Model for Training Teachers to Create an Upbringing Cultural Environment for Young Children

The article substantiates the relevance of the problem of familiarizing young children with various arts in the education environment for expanding the cultural experience of each child. The appropriateness of training teachers to create an upbringing cultural environment focused on the harmonized development of children through art is proven. The authors identify the “deficits” in the modern education environment, reveal the social demand for the training of teachers for educating young children by means of art in a specially organized cultural environment, and outline the relevant tasks. This provides for a clear definition of the goal-setting, methodology, and the stages of an applied scientific study and developing a model for training teachers to organize an upbringing cultural environment incorporating the following arts: children’s literature, music book illustration (children’s illustrated books), folk toys, children's theater, animation, art photography, etc. As a result, the authors present a model of training teachers to organize an upbringing cultural environment focused on familiarizing young children with various arts. The empirical materials of the study include: 1) analytical documents; 2) the program for the additional training of preschool teachers “Organizing the education of young children in an upbringing cultural environment: from an innovative program to variative practice” (72 academic hours); 3) methodological recommendations for teachers on creating an upbringing cultural environment; 4) the technology for designing an upbringing cultural environment; 5) the approximate repertoire of artworks understandable for young children; 6) digital content for teachers and parents “First steps into the world of art”.