CHILDREN’S EXPERIMENTATION AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING COGNITIVE INTEREST IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

The article considers the essence and meaning of the concepts of “children’s experimentation”, “cognitive activity.” The directions and types of children’s experimentation (mental, real, social) are substantiated and described. The motives of children’s experimentation are revealed. The positive influence of children’s experimentation on the intellectual, social, creative development of preschoolers is substantiated. The essence of cognitive interest is considered from the point of view of the leading motive of the child’s activity, including research and teaching. The influence of cognitive interest on the mental development of preschoolers, on the formation of the moral qualities of the child, the formation of his system of moral values, the development of volitional qualities, the manifestation of the positive qualities of the child in joint activities are shown. The relationship between children’s experimentation and the development of the cognitive interest of preschoolers is revealed.