Excursions as a means of using the basis of art local history in preschool education institution

The article considers the problem of using the principles of art local lore in the modern practice of preschool education. It is pointed out that each of the Ukrainian regions has its own historical and cultural uniqueness, which should be embedded in the content of educational work with children and youth. The essence and interrelation of the concepts «local lore», «ethnography» and «artistic local lore» are revealed. By establishing a hierarchy of these concepts, it is determined that artistic local lore is an integral part of general local lore as a science, has a complex nature, its own object and subject of study. It is pointed out that artistic local lore has great cognitive and educational opportunities, orienting the individual in the process of its interaction with the objects of artistic heritage of the native land on the activation of internal mechanisms in formation spiritual values of the individual. It is proved that in preschool education work with children has an ethnographic direction, providing more generalized data on the culture of Ukraine and somewhat reducing the amount of information about the uniqueness of the culture of the native land for children. The essence of artistic local lore as a process of studying, mastering, preserving, developing and spreading the values of artistic culture of the native land is analyzed. The authors emphasize that art and local lore work is a certain system, for the implementation of which the teacher should clearly define its content and organizational components. Excursion as a method and form of local lore work is characterized. The classification of excursions is offered and the specifics of art and local lore excursions are considered. Some issues concerning the formation and development of the tour as a form of organization of educational work in the educational institution are outlined. The contribution of some scientists to the development of methods for conducting excursions with preschoolers in kindergarten is revealed. A number of requirements for conducting art and local history excursions with children in a preschool institution have been identified. It is indicated to what extent the age characteristics of preschoolers should be taken into account in terms of their involvement in excursions.