Theoretical - methodological bases for the formation of national identity in preschool children

The article highlights the modern approaches to organization of education of preschool children in multicultural environment, states some basic principles and conditions for the formation of national identity, socialization of children in modern multicultural society, where multicultural education is based on the attitude of children to their homeland, family and immediate environment, to cultures of neighboring nations, from the expression of interest and sympathy towards people of other nationalities to learning their traditions and customs, developing knowledge about them, friendly relationship and respect to them. The article presents scientific positions in the context of philosophical, ethnographic, sociological researches, which reconsider the understanding and interpretation of the concept of "multicultural education" in the context of such categories as "internationality", "nationality", "humaneness". It defines and explains the most effective means of the formation of spiritual and moral character of a growing person, such as literature and theatre. The article presents the project enhancing the formation of national identity among preschool children, reflecting the multicultural traditions of Irkutsk region by fiction writers of the Angara region and Siberia.