CONJOINING ACTIVITY - AN EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S PERSONALITY

Abstract

 According to the Marxist psychology, it is through activity that humans beings produce material wealth as well as create themselves at the same time. Preschool children’s activities may not create products meaningful for society but first and foremost facilitate their own growth. For children aged 2 to 3 years, their dominant activity is playing with physical objects to acquire knowledge directly (through hand – eye connection). Though rudimentary, this activity is very useful and necessary. Later on, in the nursery age, this activity is still maintained, but more noticeable is children’s fun playing. Conjoining is a form of visual art activity which is closed to fun playing, and is also considered as children’s working activity to make objects on their own. Getting children to participate in the conjoining activity is an extremely useful pathway to educate them. This article clarifies concepts, types and the importance of using the conjoining activity in the well-rounded education of young children.