Project and Research Activities as a Means of Primary School Children Cognitive Activity Development
The author considers project and research activities as a form of an integrated approach to school education and cultural and leisure activities. In the process of primary school children project and research leisure activities the following skills are being formed: screening the well-known and trivial, electing the most spectacular forms of presentation and sharing acquired knowledge with peers. Such form of leisure activities contributes to developing creative abilities, strengthening mutual understanding between parents and children on the basis of joint activity, socializing in the school collective, improving self-esteem.