Circle Time in Preschool : -a circular moment with a lot of meaning

The purpose of this thesis is to gain insight into educators’ views and work with circle time in preschool. To find out, I have referred to the following questions: How is your circle time performed in preschool? What objectives have teachers with the circle time? What impact has your circle time for the children in preschool? I have chosen to carry out qualitative interviews with three preschool teachers. After the interviews, I compared the educators’ response to previous research. The survey shows that the circle time is one of the day´s highlights for preschool children. It also shows that the most important thing with circle time is to create community, security in the group, and a fun time together. The educators also believe that circle time is an important part in the children's learning process, especially when it comes to social learning. In my study, I can see that the content in the circle time has not changed much during the preschool development; the circle time consists mostly of roll call, rhyme, rhymes and songs. Keywords: preschool, circle time, educator, children, circl