The article is devoted to the problem of creating and conducting a language quest in the institution of additional education of children. A retrospective analysis of the development of the system of additional education of children demonstrates the principles of extra-school (additional) education of children: assistance in socialization, teaching skills in a form that will be interesting, the moral upbringing of the child.

The article is devoted to the problem o f formation o f future teachers ' pedagogical techniques. The place of formation of pedagogical techniques in the system of professional training o f teachers is characterized. Reveals one of the components o f pedagogical techniques and pedagogical improvisation that is required for the possession o f pedagogical skills. Describes the experience o f formation and development o f pedagogical improvisation in future teachers by means of q musical culture, accumulated in the SBEI HE "Stavropol state pedagogical Institute" in Budennovsk.