current stage of development of our country imposes entirely new requirements for the quality of education and the educational process in preschool.This concerns not only the choice of the basic forms and methods of work with children aged from two months to seven years, but also to create conditions for their most comfortable entry into society.
Preschool educational institutions have experienced in recent years, major changes that are associated with a whole group of factors.Firstly, the educational environment is increasingly include market relations, which is expressed in particular in the development of competition not only between the individual institutions but between the didactic and educational concepts.Second, the pre-school with the constant increase of requirements to him by the state and the parents faced with obvious underfunding, leading to a significant formalization of the educational process in it.
Thirdly, a more active role in monitoring the nursery began to play the parent community.At the same time, an acute shortage of the country's institutions of this kind has led to the fact that teachers are using this argument as a tool to influence especially the principal fathers and mothers.Finally, in the fourth, in the light of recent developments relating to the adoption of the new Education Act, kindergartens finally transformed from predominantly educational structure in full kindergartens with an educational program.
new law adopted in addition to the regulations in the new came to the main areas of activity of different types of kindergartens.Kindergarten its activity shall be guided by the basic norms of the Russian legislation and the provisions of state standards in this area.The main objectives of this level of education named:
- paying very close attention to the state of physical and mental health of children;
- aimed at maximizing the physical, aesthetic and social abilities of pupils;
- account the individual characteristics of children;
- education in the spirit of patriotism, a suggestion of respect for family values, cultural traditions and customs of Russia, love for nature;
- correction of deficiencies in mental and physical development of the child;
- liaise with all the main social partners - families, the state and public institutions.
Preschool exists in our country a few basic forms.The most common type is a kindergarten, which implements the standard educational program that meets the basic requirements for the training and education of preschool children.In addition, it allocates these types of institutions, such as kindergarten care and sanitation, combined kindergartens, child development centers.Their features are directly related to the contingent that they are designed to train and educate.
Thus, preschool plays a crucial role in the socialization of the child.It is here, along with the family, laid the basic qualities of a citizen, formed his ideas of cultural and social traditions of the society.
