Examination of some factors that influence social skills of five and six years old children attending to preschool

The purpose of this study was to examine relations between the social skills of five and six years old children attending pre-school and some variables that influence their social skills. This study is a survey model and includes the steps of surveying the five and six years old children who attend pre-school in 2010- 2011 academic year in Elazığ and their parents and teachers. In this survey, Socio-demographic Information Form and Social Skill Evaluation Scale is was as data collection tools.SPSS 17 program was used to analysis the data. At the end of this research, it was concluded that among the five and six years old pre-school children the ones who had received preschool education had much more advanced social skills than those who had not received preschool education. Moreover, it was found that the level of father?s education had a strong positive effect on the children?s social skills. The socioeconomic status of the family and the gender of the children had also an impact on the level of children?s social skills. Some suggestions are made in accordence with the study findings.Key Words: Preschool Education, Social Skills, Socio-demographic Characteristics