - night
• from 6 to 12 o'clock - morning
• from 12 to 18 o'clock - day
• from 18 to 24 hours - evening

It is reasonable to use such a system, for example, when business communication, when you need to be 100% sure that the morning of the customer and the contractor coincides: it happens that the contractor is sure that he sent the work to the customer in the morning, as agreed, but at that time it is already day for the customer. And how will you understand who is right and who is wrong if everyone judges by their own criteria? This is why we need a pan-European system - so as not to wonder “ When does morning end and day begin?»

Ekaterina Kiseleva
Lesson in senior group“Parts of the day: morning, afternoon, evening, night”

Senior group lesson.

Parts of the day: morning, day, evening, night.

Tasks: - expand ideas about parts of the day, their characteristic features, sequences ( morning, day, evening, night, - be able to determine parts of the day, introduce a generalizing concept "Day".

Introductory word.

- Guess the riddle: I don’t walk and I don’t fly,

Try to catch up!

I can be golden.

Well, look into a fairy tale! (goldfish)

From which fairy tale did it come to us? Goldfish?

That's right, the goldfish lives at the bottom of the sea, where it is always dark. So she can't tell the time days. Let's help her.

A day as a measure of time has its own specific quantitative characteristic - 24 hours, so time is measured in days. It is the first natural unit of time.

The day is usually divided into four parts: morning, day, evening, night.

Time days when the sun appears above the horizon is called morning which comes with dawn. The sun is just rising above the horizon, rising above the trees and roofs of houses higher and higher, giving us its bright rays and sunny smile.

in winter morning starts later, and earlier in the summer. And even in the summer, there is morning dew on the grass. This is when the grass is wet, as if it had rained, but in fact there was no rain, just night the air cooled and turned into small droplets of water that settled on leaves and blades of grass. Morning starts with waking up. Plants wake up, opening their buds, animals and birds wake up, crawling out of their holes and flying out of their nests. In the morning you need to get out of bed and make it carefully. Then go wash, brush your teeth, do exercises and get ready for kindergarten or school. Meanwhile in the kitchen in the morning Breakfast is already waiting for us, which my mother prepared. Listen poem:

Morning

Dawn rises over the river

A rooster is crowing in the yard.

Kittens wash themselves

The guys are waking up.

During the day a person is awake. Children playing in the yard of the house or kindergarten, schoolchildren study and return home after lessons, while adults work. Small children are supposed to sleep a little after lunch during the day, and schoolchildren do homework for older people to up evenings to do do your favorite things and go for a walk.

During the day, the sun rises high in the sky and moves from east to west across the sky, gradually descending in the afternoon towards the horizon. In summer the sun rises high above the horizon, and in winter it sets low and quickly.

During the daytime classes are held for children throughout the day in kindergarten and school, after which it is lunch time. Lunch consists of first, second and third, after which you need to rest a little, and for younger children "quiet hour".

Closer to evening It's time to have lunch. An afternoon snack is a small dinner, which consists of a bun with tea or fruit and juice, after which you can go for a walk.

Day

The sun is high in her

It's a long way from sunset

The mouse drags the grains into the hole.

Baby learns the alphabet.

In the evening the sun sinks lower and lower and sets below the horizon. It's time day is called evening. And when the sun disappears over the horizon, you can watch a beautiful sunset. It can be bright in yellow-red rays. in winter evening it comes early and the sun sets quickly, and in the summer evening long and the sun sets slowly.

Plants, animals and birds are preparing for sleep. Flowers close their buds, animals climb into their holes, an anthill in the forest closes, and birds sing lullabies near their nests.

Evening is the time when children come from a walk and adults from work. This is dinner time, after which you can play a little, watch TV or read an interesting book.

WITH evenings you need to prepare for tomorrow, pack your clothes, books for school, brush your teeth and go to bed. After evenings the darkest time is coming day - night.

Evening

The red sun has set.

The squirrel hides in a hollow.

Dryoma comes to visit us,

He takes the story with him.

At night all the people, animals and plants rest to gain strength for the next day. People sleep in their beds under a warm blanket, dogs and cats curl up in their cozy places, birds hide in the branches of trees, and plants have their buds closed. Some animals, such as owls, which sleep during the day, stay awake at night, but most animals at night They sleep in their nests and burrows. Night is a time of silence, rest and sweet dreams.

The sun is hiding far below the horizon and it is very dark around. But now you can see the stars in the sky and the month appears for a while. During the day, the stars and moon are invisible due to the bright sunlight, but at night in complete darkness they appear in all their glory.

