“Living” Exposition as a Source of Emotions and Natural World Perception for Preschool Age Children

Abstract

Nowadays science education institutes are considered as a development factor of the region. Primorsky Kray is distinguished by its e biodiversity. However, local community takes an interest not only in that sort of institutions but is actively involved in events which are focused on science popularization. “Primorsky Aquarium” is an affiliated institution NRCMB FEB RAS (National Research Center for Marine Biology of the Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Science) – is the place possessing culturally educational resource. The collection of living organisms of “Primorsky Aquarium” is represented in nine permanent themed expositions, however dealing with visitors has its specificity, especially with preschool children. Preschool children are the most sensitive to the outside world perception, in this regard including of “living” exposition to pedagogical process has its features. The article describes psychological peculiarities of preschool children, pedagogical principles that are basic for proposed algorithms of the teacher work with children, where a child can get acquainted with the learning styles of aquatic habitat, understand the nature of a living organism, which will prepare a child to perceive the world of living things in the wild nature in future