There is a global transformation associated with the development of the digital environment in the modern world. Children develop by holding digital devices in their hands. At the same time, preschool age continues to be a period of play. The purpose of the study is to investigate the characteristics of the playing of preschoolers in context to their digital. The following results were obtained. 54% of children do not use story-role-playing to interact in a specially organized play space. 46 % of children who use a story-role-playing in the game activity such characteristics of the game as organizational interaction and in-game interaction prevail. The least developed elements of the game are: the creation and semantic differentiation of the game space. The main "zones of digital activity" of preschoolers are: "Games and entertainment", "Orientation in social world", "Multimedia". "Playing" children often choose mobile applications designed for online communication. There were no significant differences in digital activity in "playing" and "non-playing" children of the compared. Children who play a story-role-playing and are well versed in mobile applications have a higher level of unproductive mental stress. But, significant differences in the emotional state of "playing" and "non-playing" children not found.

Story-role-playing and digital activity of preschoolers