A Kindergarten - Place of High-quality Relationships, Cooperation and Tolerance and The Role of an Early Childhood Educator in its Creation

Care for the youngest starts in the family environment and extends further to non-family communities. One such non-family institution is a kindergarten. Children spend most of their day there, so kindergartens have become an... [ view full abstract ]

Care for the youngest starts in the family environment and extends further to non-family communities. One such non-family institution is a kindergarten. Children spend most of their day there, so kindergartens have become an important addition of the family upbringing. Hence, it is implied that a kindergarten must be a place with a positive atmosphere and high-quality pedagogical environment; that is, a place of tolerance and cooperation. If our goal is high-quality institutional upbringing, it is necessary for all the participants: children, parents and all early childhood professionals to be included in the process. Every early childhood professional wants our children to feel accepted and safe in order to be able to provide them with as good and joyous staying at kindergarten. Nowadays, more and more energy is being put into improving the quality and efficiency of educational work derived from children’s needs and at the same time a lot of effort is put into meeting those needs. Above all, the job of an early childhood educator offers a great deal of creativity. Being an instigator, an observer, a leader, a teammate are just some of the roles that are interweaved when meeting the children’s needs. Therefore, every moment is different, each filled with love and joy. We often ask ourselves whether the people understand our role in the lives of those precious little beings and whether the parents could perceive our role in their own lives and lives of their children. The wish of all early childhood professionals is a high-quality communication that would always result in cooperation and mutual understanding, thus only through teamwork can we reach the desirable objective and that is a happy and satisfied child.

Key words: kindergarten, high-quality relationships, cooperation, role of the early childhood educator, partnership