FICTION AS EDUCATIONAL TOOL OF PATRIOTIC FEELINGS OF YOUNGER SCHOOL STUDENTS
The article raises the problem of moral and patriotic education of youth. According to the authors, it is primary school age is the most favorable time for the emotionally-valuable, spiritual and moral development and civic education. The authors are convinced that literature, like no other school subject contributes to the spiritual and moral formation of students, formation of their moral positions, patriotism, aesthetic taste, improvement of communication skills. A remarkable finding in favor integration of extracurricular reading lessons with educational activities aimed at the formation of the young Russians.This article provides practical recommendations for extracurricular reading lessons. Among the most effective instructional techniques mentioned such as keeping readers 'diaries, organizing oral magazines, readers' conferences, staging, illustration, work on the project. Instrumental lessons-study, which is familiar with the elements of literary analysis, comparison of literary works.