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The article presents the results of an empirical study of manipulative tendencies in communication of a preschool child with adults and peers. It is shown that children of older preschool age, using methods of manipulation in communication, perceive their family situation as unfavorable. Parents of children-manipulators also have medium and high levels of propensity to manipulate. Of the two parents, mothers of preschool children are more susceptible to manipulation by children.

The key period in the development of a child is preschool age. The aim of the study was to identify the influence of the game on the social and communicative development of preschool children in the article, the authors describe in detail the social and communicative development in this period. The authors were able to identify the relationship between the child's play activity and his social and communicative development using the method of Dyachenko O. M. "Game room". The relevance of the study is the need to develop social and communication skills through play, so that the preschooler is successful in the future.