DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL ACTIVITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DIDACTIC GAME

Abstract

The pedagogical conditions of mental activity development of primary school students in didactic game are revealed, theoretically substantiated and experimentally checked in scientific work. The search for new psychological and pedagogical approaches to the development of children`s mental activity in younger school age is becoming increasingly important, because the activity of the mind is one of the fundamental properties of personality. The mental upbringing and development of the children is not only giving them knowledge, but also teaching how to use this knowledge in a variety of activities. The article analyzes the theoretical patterns, formation and development of younger school age children`s mental activity by means of didactic games. The leading pedagogical conditions of using didactic games as a means of developing mental activity are identified and substantiated. An important factor in solving the research problem is the systematic use of didactic games in the educational process of primary school. The content of the younger school age children`s educational process includes the mental activity education, the development of intellectual skills, imagination, perception, memory, thinking, curiosity and mental abilities. First of all, education of mental activity – it is the development of primary school students’ active mental activity. The use of didactic games, in which two principles operate simultaneously: educational (cognitive) and game (interesting), is due to the need to mitigate the transition from one leading activity to another, as well as the fact that during the game children learn more easily, gain idea of the world around. The essence of the using didactic games method in the mental education process of children of younger school age is that they consistently expand their understanding of the environment individual objects`, form logical thinking, the ability to analyze, classify and compare. The leading form of work is the daily communication of the educator with the children using the material of didactic games. The developed method of using didactic games as a means of developing mental activity requires compliance with a number of pedagogical conditions, including: the use of didactic games in the process of communicating with children in various activities in the context of solving problems of mental education; the use of clarity in the process of working with didactic games, a clear organizational structure of the educational process.