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PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The objectives of preschool education

The objective of preschool education is to develop children in such a way so that by the end of their preschool education they have become unique and relatively independent individuals who are capable of actively and satisfactorily coping with the demands of life that will face them and await them in the future.

The objectives of preschool education in the Czech Republic include:

– supplementing and supporting the family upbringing;

– supporting the development of the child’s personality;

– supporting the child’s healthy emotional, intellectual and physical development;

– assisting the child to understand the world around them and motivating them to learn and find out more about it;

– enabling the child to adopt basic rules of conduct, life values and interpersonal relationships;

– straightening out any uneven patches in the child’s development prior to their entry into primary education;

– creating the prerequisites for continuing in education;

– providing specialist educational care to children with special learning needs.

The specifics of preschool education

– The methods and forms of work during preschool education are adapted to meet the needs of each child.

– Preschool education offers children a friendly and stimulating environment where they can feel satisfied and able to express themselves and occupy themselves in a natural childlike way.

– The individual needs and possibilities of each child are respected.

– The education especially takes place through experiential learning and learning through play. These methods are intended to support the children’s curiosity and need to discover.

The educational content is based on 5 educational areas:

1. The child and their body – physical development and the coordination of movement, fine motor skills, hand/eye coordination, looking after oneself, health and safety.

2. The child and their psyche 

– Language and speech – pronunciation, the grammatical correctness of speech, comprehension, making oneself understood, expression.

– Cognitive ability and function, imagination, fantasy, mental operations – perception, attention, concentration, memory, creativity, inventiveness, imagination, differentiation between figurative and graphic symbols, graphic expression, space-time orientation, basic pre-mathematic concepts, numerical concepts and operations, problem-solving, learning.

• Self-perception, emotions, will – self-confidence, self-realisation, self-control, adaptability, self-perception, emotions, will.

3. The child and others – communication with adults, communication with children, cooperation during activities, sociability.

4. The child and society – social rules and customs, inclusion in society, culture, art.

5. The child in the world – knowledge, social informedness, adaptability to changes, the child’s relationship with the environment.

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