This master thesis focuses on the topical theme which is currently gaining momentum, i.e. continuity or connection of the educational process in kindergartens and primary schools. The purpose of this work is to highlight the necessity of cooperation among kindergartens and primary schools in the following educational process, outline the possibilities, limits and pitfalls of this collaboration together with the role of school management. The aim of the master thesis is to determine on the basis of expert sources and empirical investigation how and whether currently proceeds such a cooperation within the continuity of education in kindergartens and primary schools. This work also proposes on the basis of the findings of facts measures and other procedures that could contribute to the positive development of cooperation among kindergartens and primary schools following training.

The diploma thesis focuses on utilisation of PC in nurseries. The theoretical part describes children's games in pre-school age, presents a variety of PC games, and describes positives and negatives of PC usage, as well as the rules, time span, technical, organisational and psychosocial conditions of PC using by children. It also mentions the framework education programme being the base for PC activities planning. The content of the practical part is a survey amongst children's parents of their opinion about educational process including PC as educational tool.

This thesis is focused on relaxation regime in the life of pre-school kids in their family and in nursery school. In theoretical part child's needs and rights, evolution of motivation, emotionally-moral evolution and socialization of children in the given age group are defined. In the next part aims and conditions of contemporary nursery school its daily regime, rhythm and rituals are described. This work also deals with the work of a teacher and his competences. The following part is dedicated to contemporary family, its educational styles and current relationship between school and family. In the final part of the theoretical part sleep and relaxation and its importance as well as sleep malfunctions are described. Practical part is aimed at relaxation regime in families of the children and in nursery school. Through questionnaires state of relaxation regime in families and in two classes of nursery school was established. After implementing organizational and material suggestions in two classes of nursery school impact of these innovations on happiness of children and view of teachers of these changes was evaluated after six months. The result of the survey shows what influence on quality of relaxation regime in nursery school organizational and material changes have and how are teachers capable...

This diploma final project deals with prevention of dyslexia in kindergarten. Teoretical part has three chapters. In the first part, there is a short survey of the development literacy and definition of foundations of literacy like phonemic awareness and letter knowledge. The second part describes the world of preschooler. There is a short characterization of development of child at this age. The last chapter in theoretical part is called Prevention of Dyslexia. Practical part is based on the questionnaire for teachers. The questionnaire was originally created for the purpose of the international longitudinal study ELDEL ("Establishing the Foundations of Literacy in European Languages"). The aim of this thesis is a bit different from the longitudinal study. The objective of this thesis lay in the description of the structure of teacher's practices in prevention of dyslexia, not just in literacy foundations development and find out, which activities teachers prefer. If they are inspired by czech tradition or if they know and prefer outland views of preventiv dyslexia.

5 DIPLOMA THESIS SUMMARY This diploma thesis deals with the realation of reading and the creation of values. It confirms reading as educational value, as well as reading as means of education towards values in contemporary Kindergarten. In the theoretical part there are at first defined general terms such as value and education. Following these are described in context with kindergarten, preschool child, his needs and his family. The thesis deals with reading as such. There are clarified different aspects that influence the development of reading and its eduvational value. It is the action of educators and their relationship to books, as well as fairy tale itself, which enormously influence the relationship to the values and their subsequent formation. Similarly, the actual illustrations in books and, on the contrary, today's media such as television or the Internet, which may have negative influence, if used incorrectly. The practical part describes the conduct of investigation that focused on actual reading. The investigation was based on two questionnaires. One was addresed to the Kindergartens" teachers, the other one to the parents of preschool children. The questionnaire for teachers delt with the question how Kindergartens work with the books, whether the children have free access to books and...

ZÁRUBOVÁ, J. Physical training in nursery school (Methodical suggestions of kinetic activities with balls). Prague 2011. M. A. Dissertation. Charles University in Prague. Faculty of Pedagogy. Thesis counselor Mgr. Věra Svobodová. This dissertation is meant especially for kindergartner, but also for everyone from the general public, who is concerned with extra-curricular leisure and sports activities of children. It provides general information about development and age peculiarities of preschool children, it discusses also about arrangement of physical training into the mode of nursery school and about influence of gym on the child's organism. The dissertation is further focused on usage of ball in physical training classes of preschool children and submittes a number of longer validated methodical suggestions of kinetic activities with balls for preschool children.

