The aim of this study is to examine the relationship among social competence, emotion regulation skills and play skills of children. The research was designed in compatible with the causal-comparative model. Participants of the study were consisted of 228 children, all of whom are 60-72-month old, attending state and private kindergartens in central provinces of Erzurum, in the 2014-2015 academic years. Research data were gathered by using “Social Competence Behavior Evaluation-Preschool Edition, Short Form (SCBE-30)”, “Emotion Regulation Checklist” and “Game Skills Rating Scale”. The findings of the study revealed that positive correlation was found between social competence sub-scale scores and play skills scores; negative correlation between anger-aggression, anxiety-withdrawal subscales scores and play skills scores of children. In addition, it has been detected negative correlation between children’s play skills scores and “Variability-Negativity” sub-scale scores of Emotion Regulation Checklist.