In this article we made an effort to describe positive influence of Uzbek rituals, tradition and customs on behavioral and cognitive development of children. Custom and rituals have a significant role to bring children up in many ways. There are some methods that hidden behind tradition and ritual which are directed to prepare children to life and improve their cognitive development. In order to reveal hidden benefits of customs and rituals in the development of child we made an observation in preschool. According to our observation rituals and customs help to improve child’s attention productivity and to form behavior pattern.
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