Abstract: The formation of management skills in junior school children as one of the topical issues in pedagogical science and practice is proposed in the study. These skills are an important factor of the development of children’s subjectivity leading to success. Within the frame of competence-based approach the ability to learn acts as a key competence of the junior school children and provides a possibility of continuing education during life. The purpose of our research is a theoretical and practical analysis of the problem of the formation of the management skills in junior school children. Scientific novelty is represented by the structured analysis of the condition of the problem of the formation of management skills in junior school children.