To the problem of development of preschool children by means of artistic activities

The article talks about the role of visual activity in the formation of the personality of a preschool child, the formation of the fundamental qualities of the psyche. It provides the rationale and characterization of the author’s program “We play, depict, fantasize”, built on the basis of the principles of art pedagogy, aimed at developing, first of all, the aesthetic abilities of the child. The program was developed taking into account the need to create psychological and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the main functions of children’s art, and the main role is played by the nature and characteristics of practical tasks.