The objective of this article is to eliminate the specifics of traditional applied and decorative arts as a special kind of fine arts and the results of the authors' experimental work on revealing of the peculiarities of children's perception of the art pieces. Methods: for revealing the level of the school students' knowledge of the traditional applied and decorative arts formed before the experiment, we used a series of traditional methods; we included the following adapted evaluative testing in the experimental research: selective method, valuation engagements method, free descriptions method, and instructive descriptions method. Results: development of the children's ability to perception and formation of their conscious attitude towards the pieces of traditional applied and decorative arts, considering its specifics, such as: archaic nature, functionality, materiality, forming and significance in the spiritual and cultural life are the relevant academic and pedagogic issues in the system of the "Fine Arts" discipline. The methods of experiment provided an opportunity for the school students' task-oriented perception, awareness of their attitude towards the pieces of art and accumulation of the analysis skills, evaluation of the pieces of traditional applied and decorative arts, as well as for defining their concept of the beauty (in forms, techniques of performance, decoration etc.). Thus, the results of pedagogic influence and statistical experimental data define the significance of the studied issue.