This diploma thesis focuses on the educational needs of educators in leadership positions on whom increasingly higher demands are placed, resulting from changes in society, which are reflected in the transformations of schools. It points out the urgent need to identify the current educational needs of kindergarten directors, to adapt the range of education available to their needs and thus create the basis for systematic, life-long education. The work is based on theoretical knowledge, professional literature, legal requirements, competences and other fields and activities which form the basis for educational needs of directors. It explains terminology used in education and identifies the current state in the continuing education of school directors. It offers various methods and forms of continuing education. The thesis also contains a research section focusing on kindergarten directors. It provides information on their approach to continuing education, their specific educational needs, identifies gaps in currently available range of offered courses and looks into their motivation to further self-education. This work is a recommendation and a proposal for possible options in the continuing education of kindergarten directors and is based on their needs as well on the needs of potential candidates...

Education and training affect the way children's behavior, we shape children's attitudes and values. One of the ways which we can develop the personality of a child in kindergarten is to use the principle of individuation. The theoretical part is, besides development of individualization in the upbringing and education of children of preschool age, given the current requirements for the individualization of children in kindergartens. It discusses the development and acceptance of the basic needs of children of preschool age, specifies the conditions, the position of teacher for individualizing education of children in kindergarten. The practical part verifies the possibility of individualization in age heterogeneous and homogeneous model. Assesses differences and experience in these models in the approaches of preschool teachers including the effect of a specific environment specific kindergarten.

L’objectif général de cette thèse est d’étudier le rôle de la syllabe dans l’entrée dans l’écrit des élèves de grande section de maternelle par le biais d’une tâche d’écriture inventée. Il s’agit tout d’abord d’examiner les pratiques didactiques des enseignants de grande section à l’aide d’un questionnaire portant les unités de langues les plus employées dans la découverte de la langue (lettre/son, syllabe et mot) et dans les domaines d’activités de la lecture, de l’écriture et de l’oral. Les résultats obtenus montrent que l’unité la plus employée en lecture et en écriture est le mot, alors que l’unité de l’oral est la syllabe. Partant de ce constat, nous avons cherché à connaître l’impact que pourrait avoir un travail oral basé sur la syllabe sur les productions écrites des élèves. L’ensemble des données obtenues est en faveur de l’hypothèse selon laquelle les élèves prennent en compte des éléments de l’oral (lettre, son, syllabe) pour coder des énoncés oraux à l’écrit. De plus, les résultats montrent l’usage de six traitements qui sous-tendent l’entrée dans l’écrit démontrant que ce n’est pas un processus unique et que de nombreux paramètres peuvent conduire l’élève à traiter un énoncé oral de diverses manières. Dans une dernière partie, nous avons mené une étude de didactique expérimentale basée sur la syllabe orale dans le but d’observer les effets d’un entraînement régulier à la syllabe orale sur les productions écrites des élèves. Les résultats ne permettent pas de valider l’hypothèse selon laquelle la syllabe serait l’unité pivot de l’entrée dans l’écrit en grande section de maternelle, mais montrent néanmoins certains effets de l’intervention.L’objectif général de cette thèse est d’étudier le rôle de la syllabe dans l’entrée dans l’écrit des élèves de grande section de maternelle par le biais d’une tâche d’écriture inventée. Il s’agit tout d’abord d’examiner les pratiques didactiques des enseignants de grande section à l’aide d’un questionnaire portant les unités de langues les plus employées dans la découverte de la langue (lettre/son, syllabe et mot) et dans les domaines d’activités de la lecture, de l’écriture et de l’oral. Les résultats obtenus montrent que l’unité la plus employée en lecture et en écriture est le mot, alors que l’unité de l’oral est la syllabe. Partant de ce constat, nous avons cherché à connaître l’impact que pourrait avoir un travail oral basé sur la syllabe sur les productions écrites des élèves. L’ensemble des données obtenues est en faveur de l’hypothèse selon laquelle les élèves prennent en compte des éléments de l’oral (lettre, son, syllabe) pour coder des énoncés oraux à l’écrit. De plus, les résultats montrent l’usage de six traitements qui sous-tendent l’entrée dans l’écrit démontrant que ce n’est pas un processus unique et que de nombreux paramètres peuvent conduire l’élève à traiter un énoncé oral de diverses manières. Dans une dernière partie, nous avons mené une étude de didactique expérimentale basée sur la syllabe orale dans le but d’observer les effets d’un entraînement régulier à la syllabe orale sur les productions écrites des élèves. Les résultats ne permettent pas de valider l’hypothèse selon laquelle la syllabe serait l’unité pivot de l’entrée dans l’écrit en grande section de maternelle, mais montrent néanmoins certains effets de l’intervention. / The aim of this thesis is to study the role of syllable at early learning of writing for kindergarten pupils by the means of an invented spelling task. First of all, in fields of activities such as reading, writing and oral examination, it is a matter of examining the didactic practices of kindergarten teachers thanks to a questionnaire carrying the most employed units used in the discovery of languages (letter/sound, syllable and word). The results show that the most employed unit in reading and writing activities is the word, whereas the unit of the oral examination is the syllable. On the basis of this report, we sought to know the impact of an oral work based on the syllable, upon pupils’ written productions. All obtained data is in favor of the assumption according to which, the pupils take into account elements of the oral examination (letter, sound, and syllable) to code oral statements in their writings. Moreover, results show the use of six treatments, which underlie the early learning of writing, and show that it is not a single process, and that many parameters can lead the pupil to treat an oral statement in various ways. Eventually, we conducted a study of experimental didactic work based on the oral syllable, aiming to observe the effects of a regular training for oral syllable upon the written productions of the pupils. The results do not make it possible to validate the assumption according to which, the syllable would be the pivot unit of the entrance in writing at kindergarten, but nevertheless show certain effects of the intervention.

