The problem of the transmission of values of physical education of the Kuban Cossacks by parents to children of preschool age

Physical education as part of a common ethnic culture of the Kuban Cossacks is one of the powerful tools of education of national traditions among the younger generation. However, along with the above, there are contradictions: on the one hand scientists, practitioners, and society understand the vector of upbringing of the younger generation associated with the revival of folk traditions, love for the country, and on the other hand there is a very small amount of researches of the problem of physical education as an integral part of traditional Cossack culture. The empirical base of article is results of questioning of parents for the purpose of studying of features of formation of knowledge at them of traditions of sports education of the Kuban Cossacks and transfer to their children of the senior preschool age. During preliminary experiment mass questioning of parents of children of 6-7 years old who are brought up in the preschool educational organizations of the city of Krasnodar was carried out. 180 parents took part in questioning. The main purpose of the questionnaire was to identify the place and role of physical education of the Kuban Cossacks in the lives of children aged 6-7 and to identify the key social factors which, in the opinion of respondents, have the influence on the formation of ethno-cultural values of physical education of preschool children. The survey of parents revealed that with age the role of physical education in the traditions of the Kuban Cossacks increases, but its place in the daily routine of children aged 6-7, according to parents opinion, decreases.