PRESCHOOL CHILDREN LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Introduction. The development of a modern legal state and civil society of Ukraine is impossible without proper legal education and education of members of society, starting with the smallest – children of preschool age and completing the education of adults. Legal education of children is one of the urgent problems of our society, because the level of legal culture and knowledge of children about their rights and responsibilities is rather low. Purpose. The investigation is aimed to present the analytical review of the phenomenon of «preschool children legal education» and to define the pedagogical conditions for the legal education of preschool children in the context of modern preschool education institutions educational process. Methods. In order to achieve the purpose of the investigation and to solve the problems of the study, a set of methods was used: analysis, synthesis, generalization for the purpose of studying and systematization of scientific sources; system for analytical review of the phenomenon of «preschool children legal education»; problem-genetic in order to determine the pedagogical conditions of legal education of children of preschool age in the context of the educational process of a modern institution of preschool education. Results. On the basis of the definition of pedagogical conditions of legal education of preschool children in the context of the educational process of a modern institution of preschool education, characterized by the creation of a legal development environment in a pre-school educational institution; pedagogical support of educational and educational work on legal education of children of preschool age; Educational work of teachers on the formation of the legal worldview of parents, substantiating the essence of the phenomenon of «legal education of children of preschool age», we will form the basis of legal education for children of preschool age about: – rights and laws, increase of their legal literacy, understanding of the necessity of observance of the norms of these laws, which will promote the development of self-esteem, respect for oneself, their parents, for other people, «legal» communication with other children, the ability to protect oneself from a legal position; – legal views, convictions, feelings that determine the attitude of the individual to the requirements of laws and regulate behavior in a particular legal situation; – legality of behavior, negative attitude to the facts of offenses and crimes, which will allow the child to analyze their own actions and behavior of other children and adults in the context of observance of their generally accepted norms and rules, as well as legislative requirements. Originality. The research was substantiated and built on the basis of general scientific, pedagogical, theoretical foundations, the totality of relevant research methods of studying the legal education of preschool children in the context of the educational process of a modern institution of preschool education, which made it possible to clarify the essence of the phenomenon of «legal upbringing of preschool children» as a purposeful, systematic influence on the consciousness and behavior of the child with the purpose of forming them deep and stable legal knowledge and beliefs, emotionally positive attitude to them and their respective legal behavior. Conclusions. The results of the presented analytical investigation have shown that the legal education of preschool children in a holistic educational process of modern preschool education should be considered on the basis of age periodization in the organization and teaching conditions.