The Effectiveness of a Proposed Visits Program to the King Abdul-Aziz International Cultural Center in Developing Friendship Skills for Kindergarten Children in Dhahran

Abstract

The study aimed at developing friendship skills among kindergarten children in Dhahran, designing a program based on )visits to the King Abdul-Aziz Center for World Culture, narrative activities, and artistic activities(, and knowing its effectiveness in developing friendship skills among children. The sample was deliberately chosen from the children of Riyadh, the third level, in the Kindergarten, in Dhahran, and their number reached )60( children, whose ages ranged between )5-6( years, and they were divided into two groups, the experimental and control group of )30( children and girl. The study followed the experimental approach. The equivalence of the two groups was verifed in terms of age, gender, intelligence, and the degree of friendship skills. The study tools included the man’s drawing intelligence test for good enough Harris, the proposed program )the researcher's preparation(, the pictorial friendship skills scale for kindergarten children )the researcher's preparation(, The results showed the validity of the frst hypothesis, as there are statistically signifcant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group members on friendship skills in the two measurements before and after implementing the program, and in favor of the post measurement, as well as there are statistically signifcant differences between the mean scores of the control and experimental groups of kindergarten children on a skill scale Friendship after implementing the program for the beneft of the experimental group, and the study recommends generalizing the application of the proposed program to kindergartens due to its effectiveness.