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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.

The aim of the study is to describe an experimental study and the results of optimizing the adaptation of children of the 3rd and 4th years of life to the conditions of preschool education when using game exercises with elements of nonverbal communication.

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).

The article provides an express analysis of digital resources for preschool education. The problems and prospects of their use in the practical activities of kindergarten teachers are identified. Digital content for preschool education has a large number of disadvantages: the presence of spelling, lexical, syntactic, structural and semantic errors, the lack of clear guidelines when submitting didactic materials, etc. The use of such content negatively affects the development of cognitive functions of the child: understanding, comprehension, memorization, reproduction. This is reflected in the coherent speech of children. When diagnosing coherent speech as an indicator of the development of cognitive functions of children, we took into account the number of correctly reflected by them: 1) microthemes (subthemes – what or who is spoken about in the text); 2) the main cores of information (the main thoughts of paragraph sentences); 3) means of inter – phrasal communication (lexical repetitions-nouns, pronominal and synonymous substitutions, etc.). These indicators negatively characterize the didactic material recommended in the digital version for preschool education. A pedagogical experiment conducted in kindergartens in Tatarstan in 2017-2019 suggested two strategies. According to the first strategy, working with the text took place in the form of fairy-tale therapy and included reading a fairy tale in the conditions of music and video accompaniment. The second strategy of working on the fairy tale included (in addition to reading, music and video accompaniment) musical and rhythmic exercises to the music of P. Tchaikovsky. These exercises were performed during a pause after completing the reading of each microtext of the fairy tale according to special drawings. The effectiveness of working with the text has increased significantly: the number of children who are able to convey microthemes, the main ideas of paragraph sentences, and means of inter-phrasal communication has grown.

The possibility of improving the creative usage of innovative techniques based on the technology “Biofeedback – Health” in correctional work with stammering children of preschool age through the use of a series of electronic textbooks “Learning and heal” is described in the article. The implementation of the technique in the correctional work with children who have a diagnosis of complex speech as stuttering is presented. The main purpose of using this technique is the development of physiological respiration. In overcoming stuttering breathing is the main facet of correctional work. Two important aspects of the technique usage are stressed: the importance of the use of electronic aids in the development of a free, relaxed, coherent speech and the development of the communication skills during these sessions.