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This study was aimed at studying the impact of the dance education program applied to pre-school children aged 5 on their socio-emotional harmony (comportment to social life needs, social situations, interaction with fellows and positive approaches). Half-experimental research has been used. The work group was formed by 40 children (20 control groups, 20 experimental groups) who continue to school in Istanbul. As a data collection tool, Trust and Light (2006) developed for 5 year-old children, the "Marmara Social-Emotional Adaptation Scale" was used. The experimental group was given dance training by a specialized dance trainer, which was approximately 40 minutes, one day a week for 24 weeks. Because of the lowest level of difficulty 1. The period is one of the traditional games in Artvin, the teaching of popular games (12 weeks) and the second semester is planned to be given Salsa training. In the analysis of the data, Mann-Whitney U-test and Wilcoxon's Signed Rank test were used. This study found that the experiment and control groups had a statistically significant difference in the benefit of the experiment group between the final test points of socio-emotional compatibility (except for a positive approach to the social environment). In general, social-emotional harmony skills and social life needs in the low-dimensions of behavior and social situations in response have found statistically significant differences in favor of boys and children. Interaction with fellow men and a positive approach to the social environment have not observed a significant difference between groups according to gender in the lower dimensions. The dance training activities conducted in the experimental group have also had a consistent and positive impact on their socio-emotional adaptation skills.

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