Keyword: «school theater»

The article deals with the development of ideas about theatrical professions in third-graders in the process of collective creative work. The experience of application in pedagogical practice of school theater, mini-performances, musical lounges with the use of theatrical productions is presented. The article concludes about the need for innovative approaches to early career guidance in elementary school.

Society needs people with «flexible skills». The best way to develop «flexible skills» is theatrical activity. Theatrical art allows you to develop confidence, critical thinking, team spirit and more…Conditions can be created in a rural school for the development of students' «flexible skills».

The article reveals the essence of theatrical activity, which organically combines emotional, cognitive, and active principles, forms students' communicative skills, develops their artistic and creative abilities, and contributes to their socialization and moral development. The article presents the pedagogical potential of the school theater, its contribution to the formation of students' communicative culture, the development of their collective activities, voluntary behavior, and volitional sphere.