Keyword: «stem education.»
Preparing children for schooling is aimed at creating various levels of physical, mental, and social development that will ensure successful assimilation of the school curriculum while preserving the child's health. Incorporating STEM approaches into physical education classes for preschoolers contributes to their health promotion and lays the foundation for successful adaptation to schooling.
The article discusses the role of STEM education and the technopark of universal pedagogical competencies in career guidance. This approach allows
applicants to learn the full range of relevant professions and try them on themselves. The importance of including STEM elements in the process of studying career
guidance is emphasized.
The article discusses the role of STEM projects in mathematics in the development of critical thinking among students. This approach allows students not only to better assimilate educational material, but also forms important skills for them to analyze, argue and make independent decisions. Examples of mathematical projects are given. The authors explain how this activity contributes to the development of critical thinking. The importance of including STEM elements in the process of studying mathematics is emphasized.

O.Yu. Khanoyan