DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOLERS’ CREATIVITY OF PRESCHOOLERS BY MEANS OF THEATRICAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article describes the theatrical activities of preschoolers as an effective means of child’s creative personality development, focuses on clarifying the role of education in the organization of theatrical and educational space for the formation of creative personality through theatrical activities. Theatrical activities acts as a specific type of children's activity, one of the most popular types of creativity. In theatrical and play activities, children's creative abilities are developed (artistry, improvisation, the ability to reincarnate, value judgments are formed, the outlook is enriched); coordination of movements, gestures, plasticity, facial expressions are improved, speech expressiveness (rhythm, diction, intonation expressiveness) are developed, children master dialogic and monological speech, learn to work with different theatrical puppets and lead them, voice, convey intonation, character, express feelings of charachters in facial expressions and gestures, to play the plots of favorite fairy tales through dramatization and different types of theaters.The pedagogical conditions for the development of the child's personality by means of theater are substantiated. The creative personality of the teacher is an important condition for promoting the development of children's creative abilities. The next condition for the development of expressiveness of preschoolers' speech is the enrichment of the theatrical zone with various theatrical games and attributes to them. It is necessary to work with parents of preschoolers on the development of older preschoolers’ expressiveness in theatrical activities. The main forms of conjoint work with the family, related to the development of children’s speech in theatrical activities, are reports and announcements at parent meetings; group and individual consultations, conversations; reading fiction and its author's performance; visiting theaters, exhibitions, etc. The next condition is the successful organization of theatrical activities for preschool children. Dramatization games are organized by teachers with children of middle and senior preschool age. Preparation is carried out during specially organized classes and theatrical activities in the afternoon. The structure of classes varies depending on the degree of children’s acquaintance with the literary work.