Perception of a performance is an active process which allows to set important education aims even for the smallest ones the children of pre-school age. So it is very important to develop ability to comprehend a play, not only to be able to empathize emotionally but to reason the actions and share the impressions of the experience and sense them in their own artistic activities. This work tries to deduce how the children of 5-6 years old are able to comprehend the plot and esthetical aspects of a play as well as express their impressions and comprehension through the verbal language and painted pictures. In order to sort out these things, the children of the pre-school age were observed during the performances and after them they were interviewed and open type of questions were given to randomly chosen children. After analyzing and interpretation of the received information, it was revealed that investigative were able to understand the plot of the play, were able to express what they liked in the play most, they even comprehended the main idea of the plays. But it was too difficult to generalize the plot and comprehend the continuity of the development of the plot. The children used laconic, not full sentences and stray thoughts. That means that it is difficult for children of 5-6 years old to express their impressions in concrete words. While evaluating the esthetical aspects of the play they drew attention to components of the play as scenery... [to full text]

(in English) The diploma thesis deals with the physical activity of pre-school children and the possibilities of suitable and accessible physical activities. The theoretical part deals with introduction. The introductory chapter describes pre-school age and its specifics. The second chapter deals with physical activity. There is an emphasis on the impact of movement on human health in further developmental stages. The third chapter deals with the possibilities of preschool children with their parents and educators. The fourth chapter describes the maintenance of health and fitness as important components for the effective functioning of the body. The fifth chapter deals with the impact of information and communication technologies on the movement activity of a preschool child with an emphasis on the issue of game consoles. The empirical part describes quantitative research that maps the current state of movement activity in pre-school children.