2019 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 265-272
Learning social and emotional skills in childhood has received attention due to it having a positive influence on a barometer of social progress. This study seeks to focus on pretend play which is thought to promote infants’ subjective and creative abilities thereby improving creative output. And we wish to consider how formative expression activities, in the context of pretend play, influence the cultivation of children’s social and emotional skills. Data for this study was collated from previous research and questionnaires targeted at kindergarten teachers and parents in the Hakodate region. Through the data, the present form of the region’s education systems and the degree to which formative expression activities and pretend play were incorporated into classes were deduced. In addition, this study analyzed three-year-old infants’ behavior basing its results on two factors, “social skill of social and emotional learning” and “social and emotional management skill”. In this way, it sought to verify the relevance between formative expression activities and social and emotional skills. After careful deliberation, our results indicate that there is a high probability that formative expression activities in pretend play have a significant impact on the cultivation of basic social skills.
