This thesis deals with the book as a medium and its comparison with other media available in the nursery schools in the Czech Republic. There is a definition of the media and the book in relation to a child of the pre-school age in the first part. This theoretical part is followed by an investigative survey carried out in nursery schools, which is focused on the views of teachers in nursery schools, parents and children as well. The final section depicts the project how the book can be used during the educational process in a nursery school.

in English Usage and Application of Fairy Tale Test in Czech Republic (for the boys from capital city 6-12 years old) This graduate work deals with the Fairy Tale Test and its application in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part presents characteristics of children in preschool, early school and middle school age. This section is concerned with importance of the fairy tales for children and emphasis is especially laid on fairy tales that uses the Fairy Tale Test. It presents the problems with children's diagnosis and introduces the Fairy Tale Test. The empirical part deals with the practical use of the Fairy Tale Test in the Czech Republic. Test was used in 60 boys aged 6-12 years from the capital city. The obtained data of children 6-7 years old was compared with data of another region. The data of 8-12 years old was compared with the CPQ and Questionnaire style education using correlation analysis. The data show that the Fairy Tale test is a good diagnostic tool with broad application also in the Czech Republic. Hopefully it will be soon standardized for the Czech Republic. KEY WORDS: preschool age, school age, fairy tales, interpretation of fairy tales, psychodiagnostics, the Fairy Tale Test.

Title: Postural evaluation of volleyball players at young school age Defining the problem: The question of why to evaluate postural maturity of children after one year of life is becoming more frequent. Growing number of children whose parents want them to have athletes, but it is not always targeted early sporting activity for the benefit. In this issue could help mature postural evaluation and implementation of specific tests to assess the suitability of the beginning of targeted sports. The work deals with the evaluation of postural maturity of children younger than school age who are dedicated to volleyball, using a set of simple motor tests and their evaluation and comparison of performance in physical tests and evaluations according to the coaches. Objectives: The present study aims to assess postural maturity groups of children younger than school age, who regularly, at least a year, dedicated to volleyball. Evaluation will be using a battery of simple clinical tests. It also aims to assess the physical fitness of children and compare the results of physical tests with tests of postural maturity and performance broken down by coaches. Methods: Testing was performed using a selected group of children 7 clinical test battery evaluating postural maturity. Followed by testing the same group of...

Annotation: My master's thesis deals with the gypsy children in schools. The main goal of the thesis was to find out success rate of gypsy pupils in finishing elementary schools and special classes by the elementary school, and to find out how teachers work with gypsy children and what the experience of teachers in working with gypsy kids are. The next part of my research focuses on gypsy pupils in the fifth grade and how they see their future and their prospects. In the end of my research focused on educational counseling I investigated how the educational counselor and teacher can influence education of a gypsy pupil in the school. The whole thesis is divided into four chapters. First three chapters are focused on theory. The first chapter is focused on the history and culture of Gypsies, their origin, traditional family relations and customs, music, language and their relation to the major society. The second chapter describes the younger school age, its maturity, physical, emotional and language development. It also deals with the development of cognitive processes, socialization and failing in school. The third chapter deals with the education of gypsy children, their integration into primary schools and with issues related to school. The fourth part is a research part. It provides information on the...

Title: Swimming breathing training methods for younger school-age children Author: Klára Kraumanová, DiS. Department: Physical Education Department Supervisor: Mgr. Babeta Chrzanowská Abstract: The present work provides a set of training methods for swimming breathing, that is designed for younger school-age children. It also provides the set of tests, that was used on selected group for proof of validity of statement, that swimming breathing is an integral part of swimming training. Keywords: swimming breathing, basic swimming skills, swimming breathing training methods, younger school-age children

My thesis deals with the issue of movement abilities. It examines a mutual relation and compares levels of movement abilities in and out of water within physical education at primary school. It addresses the question of influencing movement abilities in and out of water and determines whether the level of selected movement abilities out of water corresponds with the level of movement abilities of a similar character in the water. Furthermore, the thesis verifies whether boys and girls of early school age have the same level of movement abilities.

Annotation: The aim of this thesis is to summarize knowledge about physical activity in school age children, and through questionnaries examiners to identify physical activities for children at primary school (1st - 5th grade). The theoretical part focuses on definitions of basic concepts related to the issues and defining the scope and impact of physical activity on health of individuals. Furthemore, given to the characteristics of preschool age and family influence and school physical activity at junior schoul age children. Part of the thesis is also research section designed to obtain current knowledge about children's physical activity at 1st degree of primary school.

This paper presents the results of our research. Its aim was to explore the wide field of understanding archaisms or rare expressions by 11 to 15-year-old school-age children. For this purpose, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to several Czech elementary and secondary/high schools owing to the help and co-operation of six local teachers. The data obtained by the questionnaire were qualitatively analyzed and interpreted in terms of the strategies our respondents used to understand the unfamiliar or less familiar words. The issue of reading comprehension was also touched upon. At the same time, quantitative aspects of the relation between the level of understanding and certain variables, namely the age and gender of the respondents, were revealed.

The thesis deals with the issue of the movement activities of pre-school age children. Movement is built into the plane of an important aspect in the holistic development of the pre- school age child whose absence may endanger this development. In the theoretical part are defined terms of movement, basic motor skills and mapping their development with a focus on the specifics of pre-school age. Also the position of the movement activity is approaching in pre-school education. The practical section compares the results of motor test pre-school age children from selected kindergarten and evaluated in relation to their conditions.

Thetheoretical part ofthisDiploma Thesis dealswithmotoricsystem and body posture and looksintomatteroffaultyposture. Itisfocused on causesoffaultypostureofpre-schoolagechildren and on importanceofphysicalactivity to children'sorganism. TheResearch part monitors incidence ofpoorposture in twoclassesofKindergarten Praha Kolovraty and examinestheimpactofregularphysicalactivity on the body postureofpre-schoolagechildren. Keywords Motoricsystem Body posture Faultyposture Pre-schoolage Preventivemedicalequalizeexercising