The purpose of modern primary education is the development of basic educational competencies by future teachers in the process of forming educational activities, in the development of cognitive and communicative abilities. Modern society needs people with high overall development, high enthusiasm and business activity, high creative potential. This determines the overall learning process and every aspect of it, especially motivational transformation. It is known that the success of any student's educational activity is based on a high level of motivation for this type of activity. The modern level of development of society requires highly educated specialists, creative people capable of free thinking. This poses a task for modern pedagogy to create a methodology for the formation of such a competitive personality. The article is devoted to the problem of training a modern primary school teacher. The article reveals the main provisions of the didactic training of the future teacher, pays attention to the development of creative activity of the younger student. The authors consider the main trends in the development of primary education in the context of vocational training and reveal the features of subject training in the framework of the development of the educational program "Pedagogy and methodology of primary education".