Organization of Environmental Education of Preschoolers in the Conditions of the Natural and Socio-Cultural Environment of the Kindergarten

Abstract

Currently, there is a need to improve the theory and practice of environmental education of preschool children in kindergarten and to transit to education for sustainable development. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the organization of environmental education of preschool children in kindergarten aimed at understanding the natural and socio-cultural ecosystems. Ecological systems are the universal units of the structure of the surrounding world. The focus of pedagogical activity on the organization of children’s cognitive and research activities in the ecosystems of the nearest natural and socio-cultural environment in the area of the nearest development of preschool age children allows enriching the subjective experience of children with ecological content – the basis of future ecological intuition. Ecological-system approach to the modeling of the educational process allows uniting all forms of organization of life and types of children’s activity in an educational institution into a single succession system. The basis for organizing the cognitive and research activity of preschoolers is the interest, cognitive needs and cognitive activity of children. The process of environmental l education fulfills the role of a systemic mechanism for reflecting and modeling the pictures of the surrounding world in the process of cognitive-research and creative activity in the areas of the nearest development and self-development of children. As a result of testing this organization system in practice of kindergartens activities, teachers note its convenience, effectiveness and positive results in the development of children.