title: DIGITAL TOOLS IN PRESCHOOL SETTINGS: DYNAMICS,CHALLENGES AND TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDSDIGITALIZATION
abstract: One of the key challenges of ECE is the integration of digital devices into the educational process as a means of expanding children’s learning opportunities and teacher-child interaction, rather than replacing it (Saljo, ). In international preschool practice, digital tools are widely used: in organizing play environment (Marsh et al., , Fleer, Rai, ) and play-based education (Verenikina et al., , Gillen, Kucirkova, ). In Russia, despite the increasing digitalization and the