In search of ways to form a team during the period of adaptation of first-graders to school (based on the materials of the federal innovation platform «Path to the Collective»)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the results of the activities of the federal innovation platform ‟Path to the collective”, aimed at forming a team of first-graders by means of collective creative activity. The article describes an experimental work, the essence of which was to organize an adaptive period for first-graders to enter school life in the form of an intensive course based on CTD, as well as filling extracurricular activities with forms of work that intensify the collective formation of younger students. The period of experimental work is the 2024-2025 academic year. 63 students of the municipal budgetary educational institution of Kostroma ‟Secondary General Education School No. 11” and 48 students of the municipal budgetary educational institution of Kostroma ‟Secondary General Education School No. 1” became participants in the experiment. The article describes the targeted, meaningful, technological aspect of the formation of a team of primary school students. The authors conclude that collective creative activity is an effective tool for forming a team of first-graders during the period of adaptation to school. The analysis made it possible to identify several significant characteristics that determine the success of first-graders' adaptation, taking into account the organization of collective creative activity: increasing the level of socialization of first-graders; ease in overcoming difficulties due to the support of the team; increasing motivation for learning activities; reducing anxiety during the period of first-graders' adaptation to school; facilitating the adaptation process by organizing intensive interaction in the first two weeks of training. The identified characteristics can become the basis for the continuation of activities aimed at team building from the first days of first-graders' education in all schools, as well as become the basis for the introduction of effective educational methods that meet government requirements.