Keyword: «organizational and pedagogical conditions»

The article discusses the development of initiative in older preschool children in the context of the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for Pre-School Education and the Federal State Educational Standard for Pre-School and Primary Education. The concept of «initiative in older preschool children» is defined as an integrative personality quality that manifests itself in independence, activity, and a conscious attitude towards goals and results. The article substantiates the pedagogical potential of volunteer activities for the development of initiative. The article presents a model and a partial program called «Young Volunteers,» which includes a target, content, and organizational section, as well as social design and support technologies. The article reveals the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the effectiveness of the process (orientation-targeted, resource, socio-psychological, etc.). The results of the experiment confirm the positive dynamics in the development of the components of initiative in children of the experimental groups.