THE USE OF DIDACTIC GAMES IN THE PROCESS OF THE PRESCHOOLERS’ CAREER GUIDANCE

The article highlights the features of career guidance work with preschool children. It is established thatvarious tools and methods of work are used in the process of preschool children’s career guidance. It was found that didactic games contribute to the acquisition of the necessary knowledge of children about the professional activities of adults. The peculiarities of the use of didactic games in the educational process of preschool educational institution are revealed. The main types of didactic games that contribute to the enrichment of children’s knowledge about professions are games with objects, board-printed games, and verbal games. Samples are provided, and their main content is described. It is established that depending on the mastered material, didactic games perform different functions, such as acquaintance, consolidation, testing of children’s knowledge about professions. It is noted that introductory didactic games aim at acquainting children with different professions, tools, places, and the importance of their work. Consolidation games aim to generalize and systematize children’s knowledge about the representatives of certain professions. Diagnostic games aim at testing the preschoolers’ knowledge about the studied professions.Based on the analysis of the methodological support in a preschool educational institution on the problem of career guidance of preschool children, it was found that modern preschool education orients teachers to form children’s general knowledge about the most common professions, ignoring those that have emerged in recent years. The content of didactic games is offered, which is aimed at acquainting preschool children with the professions that emerge in modern society. Didactic games are divided depending on the type of human activity, and samples are developed for each type: man – holiday (“Animator”, “Aerodesigner”, “Event-manager”, “Operator”, “Florist”) man – computer (“Programmer”, “Web Designer”), a person – the sphere of services (“Courier”, “Confectioner”, “What’s in the bank?”, “Pizza maker”, “Barista”), a person – image (“Make-up artist”, “Eyebrow artist”, “Image maker”, “Stylist”, “Groomer”).Recommendations are given to teachers on the introduction of didactic games in the process of acquainting preschool children with professions. The main requirements for didactic games are highlighted: systematics, realism, duration, children’s interest, comprehensibility of tasks, humanism. It has been proved that didactic games are an effective means of career guidance work with preschoolers.