Results and Discussion
Improvement of peer interaction among children during the sociodramatic play intervention
The data on the above objective were analyzed and presented according to the following sub themes.
Ability to cooperate with peers
At the beginning of the intervention the Market theme was played in which children imitated the roles of sellers of clothes, shoes, accessories and teddy bears and customers. According to the observations carried out during the socio-dramatic play intervention, it was identified that children showed less cooperativeness with their peers at the beginning since the socio- dramatic play activity was a new experience for them. This was appeared during the first two sessions. However, it was observed that they gradually started to co-operate each other in selling and buying clothes. The following conversation emerged during the first session shows the less …show more content…
Ability to comfort friends
It was observed during the intervention majority of older children showed a significant improvement in the ability to comfort friends than younger ones. Benenson, Markovits, Roy, and Denko (2003) mentioned that older children direct pro-social behaviour such as caring, sharing, and helping behaviours to their peers more often than 3-year old. This was apparently seen during the intervention. The following are some of the conversations emerged with regard to comforting friends.
Example 1 – The Market Theme
SV: “I like this hat” (Showing a brown coloured hat)
ML: “OK. You take it”
KV: “No it is my hat, Give me that” (with an angry mood)
SV: “Oh! I’m Sorry, you take
Improvement of peer interaction among children during the sociodramatic play intervention
The data on the above objective were analyzed and presented according to the following sub themes.
Ability to cooperate with peers
At the beginning of the intervention the Market theme was played in which children imitated the roles of sellers of clothes, shoes, accessories and teddy bears and customers. According to the observations carried out during the socio-dramatic play intervention, it was identified that children showed less cooperativeness with their peers at the beginning since the socio- dramatic play activity was a new experience for them. This was appeared during the first two sessions. However, it was observed that they gradually started to co-operate each other in selling and buying clothes. The following conversation emerged during the first session shows the less …show more content…
Ability to comfort friends
It was observed during the intervention majority of older children showed a significant improvement in the ability to comfort friends than younger ones. Benenson, Markovits, Roy, and Denko (2003) mentioned that older children direct pro-social behaviour such as caring, sharing, and helping behaviours to their peers more often than 3-year old. This was apparently seen during the intervention. The following are some of the conversations emerged with regard to comforting friends.
Example 1 – The Market Theme
SV: “I like this hat” (Showing a brown coloured hat)
ML: “OK. You take it”
KV: “No it is my hat, Give me that” (with an angry mood)
SV: “Oh! I’m Sorry, you take