The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the importance and models of accepting diversity as one of the goals of early childhood education and care. In modern literature accepting diversity is defined as respecting and accepting every living being and it′s dignity through the realisation of justice as a principle of life (Bouillet i Miškeljin, 2017). This aspect of early childhood education and care is particularly prominent in National curriculum for early childhood education and care which promotes humanism and tolerance as main values on which education and care should be based upon (Narodne novine, 5/2015). For purpose of this thesis, there was conducted a research on the sample of seven participants, two of which are working as preschool teachers in kindergartens in Zagreb and five of them are students of Preeschool education studies on The Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb. The method used in this research is interview. The participants answered six questions on the topic of accepting diversity. The results showed that all of them are familiar with the term accepting diversity which they addressed during their studies through different courses. In addition to that, all participants have performed activities related to the topic of accepting diversities in kindergartens or have participated in similar activities during their training. Most of the participants have a clear idea how to encourage respect, collectiveness and cooperation in educational groups and what characteristics a kindergarten teacher has to have to foster that way of working principles. Participants are not familiar enough with legal aspects of accepting diversity.