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The paper presents the results of research devoted to mental representations functioning in preschool age. The results of studies of the formation of the metacognitive knowledge and understanding of emotions show the need to create conditions for the development of child mental representations. The experience of designing and creating educational situations, aimed at developing children’s ideas about the cognitive and emotional processes is described. Most important aspects of the content of the work and the methods of its implementation are highlighted. It is shown that in the work on the formation of children’s mental representations in verbal techniques can be used. The advantages of active learning methods (games and experiments) are shown. Evidence of the effectiveness of the work, indicating the possibility of formation of children’s mental representations are described.