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    14 October 2026
    New issue of the Journal. 5, 2026

    We are glad to inform you that the new issue of the Preschool Education Today Journal – 5, 2026 – was released.

    Current Issue

    2 October 2026
    Triumph in the Year of Preschool Education: Kazan educator Elena Berbina became the winner of the “Educator of the Year of Russia — 2026” competition.
    The results of the country’s main professional competition have been summed up. The title of the absolute winner of the All‑Russian competition “Educator of the Year of Russia — 2026” was awarded to Elena Berbina, an educator at Kindergarten No. 78 in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan.
    30 September 2026
    A "Gold Standard" for kindergartens: Ministry of Education to develop standardized lists of books, games, and cartoons
    The Russian Ministry of Education has announced plans to create standardized lists of books, games, and cartoons for preschool educational institutions.
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    On the unity of affect and intellect in the scientific and personal life of L.S. Vygotsky
    2026, 5 p. 4-12
    Zavershneva E.Yu.
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    Background. The problem of the unity of affect and intellect is central to cultural-historical psychology. However, the biographical and personal context of the formation of this idea in L.S. Vygotsky’s thought, as well as his practical application of Spinoza’s principles of transforming passions in his own life and scientific activity, warrant further exploration based on underexplored archival data.

    Objective. To trace the evolution of L.S. Vygotsky’s personality through the prism of the unity of affect and intellect, demonstrating how B. Spinoza’s philosophical principles formed the foundation of his “peak psychology” and were applied by the scholar to overcome his own existential and personal crises.

    Methods. Historical-psychological analysis, the biographical method, and content analysis of archival materials, including early poetic works, notebooks (such as the 1926 hospital notebook), and the correspondence of L.S. Vygotsky (with E. Kheifets, N.G. Morozova, A.R. Luria, and R.E. Levina).

    Results. It has been established that the early (pre-psychological) period of Vygotsky’s life was characterized by the dominance of spontaneous, “Hamletian” affect and melancholy. The period of 1925–1926 at the Zakharyino hospital marked a turning point; there, hovering between life and death, the scientist achieved a feat of overcompensation: he subordinated his intense emotional state to a lofty scientific goal, thereby enabling him to lay the foundations of cultural-historical psychology by introducing the principle of sign mediation. In his mature years, Vygotsky interpreted will not as forceful suppression or mere arbitrariness, but as an “intelligent emotion” that uses the energy of affect as fuel for the intellect. This is vividly reflected in his strategies for helping loved ones overcome personal crises through the conscious articulation of thoughts and aspirations.

    Conclusions. L.S. Vygotsky’s life path served as practical confirmation of his own theory. By transforming natural affect into a conscious “conceptualized affect,” he realized the Spinozist ideal of the “free man.” He achieved mastery over his own nature not through coercion, but through the development of “intelligent emotion,” love, and friendship. This allowed the scholar to attain inner freedom and courage in the face of severe illness, remaining faithful to his scientific and life mission until his final days.

    Keywords: L.S. Vygotsky B. Spinoza cultural-historical psychology unity of affect and intellect will mastery of behavior overcompensation archival research crisis
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-4-12
    Project activity in kindergarten as a form of psychological support for older preschoolers
    2026, 5 p. 13-27
    Shatskaya A.N. , Plotnikova V.A. , Veraksa A.N.
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    Background. Contemporary preschool children encounter various sources of emotional strain, highlighting the need to develop forms of psychological support that can be integrated into everyday kindergarten activities. Creative project activity may represent one such form, combining independent problem-solving, symbolic expression of emotional experiences, and social support.

    Objective. To evaluate the potential of project activity as a form of psychological support aimed at reducing stress and maintaining subjective well-being in older preschool children.

    Sample. The study involved 97 children aged 5–6 years with high levels of stress who were randomly assigned to either a project activity group or a control group (mean age = 63 months; standard deviation = 4.66 months).

    Methods. Children in the experimental group participated in 20 creative project activity sessions held twice a week in small groups of 6–8 children. The control group continued to follow the regular educational program. Children’s perceived stress and well-being were assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale for Children (PSS-C). Teacher-rated child stress was measured using the PSS-6, while teachers’ own stress was assessed using the PSS-4.

    Results. After controlling for baseline scores, children in the project activity group demonstrated lower levels of perceived stress than children in the control group. Teacher ratings also indicated lower levels of stress among children in the project activity group. Teachers working with children from the project activity group reported lower stress levels than teachers working with children from the control group. No statistically significant differences between the groups were found in children’s subjective well-being.

