The present stage of development of our countryimposes completely new requirements for the quality of educational and educational processes in preschool institutions. This concerns not only the choice of basic forms and methods of work with children aged from two months to seven years, but also the creation of conditions for their most comfortable entry into society.
Preschool educational institutions experienced inrecent years, serious changes that are associated with a whole group of factors. Firstly, market relations are becoming more and more active in the educational environment, which is expressed, in particular, in the development of competition not only between individual institutions, but also between didactic and educational concepts. Secondly, the preschool institution, against the background of the constant increase in the requirements for it from the state and parents, was faced with a clear underfunding, which led to a considerable formalization of the educational process in it.
Thirdly, an increasingly active role in controllingkindergartens begin to play the parent community. At the same time, the acute shortage of institutions of this type in the country led to the fact that educators use this argument as an instrument of influence on particularly important fathers and mothers. Finally, fourthly, in the light of recent changes related to the adoption of the new Law on Education, kindergartens have finally turned from a predominantly educational structure into full-fledged pre-school institutions with an educational program.
New law and adopted in addition to itsecondary legislation in a new way approached the main activities of kindergartens of various types. A preschool institution must be guided in its activities by the basic norms of the Russian legislation, as well as the provisions of the State Standard in this field. The main goals of this level of education are:
Preschool exists in our country inseveral basic forms. The most common type is kindergarten, which implements a standard educational program that meets the basic requirements for pre-school education and parenting. In addition, there are such types of institutions as kindergarten supervision and rehabilitation, combined kindergartens, child development centers. Their features are directly related to the contingent they are called upon to train and educate.
So preschool playsimportant role in the socialization of the child's personality. It is here, along with the family, that the basic qualities of a citizen are laid down, his ideas about the cultural and social traditions of society are formed.
