The article emphasizes that today the priority is given to the spiritual, moral and creative education of children of primary school age. The process of forming a highly moral personality occurs, on the one hand, in the process of family upbringing, on the other, in the course of the educational process. Cultural traditions and folk art contribute to the formation and development of personality. Folk dance, being an important choreographic direction, is one of the means that support socio-cultural traditions and folk art in society. Folk dance as a means of personality formation and creative education of children performs a number of specific functions: aesthetic, ethnocultural, self-control, self-education, self-organization, self-esteem, physical activity. These functions contribute to the development of the creative abilities of the personality of children of primary school age; arouse interest in the specifics of folk culture; provide an opportunity for a constructive release of energy; satisfy the personal needs of children for a holiday, a show, a game.
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