At night a month appears in the sky. This is the moon - our satellite of planet Earth. When a month is full it is called a full moon. It comes in the form of a waxing or waning crescent. Or it may not happen at all - it’s called a new moon. While we last night, to the other parts the globe the sun is shining and it's going strong day.

– The earth moves around the sun and at the same time rotates around its axis. To make it clearer, look at this globe.

Night

The stars are shining in the sky.

The birds are sleeping and the fish are sleeping.

Flowers sleep in the garden beds,

Well, we are in our beds.

Now let's warm up:

Big round moon

Rising in the starry sky.

(raise your hands up, hug your head).

She sends her bright ray to me

And whispers: - It's very late!

(they raised their hand to their forehead and looked into the distance.

"chi-chi").

The moon rises, and I go to bed!

And you'll have to sleep until the morning!

(We raised our hands up and made a house above our heads.

Place your hands under your cheeks).

...Big Yellow Moon

He turns pale and leaves.

(Join your hands in a circle and lower).

The stars have gone out and you can see

Dawn. And the sun rises.

(Hands to the sides).

I will get up, and the moon will go to bed!

To she needs to sleep in the evening!

(We stretched, put our hands under our cheeks,

The index finger was raised to the lips and "chi-chi").

- And so, guys, you and I know what there is in a day day and night. It's light during the day. During the day in kindergarten there are classes, you can play, walk, nap.

What are you doing during the day?

– It's dark at night. Almost all people are asleep. What are you doing at night? (I'm sleeping).

– Evening is coming when it ends day and it starts to get dark outside. What are you doing In the evening?

(I return from kindergarten, walk, watch TV, get ready for bed).

– When it ends night, comes morning. The sun is rising. What are you doing in the morning? (I wake up, get up, wash my face, go to kindergarten).

Now let's play.

Didactic game “When does this happen?”

Target: consolidate knowledge about parts of the day; practice matching pictures with parts of the day: morning, day, evening, night.

The game can accept participation from 1 to 4 people.

Game rules: according to the word that the teacher says, show the card and explain why he chose it. Match this card with the models parts of the day(squares yellow, white, brown, blue).

Game action: search for the desired picture and its relationship with the model parts of the day.

Material: models parts of the day, pictures reflecting activities at different times days.

The sun is rising brightly, the cockerel is singing in the garden,

Our children wake up kindergarten are going.

When does this happen? (in the morning)

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, the children have gone for a walk.

When does this happen? (in the afternoon)

The day has passed, the sun sets, dusk slowly creeps in.

Light lamps and candles. The dark is coming (evening)

The bears and elephants are sleeping, the hare and the hedgehog are sleeping,

Everyone around should fall asleep.

Our children too. When is everyone sleeping? (at night)

Children guess riddles and choose a picture for themselves and look at it carefully. Match the picture with parts of the day and correlate with the desired model, explaining why.

Reflection.

How else can you call it day? (day)

From which parts consists of a day? (morning, day, evening, night)

“We’ll see you tomorrow morning”, “we’ll call you in the morning”... We use such phrases quite often, only then it often turns out that everyone’s morning begins and ends at different times. How much time can really be considered morning?

In fact, it’s hard to say for sure when the morning begins. There are a lot of definitions - folk, astronomical, official - and each of them in its own way defines the boundaries between times of day. Some people generally use a simple principle “When I woke up, then it was morning”, so it turns out that for some, morning is five o’clock in the evening.

Until man began to use artificial lighting, morning began with sunrise and evening with sunset. The length of daylight hours determined the length of the “working” day. Some people still use this distinction, but the times of dawn and sunset shift depending on the time of year - the division of the time of day is too unclear. In addition, it is not clear how to draw the line between evening and night, morning and day. That is, it is clear when the morning begins, but it is impossible to objectively determine when it ends and the day begins.

In addition, each language has its own stable expressions related to the time of day. For example, in Russian they say “two o’clock in the morning,” but in most cases they say “four o’clock in the morning,” that is, four o’clock is already morning, although in winter it may still be dark outside the window at this time. But, unfortunately, such descriptive constructions do not help to clearly distinguish between morning and day, evening and night: it happens that someone is used to saying “three o’clock in the morning,” and someone is used to saying “three o’clock in the morning.”

And in many English-speaking (and not only) countries it is generally customary to use 12 hour clock, and divide the day into only two periods - before noon (a.m., ante meridiem) and after noon (p.m., post meridiem). It is not customary for them to use descriptive constructions (although this does not mean that they do not use them at all), so the problem of dividing the time of day remains.

