kindergartens, two-year-olds, admission, conditions, parents

The amended Czech Education Act enables the admission of two-year-olds to kindergartens. Certain conditions for the admission of a two-year-old child were stipulated and must be fulfilled. Theresearch has focused on whether two-year-olds are currently already admitted in kindergartens andwhether kindergartens have already created required conditions for their admission. Respondentswere headmasters of kindergartens. The research has also focused on the attitude of kindergartenteachers towards the admission of two-year-olds, the attitude of parents of children attending kindergartens towards the placement of two-year-olds in kindergartens and the attitude of parents oftwo-year-olds who are not yet placed in kindergartens. The text presents the results obtained fromall groups of respondents.