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Relevance of the article. The use of digital educational technologies in preschool education is one of the urgent problems of our time. Its relevance is determined by a number of factors: the need of modern society for the maximum approximation of educational organizations, including preschool ones, to modern digital technologies, the lack of clearly developed methods for the use of new information technologies in preschool institutions; lack of equipment for the successful education of children in a digital educational environment. The article discusses the possibilities of using the digital educational environment in the educational process and its impact on the formation of the intellectual abilities of children of senior preschool age.

The aim of the study is to develop, experimentally test and describe the pedagogical conditions for the development of intellectual abilities of children of senior preschool age in the process of using the digital educational environment in preschool.

Research progress. The study was conducted on the basis of a kindergarten in Ulyanovsk: 80 children of 5–6 years of age participated in the experiment. In the process of diagnostics, the following methods were used: “Color and shape differentiation” (selectively, the learning ability test of G. Witzlak was used), “Determining the degree of formation of logical thinking actions” (N.B. Venger), “Colored numbers” (Kuizener sticks), “Computing machines” and “Word transformation” (the game of A.A. Stolyar was used), the method of Beloshistaya A.V. The study consisted in determining the pedagogical conditions for the intellectual development of older preschoolers in the process of using the digital educational environment, developing and implementing a system aimed at teaching children the basics of computer literacy, forming a stable interest and positive motivation among preschoolers to master digital learning tools.

Research results. The effectiveness of work on the development of the intellectual abilities of children aged 5–6 years in the process of using the digital educational environment was revealed. After carrying out the formative work, a high level of intellectual development was revealed in 12 children (30%) of the experimental group, an average level was observed in 21 children (52.5%) of the experimental group, and a low level was shown by 7 children (17.5%) of the experimental group.

Conclusions. The use of the digital educational environment significantly affects the active knowledge of the world by the child, his outlook, curiosity, motives for educational activities. It has been proven that the process of developing the intellectual abilities of older preschool children will be more effective if digital educational technologies are actively used, and effective interaction between the educational institution and the family is ensured.

Relevance of the article. Today, the questions of educational content are very acute for a number of reasons. The main reason is the gap between the technical capabilities of the education system and the fact that the main educational content is managed by the cultural system. Understanding education as the assimilation of cultural norms, we realize the importance of not only free access to cultural content, but also the need to present cultural content in an accessible way for the education system. Today this is not the case and a lot of work is required to overcome the identified gaps.

The aim of the article is to present the experience of building interaction between the head library (an institution of the cultural system) and preschool institutions (an institution of the education system) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Description of the study. This collaboration is dictated by the generic functions of the national library – collection, storage, organization of wide use by society and preservation of the entire documentary heritage of the region for transmission to future generations. Currently, libraries are actively developing electronic funds, the purpose of which is to provide remote access to electronic content, expand and develop of library information services in an electronic environment. Agreements have been concluded between the library and the preschool educational institution of the Republic, which allow each kindergarten visitor, starting from teaching staff, and ending with parents, to use the library’s resources. Thus, the library opens up a reading space for the kindergarten, and a kindergarten for the library.

The results of the study. To fix the pedagogical thought of Yakutia, the library has formed national collections of teaching aids, board games and cartoons created by kindergarten staff, both in traditional and electronic form. In turn, the library offers its educational resources for kindergartens.

Conclusion. Cooperation is proposed for distribution throughout the territory of the Russian Federation.

Background. Time spent with family is a significant factor influencing the child’s successful development, including gender socialization. Mothers and fathers probably prefer different activities when spending time together with children of different genders. Considering that different types of activities have a heterogeneous effect on a child’s personality, the choice of different joint activities can play a significant role in their development. But in modern psychology, family leisure activities in the aspect of parent-child relationships have been little studied by domestic authors.

Objectives. The study aims to identify gender characteristics of joint leisure time of parents with their preschool children.

Sample. The study involved 42 864 parents of preschool-age children aged 18 to 56 years: 41 551 women and 1 313 men from different regions of the Russian Federation.

Methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the author’s questionnaire aimed at studying the parents’ perception of various aspects of preschool children’s lives. Data processing was carried out using frequency and factor analysis.

Results. Study results showed differences in leisure activities of fathers and mothers with their boys and girls. Two key bipolar factors of parents’ preferences for types of joint leisure were identified: “Practically oriented forms of activity — Playful forms of activity” and “Artistic, aesthetic activity — “Cognitive” activity”.

Conclusions. The obtained data allow us to record the features of family leisure with children. Firstly, modern parents strive to spend time with their children, choosing traditional types of family pastime. Secondly, the features of family leisure activities are gender-specific: mothers are focused on practical benefits, while fathers prefer play. In addition, parents with girls and boys choose different directions of activities. Thirdly, important contribution to full-fledged leisure activities with a preschooler is made by family completeness: in single-parent families, the frequency of play forms of child-parent interaction decreases.