Children ́S Play and Psychological Development of Social Skills in the First Years of Basic, In an Educational Unit in Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this work was to determine the correlation that exists between children's play and social skills in students in the first years of Basic of an Educational Unit in Ecuador. The study had a quantitative approach, of a basic, descriptive type. Its design was non-experimental, cross-correlational. The sample was intentionally non-probabilistic, taking 100 children from the Educational Unit in question, to whom two questionnaires were applied with the help of their parents and teachers. An adaptation of the "Knox Preschool Play Scale" was used for children's play and for social skills the " Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale". Using Spearman, it was determined that there is a significant correlation between the variables. It was concluded that there is a correlation between children's play and the development of social skills because the game motivates them and drives them to interact with their peers, stimulating them to innovate and be dynamic.