The article discusses the preparation of future specialists for the use of a STEM laboratory at the initial stage and is based on determining the effectiveness in accordance with the results of research. Scientific papers, state regulatory documents and programs that reveal the content of the topic on the issue of training future specialists to use STEM laboratories in primary education are analyzed. The possibilities of the process of training future specialists to use the STEM laboratory in primary education are determined.

In the preparation of future primary school specialists, the problem of organizing students’ research activities at a high level through the development of their creative and intellectual potential is considered. The effective use of the STEM laboratory in primary school, the effectiveness of the implementation of research activities of students in teaching using STEM technology has been established.

In order to reveal the research topic, based on the analyzed scientific papers, special surveys were obtained with the participation of primary school teachers in order to determine the possibility of using STEM laboratory by future specialists in primary education. In addition, as a result of the theoretical differentiation of scientific papers, the content and effectiveness of the use of the STEM laboratory in education are methodically determined in the article, and the possibilities of its’ application are analyzed. The features of STEM education in primary grades are determined. 

The scientific novelty lies in the interrelated theoretical and methodological consideration of the possibilities of preparing future specialists for the use of STEM laboratories in primary education.