Keyword: «creative tasks»

The article discusses the development of cognitive interest in animals among third graders in literary reading lessons, as well as effective pedagogical conditions for its formation. The experience of using methods such as reading and analyzing texts of works of art about animals, role-playing games, and creative tasks in pedagogical practice is being studied, which contribute to a deep understanding of the material and emotional responsiveness. The article concludes that an integrated approach, including a variety of methods and techniques, contributes to a significant increase in cognitive interest among younger schoolchildren, forming in them a stable motivation to learn and an ecological culture.