That the child fully was engaged, the correct development of function of thinking is important. The main processes happen at preschool age. Therefore it is necessary to be engaged with the child for development of thinking still before he goes to kindergarten.
Thinking at children of 3-4 years
Thinking is a form of cognitive activity of the person. It is directly connected with perception of objects. After the birth at children this function is not developed yet, there are only conditioned and unconditioned reflexes.
In process of growth and development the nervous system including thinking is improved. At preschool age there is a reorganization, and thinking becomes another. From three-year age children very often use the wrong course of actions for the solution of any given situation.
They do not estimate possible options, and at once start the solution of a task. Quite often it results in negative result. If aged up to 1.5 years at the kid evident and effective thinking prevails, then during the period from 3 to 4 years the evident and figurative cogitative activity has the greatest value. Difference of the last that kids can create images in the subconsciousness and solve problems by means of them. That is the child can not feel a subject, but have an idea of it in the head.
Children of an average and advanced preschool age
From 4 years thinking undergoes some changes. Before the solution of any important task the child first of all counts possible options. For example, in case there are several correct options, then in the subsequent attempt the kid can find a new solution, without resorting at the same time to external interactions with a subject. All these features promote obtaining the general knowledge which will help the kid with his educational activity and private life subsequently. From the 5th summer age at children abstract and logical thinking begins to function. It is impossible to say that they can fully use it. Now there are only harbingers of this kind of cogitative activity. They consist in manipulation not with images, and special concepts which are presented in the form of words. In this interval of time children can use for representation of a subject of a word. It should be noted that the main forms of thinking are judgment, representation and conclusion. At children of preschool age (from 3 to 6 years) representation is generally developed. With age it will be replaced with conclusion which is characteristic of adults. Thus, knowledge of features of development of children plays a large role in the correct organization of educational process and formation of the kid as persons.