THE INFLUENCE OF OUTDOOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN KINDERGARTEN ON CHILDREN\u27S ABSENCE FROM KINDERGARTEN DUE TO ILLNESS

Diplomsko delo z naslovom Vpliv izvajanja gibalnih dejavnosti na zunanjih površinah vrtca na izostanke otrok iz vrtca zaradi bolezni je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. Namen raziskave je bilo ugotoviti, ali gibalne dejavnosti otrok na zunanjih površinah vrtca vplivajo na njihovo zdravje. Cilj raziskave je bilo povezati podatke o izvajanju gibalnih dejavnosti na zunanjih površinah vrtca s podatki o izostankih otrok iz vrtca zaradi bolezni. V teoretičnem delu so predstavljeni pomen izvajanja gibalnih dejavnosti otrok na zunanjih površinah in posledice nezadostnega gibanja na svežem zraku v predšolskem obdobju. Opisane so tudi možnosti za izvajanje gibalnih dejavnosti predšolskih otrok na zunanjih površinah. Ob koncu teoretičnega dela so navedene dosedanje raziskave in ugotovitve, ki se navezujejo na vsebino tega diplomskega dela. V empiričnem delu so bili uporabljeni podatki, zbrani s kvantitativno tehniko – analizo dnevnikov šolskega leta 2018/2019. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 29 skupin iz Vrtca Ivančna Gorica. To so bili otroci iz prvega in drugega starostnega obdobja. Uporabljeni sta bili deskriptivna metoda in kavzalno-neeksperimentalna metoda empiričnega raziskovanja. Pridobljeni podatki so bili kvantitativno obdelani z računalniškima programoma SPSS in Excel. Analiza vzorca je bila z deskriptivno statistiko prikazana s tabelami. Raziskava je pokazala, da otroci, ki imajo več gibalnih dejavnosti v zaprtih prostorih, večkrat izostanejo iz vrtca zaradi bolezni kot otroci, ki imajo več gibalnih dejavnosti na zunanjih površinah.This diploma work entitled The Influence of Outdoor Physical Activities in the Kindergarten on Children’s Absence from Kindergarten Due to Illness has a theoretical and an empirical part. The aim of the research was to establish whether children\u27s physical activities at outdoor playgrounds have an impact on their health. The research\u27s objective was to find correlation between children\u27s outdoor activities and the absence of children due to illness. In the theoretical part, the importance of outdoor activities for children and the consequences of insufficient physical activities in the fresh air for pre-schoolers are presented. Next, different options for doing outdoor activities with pre-schoolers are described. Last, researches and their findings, that are relevant for this diploma work, are summarized. In the empirical part, kindergarten records from school years 2018/19 were surveyed using quantitative analysis. The research included 29 groups of children in Kindergarten Ivančna Gorica, they were all from age groups 1 and 2. A descriptive method and a non-experimental causal method were used for the empirical research. The quantitative analysis of data was conducted by SPSS and Excel computer programmes. The results of analysis were represented by charts using descriptive statistics. The research results have shown that children who have more indoor activities are more often absent from kindergarten due to illness than their peers who have more outdoor activities