The final thesis Integration of art with other fields in kindergarten includes a theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part, briefly describes the curriculum manual for kindergartens, the principles for achieving these goals, and the role of adults, parents and cooperation between them all. The next part is a summary of the essence of individual fields of activities in the kindergarten. Thse kindergarten curriculum covers the following fields: language, mathematics, movement, nature, society and art. The latter is divided into several smaller fields - art, dance, music, audio-visual and drama.
Next part includes a more detailed analysis of the field of fine arts in kindergarten. The importance of fine art in the preschool period is highlighted as well
as artistic expressions of children, art activities in kindergarten, artistically stimulating environment and planning of art activities. Special attention is given
to the connection of fine arts with other curricular fields and to what extend can cross-disciplinary connections contribute to the child. A description of how fine art is connected with music and dance, movement, mathematics, society, nature and language, is also included. Some more complex forms of connecting several fields at the same time, namely connecting art, mathematics and movement fields, have been presented.
The empirical part was executed with the help of a survey questionnaire, with which data on whether educators and assistant educators use the integration of fields and to what extent and through which activities and contents, was obtained. The results show how much the respondents feel qualified to connect individual fields and implement activities that have been designed in this way.
Results of the research show, that in kindergartens, when carrying out activities, the fields are largely intertwined, because, according to the respondents, this motivates the children additionally. It also enables them to deal with the content more comprehensively and in a more varied way, which is why they remember it better.
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