THE ROLE OF SPORT ACTIVITIES, GAMES AND COMPETITIONS IN THE NURTURE OF 6-7 YEARS OLD CHILDREN

Abstract

The paper analyzes the main approaches to the use of sports in the system of school physical education. The most important objectives of sport activities in primary school are to familiarize the children who are 6-7 years old with the varieties of sports and exercises, and to lay the foundations of proper technique. However, these activities should not become the highly specialized trainings. In our opinion, the system and activity nature of sports and fitness and health recreation activities acts as the effective means to raise the childrens’ social activity characterizing such physical ability degree, which allows him successful implementing his creative, educational and cognitive abilities, participating actively in social and labour activities necessary for him, and increases his adaptive potential and the growth of social feedback on this basis