Özet:

The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between quality of preschool education institutions and the language-cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, self-care and social development levels of five-six-year-old children attending these institutions. The sample of the study consisted of 55 preschool education classes and 846 children attending these classes and 55 teachers working in these classes. While the developmental levels of the children participating in the study were measured by using "Ankara Development Screening Inventory (ADSI)", qualities of classrooms were measured by using "Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECER)" and "Information Form for Preschool Educational Institution Structural Quality". The relationship between the quality of institutions and the development of children was analyzed by using Spearman’s Correlation analysis technique for the analysis of data. According to the findings of the study, positively significant correlations were found between the quality levels of preschool educational institutions and the developmental levels of children.