The Social Development among Preschool Children: Analysis of Sociodramatic Play

The aim of this study is to identify a popular child, an unpopular child and the reasons an unpopular child is in sociodramatic play. The methods used are observation and sociometrist technique. It was conducted on 25 preschool children, which was five to six years. Sociometrist technique involved the selection of the peers preferred through the interview, tabulation table and make a sociogram. The data analysis was performed by using descriptive analysis in the frequency and percent. The results showed that the highest frequency of a popular child is eleven times and the lowest frequency of an unpopular child with rejection categories is one times. Further the absence frequency of an unpopular child with rejected categories. The results also showed that girls are more popular than boys. The reason an unpopular child in sociodramatic play showed that personality traits as the biggest factor namely they like crying, sulking, cowardly and shy. Therefore, preschool teachers need to take certain steps to help and give opportunities to children who suffer from social development when interacting with peers. The implications of the study suggest peer interaction should be taken into account in the further education.