Stick insects in kindergarten

In the graduate thesis, the way of cultivating animals in the kindergarten is presented, the importance of preparation and maintenance of living corner, also the fundamental characteristics of stick insects are listed. In the empirical part, there are results of the questionnaire, which had been answered by 100 kindergarten teachers, mainly about the prevalence of use of living corner in kindergartens; do the teachers choose to use them and why, which animals are most commonly cultivated, and what are teacher's experiences with live terminals. There are also results of the questionnaire where 100 children of different age had reported whether they like animals, their reasons for and against, if they have an animal at home or would like to have one, and who takes care about it. The following practical part describes how a living corner with stick insects in our kindergarten section influenced on children's as well as parents' and professional workers' change of attitude, towards stick insects and nature in general during this project