    Conclusions. Project activity contributes to reducing stress among older preschool children and may be used as a form of psychological support in the kindergarten educational environment. Its implementation should include support for children’s initiative, engagement with emotionally meaningful problem situations, the creation of tangible products with personal meaning, symbolic expression of emotional experiences, reflection, and social presentation of the outcomes. Children’s participation in project activity may also indirectly contribute to reducing teachers’ stress.

    Keywords: project activity preschool age psychological support perceived stress subjective well-being
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-13-27
    Dialogical interaction as a challenge to act under uncertainty
    2026, 5 p. 28-38
    Shiyan O.A. , Iakshina A.N.
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    Background. The development of thinking in preschool age is regarded as one of the key objectives of modern education. In this context, the readiness of educators to provide dialogical interaction that corresponds to children’s possibilities and stimulates the development of their thinking becomes fundamentally important. Tolerance of uncertainty is viewed as a significant internal resource for professional activity in conditions of growing complexity and unpredictability.

    Objective. To analyze teacher-child dialogical interaction during free activity and to identify the nature of its interrelation with tolerance of uncertainty.

    Sample. 68 preschool teachers fr om 12 kindergartens in Moscow, the Moscow Region, and Kostroma

    Methods. To assess dialogical interaction, continuous video recording of teacher-child interaction during free play was conducted, followed by video analysis using indicators from the “Creativity Environment Rating Scale”. Tolerance of uncertainty was measured using the “New Tolerance of Uncertainty Questionnaire”.

    Results. The level of dialogical interaction is negatively associated with the level of interpersonal intolerance of uncertainty (Spearman’s correlation coefficient: -0.24, P-value = 0.048). However, no significant correlation was found between dialogical interaction and general tolerance or general intolerance of uncertainty. For dialogical interaction between teacher and children, what proves significant is not the inclination toward change and novelty or toward clarity and order, but rather the acceptance or rejection of uncertainty in interpersonal relationships.

    Conclusions. Teachers relatively often demonstrate interest in children’s expressed ideas and respond to them emotionally and substantively. However, they are significantly less likely to take actions that involve productive work with emerging uncertainty: posing hypothesis-testing questions and questions that require justification of a position, helping children to identify differences in perspectives, and problematizing play-based and spontaneously arising situations. Teachers who are better at organizing dialogue with children show less striving for clarity and control in relationships and experience less discomfort with unpredictability in interpersonal contexts. Openness to interpersonal uncertainty may be one of the common personal resources for a pedagogy of responsiveness and dialogical interaction with children – that is, in those forms of interaction wh ere the teacher’s actions cannot be fully predetermined and must be shaped in response to children’s initiatives.

    Keywords: dialogue creative thinking tolerance of uncertainty kindergarten preschool age
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-28-38
    “My choice” technology in pedagogical support of moral development in older preschool children: A study of choice strategies and their justification
    2026, 5 p. 39-54
    Semenaka S.I. , Miklyaeva N.V.
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    Background. In older preschool age, children actively acquire moral norms, rules of peer interaction, and ways of resolving conflicts. However, knowledge of a rule does not always develop into the ability to act in accordance with it in an emotionally significant situation. Educational practice should create conditions in which a child can not only reproduce a socially approved answer but also reflect on the conflict, articulate personal boundaries, take another person’s perspective, consider the consequences of possible actions, and verbally formulate a constructive way of interacting.

    Objective. To identify the characteristics of pedagogically mediated selection and justification of behavioural strategies by older preschool children in simulated interpersonal-conflict situations using the “My Choice” technology.

    Sample. The study involved 24 older preschool children aged 5 to 6 years; the mean age was M=5.8 years.

    Methods. The study employed a qualitative pilot design. The material comprised 40 video recordings of individual play-based sessions using the “My Choice” technology. During the sessions, children were presented with simulated interpersonal-conflict situations and a visual play field with three roads symbolizing confrontation, avoidance, and cooperation. The pedagogically organized dialogue involved discussing possible consequences of actions, participants’ feelings, and constructive modes of interaction. Qualitative analysis of video recordings and transcripts, thematic analysis of children’s utterances, and analysis of the teacher’s prompts aimed at expanding the child’s moral reasoning were employed.

