The Development of Cooperation Skills of Senior Preschoolers in the Experimentation Process

Abstract

The authors of the article consider the importance of cooperation skills as some of soft skills of a person. The significance of developing these skills from preschool age on is emphasized. The influence of children's experimentation on their all-round development and readiness of senior preschool children to study at school is considered. The interrelation between group activities in the process of experimentation and the development of senior preschoolers’ cooperation skills is shown. Based on the observation of children's activities in the process of experimentation, the educator’s participation in this process and the survey of senior preschoolers and educators reveal the aspects of the organization of children’s group activities that have to be improved. The peculiarities of the educator's participation at all stages of the experiment done by senior preschool children in groups are analyzed – during the goal setting, discussion of the experimental procedure, summarizing, as well as during the verbal report on the results of the experiment. Emphasis is placed on the fact that it is important to organize experimentation centres at preschool institutions, which will allow children to freely experiment and form a team to carry out search activities. The psychological and pedagogical conditions for the children's experimentation in groups being organized at preschool institutions by educators for the successful formation of senior preschoolers’ cooperation skills are formulated.

Trends of Implementation of Research-Experimental Activities in Preschool Educational Institutions of Ukraine in Today’s Conditions

“…The organization and implementation of experimentation as one of the leading types of children's activities into the educational process of preschool education institutions will ensure the development of cognitive interests and needs of preschoolers, as well as stimulate the development of all psychic processes and mental operations. It is the educator who motivates children, asks them problemsearching questions and tasks, organizes elementary research-experimental work, during which preschoolers independently master competencies that reflect the system of interrelated components of the child's physical, mental, social, and spiritual personality development and are formed according to all educational areas according to the Basic Component of Preschool Education (Karuk et al, 2021(Karuk et al, , 2022.…”

Екологічна Освіта – Рушійна Сила Сталого Розвитку: Європейський Досвід

“…Науковиця І. Карук у своїх дослідженнях описує різноманітні форми, методи та прийоми роботи з дітьми щодо формування екологічної культури в дітей та його впровадження в закладах дошкільної освіти України [2]. Педагогиня зазначає: «Пізнання найкраще відбувається в процесі практичної діяльності дитини, тобто може реалізовуватись лише у власній, самостійній діяльності, що найближче підводить дитину до експериментування, в іграх, які носять дослідницький (експериментальний) характер» [2, С.…”