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Free play of 2-4year old children in a foreign-language kindergarten
Masnerová, Lucie ; Koťátková, Soňa (advisor) ; Opravilová, Eva (referee)
This diploma thesis in its theoretical and practical parts focuses on free play of children in pre-school facilities. Kindergarten is the place of early secondary socialization of the child and that's why one part of the diploma thesis is centred on this theme. The theoretical part helps for a deeper understanding of play, especially with 2-4 year old children and builds a foundation for the research. The practical part, based on one year's observation, monitors development of free play of a homogeneous group of children and finds how the quality of play changes with individuals as well as the group. Another focus lies on comparing two separate groups of children in their free play - one group having long term experience with free play and one without such regular experience. The main method of the research is observation. The results of the research points to the importance of free play for a pre-school age child and confirms the influence of free play in the process of early secondary socialization.
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Preschoolers and Leisure
LOMOVÁ, Michaela
This thesis deals with leisure time of preschool children. The theoretical part describes the preschool children in view of their development, the importance of family, kindergarten and leisure. It also discusses the free time where there are defined basic concepts, as well as functions of leisure time, the factors that affect leisure and specifics of children's leisure time. Finally, it is engaged in activities related to the leisure time of preschool children. The principal activity is the free game, among others include work and learning. These last two operations usually are spontaneous and kids do not even realize they are learning or working. The practical part deals with a qualitative research. Based on realized structured interviews will be found categories characteristic of a experience of time off at preschool children.
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A game as device of socialisation in kindergarten
ŠAFÁŘOVÁ, Ilona
This work discusses free play as a means for socialization of children of preschool age. Preschool is examined as a social and socializing environment, where children form new cooperative and friendship relations and learn to perform a role in a collective. Play is then defined, along with its categories, rules, and conditions. Distictions are made between free and directed play. Following is a discussion of socialization, in which the context of the socialization enviroment of preschool, the influence of classmate examples, and connections with play usage are emphasized. The practical discussion consists the author's program intended to support the socialization of a child during free play in prescool. It is constructed on the basis of interiews with parents regarding children's habits of play in their home enviroment. This program was realized over a two month period and evaluated from the perspective of the aquisition of social relations.
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The educational program about animals in kindergarten
OTISKOVÁ, Iveta
This bachelor thesis responds to the actual knowledge of preschool children and gives them insight into nature and animals. This thesis includes educational training program teaching block of the school year, which includes acquiring and accepting knowledge not only about domestic and farm animals, but also about other animals. It allows children to deepen their knowledge in the field of environmental education, personal experience and experience with animals. After applying the educational training program, the results of preschool children has improved in comparison with children without applying the program.
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The motivation of preschool children for art and graphic activities during the free games
POCAROVÁ, Markéta
The Bachelor thesis deals with the motivation of preschool children to art and graphic activities; with what might motivate them to draw when playing games in the kindergarten. The theoretical part, which proceeds from the stated literature, is focused on the development of artistic expression and graphomotorics of preschool children. Attention is paid to the issue of motivation, but also to playing as a method of early childhood education and the role of a teacher in art-related games. The practical part of the thesis describes specific situations when children were motivated in creative ways. Reactions of individual children from a selected group on being motivated to focus on drawing are recorded and described. The practical part, therefore, includes suggestions on how to develop the drawing skills of preschool children.
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Free Play of preschool Children in Kindergarten
KOLLEROVÁ, Lenka
This thesis deals with free or spontaneous play of preschool children in kindergarten. The theoretical part consists of the characterization of the play and most important knowledge about it based on the findings from the expert sources, presentation of various theories and types of games. The paper introduces the importance of play with the emphasis put on the significance of free play in the preschool education. The thesis then presents the difference between the spontaneous (free) play, controlled play and didactic play. The practical part is focused on the possibilities of support of the free play in kindergartens, presents the results of implemented long-term project aimed at promoting spontaneous playing activities. The collection of data for this project was carried out through observation.
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The play as the implement of knowledge and development of the pre-school child
PALEČKOVÁ, Jiřina
In my bachelor´s work I am concerned with play activity and it´s development, characteristics, fundamental and meaning in preschool education. I am concerned with various selection of playing and with creation of optimal conditions for the playing. One of the most important part of playing are various toys and other play equipment. I observe child´s playing from two points of view. First as the child´s evaluation activity which means what the playing brings and how the activity develops the child´s personality. At the same time I deal with possibilities that the playing provides to the teacher to learn more about the child and to be able to understand the child better. I am interested in the meaning of the term free playing or playing as an investment of love or how it is possible to use playing in educational diagnostics and therapy. The theoretical knowledge is followed by the practical part which involves result analysis of the study of children´s playing. Using observation I compare how children play in a heterogenous group and group of children at different ages. It means what sort of toys they use most often and if they are able to cope with rules and respect each other and what way they use to solve conflict situations while enjoying group playing. I note if they play apart or if they have need to play with the others, to comunicate with them, to win recognition or if they are passive during playing and submit to the ideas of the others and let the others have the upper hand. Another research, in form of questionnaire for the teachers and parents, finds out how children play at home in their free time and how not only teachers but parents themselves view such playing and if they realize its naturalism and usefulness and its therapeutic signification.
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