    Results. The “My Choice” technology was found to function not as a neutral procedure for recording spontaneous moral choice but as a setting for pedagogically mediated discussion of alternative modes of action. Children’s utterances revealed relational-normative, boundary-oriented normative, and pragmatic-cooperative modes of decision justification. Of particular importance were episodes of pedagogically supported transformation of the child’s initial response, in which a child moved from an uncertain, impulsive, or insufficiently elaborated reaction to verbal expression of emotion, personal boundaries, circumstances of the peer’s action, and a possible constructive solution.

    Conclusions. The “My Choice” technology has potential as a pedagogical tool for supporting the moral development of older preschool children. Its value lies not in directing a child toward a predetermined “correct” strategy but in organizing a dialogue that promotes self-regulation, decentration, verbal formulation of a moral position, and the ability to assert personal boundaries nonviolently. The findings are preliminary and require further investigation in a larger sample using a standardized protocol and external criteria for assessing moral development.

    Keywords: moral development older preschool children pedagogical support moral choice interpersonal conflict self-regulation decentration personal boundaries “My Choice” technology qualitative research
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-39-54
    Froebel as a «known stranger»: The gap between theory and practice in contemporary preschool education
    2026, 5 p. 55-64
    Kozhevnikova V.V.
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    Background. A paradox is increasingly documented in contemporary international early childhood research: the pedagogical legacy of Friedrich Froebel continues to shape everyday preschool practice — through play-based methods, didactic materials, and value orientations — while its theoretical and philosophical foundations remain largely unrecognised by practitioners themselves.

    Objective. To systematise contemporary international research documenting the gap between theoretical and practical dimensions of Froebel’s legacy; to characterise institutional forms of its study abroad; and to identify the specifics of the Russian context.

    Sample. The theoretical analysis draws on publications from 1991–2026 addressing the reception of Froebel’s pedagogical system in preschool education practice in Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Australia, as well as materials from the official websites of research centres and professional associations.

    Methods. Comparative-historical and problem-thematic analysis of scholarly literature; the method of institutional analysis in comparing organisational forms of Froebel’s legacy study across different countries.

    Results. Three mechanisms for reproducing the theory–practice gap are identified: professional socialisation (occupational mastery through practical experience), instrumental reduction (the separation of didactic material from its conceptual system), and institutional asymmetry (the influence of the presence/absence of research centres on the reflection of practice). International research centres studying Froebel’s legacy (Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland) are systematised and compared with the Russian context.

    Conclusion. The image of Froebel as a “known stranger” (Bekannter Unbekannter) accurately captures the current state of the field: his name and individual tools are widely recognised, while the coherent conceptual system behind them remains understudied. In the Russian context, the following are necessary: the inclusion of a historical-theoretical component in teacher education programmes; the development of research infrastructure; and the strengthening of the professional community with a transition to sustainable institutional forms.

    Keywords: Friedrich Froebel early childhood pedagogy preschool education Froebel’s gifts theory–practice gap historical and pedagogical heritage teacher professional identity
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-55-64
    The concept of developing the professionalism of early childhood educators in the context of non-formal education
    2026, 5 p. 65-80
    Namsink E.V.
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    Background. The relevance of this study stems from the contradiction between the growing demand for the development of young children (aged 1–3) and the insufficient preparedness of educators to address their specific needs. Preschool teachers lack competence in areas such as pre-verbal communication, emotional regulation in toddlers, and working with parents, yet standard professional development courses fail to account for these specific aspects. This necessitates the development of a comprehensive personnel training concept, new educational programs, and flexible formats for non-formal education.

    Objectives. To theoretically substantiate and empirically verify a holistic concept of developing professionalism among early childhood educators in the context of non-formal education, revealing its essence, structure, and dynamics as a nonlinear process of qualitative transformation of the specialist’s personality and activity.

    Sample. The study sample consisted of 445 specialists from four regions of the Russian Federation, including 282 early childhood educators and 163 experts from psychological-pedagogical and methodological services. A subsample of 45 educators participated in the formative and control experiments.

    Methods. A questionnaire survey with self-assessment and expert assessment of deficits, 18 focus groups (182 teachers), and analysis of activity products. A pedagogical experiment (N=45) based on the implementation of a non-formal learning community program, followed by verification of its effectiveness.

