Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The 1st Republican Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern preschool education: the experience of the past - a look into the future" has started at the branch of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University in Tashkent. It involves specialists from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

We remember childhood with affection. Preschool age is a short period of life, full of bright colors and unforgettable events, when a child has time to understand and learn more than he will comprehend in his entire life.

The goal of large-scale reforms carried out in Uzbekistan is to improve the quality of education and the introduction of advanced foreign experience in the educational process. Questions related to these topics, and discussed at the conference:

- Parenting and education of preschool children at home during self-isolation due to COVID-19: results of a rapid assessment study in Uzbekistan.

- Problems of digital transformation in preschool education.

- Timely speech therapy assistance: problems and solutions.

- Key results of the project "Kid": we determine the development tracks of the system of training a teacher of preschool education in Uzbekistan.

- Requirements for the professional competence of specialists working with children with special needs.

- Denver Model of Early Intervention for Preschool Children with ASD.

- Preschool education: the basis for the socialization of children in children's homes.

- STEAM technologies in preschool education in the era of digitalization of society.

The conference is one of the important steps in the implementation of the priorities approved by the Concept for the development of preschool education in the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030.

The main goals of the event, which takes place offline and online, are the exchange of experience and discussion of current problems, key trends and prospects for the development of modern preschool education.