Use of waste materials as kindergarten decoration

The theoretical part of the Diploma thesis presents the development in a child, focusing on the motor, cognitive and perceptual development. The thesis further describes the technical education in kindergarten, its importance for the children, phases of technical education in kindergarten, and safe work procedures or how to work safely. To continue, I also provided a brief description of creativity, as it is connected to technical education. In addition, I studied the document entitled Kurikulum za vrtce (Curriculum for Kindergartens), exploring how individual areas are linked to technical education or which areas include technical education. The empirical part of the Diploma thesis is based on a questionnaire. I sent out 130 questionnaires, but only 100 (77%) of those were returned to me. The questions covered two areas: the use of waste materials for the production of decorations in kindergartens, and technical education and knowledge for making decorations. Based on the returned questionnaires, I found that a substantial proportion of childcare workers place a heavy emphasis on the repeated use of waste materials for decoration. In my opinion, some areas of technical education still have room to improve the pedagogical process, but the general situation is satisfactory. Keywords: technical education, waste material, curriculum, motor skills, development of a child