Supporting healthy leg development in preschool children

This bachelor thesis deals with healthy feet development in pre-school children and the possibilities to support it. The theoretical part of this thesis consists of a literature survey and deals with anatomy of the feet, deviations from healthy development, prevention possibilities and inappropriate condition correction possibilities. The practical part includes a proposal of an education program based on the framework educational program for pre-school education. It includes preventive exercises for legs, creative activities, games, and education of the content to the children in a meaningful way. The program was attended by 37 children (22 boys, 15 girls) of pre-school age (5-7 years old) of two classes of different pre-school facilities. The evaluation of the program was carried out through individual interviews with the children, our own observation, oral communication of supervising teachrs and self-reflection. The program created with the support of commonly available aids was evaluated positively by children and the educators and can be included as a whole or in the part in a standard pre-school education