    Results. A stable discrepancy was found between teachers’ self-assessment and the expert assessment of their professional deficits (p < 0.05), the most acute being in the methodological sphere (mean scores of 6.2 and 4.8, respectively). Professional deficits of teachers were recorded. Qualitative analysis of interview data showed that teachers are aware of their difficulties but do not have a sufficiently diverse set of tools to overcome them. The developed concept posits non-formal education as a special environment that generates professional new formations through the mechanisms of social learning, kinesthetic attunement, and collective creativity.

    Conclusions. A holistic concept is presented that defines non-formal education as a possible resource for developing the professionalism of early childhood educators. Empirical evidence of its validity was obtained: statistically significant positive dynamics across all diagnosed indicators (p < 0.05), with the greatest increase in pedagogical sensitivity (32%) and pedagogical tactility (28%). Prospects for use are associated with the development of variable regional models of learning communities for specialists working with young children in different types and kinds of institutions.

    Keywords: early childhood educators non-formal education professional deficits professionalism of personality professionalism of activity pedagogical gentleness pedagogical tactility pedagogical sensitivity
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2026-20-5-65-80
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    Balandin D.L., Komarova I.I., Smirnova I.N. Monitoring of a child’s individual development (from birth to school)
    2022, 2 p. 40–51
    Balandin D.L. , Smirnova I.N. , Komarova I.I.
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    Relevance of the article. In the modern world, as a result of the rapid development of medicine and the possibilities of caring for children, the number of children with special developmental needs is sharply increasing. This leads to an increase in disability, especially in cases where it is not possible to identify developmental disabilities at an early age and begin to take action. This is facilitated by the model of medical care in which the doctor has limited time to monitor the child. Therefore, in working with small kids, there is a problem of non-detection of deviations in development arises. On the other hand, even when children who need special conditions are identified, there is a problem of inaccessibility of developmental and educational services to children with disabilities at an early age (from birth to 3 years); lack of conditions for the formation of an inclusive environment in preschools (large group size – up to 30 people; lack of specialists in preschools; lack of network mechanisms for interaction with the territorial system of early intervention; a large variety of educational cases, etc., in the absence of an assessment of the quality of these resources.

    The aim of the article. Development of an automated system “Child’s World”, aimed at early detection of developmental disabilities through pedagogical, parental and medical monitoring.

    Description of the research progress. Monitoring was based on teachers’ observation over the behavior of children in nurseries and kindergartens and fixing of the results of the teacher’s observations of children in the system. In addition to teachers, the children are monitored by doctors and parents. The self-learning system adjusts the scores depending on the increase in the number of participants in the system. Based on the data obtained in the system, a psychological and pedagogical commission is organized in kindergarten. If necessary, parents are advised to contact the Psychological, medical and pedagogical commission, where specifics of development is verified and recommendations are made for the conditions of the child’s education. An adapted program is being developed in the kindergarten, observations are continuing and their recording is being carried out. The system is adjusted no more than once every six months.

    The results of the study. The project was supported by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, adopted as a good practice and discussed at a meeting of ASI experts. In December 2021, the project was also presented at the meeting “Digital Transformation in Preschool Education” at the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. The project is currently being tested. In parallel, the artificial intelligence system is being trained.

    Conclusion. The Information system was developed with much more functionality than expected, including not only pedagogical monitoring, but also medical; teachers of three regions (Klin, Moscow region; Omsk; Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan) were trained in five educational complexes. Pediatricians and nurses were trained in five medical institutions. Parents, whose children participated in the testing, were also trained.

    Keywords: preschool education individual child development monitoring digital transformation information system medical care
    DOI: 10.24412/1997-9657-2022-2110-40-51
    Buyanov A.A., Lykova I.A., Mayer A.A. Updating the preschool education program: a guide to traditional values
    2023, 4 p. 75–88
    Mayer A.A. , Lykova I.A. , Buyanov A.A.
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    The reason of the research problem. The authors present the basics of designing educational programs in preschool educational organizations, taking into account the actualization of the content and orientation of educational activities in accordance with the Federal Educational Program of Preschool Education, including the Federal Working Program of Education. The article substantiates the need to update the preschool education programs in order to rethink traditional values by teachers as key guidelines for educational work.

    Tasks and methods of research. Special attention is paid to the scientific substantiation of the place and role of education in modern education, the design of program documents based on the value orientations of educational activities. On the basis of a comparative analysis, the terms are disclosed and the foundations of education are described – "way of life", "educational environment", "communities". Based on the analysis of the documents of the preschool educational institution and the products of educational activities, examples of the description of the way of preschool educational organization are given. Options for modeling and designing educational activities in the context of social and pedagogical partnership between an educational organization and a family are presented.

