THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE ACTIVITY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN OF MIDDLE AGE THROUGH DIDACTIC GAMES

This article highlights the importance of games for preschool children. Games help enhance children’s intellectual activity, develop social skills, and shape their emotions. Didactic games strengthen children’s knowledge, improve logical thinking, and teach interpersonal relationships. Games are not only effective in developing intellectual abilities but also in improving speech, promoting ecological and aesthetic education. The article provides detailed information about various didactic games used to develop intellectual activity in children, such as crosswords, identifying colors and shapes, mathematical games, role-playing games, and others. These games also help children develop logical thinking, concentration, and creative thinking.