Qualitative research on methods used for stress-release of anxious children practiced by kindergarten teachers.

The main aim of my research was to find out and describe the methods which are used to calm down and relax anxious children in kindergartens.In the theoretical part I described elementary psychological topics which are a base for understandingproblems of origins, symptoms and consequences of preschool children's anxiety. This part includes description of educational parental approaches and their possible impact on the rise and development of the child's anxiety. At the end of this part there's a brief excursus concerning the meaning of fairy-tales, especially from the psycho-analytical point of view. In the methodological part I tried to explain the used methods of my research: grounded theory , involved observation, half-structured interview and the ways of its cosiny. In the research part I developed the analysis of interviews in the concerned chapters. The main meaning lies in description of the methods and approaches used by teachers to achieve positive change in feelings of an anxious child. I extend my findings with a brief characteristics and impact of specific methods which are used by teachers to calm down and relax children in kindergartens. In conclusion I summarized the key facts. These facts cocern both general and specific methods which can help an anxious child cope with his anxiety and support his personal development