This thesis analyses implementation methods for hiking in families with preschool children from one to six years of age. We performed a survey which included 48 parents from Polhov Gradec, Šentjošt, and Crni Vrh nad Polhovim Gradcem. The aims of the survey were to discover how often families go hiking, how they include children in preparation (choosing the goal, preparing the backpack, food, drinks, gear), and what methods of motivation are utilized. The gathered information was compared with relevant studies from other authors.
According to the survey results, 32 % of parents go hiking with their children often; aproximately once every fourteen days. Four per cent visit the mountains never or almost never. Children are most often included in the preparation and choosing of food, drinks, clothing and shoes, and other backpack necessities. Rewards for reaching the peak of the mountain are rare. During hiking, most parents motivate their children with the observation and naming of nature, animals and flowers. Only a few parents invite the child's peers as a form of motivation, or use elements of forest pedagogics.
We conclude that it may be advantageous to organise hiking lectures for families with children, where they could be unobtrusively educated about the various possibilities of motivation for hiking (picking varying mountains, varying paths, different ways of orientation, the importance of being linclusive of the child in increasing motivation for hiking, etc.).
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