The potential of arts and crafts in the formation of aesthetic taste in children of senior preschool age

In: Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 73-77

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study and analysis of the use of the possibilities of decorative and applied art in the formation of aesthetic taste in older preschool children. The study revealed that decorative and applied arts have their own aesthetic and educational capabilities in teaching children both fine arts and in developing their aesthetic sensitivity to the world around them. Promising directions for the use of types, subtypes, varieties, techniques and technologies of decorative and applied arts in the artistic and creative activities of older preschoolers are proposed. The author concludes that introducing children of senior preschool age to arts and crafts is one of the main means of developing aesthetic taste, developing the ability to see and understand beauty in the surrounding life and art.