“…One of the most important aspects of cognitive development in preschool age is imagination, which is significant for the children’s further successful development and learning ( Vygotsky, 1984 ; Lubart, 1999 ; Alfonso-Benlliure et al, 2013 ; Calvert, 2015 ; Gajda et al, 2016 ; Chen et al, 2020 ; Bayanova and Khamatvaleeva, 2022 ). At preschool age, imagination actively develops within the role play ( Vygotsky, 1984 ), however in the modern world, traditional play with peers among preschoolers is supplanted and supplemented by the active use of gadgets ( Singer and Singer, 2005 ; Calvert, 2015 ; Götz, 2015 ; Kalabina and Progackaya, 2021 ; Belova and Shumakova, 2022 ; Yudina, 2022 ). At the same time, some scientists adhere to the hypothesis that gadgets have a developing potential for imagination (for example, Jackson et al, 2011 ; Ott and Pozzi, 2012 ; Götz, 2015 ; Blanco-Herrera et al, 2019 ); whereas others support the opposite idea that gadgets are more likely to impoverish the imagination (e.g., Singer and Singer, 2005 ; Greenfield, 2009 ; Calvert and Valkenburg, 2013 ).…”