Extracurricular sports and recreation activities as a component of the cognitive activity development of primary school children

Abstract

Analysis of scientific and methodological sources on the main positions of development and improvement of physical culture in general education institutions shows that it is necessary to pay attention to the development of schoolchildren cognitive abilities through project activities, interactive game technologies, and personal participation in sports events. Extracurricular activities are an expanded space of upbringing and education, it creates additional opportunities for self-realization and self-knowledge, their capabilities through sports and recreation activities. This article describes the methodology of sports and recreation classes held outside of school hours with the introduction of game sports (basketball, floorball), interactive technologies. The content of the proposed methodology is traditional. It consists of mastering knowledge methods, improving motor skills and developing physical qualities. They are formed thanks to the proposed interactive game technologies and tasks for the intellectual abilities development. The article discusses the possible conditions of sports and recreation activities in general education institutions that ensure a more successful development of younger students cognitive activity. Analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, testing, questionnaires, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. The experimental method was implemented in junior classes and was conducted as part of extracurricular sports and recreation activities in accordance with the Federal state educational standard. The proposed forms and methods of organizing basketball and floorball classes with the inclusion of interactive game technologies and tasks for the development of intellectual abilities increased the cognitive activity of younger schoolchildren. The results of the pedagogical experiment showed the expediency and effectiveness of the proposed method. It provides a holistic approach in the framework of extracurricular sports and recreation activities to improve the indicators of younger schoolchildren cognitive abilities.