Pleasure is the strongest form of concentration. When we experience something as pleasure, we pay attention to it and that feeling stays with us long after we experienced it. This applies to reading too. If we love reading we will pass this heritage on to our children as well. The key to this heritage, the connection between literature and child, is often an adult role model. Just as children need a role model in other areas of life, they also need an adult to show them the importance and benefits of reading. Because observations of good reading play a key role in developing a child’s reading habits, it is important for both parents and preschool teachers to have an interest and desire to read. The aim of the research was to determine the reading habits of preschool teachers and assistant preschool teachers, their attitude towards reading and to what extent their own personal reading influences the practice of reading to children in nursery school. The research involved 172 preschool teachers and assistant preschool teachers from two Gorenjska regions nursery schools. The research showed that during their leisure time, respondents most often read several times a month, which means that more than half of respondents read regularly or often in their free time. Those professional workers who enjoy reading more also read more often (and vice versa). In the context of reading, respondents value enjoyment, learning new things and talking about what they have read. I have found that respondents most often read because reading broadens their horizons and knowledge. In addition, I found that the age of preschool teachers and the frequency of reading by preschool teachers in their leisure time were not related to the frequency of reading and storytelling to children in the group. The research helps raising the awareness of preschool teachers and assistant preschool teachers about the importance of their own reading habits and the reading culture they pass on to children daily.
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