Yampolskaya Urges Shift from Western Early Development
It is necessary to return the preschool education system to domestic traditions and reject Western approaches to early development that negatively affect children.
Consensus
- Elena Yampolskaya is an advisor to the Russian president.
- She criticized Western ideas of early childhood development as harmful.
- She advocated for returning to domestic traditions in preschool education.
- She emphasized the need for natural and healthy child development aligned with physiology and nature.
- The goal is to shift away from forced skill acquisition in early childhood.
- A new digital resource called 'Main Child' will be launched in pilot mode by November 1.
- The resource will include materials for educators and parents about the harms of early development.
- The list of recommended children's literature for kindergartens will be revised to include more Russian and traditional works.
- The 'Native Toy' competition was initiated by President Vladimir Putin in 2024.
- The competition aims to promote domestic toy development based on traditional spiritual and moral values.
Points of divergence
- Yampolskaya stated that the expert group 'Educational Work with Preschoolers' is working on ensuring the educational component permeates all time spent in kindergarten. — vedomosti
- The revised literature list will become mandatory and include more works by Russian peoples and Alexander Pushkin. — vedomosti
- Yampolskaya made her remarks during a visit to the 'Native Toy' competition exhibition, reported by TASS. — vedomosti
- Yampolskaya made her statement before the award ceremony for the 'Native Toy' competition finalists. — interfax
- She said the Western idea of early development was imposed in the 1990s and negatively affects children. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Yampolskaya called for moving away from Western ideas of early childhood development — Ведомости
- Yampolskaya proposed abandoning the Western idea of early child development — Интерфакс