Playful strategy to stimulate socio-affective development in early childhood sublevel children

Abstract

Introduction: The socio-affectivity gives the guidelines to the formation of fundamental characteristics in children which is consequent to their insertion to the social environment in an effective way, given that the social interaction of children in Initial Education is given in a diverse context, the progress of skills that respond to affectivity is of transcendental importance. Objective: The research responds to the objective of elaborating a ludic strategy to stimulate the socio-affective development in children of the initial sub-level II of the Blanca Cuadros Zambrano Educational Unit, located in the Valdez site, Rocafuerte canton. Materials and methods: A mixed research approach was used, with analytic-synthetic and inductive-deductive theoretical methods, with the use of empirical methods through observation, interview and survey, the mathematical method used was the percentage analysis and the validation was carried out by specialists with Cronbach's Alpha method. Results: The diagnosis evidenced that the children participating in this study have poor development of socioemotional skills, an effect that was confirmed by the parents when they assumed that their children have difficulties in recognizing and controlling emotions, interrelating with their peers and assuming and respecting norms. Conclusions: Theoretical contributions contributed to the development of the research; a peer-reviewed proposal was structured by means of the Alpha method.