ABSTRACT
Pre-school education in Poland is the first stage of the education system and comes under the Ministry of National Education. The main legal regulation is the Act of 7th September 1991, which lists various types of early childhood education centres. The cost of public kindergartens is usually established by municipal and city councils after taking into account the funds for maintaining these kindergartens in their budgets. Public kindergartens are usually open for around ten hours a day, which is regulated by the provisions of the kindergarten’s statute. Supporting the child’s activity that raises the level of sensory integration and the ability to make use of the developing cognitive processes. Creating conditions conducive to acquiring experiences that will enable them to continue adaptation processes and help those children who develop in an imbalanced, slower or accelerated way. Children with a decision about the need for special education issued by a psychological and pedagogical clinic can be admitted to a kindergarten.
