HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PRINCIPLES FORMATION OF CHILDREN AGED 6-7

Abstract

The aim of the article is to determine pedagogical conditions of healthy lifestyle principles formation of children aged 6–7. Materials and methods: Three groups of methods have been used in the research – theoretical – content analysis of scientific literature and modeling; empirical – surveys, observations, questionnaires and pedagogical experiment; statistical – mathematical processing, quantitative and qualitative analysis. Results: The definition of notion «health» has been analyzed. Attention is focused on the interdisciplinary aspect of the problem. We have conducted pedagogical experiment wcich involved 145 primary school studets (aged 6–7) of Lviv specialized school № 8 (Ukraine) in order to find ways to form the healthy lifestyle principles in general secondary educational institutions. We have identified the levels of formation of healthy lifestyle of primary school children (aged 6 – 7) as high, medium and low. Conclusions: The organizational and pedagogical conditions for the formation of the healthy lifestyle principles of children aged 6–7during curriculum and extracurriculum activities are: axiological approach application to the formation of healthy lifestyle principles; strengthening positive attitude of primary school children (aged 6–7) toward the healthy lifestyle principles formation; organizational, methodological and pedagogical support of the healthy lifestyle principles of primary school students. It has been found that the implementation of the proposed tools contributes to better understanding of healthy lifestyle importance and develop means to be fit and healthy.