Promotion of more precise natural scientific observation and development of graphomotor skills through board games in kindergarten

Play is one of those activities that children enjoy, it is natural and children are internally motivated for it. We often associate the word “play” with children, childhood, idleness, and carefree time. Through the game, children discover, get to know, explore the world around them and learn a lot with its help. In my BSc thesis, I wanted to present to what extent children can improve their natural observation while playing the board game "Riši Miši" or if the game can contribute to more accurate natural observation and help to develop graphomotor skills. The first part of thesis describes the most important theoretical starting points, where I defined motor skills and motor development, graphomotor skills, the development of perception, the concept of play and the importance of observation and drawing in science education. In the second part of the thesis, I presented the results of a study in which I checked the extent to which the game "Riši Miši" contributes to more accurate natural observation, graphomotor development of preschool children, whether the instructions were understandable to children and whether they liked the game. The results of the research showed that the game "Riši Miši" is also suitable for preschool age group of children and that playing the board game "Riši Miši" can lead to more accurate natural observation of children and their graphomotor development in a very short time (10 days)