Abstract:
The authors have analyzed psycho-pedagogical features of a game in preschool age. The authors consider the
game as a multilateral phenomenon, as a special form of the existence of all aspects of the collective's life
without exception. The progressive, developing value of games consists not only in the realization of the opportunities
for the all-round development of a child, but also in the fact that it promotes the expansion of the
sphere of his interests, the emergence of the need for the formation of the motive for a new activity — educational,
which is one of the most important factors of the child's psychological readiness for learning at school.
Authors also emphasize that in this age game are considered as the most important kind of activity. Games
are effective means of a preschooler’s personality formation, his moral qualities and in game the need for affection
the environment occurs. It causes a significant change in his psyche. The article demonstrates that
children reflect not only actions and operations with objects, but also the relationships between people. The
main changes in the activity, consciousness and personality of the child is the emergence of voluntariness of
mental processes — the ability to purposefully manage their behavior and mental processes — perception, attention,
memory, etc. There is a change in the perception of self, its image - I. A special place is occupied by
games, which are created by children themselves - they are called creative. Thus, the authors point out that in
these games preschoolers reproduce in roles all that they see around them in the life and activities of adults.
