ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: ORGANIZATIONAL AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
In this article, researchers draw the attention of the professional community to the problems of organizing the environmental education of preschool children and their theoretical understanding in modern global changing conditions. Changes in the economic, political, social and cultural spheres affecting the environmental education of children are considered. The conditions of the formation of environmental responsibility in the field of preschool childhood are reflected. Substantial foundations of environmental education of preschool children are presented, which are based on regulatory legal documents of various levels. The level matrix of professional pedagogical readiness of educators for the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard for the part of the organization of environmental education is highlighted. Elements of properly organized ecologically oriented educational activities of teachers with preschool children in the context of early childhood education are described. The development trends (both at the theoretical and practical levels) of the environmental education of preschool children are noted.