Health improvement activities in preschool daily routine

Aim. The aim of this article is to develop and justify a complex of physical education and health improvement activities, including swimming, for 4-5-year-old children. Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the premises of “A” and “B” preschool establishments in Chelyabinsk. 44 boys and girls aged 4-5 years participated in the study. Children from kindergarten “A” were involved in swimming with a complex of additional health improvement activities, including sauna, phytotherapy, and cold exposure training. During the study, the following methods have been used: the analysis and synthesis of special and methodical literature, pedagogical observations, pedagogical experiment, control tests for swimming skills assessment, calculation methods, mathematical statistics. Results. The application of the complex proposed (sauna, cold exposure training, phytotherapy) in the experimental group decreased significantly children’s disease frequency by the end of the course. This proves a positive influence of the complex proposed on immunity in 4-5-year-old children in preschool establishments. Conclusion. Methodical peculiarities of a health improvement program influenced the level of children’s swimming skills. The analysis of disease frequency during a year allows us to suppose that the complex proposed influenced positively body resistance to unfavorable environmental conditions.