PEDAGOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS OF EARLY CHILDREN LITERACY AND THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM OF PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TEACHERS

This paper describes the current national curriculum of pre-primary education in Slovakia. An area of education focused on the development of literary and linguistic literacy in pre-school children is defined here. Diagnostic competence allows teachers to evaluate children’s level, even regarding initial signs of reading and writing skills, as well as early signs of literacy that manifest themselves before the child starts attending elementary school. The contribution presents the views of teachers pre-primary education on linguistic and literary literacy of children.