Счита́лка «Кати́лось я́блоко»


📍 This counting rhyme belongs to День 24 of Course 1. Say it with your hands – then go back to the lesson.
👆 Счита́лка · A counting rhyme
Кати́лось я́блоко
An apple was rolling – who is out?
⏱ 5 min · 🎒 You need: two or more people (or toys) 🧸
👀👂 Смотри́те и слу́шайте · Watch and listen
  • 🎬 Natasha's video is coming soon. Until then: read a line, then do it.
🤸 Покажи́те · Show it

Every line has its own gesture. Do it on the stressed syllable.

Say Do
Кати́лось я́блоко Roll an apple with your hand on ТИ́ 🍎
Ми́мо са́да, Point at the next person on СА́
Ми́мо са́да, Point at the next one
Ми́мо гра́да. Point at the next one
Кто подни́мет, Pick up an apple on НИ́
Тот и вы́йдет. Point – «вы́йдет!» – that one is out 👉

How to play: stand in a circle. One player says the rhyme and points at a new person on every beat. Whoever gets «вы́йдет» is out – or is the one who starts the next game.

🔁 Повторя́йте · Say it and do it

Clap on the stress ´ – then do the move.

Кати́лось я́блоко
Ми́мо са́да,
Ми́мо са́да,
Ми́мо гра́да.
Кто подни́мет,
Тот и вы́йдет.
🗣️ Ва́ша о́чередь · Your turn
  1. Count your toys, cups or fingers with it.
  2. Say it fast, like Russian children before a game.

Can you do it without reading? – Молоде́ц!

✅ Прове́рьте себя́ · Check yourself

1 What was rolling?

An apple.
A ball.
A ring.

2 Who is out?

The one who picks it up.
The one who eats it.

3 «кра́сное я́блоко» – why -ое?

я́блоко is an оно́-word.
я́блоко is an она́-word.

Хорошо́! Молоде́ц!

💡 Заме́тьте · What to notice
  • я́блоко is an оно́-word: кра́сное я́блоко – one colour, three endings (День 24).
  • кати́лось – оно́ again: я́блоко кати́лось.
  • град – an old word for го́род (town).


📖 Текст · The text (open it only after you can say it)
Кати́лось я́блоко
Ми́мо са́да,
Ми́мо са́да,
Ми́мо гра́да.
Кто подни́мет,
Тот и вы́йдет.
An apple was rolling
past the garden,
past the garden,
past the town.
Whoever picks it up,
is out!
A Russian folk counting rhyme (счита́лка). The old page also had other lines («бульк», «ры́бка», «царе́вна») – taken out, their author is not known.
📚 Слова́ · Words
кати́лось – was rolling · я́блоко – apple · ми́мо – past · са́да – garden · град – town (old word) · кто – who · подни́мет – picks up · вы́йдет – goes out
Tap a word – the dictionary opens. You don't have to learn them all. 😊