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The article deals with the technology of modeling as a tool of forming time concepts in preschool children. The initial time notions children get in their preschool years are the changes of day, night and seasons, which form notions of time. The article describes the structure and course of studies on the formation of “Introduction to the calendar” – elementary mathematical concepts in children. Using modeling timing, duration, and sequence of cycles are viewed. It is shown that the method of modeling opens up a number of new opportunities for an educator in cognitive development, including the development of time concepts in preschoolers. The proposed method is effective in formation of time concepts, improves knowledge and skills, solving problems that occur and preventing those that may during the development of time notions.
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The article describes the English system of preschool education. The analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of England’s dual model of education is provided. A well-designed structure of preschool education is not limited to the mastery of knowledge and skills, and aims to develop different aspects of the child. The educational tasks include the development of creativity and formation of eagerness to learn. During various discussions the range of problems arising in front of professional team of psychologists working in pre-school and primary education is outlined. The psychologists’ working task is defined based on inspection’s reports on current issues, whereas there are no psychologists on the staff. Therefore, these tasks are often directed to other specialists, commonly to the specially trained teachers. There has developed an effective system of preschool education, which is designed to increase the availability of care for all children, but the implementation of this mechanism is highly dependent on certain conditions.
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This article analyzes the problem of formation and development of empathy in preschool children. Empathy is considered as a significant factor of further development and operation of the emotional and social status of the child. Child development is unfolding through social interaction. Public attitudes to child and child relations with society influence the development of personality, cognition, emotions and social behavior. The article describes the main directions of development of empathy in the preschool years, as well as ways of its development in children in classroom settings.
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The pre-school age is the period of grate importance for psychological development and for preparation for school. The process of learning and achievements at school depends on the types of activities selected at pre-school level. Unfortunately, it is often to find out that introduction of writing and reading is among the most common activities in pre-school institutions all over the world. Instead of this we propose drawing as suitable activity for children development. The program is applied in different pre-school institutions in Mexico and Colombia. After program application all children show qualitative positive achievements in graphic activity and manage to represent essential features and shapes of represented objects. We insist that drawing is extremely useful activity for preparation for school learning, especially for writing process.
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