Candidate od pedagogical sciences, Docent of the chair of pre-school and primary education N.I. Lobachevskiy Nizhniy Novgorod state university, Arzamas branch Arzamas, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. The specificity of rural settlements determines the search for other, than in urban settings, ways of improving the education. At that it is important to take into account and use the potential of more significant social and cultural institutions for residents of the village. The Russian Orthodox Church has a special place in a social life of majority of small or large villages of the Russian Federation. The study of possibilities for cooperation between educational institutions and the Orthodox Church in the village is necessary and advisable in the context of improving the quality of education.

Key words: village school, humanization of pre-school education, experience of cooperation between institutions of education and culture in countryside.