  The article sets out to analyze national and foreign experience of use of
electronic textbooks in the system of education; to justify the use of Smart
Kids technology as a system of methods, forms, and electronic educational game
resources, electronic textbooks for educational process in the system of
elementary school. Four forms of implementation of Smart Kids technology (Smart
Case, Smart Teacher, Smart Class, and Smart Kids) were described con-sidering
the facilities of every school as well as the level of information and
communication technology qualification of the elementary school teacher. The
aim of introduction of the technology for each form of teaching, the necessary
equipment, and means for its implementation in elementary school environment
were determined. Based on the procedural approach to work of an elementary
school teacher, six stages of introduction of the technology were justified.
Spe-cific aspects of introduction of blended teaching using the principles of
Smart Kids technology were defined. The experience of introduction of
electronic textbooks to the system of elementary education of Ukraine was
described, the choice of electronic textbooks by elementary school teachers was
justified, the comments and suggestions of teachers regarding the arrangement
of electronic content in E-textbooks were summarized, the main approaches of
teachers to the choice of an electronic textbook and development of their
information and communication competence were specified. It was identified that
the forms, methods, and techniques of use of electronic textbooks in teaching
elementary school pupils require further justification.
