FORMATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF DESIGN SKILLS IN CHILDREN OF ELDERLY PRESCHOOL AGE IN SUBJECT-PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES

The article clarifies the concept of "subject activity" as an important source of creative forces, opportunities and abilities of the child"; "practical activity" as the transformation of nature using various materials; "subject-practical activity" means the implementation by a child of senior preschool age of creative ideas for the transformation of environmental objects using various materials, means of subject-practical actions in the process of performing constructive tasks and modeling independently (or with the help of an adult); "subject-practical activity" as a way of perception and interaction with the surrounding world through action with any subject, object or tool.It is determined what is the goal for children of senior preschool age in subject-practical activity.Landscape design is explained as an artistic activity that explains the inclusion of the surrounding natural space in the sphere of transformation according to aesthetic and ecological requirements.The basics of design skills in older preschool children are proposed, which should be formed in older preschool children in subject-practical activities, namely: the ability to implement a creative idea of landscape design; to apply subject-practical means in the process of performing artistic and design tasks; the presence of motivation for design subject-practical activities; to independently carry out design activities; to reflect and carry out self-analysis of landscape-creating actions; to combine drawing, sculpting and application with artistic design; to find their own unique solutions, different from the proposed model of the teacher; independent, planned, practical and systematic implementation of landscape design design; creation of a new or improvement of an existing landscape; to listen to partners in the activity; the ability to design landscape design.