Early childhood is a critical period during which children develop social-emotional competence that will affect future success. Developing social-emotional assets is of importance for kindergarten children because of their concurrent cognitive and social changes as well as the experience of transitioning from home to school environment. A growing number of schools have adopted social-emotional learning (SEL) programming to focus on fostering children’s prosocial behaviors through direct instruction and engaging activities in classroom settings. However, some researchers have proposed that learning should capitalize on children’s natural interests rather than adult-determined agendas. Based on theoretical assumptions regarding potential effectiveness of child-centered group play therapy (CCGPT) as a treatment modality, I sought to explore the effects of CCGPT on social-emotional assets of kindergarten children utilizing parent and teacher reports across pretest, posttest, and one-month follow-up. Additionally, given that group sizes have been inconsistent and rarely explored across previous studies, I investigated the therapeutic aspect of group sizes in CCGPT outcome by comparing 2-member and 3-member CCGPT groups. Forty-three participants with mean age of 5.14 were recruited from three elementary schools, including 19 Hispanic, 14 Caucasian, and 10 African American. Twenty-one participants were randomly assigned to the intervention group receiving a mean of 15.32 CCGPT sessions over 8 weeks, and 22 participants were assigned to the waitlist control group. Six mixed between-within ANOVAs were conducted applying an alpha level of .05 to interpret statistical significance and η2 calculation to assess practical significance. Results indicated a statistically significant interaction effect on SEARS-P Total score, F (2, 72) = 4.533, p = .014, with medium effect size of η2 = .101. Post Hoc analyses indicated a non-statistically significant interaction effect on SEARS-P Self-Regulation/Responsibility subscale with a small effect, F (1.868, 67.248) = 1.776, p = .179, η2 = .043; a statistically significant interaction effect on SEARS-P Social Competence subscale with a medium effect, F (1.696, 61.049) = 3.413, p < .05, η2 = .079; and a statistically significant interaction effect on SEARS-P Empathy subscale with a medium effect, F (1.439, 51.79) = 4.592, p < .05, η2 = .106. Thus, participants in the CCGPT group showed a non-significant increase in the ability to self-regulate emotions and to take responsibility for actions and a significant increase in competence to interact socially with others and in empathy for others. Teacher reports did not show statistically significant results with a small effect, F (2, 70) = .917, p = .404, η2 = .013. Results on group sizes indicated that no statistical differences were detected between two-member and three-member groups with no effect, F (1.493, 25.377) = .039, p = .942, η2 = .001. Moreover, the results on follow-up supported that a certain level of the effects of CCGPT lasted one month after the intervention. Overall, children seemed to benefit from CCGPT, and CCGPT may be considered a viable treatment for enhancing kindergarten children’s social-emotional development.