Professional standard today requires the teacher's ability to form children's and adult communities, to know their social and psychological characteristics, patterns of development. The creation of adult-child communities helps to solve the problem of socialization of primary school students, i.e. their inclusion in public life. In this article, the authors present their experience in creating adult-child communities for the purpose of socialization of students. The features of the development of communities of various models are considered: "pupils — teacher", "pupils — teacher — parents", "pupils — teacher — representatives of the socio-cultural environment". The types of activity of these communities, events and the results of their development are given. Particular attention is paid to the use of ICT tools and personal education in the activities of children's and adult communities. Summing up, the authors draw a conclusion about the positive and significant role of communities in the socialization of younger schoolchildren.

Keywords: socialization of students, children and adults of the community, younger schoolboy, sociocultural environment.