The suitability of picture books in achieving emotional literacy in preschool children

Življenje sodobnega človeka poteka v divjem ritmu vsakodnevnih obveznosti. Spremljajo ga prijetna in neprijetna čustvena stanja, s katerimi se lahko spoprijema le, če ima dovolj razvito čustveno pismenost. Če želimo, da bodo naši otroci nekoč uspešni, zdravi in zadovoljni odrasli, jih moramo čustveno opismenjevati že v zelo zgodnjem otroštvu. V diplomskem delu sem obravnavala primernost slikanic za čustveno opismenjevanje predšolskih otrok. Delo je razdeljeno na dva dela. V teoretičnem delu sem najprej opredelila pojma čustva in vrste čustev, opisala čustvene procese in funkcije ter predstavila razvoj čustev pri predšolskih otrocih. Nato sem opredelila pojme čustvena pismenost, čustveno opismenjevanje in slikanica ter opisala pomen slikanice kot pripomočka za čustveno opismenjevanje predšolskih otrok. V empiričnem delu sem analizirala izbrane slikanice in ugotavljala, ali so primerne za čustveno opismenjevanje predšolskih otrok. Analiza je pokazala, da so slikanice primerna motivacija za napredek v otrokovem čustvenem in miselnem razvoju.The life of modern human beings is characterised by a frantic pace of daily engagements, accompanied by pleasant as well as unpleasant emotional states which can only be dealt with if a person is emotionally literate enough. If we want our children to become successful, healthy and contented adults, they need to be emotionally educated already in their very early childhood. The subject of my diploma thesis is the adequacy of picture books for the emotional literacy education of pre-school children. The thesis is divided into two parts: in the theoretical part, I started by defining the concept of emotions and their different types, described emotional processes and functions and finally showed how emotions are developed in pre-school children. Next, I defined the concepts of emotional literacy, emotional literacy education and picture books, which I then followed by the description of the significance of picture books as tools for emotional literacy education of pre-school children. In the empirical part of the thesis I examined selected picture books and established whether or not they were adequate to be used for the emotional literacy education of pre-school children. My research has shown that picture books are an excellent motivation for achieving emotional and mental progress of children