Özet:

The purpose of the study is to understand the lives of Syrian children in the pre-school class and the co-cultural culture they create. The research, designed as an ethnographic state study, took place in a main class in Kahramanmaraş province. The participants in the study are 17 children and their families. The data of the study are participants’ observations, semi-configured and unconfigured conversations and documents. The data was collected in the researchers’ own class for 10 months. The data collected was analyzed during and at the end of the research process through the content analysis method. According to the findings obtained, it has been understood that the language of speech in the co-cultural culture, the approach of Turkish families and the Turkish children who are popular in the class are important elements. The teacher’s approach to Syrian children and the teaching materials he uses have determined the course of the children’s school life. The close relationships and positive attitudes of Syrian families towards language learning have facilitated the children’s process of adaptation to school. In this sense, educational institutions should ensure that refugee children love school and have close relationships with their families.