The literary and visual component of books in pre-primary education - with a focus on the work of Daisy Mrázková

The master thesis entitled Literary and visual component of books in pre-primary education - with a focus on the work of Daisy Mrázková, is aimed at exploring the possibilities of books as a potential resource for the development of fading pre-literacy and visual literacy in preschool children. The theoretical part first considers the relationship between preschool education and pre-literacy and visual literacy. It reflects on the need to address these concepts already in preschool education. Next, the theoretical part focuses on the definition of fading pre-literacy and visual literacy, presents the possibilities of developing these literacies in children and finally relates these phenomena to the binding curriculum for preschool education. Other chapters of the theoretical part deal with the work of Daisy Mrázková - painter, illustrator and writer of children's books. First, a brief biography of Daisy Mrázková is presented, and the subsequent chapters focus on her artistic and literary work. At the end of the theoretical part, selected books by the author that were used in the research investigation are presented. The practical part focuses on the design and verification of a possible model of working with the literary and visual components of a book. This model is elaborated into individual...