The current levels of physical and mental development and peculiarities of their interrelation in preschoolers of 5-6 years old in the conditions of Mid-Ob region

The role of physical education in the formation of children's personality is often underestimated. In this context, an attempt to examine current levels of performance and features of the relationship of the physical and mental development of preschool children was made. The study involved 50 children of 5-6 years old attending MBDOU №14 «Berezka» in Khanty-Mansiysk. Methods of analysis of scientific and methodical literature, pedagogical and psychological testing, methods of mathematical statistics were used in the research. Analysis of the current levels of development of physical qualities showed that only the power of legs in the test «broad jump from a place» demonstrates a sufficient level of development (the total share of the results of levels «above average» and «high» was - 60.7%). Average level is recorded in throwing balls at a distance with a right hand - 31.4%, in a position of bending forward with a measurement of depth - 56.8%, in running on the 300 m distance - 35...