Children's clothing as a means of education in the Russian folk pedagogy of infancy

Izmailova Alla Borisovna

The article examines the tradition of Russian folk pedagogy of infancy, associated with children's clothing. Clothing is considered as a means of aesthetic, moral, physical and Orthodox education in Russian folk pedagogy. The items that make up the complex of everyday and festive clothing of the baby in Russian folk pedagogy are indicated. The attitude to clothing in children is brought up on the principle of care in Russian folk pedagogy. To educate children about the careful attitude to clothing, numerous methods and means of Russian folk pedagogy are used. Clothing is both a subject of material and spiritual culture of the Russian people. Based on examples from numerous literary sources, the ideas about children's clothing that existed in Russian folk pedagogy for centuries are recreated.

Keywords:education and training in Russian folk pedagogy, methods and means of Russian folk pedagogy, virtues and vices, dress code.