The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of cooperative art learning program on kindergarten
children's emotional intelligence and ability to express in language, based on art appreciation activities. The
hypotheses were formulated, as follows: 1. Children’s emotional intelligence can be improved by participating in
cooperative art program through art appreciation activities. 2. Children’s language expressive power can be improved
by participating in cooperative art program through art appreciation activities. The subjects in this research were 26
young children aged 5 years, attending a kindergarten at Euiwang-si, Gyunggi-do, Korea: 13 children were assigned
to an experimental group and 13 to a control group. Tests before experiments for emotional intelligence and
language expressive power were done to check about within-group homogeneity. Lee Byeong-Rae’s checklist(1997)
developed on Mayer and Salovery’s(1997) emotional intelligence model was used to verify Hypothesis 1. Mean and
standard deviation were calculated for each post test group’s emotional intelligence. MANOVA was performed to
analyze the research data. Visual Que Writing Sample modified and updated in 4 areas by Jeong Nam-Mi(1996)
was employed to verify Hypothesis 2. Mean and standard deviation between experimental group and control group
were calculated through the tests. ANOVA and SPSS 20.0 were used to analyze the research data. The findings of
this research are concluded, as follows: First, cooperative art activity program based on art appreciation is effective
in improving young children’s emotional intelligence, because they share the materials, understand, cooperate,
communicate positively, while they discuss and work together to complete the works. Second, cooperative art activity
program based on art appreciation is effective in improving children’s language expressive power, because they
experience new words, discuss, listen and speak their own thoughts, feelings and experiences. This research shows
that cooperative art learning program influenced positively to improve young children’s emotional intelligence and
ability to express in language. It is suggested hereby that variety of art appreciation activities should be applied to
children’s education sites to improve children’s emotional intelligence and language expressive power.