Keyword: «проектная деятельность»

The article deals with the essence of cognitive activity and the pedagogical leadership of the development of the cognitive interest of preschool children. The necessity of development of cognitive activity as the decision of a problem of successful adaptation of the preschool child at school is revealed and proved.

The article discusses the continuity of preschool and primary levels of education, the inadmissibility of bringing all children to a common level of development by transferring school forms of education to a kindergarten. The authors share their own experience in educational activities as a result of which pre-school children develop key competences that enable them to effectively study in an elementary school.