Celebrations and Traditions in Present Family with Preschool Children

The target of this bachelor thesis is to find out what holidays and festivals are kept in the family with pre-school children nowadays. It also focuses on the form the fesivals and holidays are celebrated. The theoretical part provides the characteristics of particular festivals and holidays during the year. These special occasions can be understood as festive rituals containing a lot of values for further lifetime. Another part ot the thesis deals with the family, mainly its socializing and educational functions, which is directly related to passing the traditions on other generations. The practical part gives the description of the results of the qualitative research carried out with parents of pre-school children. This investigative survey contributed to the finding which festivals and holidays are currently celebrated and how. The contribution of this finding is a deeper understanding of the modern family and its application in pre-school education which supplements the family care