The decline in children's health in Ukraine is significantly influenced by several factors, including economic instability in the country, environmental pollution, inadequate nutrition, and a lack of healthcare interventions. Lifestyle plays a particularly crucial role.
 Health is an integral aspect of an individual's well-being and directly impacts their quality of life. Preserving and enhancing the health of students, increasing their levels of physical activity, and fostering the development and improvement of fundamental physical qualities are the primary objectives of physical education for elementary school children. These objectives align with the priority goals of our society. To achieve effective and multifaceted improvements in the development of elementary school children, health-enhancing, pedagogical, and educational tasks must be addressed comprehensively. Modern technologies for leveling anxiety and for quality life of younger schoolchildren began to use fairy tale therapy. The essence of fairy-tale therapy is to create a special mental space in which the child's fantasies become similar to reality and contribute to overcoming his fears and complexes. On the example of positive characters, the child learns to act correctly; negative heroes of fairy tales point out to her patterns of inappropriate behavior. This therapeutic technique examines various aspects of fairy tales, including symbolism, morals, allegories, and character identification, with the goal of supporting clients in developing, understanding their own emotions and experiences, and changing their perception of the world. The mechanisms of the impact of fairy tales on individuals are outlined as follows: fairy tales depict profound emotional crises experienced by individuals; they exert their influence on an unconscious level and tri gger adaptive mechanisms to assist in coping with stress; fairy tales teach children how to effectively conquer their fears, enabling them to preserve their psychological well-being.
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