The purpose of this study is to develop the paper-folding activity program to enhance young children’s self-regulation and to find out the effects of the program. It is the program connected with life theme at the childhood education field and has its significance in providing the basic data about the effective teaching-learning method. From ‘S’ kindergarten in Gwangju Province, 76 5-year-old children (33 boys and 43 girls) were chosen as experimental group (for the paper-folding activity program) and comparative group (for the life theme activity). The experimental group who participated in the paper-folding activity was consisted of 38 children (17 boys and 21 girls) and the comparative group who participated in the life theme activity was consisted of 38 children (16 boys and 22 girls).

To check young children’s self-regulation, Self-Control Rating Scale: SCRS (Kendal & Wilcox, 1969) complemented by Lee Soon-Kyu(1995) and Kim Ji-Ah(2002) was used. The results of preliminary inspection and post-inspection from experimental group and comparative group was implemented through the two-way analysis of variance using SPSS 18.0 program.
To find out whether the sex affects young children’s self-regulation, the data of preliminary inspection and post-inspection from experimental group who participated in the paper-folding activity was proved by two-way analysis of variance.

The results of this study are as in the following:
First, it is appeared that the self-regulation of experimental group who participated in the paper-folding activity program is statistically much higher than of comparative group who participated in the life theme activity. The subordinate scope of young children’s self-regulation - self-control, reducing impulsiveness, and concentration - were appeared higher in the experimental group who participated in the paper-folding activity than the comparative group.
Second, it is appeared that the effects of the paper-folding activity program affect positively more to the girls’ self-regulation than to the boy’s. Regarding the interaction according to the different sex, the paper-folding art activity program is effective in reducing impulsiveness but not in self-control and concentration.
These results show that the paper-folding activity program is effective in enhancing young children’s self-regulation. Therefore, the paper-folding activity program can be a good alternative for the teaching-learning method at childhood education field.