DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE ACTIVITY OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ON THE BASIS OF THE USE OF THE METHOD OF CHILDREN’S EXPERIMENTATION

Abstract

The article studies a problem of development of cognitive activity of preschool children, where the method of children’s experimentation is the main tool that contributes to this. The article also discusses the importance of using the method – children’s experiments in pedagogical practice, which is effective and necessary for the development of research activities, cognitive activity among preschoolers and an increase in knowledge and skills. It is noted that experimentation is an effective way of teaching children research activities in all its forms and types and is a method of increasing the child’s independence. It gives the prerequisites for the active development of cognitive interest in the purposeful perception of the world around and is the leading activity in learning. The main categories that reflect the features of the cognitive activity of preschoolers are revealed.