Psychohymnastics in adaptive physical education classes in preschool organizations: assessment of demand

The article is devoted to the study of methods for assessing the demand for psychogymnastics as one of the means of adaptive physical education in preschool institutions. The purpose of the study is to develop and test a method for assessing the demand for psychogymnastics, which emphasizes the scientific and practical significance of the work. The study involved 117 educators from 53 preschool organizations of the Aktobe region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The main research method was a survey, for which a questionnaire "Assessment of the demand for psychogymnastics in practice" was developed, and the criteria and levels of demand for this area were determined. The results of the survey showed a low level of application of psychogymnastics in practice. The main reason, according to the authors, is the insufficient knowledge of the theory and methodology of developing and organizing psychogymnastics by educators, despite the availability of developments in this area, mainly by Russian scientists. The authors conclude that the level of demand for psychogymnastics can increase provided that educators are more aware of its capabilities as an effective means of adaptive physical education. This requires the development and testing of methodological materials in the Kazakh and Russian languages, taking into account ethnocultural characteristics (the inclusion of Kazakh national games, plots and heroes of national fairy tales), starting with preschool organizations.