Approaches to the classification of extreme situations in livelihoods of the younger schoolchild

Abstract. The article deals with the systematization of the approaches to the classification of the extreme cases. The author specifies the notion "extreme case" in the context of the activity of primary school children. The author describes her own approach to the allotment of the extreme cases types according to the place of their origin. The author gives the results of the survey held between primary school teachers and students from pedagogical universities.