Logical-mathematical development of children of preschool age as an important task of preschool education

The article reveals the logical and mathematical development of preschool children as an important task of preschool education. logical thinking is formed on the basis of imagery and is the highest stage of development of thinking. The achievement of this stage is a long and complex process, as the full development of logical thinking requires not only high activity of mental activity, but also generalized knowledge about the General and essential features of objects and phenomena of reality, which are fixed in words and are characteristic of an older age. However, the skills acquired in the preschool period will serve as the Foundation for knowledge and development of logical thinking.