Стародубцева, И.В. Умственное развитие старших дошкольников в процессе физического воспитания = Intellectual Development of Senior Preschool Children During Physical Education / И.В. Стародубцева, Е.А. Короткова // Физ. культура: воспитание, образование, тренировка. - 2005. - № 3. - С. 18-22.
The purpose of the research was the creation of a technique of physical education assisting the intellectual development of preschool children of 5-7 years. And the contents, forms, methods and means of their intellectual development were developed in the process of physical education. The research has shown, that the means of physical training contain the unlimited opportunities not only for the decision of specific tasks of improvement of the physical status of the engaged ones, but also for the development of mental functions of a child. It proves the expediency of their use for the decision of the tasks of intellectual development. The approbation of the developed technique of physical training directed on the intellectual development of preschool children of 5-7 years, proved its positive influence on the processes: logic and evident - shaped thinking, attention, perception, memory. It promotes the fast, strong, deliberate mastering of motor skills and the formation of physical qualities.