ABSTRAK Vebriani, Eki. 2018, Mengembangkan Kemampuan Sosial Emosional Anak melalui Metode Bermain Peran di TK Sitalale, Kecamatan Teupah Bara,t Kabupaten Simeulue. Skripsi, Jurusan Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Anak Usia Dini, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan,Universitas Syiah Kuala, Pembimbing: (1) Dr. Israwati, M.Si (2) Dra. Yuhasriati, M.Pd Kata Kunci: Kemampuan, Sosial Emosional, Bermain Peran Kemampuan sosial emosional merupakan kemampuan yang diperoleh anak melalui interaksi dengan orang lain di lingkungannya yaitu berempati, bekerjasama, bertanggung jawab, antusias dalam permainan, menghargai teman sebaya, dan mengikuti aturan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan sosial emosional anak melalui metode bermain peran di TK Sitalale, Kecamatan Teupah, Barat Kabupaten Simeulue. Penelitian ini dirancang dengan menggunakan penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) yang dilakukan dalam 2 siklus. Subjek penelitian ini adalah anak usia 4-5 tahun yang berjumlah 10 orang terdiri dari 5 laki-laki dan 5 perempuan. Data dikumpulkan melalui observasi dan unjuk kerja. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada siklus I anak yang belum berkembang terdapat 3 orang anak; dan anak yang mulai berkembang terdapat 5 orang anak. Anak yang berkembang sesuai harapan terdapat 2 orang anak; anak yang berkembang sangat baik belum ada. Hasil penelitian di siklus II menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan sosial emosional anak melalui metode bermain peran usia anak 4-5 tahun berkembang sangat baik. Disarankan bagi guru dalam mengembangkan kemampuan sosial emosonal anak usia dini dapat dilakukan melalui metode bermain peran agar anak lebih terbiasa bersikap antusias serta menunjukkan sikap empati, menghargai orang lain dan mengikuti aturan-aturan yang berlaku. ABSTTRACT Vebriani, Eki. 2018. Developing Children’s Social-Emotional Ability through Role Play Method in Sitalale Kindergarten, Teupah Barat District, Simeulue Regency. Thesis, Early Childhood Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University. Supervisors: (1) Dr. Israwati, M.Si (2) Dra. Yuhasriati, M.Pd Keywords: ability, social-emotional, role play Social-emotional ability is an ability which is acquired by children through interaction with other people in their environment such as empathy, cooperation, responsibility, enthusiasm in playing, respect to peers, and following the rules. This research aims to develop children’s social-emotional ability through role play in Sitalale Kindergarten, Teupah Barat District, Simeuleu Regency. This research is designed by using classroom action research which is conducted in two cycles. The subjects of this research are ten children which are 4-5 years old and consisting of 5 males and 5 females. The data collected by using observation and work sampling system. The result of this research showed that in the first cycle, 3 children have not developed yet, 5 children have begun to develop, 2 children have developed as expectation, and no one has developed very well. The result in the second cycle showed that children’s social-emotional ability have developed very well through role play method of children 4-5 years old. It is suggested to teachers in developing early childhood’s social-emotional ability can be done through role play method in order to get children used to being enthusiastic and showing empathy, respecting others, and following the rules.