The Effect of Play on Children's Social Skills (Case Study: Kindergarten Children in Mazandaran Province)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of play type, playtime and type toy on children's mental development, social skills intelligence. The kindergarten Mazandaran province in 2012 took place. study's statistical population included 630 children 2012-13. Using Jesse Morgan table simple random sampling method, 240 was considered sample size. data collection method based a questionnaire checklist. Reliability questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha for Gresham Elliott standard (1990, 0/83), Intelligence - Stanford Binet (2009) obtained 0/91. Also, content structure validity used test questionnaire. In validity, were approved by relevant experts. Analysis information from implementing via SPSS software two descriptive sections mean, variance, deviation, frequency distribution tables graphs inferential test.