SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN CONDITIONS OF A CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of social development of children of middle preschool age in conditions of a children’s educational organization by means of game exercises. The set of game exercises selected on the subject is implemented in a specific preschool educational organization. The requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of preschool education on the socialization of preschool children served as the basis for studying this problem. The authors, having analyzed psychological and pedagogical literature, preschool education programs on the research topic, identified contradictions that were solved in the course of experimental work. To do this, they determined the base of the experiment, experimental and control groups, diagnosed the level of social development of children at the beginning and end of the experiment, and tested game exercises during the formative stage of the experiment. The article provides indicators of the levels of social development of children. The presented material allows to conclude that the social development of children of middle preschool age in conditions of a children’s educational organization by means of game exercises increases their activity in regime moments, organized activity and free play. The personal contribution of the authors is in a comparative analysis of existing psychological and pedagogical theories about the socialization and social development of children, conducting experimental work on approbation of game exercises, and interpreting the research results.