The article presents the results of a study of the features of the development of spatial thinking in preschool children with delayed speech development. The sample of the main group consisted of 30 preschool children with developmental delay, the average age of children was 4.5 years. The research was conducted at the Smolensk Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary and the "Solnyshko" kindergarten in the city of Smolensk. It was found that children with developmental disabilities were more likely to try on the sample, more often performed erroneous actions when performing spatial tasks proposed by the experimenter, and did not try to pronounce their actions aloud compared to children without speech impairment. However, children with developmental disabilities performed spatial tasks according to their own design more successfully, and when performing tasks on a free topic, they tried to comment on their decisions.
preschool age, delayed speech development, spatial thinking
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