Direct educational activities with children of primary and senior preschool age
In the modern world, education is one of the main life priorities. For a modern person, it is important to educate oneself, to be able to improve one’s knowledge, expand one’s horizons, learn oneself and pass on one’s knowledge to others. The task for preschool teachers in the modern world is not only the development of children, but also the formation of cognitive motivation in preschoolers. When conducting educational activities in a preschool institution, it is necessary to strengthen the desire to acquire knowledge in children; children's curiosity and spontaneity in perceiving information should help teachers in the development and mastery of the educational program by children.
In accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard, educational activities themselves, consisting of five educational areas: cognitive development, speech development, socio-communicative development, artistic and aesthetic development, physical development, must be integrated, that is, include all educational areas. For example, the formation of elementary mathematical concepts occurs through artistic productive activity, speech, communication, cognitive-research and, of course, gaming activity. The peculiarity of modern preschool education is that the educational activity itself occurs without coercion from children, it has no beginning and end, it can continue in special moments, and it is also variable and includes an individual approach to each child.
This approach to conducting direct educational activities allows teachers to take a creative approach to the development of children and to the disclosure of their individual abilities. Each child has peculiarities in the perception of information; for one it is important to speak in order to acquire certain knowledge, for another it is important to draw or sculpt. Each child perceives and assimilates knowledge differently, so the developmental environment in the group should be rich and provide the opportunity for children to realize their skills.
During direct educational activities, children can freely walk around the group; they do not have to sit on chairs and listen to the teacher, as was the case before. The teacher’s task is to hold the attention of children and involve them in the process of educational activities. If a child is distracted and interferes with other children, then this is the teacher’s problem; an individual approach is necessary and the child must be given the opportunity to do what he wants. For example, children draw the number five, but one of the children does not want to draw, you can offer to make an applique, mold it from plasticine, add it from counting sticks, and so on, the main thing is that all children are involved in the educational process.
Free activity of children during direct educational activities does not mean useless walking around the group; discipline means not interfering with others from studying and being involved in the educational process yourself. If the child does not want to engage in any type of activity at the moment, then it is necessary to provide him with the opportunity to relax. Perhaps the child is overloaded emotionally or for other reasons is not able to engage in cognitive activity at the moment; it is necessary to carry out individual work with this child later, when he is ready to master the program tasks, or to provide parents with the opportunity at home to consolidate what the children in the group have mastered .
Children do not need to ask permission from the teacher to carry out any of their actions; from a young age, they can freely take any objects they need (paints, brushes, pencils, plasticine, toys, etc.) and carry out the actions they need to implement their tasks . For this purpose, in the developmental environment of the group there are special centers: drawing, designing, reading, cognitive and research activities and other development centers that unite children by interests. Development centers must be equipped with all necessary materials and equipment. The teacher must carefully observe the children, study their inclinations for any activity, and be sure to question and listen to the children in order to develop the children’s speech and communication.
In order to prepare children for cognitive activity, you can use the “announcements” method, for example, a poster is posted where it is announced when there will be a “trip to the forest”, “flight into space” and other topics, children begin preliminary work in advance, draw on a given topics, look at pictures, and also involve parents in studying this topic, for example, reading books on relevant topics.
Any direct educational activity includes productive activity, that is, the child needs to somehow creatively express and consolidate new knowledge. By showing their crafts and talking about them in a group, children develop speech and communication skills, and also develop respect for the achievements of other children.
Teachers in a preschool institution help to form a child’s independent thinking, and this thinking should not be stereotypical, the cognitive process in children should not be imposed by someone, it is important that the child himself comes to conclusions, to reveal analytical, creative abilities, and creative thinking in children. the main task of a modern teacher.
Preschool teachers need knowledge of child psychology and the age characteristics of children in order to put into practice a new model of education. Older children can express their visually imaginative actions through speech activity, so the teacher can help find solutions to logical problems or a way of creative self-expression.
Visually effective and visually imaginative thinking in children must be fully realized for further mental development. There is no need to artificially accelerate the process of children’s mental development; an individual approach is important, which, of course, is difficult to implement in a kindergarten. For younger preschoolers, it is necessary to manipulate objects, while for older preschoolers, visual images may be sufficient [3].
