Validity and reliability study of the self-care skills scale-teacher form for pre-school children (36-72 months)

Preschools are places where can provide vital skills for children. these skills are eating, wearing and organizing clothes, cleaning, toilet training, organizing and protection from dangers that can be described as self-care skills. the first part of the study covers the validity and reliability of “preschool children (36–72 months) self-care skills scale- teacher form” to determine their self-care skills. the second part of the study aims to determine which self-care skills teachers find important. the study group included 261 children aged 36-72 months attending at preschool education institutions in ankara central districts. according to the findings, preschool children (36–72 months) self-care skills scale- teacher form was found to be reliable and valid. teachers give more importance to the “self cleaning and toilet training skills” than other self-care skills. results also showed that any statistically significant difference has not been encountered in the gender, presence of siblings, half–full day attendance of preschool, and birth order variables; but by the children get older and attending time at the preschool education increases, self-care skills implementing rate increases.