Mental development of a child and traditions of Kyrgyz

This article recalls the social and psychological changes of a child in ontogenesis, defining the process of the formation of his personality and the patterns of further development. It clarifies the importance of folk ideas in the study of age periods of psychological development and the characteristics of the formation of a child's personality. The traditions of the Kyrgyz people pay attention to the age characteristics of children and is confirmed by the name of each period. Popular definitions of the social and psychological development of a child are described in comparison with scientific and theoretical studies of scientists. Scientists such as L. S. Vygotsky, D.B. Elkonin point to peculiar age-related changes in the child in ontogenesis, which are characterized by certain patterns. The onset of each age period is accompanied by new formations.