The specificity and essence of mental activity of children of preschool age

This article reveals the specifics and essence of mental activity of children of preschool age. Mental activity is a solution to a variety of mental problems aimed at revealing the essence of something. Mental surgery is one of the ways of mental activity through which the child solves mental problems. The thought process begins with the awareness of the problem situation, with the formulation of the question. The means of solving the problem are such mental operations as analysis, synthesis, comparison, abstraction, generalization and classification.