So it turns out that every country, and even every person has his own subjective perception of time of day, associated with the customs of the country and one’s own daily routine. For example, most office workers associate morning with the beginning of the working day, afternoon with the lunch break, and evening with the end of the working day.

But still, is it possible to somehow bring this into unified system, and distinguish between the times of day in order to clearly understand when the morning begins and ends? This way a lot of misunderstandings could be avoided!

Most European countries have adopted a single division of the day. According to this division, the day is divided into four equal intervals of six hours each. It turns out that the times of day are distributed as follows:

• from 0 to 6 o'clock - night
• from 6 to 12 o'clock - morning
• from 12 to 18 o'clock - day
• from 18 to 24 hours - evening

It is reasonable to use such a system, for example, in business communication, when you need to be 100% sure that the morning of the customer and the contractor coincides: it happens that the contractor is sure that he sent the work to the customer in the morning, as agreed, and the customer It's already day. And how will you understand who is right and who is wrong if everyone judges by their own criteria? This is why we need a pan-European system - so as not to wonder “When does the morning end and the day begin?”

Can every adult define what a day is? If you think about it, we often use this word only for the time when we are awake, equating them to the day. But this is not true. It will take very little time to sort this issue out once and for all.

What do the reference book and dictionary say about this?

If you look into them, you will find several interpretations of this word. And the first answer to the question of what a day is is the following definition: a unit of time that is equal to the approximate value of the period of revolution of the planet Earth around its axis. Why approximate? Because it is not smooth, but has minutes and even seconds. To be precise, 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds. It is impossible to divide them into an even number of parts. And 24 hours is just a little short.

But the theory does not stop there. It turns out that a day can be solar and sidereal, planetary and used in civil life.

In order to determine what a day is, you will need to select any point in time and count 24 hours from it. Usually the counting of the day begins with sunrise, although it is more convenient to count from midnight. That is, from the hour when a new calendar day begins.

How is the day divided?

First, into 24 equal parts. From here the answer to the question logically follows: Exactly 24. Each of them consists of 60 minutes. This means there are 1440 minutes in a day. But that's not all, the latter are divided into seconds. Their number turns out to be 86,400.

Secondly, there is also such a thing as time of day. In other words, morning, afternoon, evening and night. Here the division is no longer as clear as in the previous paragraph. This is due to the subjective perception of the day by each person and different peoples. And technical development has erased the boundaries between the concepts of “morning” and “day”. If early morning came with sunrise, because only then it was possible to start working on the street, but now, with the use of artificial street lighting, you can work in the fresh air even at night.

And yet technological progress and the ability to communicate with people different countries demanded the introduction of a single division. Therefore, the time of day according to the clock became like this:

• from midnight to 6 o'clock - night;
• the next six hours are morning;
• 6 hours in the afternoon - day;
• the last six hours are evening.

What divisions of the day were there in the past?

The Arab peoples, for example, highlighted the following moments in the development of the day:

• dawn;
• sunrise;
• the time of its movement across the sky;
• entry;
• twilight;
• the time when there is no sun in the sky, that is, night.

The next thing in the day is dawn, another name for it is dawn. It precedes the sunrise. That is, during it it is already dawn, but the sun is still hidden behind the horizon.

The third period is sunrise. It is associated with the direct appearance of the luminary in the sky.

The culmination of the sun's movement is associated with next time day - noon. Toward evening comes the time that is commonly called “before dark.” By analogy with the term “dark,” this is the period when it is still light.

Sunset refers to the time when the sun disappears below the horizon. Immediately after sunset, semi-darkness sets in, which is commonly called twilight.

What's bigger than a day?

It is logical that week, month and year. Therefore, after solving the question of what a day is, you will want to understand the definitions of other units of time.

The smallest of them is a week. It consists of seven days. The calendar starts from Monday and ends on Sunday. But it can be any sequence of seven consecutive days.

A slightly larger month. It contains from 28 to 31 days. The difference in this amount depends on the non-integer value of the lunar month, which is slightly more than twenty-eight days. Initially, the number of days in the months alternated and was either 30 or 31. And one, the last of the year - February - turned out to be the shortest. It had 29 days. But over time there have been small changes. One of the months - July - was named in honor of Julius Caesar (the emperor was born in this month). Augustus replaced the ruler. By the decision of the emperor, one of the summer months began to bear his name. The number of days in it was also changed to 31. It was decided to take it away from the month that was already the shortest. So, February became another day shorter.

The largest unit of time in the calendar was the year. And it also turned out to be not an integer. Therefore, its value ranges from 365 to 366. The first value is taken for simple years, and the second corresponds to leap days. The latter make it possible for February to become somewhat longer. Namely, exactly for a day.