Keyword: «fairy tale therapy»

The article is devoted to the actual problem of development of mathematical abilities of preschool children. The characteristic features of the personality of preschool children, as well as scientific works devoted to fairy tale therapy and elements of logical and mathematical development are analyzed. The necessity of involvement of preschool children in this type of activity for the purpose of enrichment of their logical and mathematical experience is revealed and proved.

The article discusses the types of fairy tales and methods of fairy-tale therapy. There are such methods of fairy-tale therapy as storytelling and writing fairy tales; drawing fairy tales; making dolls.

The article is devoted to the description of the results of an experimental test of the possibilities of fairy tale therapy in the formation of moral ideas in children of senior preschool age. The author provides a description of the developed program and its testing and concludes that the means of fairy tale therapy provide ample opportunities in the formation and development of the moral sphere in children.

A developing technology in an environment of artistic and creative dialogue is a result of the long-term joint design, educational and exhibition experience. The purpose of this article is to present and justify the authors’ methodological materials on writing a fairy tale based on an artist's painting for fairy tale therapy and for using it in order to develop an individual's creative potential. As a result of the study, the authors have given a definition of “the author’s fairy tale based on the artist’s painting”; summarized theoretical information about the phenomenon of fairy tales; developed an algorithm for writing a fairy tale based on the artist’s painting, justified its psychological structure; made a list of technologies for searching for a plot and selecting fairy tale characters based on painting. It was found that the environment of the exhibition encouraged viewers of the exhibition to become the authors of their own fairy tales based on the painting.