The Use of Choreographic art in Ecological Education of Preschool Children

Abstract

Summary: The article is devoted to the studing of the potential of choreographic art in the context of the formation of ecological consciousness of the younger generation of Ukrainians. The authors make a philosophical and art analysis of choreography as a means of instilling in preschool children the skills of observation and caring about environment. The aim of the article is to study the possibility of including elements of environmental knowledge in the system of choreographic classes with preschoolers. The urgency of this issue is due necessity to study the features of staged choreographic work, which are served for formation the ecological consciousness of preschool children. Due to there search we determine the importance of choreographical art in the formation of ecological conciousness of these children.Due to the studingof the educational potential of modern dance and the introduction of new teaching methods in choreography classes, the authors of the article developed a unique method of forming the ecological consciousness of preschool children. Due to the research, we were able to form a programme of teaching choreography aimed at developing children's environmental awareness and understanding the needs of the nature. In addition, we investigated the impact of choreography on personality development. Our research on the base of the dance studio "Chocolate" allowed us to determine the features of choreographic art, which is aimed not only at developing the physical qualities of individuals, but also the establishment of socially useful skills. The aim of this article is to research the opportunity of ecological education of the preschool age children by the way of dancing art. Research methodology.We used questionnaires, pedagogical experiment and studding of the previously published sources on this issue. Results Due to making the research, we made a result, that by the way of paying attention of the children to the wild life and the environment, we direct them to take care about environment, because children of preschool age more affectively understand the language of gesture and movement then the scientific terms and foreign words. Novelty Due to the making this research we realized the idea of ecological education by the way of dancing art. This research is new and solve the problem of the environmental issues of humanity and improving the methodology of education of dancing art. The practical significance Based on the Chocolate Dance Studio, a pedagogical experiment was conducted among preschool children. It helped us to address the possibility of combining choreography lesson with environmental education