    Data and results of the study. The article reveals the purpose, meaning and general philosophy of the educational organization, its mission, principles of life and upbringing in kindergarten, the image of the kindergarten, its features, symbols, image. Practical examples are presented of describing the way of life and communities through the presentation of program data that reveal the relationship between children and educating adults (parents, teachers, etc.), which is reflected in the rules, traditions and rituals, norms of etiquette in preschool. Emphasis is placed on the presentation of the developing subject-spatial environment, reflecting the image and values of the ECСE. Working data is presented on the description of the socio-cultural context that determines the essence and specifics of the educational environment. A novel of scientific and methodological support for the implementation of the Federal Working Program of Education - a practical guide to " To the Educator about education " is given.

    Conclusion. The presented model of the organization of educational activity in a modern kindergarten reveals interrelated components: values as the purpose and essence of education; stages of educational work, meaningful formats of interaction of participants in educational relations. The practical guide "To the Educator about education" proposed by the authors focuses on the implementation of a pedagogical model that will help the leaders and educators of preschool educational institutions competently organize educational work aimed at introducing children to the values of Russian society in accordance with the Federal Educational Standard of Preschool Education.

    Keywords: upbringing preschool education practical guide "Educator about education" support of educational work traditional values the way of preschool educational organization Federal Working Program of Education
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2023-4118-75-88
    Shakirova E.V., Kuzmin S.V. Understanding by educators the importance of electronic learning tools in the educational activities of preschoolers: a threat to communication or an opportunity for development?
    2023, 2 p. 44-53
    Shakirova E.V. , Kuzmin S.V.
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    The relevance of the subject of the article. Preschool educational organizations are actively implementing various electronic learning tools – laptops, interactive whiteboards, digital laboratories, 3D pens and much more. The use of these tools to enrich the educational activity of the child and increase the diversity of his independent activity is an important task of modern preschool education. The research of the attitude of teachers to the use of technical devices in working with children is an urgent problem, the study of which will reveal the features of the use of electronic learning tools by educators.

    The aim of the study: to identify the attitude of educators to the use of electronic learning tools in the educational activities of preschoolers.

    Methodology: individual structured interview.

    Description of the research progress. The sample consisted of 50 teachers of preschool educational organizations in Ivanovo. Teachers were asked to answer a number of questions on the use of electronic devices in their professional activities. The statements showing the respondent’s attitude to the use of technology in working with children, the opportunities for the development of the child that the teacher sees in the use of modern technology, the problems and difficulties encountered in the process of using electronic devices were carefully studied.

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    Conclusion. The main problem in the attitude of teachers to modern technical devices is the contradiction between the wide opportunities for conducting classes that technology gives to the educator, and the possible harm to the health and development of the child. Teachers regard electronic learning tools as a resource for additional audiovisual support of classes and do not see the potential of technical devices to enrich children’s independent activities in the classroom and in the play. Using technical devices in working with children, teachers proceed from the leading position of an adult and define the lesson as the leading organizational form of work with preschoolers.

    Keywords: preschool education electronic learning tools educators technical devices kindergarten
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2023-2116-44-53
    Yigit E. The power of quality content in children’s media: promoting sustainability and ecological consciousness in early childhood development
    2023, 4 p. 89–96
    Yigit E.
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    The relevance of the article. Relevance. In today’s rapidly developing world, where sustainability and environmental awareness have become major global issues, special attention should be paid to early childhood education and the promotion of sustainable values. One of the key tools in this process is high-quality children’s media content.

    Research objectives. The article examines the importance of high-quality content in children’s media to promote sustainable values and improve early childhood development. The necessity of creating high-quality content in the media for young children is discussed, high-quality content is determined and evaluated, and how it can raise awareness and cause changes in social behavior is investigated.

    Research progress. The article takes a case study approach and analyzes Kozalak Preschool, an animated series created by the author of the article that models sustainable practices and encourages children to connect with nature. The series, created as part of the Increasing Quality of and Access to Early Childhood Education Services Project (ECE) in Turkey and serves as an example of how quality content can promote sustainable behavior and support early childhood development.

    Conclusions. High-quality content serves as a powerful tool for promoting sustainable development and shaping a more optimistic future. Through the integration of educational elements, positive role modeling, socio-emotional learning and an emphasis on environmental awareness, children’s media can help young minds become catalysts for change. By cultivating an understanding of sustainable development and strengthening commitment to environmental protection, high-quality content in children’s media can have a long-term impact on their development and inspire them to become active defenders of our planet.

