Keyword: «preschool age»

The value foundation of modern education is the education of a socially mature person, ready for productive interaction with the surrounding society, introspection and self-development, which contributes to the expansion of human potential in a positive transformation of socio-economic reality. In this regard, it is necessary to search for new opportunities for the effective socialization of the individual in an earlier period — preschool childhood. Despite the fact that the problem of younger generation socialization generates increasing interest among the scientific community, both among theoreticians and practitioners, the essential character of preschool children socialization as a process and result has not been properly described. Therefore, we consider it important to make an additional analysis of foreign and Russian research works, to identify the characteristic features of socialization as a process and result; to identify key factors affecting the process of preschool children socialization; to study the main criteria for the effectiveness of preschool children socialization; to clarify the definition of “preschool children socialization” based on the subject-activity and competency-oriented approaches, to identify the main parameters of the effectiveness of preschool children socialization. As a result of the study, it was found that effective socialization of a person should take place under the conditions of a subject-activity oriented approach. In addition, the family and the inner circle are the key links in the process of preschool children socialization. Criteria, parameters, levels of preschool children socialization were worked out. The concept of "preschool children socialization" was clarified. The theoretical significance of the article is in contribution to the socio-pedagogical theory with the characteristics of preschool children socialization using a two-way approach. The practical significance of the article is in the possibility of using the results of the study for the methodological support of the diagnostic tools of researchers and teachers to identify the effectiveness of preschool children socialization.

this article actualizes the problem of content features of moral representations of children of senior preschool age. The article reveals the content of the concept of "moral representations" from the point of view of domestic and foreign authors. The results of a diagnostic study of the level of social normativity of older preschoolers are described.

The article deals with the problem of socio-psychological readiness of children for school education. Features of preschool children at the stage of preparation for school are described. The features of socio-psychological readiness of children who attend and do not attend kindergarten are studied and presented.

The article describes the basics of moral representations of preschool children. Special attention is paid to the possibilities of fairy-tale therapy as a means of working in the DOW to form moral ideas. The characteristic features of the fairy-tale therapy method in the work of a teacher-psychologist are highlighted and described.

The article is devoted to the study of speech activity in preschool children with mental retardation. The theoretical analysis of the research of domestic and foreign specialists is carried out. The concepts of speech and speech activity are revealed.