Implementation of professor S.P. Baranov's idea 
in the formation of the aesthetic attitude of younger schoolchildren to the world

The article from the gnoseological point of view substantiates the idea of the ratio of model and original in the cognitive activity of students; which finds its refraction in the basis of the principles of learning and is implemented in three groups of methods: studying models, studying the original, communication of models with the original; generalizes the empirical material of students' research activities. The article is intended for teachers and students of high school, educational workers.