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    The relevance of the topic of the article. The problem of adaptation of younger preschoolers to the conditions of preschool education is one of the most urgent in connection with the importance of finding effective means to optimize the reduction of the period of habituation of young children to a new social situation.

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    Description of the research progress. According to the hypothesis, game exercises with elements of nonverbal communication contribute to the optimization and reduction of the period of adaptation of younger preschoolers to the conditions of preschool education. The empirical study involved 40 children of the 3rd and 4th years of life, divided into two groups: experimental (EG) and control (KG). The study was conducted in three stages: ascertaining diagnostics, developmental classes and control. During the assessment and control, modified observation maps were used to diagnose the peculiarities of the emotional state of children, including indicators of nonverbal behavior and communication of children. In developing classes with EG children, game exercises with elements of nonverbal communication were used, forming an address to a partner (peer, adult). 12 classes were held (15-20 min.) 3 times a week for a month. The results of both groups were compared with each other. Methods of mathematical statistics were used in the processing of quantitative data of psychological and pedagogical experiment.

    The results of the study. Classes in the EG allowed to reduce the period of adaptation of children of the 3rd and 4th years of life to one month with the expected effect: the emotional background of the EG children became steadily positive, the level of play activity and interaction with peers increased.

    Conclusion. The results confirmed the hypothesis and allowed us to clarify information about the differences in the development of children of the 3rd and 4th years of life due to the effects of experimental classes (in EG) and without it (in KG).

    Keywords: adaptation non-verbal communication game exercises emotional and motor psychotechnics personal non-verbal message
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    Gabdulkhakov V.F., Zinnurova A.F., Sovina A.V. Methodological techniques for the formation of grammatical categories of aspectuality and temporality in the speech of bilingual children of senior preschool age
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    The relevance of the subject of the article is due to the need to form a grammatical structure in older preschoolers in the second language. The grammatical categories of aspectuality and temporality are the most important categories of coherent Russian speech. It is these categories that cause the greatest difficulties for children. We put forward a hypothesis that if, within the framework of literary education of children, we analyze the categories of aspectuality and temporality – draw the attention of preschoolers to the peculiarities of using the aspect ratios of the Russian verb, teach them to correctly reproduce aspect ratios in the process of retelling the text or compiling their story – then the effectiveness of work on the formation of the grammatical structure of Russian speech, the quality of the construction of coherent Russian speech will increase significantly.

    The purpose of the article is to show the results of a study on the use of methodological techniques for the formation of grammatical categories of aspectuality and temporality in the Russian speech of bilingual children.

    The course of the study. The experimental work was carried out on the basis of kindergartens with the Tatar language of education of the Republic of Tatarstan. In these kindergartens, children learn two languages – Russian and Tatar. At the same time, Tatar is their native language. The experiment took place in 2020-2022. The data obtained were compared with control groups in which work on the categories of aspectuality and temporality was not carried out. The total sample was 334 children of senior preschool age (161 in experimental groups, 173 in control groups). In a pedagogical experiment, we tried to focus children’s attention on the specific features of the Russian verb, to use the identified features when children construct retellings of the text they heard or when constructing their stories in Russian.

    The results of the study were positive: there are practically no changes in the number of speech errors in the control groups, in the experimental groups there is a significant decrease (on average by 34%). This proved the effectiveness of methodological techniques for working on the categories of aspectuality and temporality.

    Conclusion. The results of the study convince that the work on the development of the grammatical structure in bilingual children in Russian should take into account the typical speech mistakes of older preschoolers: incorrect use of prefixes and suffixes that convey the specific shades of the verb; the use of verbs of the present tense instead of the past; the use of past tense verbs instead of the present; inability to convey the action in the future tense; incorrect inclusion of imperfect verbs view into the content of the narrative about actions in the past tense. In this regard, it is recommended: to use special methodological techniques in the work on the development of speech of older preschoolers: the reception of compositional dismemberment of the narrative structure, the reception of the statement of action in imperfect verbs, the reception of the statement of action in perfect verbs, the reception of compositional reproduction of the narrative structure.

    Keywords: methodological techniques grammatical categories aspectuality temporality coherent speech bilingualism older preschool children
    DOI: 10.24412/2782-4519-2023-1115-12-22

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