THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SENIOR PRESCHOOL AGE

The article highlights the problem of patriotic upbringing of older preschool children. The regulatory and legal documents on patriotic education of older preschool children were analyzed. The concepts of «patriotism» and «patriotic education» are revealed.It has been found that the problem of patriotism education is extremely complex due to its integrative function and is therefore equally significant for all levels of education, starting with preschool. Patriotic feelings do not arise by themselves, they are the result of long-term educational influence on a person.The national-patriotic upbringing of children is by its very nature a very complex process that requires educators to be equipped with appropriate methodological tools, to be aware of the necessity and importance of such work with children of older preschool age.Personality formation in a preschool educational institution should be aimed at the development of patriotism - love and respect, first of all, for one’s family, educational institution, city, state. And the problem is that a child of preschool age has a superficial understanding of the concept of «patriotism». Therefore, the task of a modern preschool institution is to educate a patriotic citizen capable of building a sovereign Ukraine, a creative personality with a high level of intellectual and spiritual development.Under such conditions, the preschool education institution becomes an important link in the formation of conscious, active and highly moral citizens of the Ukrainian state, a place of emotional and psychological safety and mental reassurance of the preschool child’s personality, constructive cooperation and mutual understanding. understanding, connection, in which national consciousness, social maturity and social responsibility for the fate of the Motherland, for its role in the national and cultural revival of Ukraine, its flowering, are born.