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The present article discusses the problem of forming the basics of environmental consciousness in the children of primary school age. It describes practical experimental work which has been car­ried out with the younger students of city schools. Diagnostics of school children has been carried out by means of the «Naturafil» method developed by V. A. Yavsin. This method is aimed primar­ily at identifying child’s personal attitude to nature. Evaluation of child’s attitude intensiveness is performed by perceptual-affective, cognitive, practical and progressive scales.

The article gives analysis of self-cognition process in the primary school students on the basis of comparison between their per­sonal traits and personal traits of their peers. The study shows the role of peer image in the process of formation of idea of oneself and opportunities of one’s own development. The article describes the peculiarities of organization of step-by-step development of self-cognition in the primary school students on the basis of com­parison to the image of a perfect and a real peer.

The article presents a theoretical analysis of improvement process of organizing educational and exploratory activities of elementary schoolchildren. We analyzed the ways of educational and exploratory activities development of elementary schoolchildren as part of the educational process in elementary school. The essence of the concept of “exploratory attitude of elementary schoolchildren to the world around us” was studied.