MUSICAL-RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING MUSICAL ABILITIES OF OLDER PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

The article analyzes the pedagogical conditions for the development of musical abilities of preschool children through the musical-rhythmic movement. The authors consider the works of psychologists L.A. Wenger, N.S. Leites, S.L. Rubinstein, V.D. Shadrikova; as well as the work of scientists in the field of psychology of music education N.A. Vetlugina, D.K. Kirnarskaya, B.M. Teplova, A.V. Toropova and others. The authors present the theoretical conclusions made in the course of the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, and also describe the course of the experimental and exploratory testing of the hypothesis in the basic organization for pedagogical practice of the Moscow Pedagogical State University.