Abstract:

Pre-school children's learning processes show a systematic development towards more complex and advanced lifecycle skills than simple lifecycle skills. In this turn when the character and personality structure begin to form, the child acquires many self-care skills as well. Dressing skills are more difficult for children than many self-righteous skills, and it is expected that the efforts to gain will continue in the pre-school period. Button opening-locking, climbing, bonding and closing-locking, hand-eye co-driving and finger-related skills require complete development. Besides other factors in the acquisition of these skills in children, the importance of parents’ approaches is also great. In this study, the determination of clothing opening skills in pre-school children is aimed at comparing both parents’ opinions and teachers’ observations with data based on the observations. The dressing skills of children are limited to the use of the clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes, clothes and clothes. The data of the study were obtained from the parents and teachers of 181 children between the ages of 4-5 and 6 who studied in various pre-school institutions. The skills of children have been studied according to age and gender factor, there are no significant differences according to gender, but there are significant differences in all skills covered according to age. The conclusion was that there were differences between parents’ views on the skills they have and teachers’ observations, and that parents evaluated their children’s skills in the field of clothing at a higher level. According to the results of the research, the quality that can support the skills in children’s clothing designs from 3-4 years of age is also recommended to support the development of the skills in the use of safe materials and accessories, the design processes in clothing in areas where children can access.

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