Psychological and pedagogical foundations of color and musical perception of preschoolers

this paper summarizes the results of scientific research on the development of color and musical perception in preschool children through the synthesis of musical and artistic education. The research is based on the use of the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia - the ability to experience sensory sensations of one type as sensations of another type. In this context, synesthesia manifests itself in the association of sounds with certain color palettes. An analysis of the existing literature on the psychology of perception, music pedagogy and neuropsychology was carried out. In addition to the literature analysis, the study included empirical studies involving a group of preschoolers. Diagnoses included various activities, such as listening to musical compositions and choosing an associated color as well as emotional coloring of proposed personality characteristics. An interesting observation was that the associations between color and music in children are individual and do not always coincide with generally accepted ideas. For example, the same piece of music evokes different color associations in different children, which confirms the subjective nature of synesthetic sensations. The data obtained confirms the hypothesis that purposeful development of color and musical perception in the educational process contributes to a deeper understanding of music and the development of preschoolers' creative potential.

poly-artistic activity, synesthesia, color music perception, preschool age