Development of Social-Emotional Skills in Early Education Through Musical Activities. Experimental Study
Development of Social-Emotional Skills in Early Education Through Musical Activities. Experimental Study

Summary/Abstract: "There has been a growing concern for developing children's social-emotional abilities recently. Studies that address the importance of music in children's lives have concluded that it is closely related to emotional regulation and social interactions. Emotional development reflects children's ability to identify and express their own emotions and also those of others. Social development refers to children's abilities to relate effectively and appropriately to adults and children of a similar age in different social situations.Our research aimed to verify the influence of musical activities on the development of social-emotional skills of 4- and 5-year-old preschoolers. The research design was an experimental one, examining the oscillation of the dependent variable (level of social-emotional skills) concerning the independent variable (musical activity-based choice) and the oscillation of the dependent variable when the independent variable did not intervene. The study was conducted over 15 weeks and the participants were 46 preschool children from an urban extended-day kindergarten. The instrument used within the research was the Preschool Behaviour Observation Form, developed and adapted based on the dimensions of the domain Social Emotional Development from the Early Childhood Curriculum, 2019.Analysing the results, the development level of social-emotional skills increased by 61% in the experimental sample due to the introduction of the independent variable. Summarising, the implementation of optional activities based on musical activities in the kindergarten educational process significantly impacted the children's socio-emotional development."

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