Keyword: «the image of the world; superficial structures of the image of the world»

The purpose of the study is to assess the possibility of studying the "image of the world" of children by analyzing their speech. The article considers the views of Russian psychologists on the concept of "the image of the world", its structural organization, psychological functions and genesis. In the article, special attention is paid to the relationship between speech and the "image of the world" and the "semantic picture of the world" of the child. The practical importance of the article is determined by the rationale of new tools of studying the child's "image of the world."