The article actualizes the motivation issue of primary school students' educational activity through active forms and methods of teaching games, reveals the benefits of game method in teaching, considering the game as child's a leading activity. The authors define the value of the didactic games in physical, spiritual growth, adaptation for various spheres of life; educational and entertaining activities enhance the effectiveness of teaching primary school students and on the other hand-creates

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... conditions for the development and improvement of mental processes in the early school years. The modern society requires of schools most effective teaching methods and education and this need is to link primary education. Didactic games can be used to familiarize children with new training content and to consolidate it, to revise previously acquired concepts for full and deep understanding, learning, and skills formation, basic techniques of thinking and expanding horizons. The game is one of the most important methods of training and education of students. Considering the importance of the game in terms of psychology and pedagogy, one could argue that the game belongs to the means of improving the efficiency of the educational process.