Opportunities of modern education of preschool-age children
ENThe article deals with the opportunities of modern education of preschool-age children. Scientific research proving that preschool childhood is a special period important for child’s purposeful and high-quality education and his/her life both in present and in future has been discussed. The issues that are important for the expression of child’s development, the opportunities of social, cultural, creative and other potential have been reviewed. The concept of modern education in the preschool sector is inseparable from the aims and objectives set in the European and Lithuanian strategic documents of education, from changes that are taking place in this sector. Teacher’s professionalism, appropriately selected methods of education, educational environment friendly to child’s self-expression, educational innovations applied, “new” pedagogical relations not only with children but also with parents have been presented in the article as a basis of modern education of preschool-age children.
