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author: Nataliya Voloshchenko, Yuliya Koval


Urgency of the research. Preschool age is a period of the intensive psychological and mental development of a child. The basis for its further development is formed in this age. The use of the innovation technology in the education and development of a preschool child allows to achieve greater results in comparison with the classic methodologies.

Target setting. At the modern stage of the development of the preschool education, the pedagogues face the general question of the search and implementation of the innovation technology, which would influence the developing and cognitive activity and independence of children. Lego-technology is one of such methodologies, which provides the comprehensive development of a child, development of the thinking, imagination, attention, creativity. The article dwells upon the education and development capacity of Lego-technology and possibilities of its use in the work which children of the senior preschool age.

Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The issue of the development of the cognitive activity of the preschool age’s children was covered in the research of such scientists as S. Ladyvir, I. Morozova, Y. Demydova, I. Mor-dous, O. Kononko and others.

The research objective. The use of Lego-technology in the work with preschool age’s children should base on the conscious choice of the tutor of this technology. The level of the theoretical knowledge and skills in the use of this technology in the teaching and educational process at the preschool establishments provides the positive changes in the development of the cognitive activity of the children of the preschool age.

The statement of basic materials. Senior preschooler is a sensitive period in the development of the cognitive activity. Exactly in this age, child learns to clearly realize intended goal and search for the ways to implement it independently. In the sixth year of life, the children start to possess ability for arbitrary memorizing; the creative and logical thinking actively develops; the interest for constructive work increases. The constructive work is complex cognitive activity during which a child learns skills, select significant signs, establish relations and connections between details and objects. The use of Lego-technology in the play and education purposes allows to solve complex cognitive, exploratory and creative tasks in the interesting, available, comprehendsible, game form. The tasks of the educational activity with the preschool children are solved with the help of the construction toys on such directions: development of fine motor skills; development of attention, memory, thinking; training of correct and fast direction finding; acquisition of mathematical knowledge about quantity, form, proportions, symmetry; extension of the perceptions of children about the world around, architecture; development of the imaginations, creativity; training of the communication with each other, respect for their work and work of other people.

Conclusions. The use of Lego-technology in the work with preschool age’s children has a great educational and development potential and promotes the development of memory, thinking, intelligence, imagination and creativity of children. It also influences the training of such skills as concentration, possibility to cooperate with a partner and the most important is the self-confidence. These skills are important for forming the competence of the targeted learning and perceiving of new things with the interest.

Keywords: cognitive activity, designing, Lego-technology, logical thinking.

 

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