Play, as the leading activity of preschool children, is also an important component, without which educational activities cannot be done directly. Didactic, active, role-playing games, not only those proposed by the teacher, but also those invented by the children themselves, help to comprehend any educational program tasks.
Project activities allow children to be involved in cognitive activities and learn various skills with interest, as well as to involve parents in the educational process. The project method takes a long time and allows you to fully realize any creative abilities of children.
The method of collecting and presenting collections will help in mastering the generalization and classification of objects. An exhibition of drawings and crafts on a given topic will help consolidate the mastered program tasks. Direct educational activities should include visual, practical, and verbal teaching methods [3]. A group of children can be divided into several small groups that are engaged in various types of activities, alternating these forms of activity in turn. The formation of small groups occurs not by the teacher, but by the children themselves, based on their interests; the teacher intervenes exclusively in conflict situations, that is, the teacher directs and organizes. providing the opportunity to master knowledge directly by the children themselves through didactic games, viewing pictures, and so on. In this way, they are all involved in the educational process and manage to master cognitive tasks using various methods.
There are no more classes in the preschool institution; instead of classes, direct educational activities (EDA) are carried out, also in the morning. The integration of all educational areas does not exclude the identification of a leading area of development. At the same time, children receive much more opportunities to expand their horizons, realize their creative abilities, and at the same time, an independent personality is formed.
Directly - educational activities are aimed at fulfilling program tasks, which consist of educational, developmental and educational tasks. Preliminary work begins in routine moments, for example, observation during a walk, consolidation of acquired knowledge, skills, and abilities also occurs further in routine moments.
An important component of conducting educational activities is a friendly atmosphere in a peer group, therefore, with children of senior preschool age, the tasks of socialization and communication are solved first. Children should not be afraid to take initiative or make mistakes; value judgments should not concern the child’s personality; the teacher should accept any manifestations of the child’s abilities in educational activities as his self-expression. With children of primary preschool age, of particular importance for creating a positive emotional environment is the approval and praise from an adult of each child individually and the entire group as a whole.
When compiling a portfolio for each child, the teacher pays attention to the child’s personality traits, how he differs from his peers, and an experienced teacher can also compare his abilities in general with children of a given age. Individual characteristics of children's development are taken into account when using partial programs in educational activities. The achievements of students are the achievements of teachers in implementing a modern approach to the development and education of preschoolers.
The goal of direct educational activities is for children to master the educational program of a preschool institution, but at the same time, the child’s ability to master the program in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard must be taken into account. The preschool program should promote personality development, taking into account the psychological and physiological characteristics of children, promote the socialization and individualization of each child.
Educational areas should be implemented in various types of children's activities. Teachers should support children’s initiative and independent activities, maintain friendly relationships in the interaction of children with peers, build positive self-esteem, confidence in their own capabilities and abilities, using forms and methods appropriate to the age characteristics of children, involve children’s families in direct educational activities [1] .
The main principle of educational activity is a humane approach to the educational process, preschoolers have a natural childish curiosity and desire to learn, therefore it is impossible to impose a form of educational activity that is unacceptable for them; it is necessary for preschool teachers to find among the variety of pedagogical methods and techniques the most optimal for each child.
Thus, the role of the teacher in direct educational activities comes down to the fact that the teacher does not teach children, but provides the opportunity to learn some skills themselves. Children, making their little discoveries and being proud of their achievements, feel like independent, full-fledged individuals. This is the intrinsic value of childhood as a period of learning about the world and the formation of personality.
Literature:
1. Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Education and Science of Russia) dated October 17, 2013 N 1155 Moscow “On approval of the federal state educational standard for preschool education” // [Electronic resource] / Access mode: https://www. rg.ru/2013/11/25/doshk-standart-dok.html;
2. Dubrovina I. V., Prikhozhan A. M., Zatsepin V. V. Reader “Age and Educational Psychology” - [Electronic resource] / Access mode: https://www.gumer.info/bibliotek_Buks/Pedagog/hrestomatia /index.php;
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Pichugina N. O., Aidasheva G. A., Assaulova S. V. Preschool pedagogy - [Electronic resource] / Access mode: https://bookz.ru/authors/nadejda-pi4ugina/do6kol_n_680/1-do6kol_n_680.html.
