The current study was conducted for the purpose of examining the mathematical skills in preschool children in terms of some variables. The sample group of the study consisted of 131, five or six years old children who were attending to three public schools' kindergartens in districts of Diyarbakır, Siverek city center in 2015-2016 academic year. The data were collected by using "Personal Information Questionnaire" and "Test of Early Learning Skills -TELS" which was developed by Somwari (1977) to determine children's mathematical skills levels. At the end of the research following findings obtained. In terms of mathematics skills, there were statistically significant differences between the groups according to gender, mathematics study in the home, birth order, parents education level and the socio-economical level. Moreover, no difference was found among the age and handedness variables for the mathematics skills scores.

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