The effect of early literacy education on executive function skills in 5-6 year old children

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of early literacy education on executive function skills in 5-6 year-old children. The research was designed as a quasi-experimental design, which is one of the quantitative research methods. The study group consists of 40 children, 20 in the education group and 20 in the control group. "Personal Information Form, Childhood Executive Functions Inventory" was used to collect data. The early literacy education program developed by the researcher was applied to the children in the education group in 24 sessions for 6 weeks. The measurement tools were applied as pre-test and post-test before and after the application and the data obtained from the measurement tools were analyzed using a statistical package program. Independent samples t-test, Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, Chi-square and Shapiro-Wilk were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the tests performed in the sub-dimensions of the study, a significant relationship was found between early literacy education and executive function skills in pre-school children aged 5-6; It was determined that there was no significant relationship between the children's gender, age, number of siblings, the number of children, duration of attending preschool education, the education level of the parents, the employment status of the parents and executive function skills.