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The aim of this study was to identify the level of deductive reasoning among children in pre-school stage, and the effectiveness of a program based on the use of storyboards for the development of deductive reasoning in children in one of the schools in pre-school stage in the Directorate of Special Education in Amman. Was chosen as the school and the sample purposely year academic 2013-2014, the study consisted of (38) children from special education, (19) males and (19) females, the sample was divided into a control group which consisted of (18) boys and girls, and experimental group which consisted of (20) boys and girls. To achieve the objectives of the study was the first to use tools deductive thinking scale, has been verified sincerity and persistence, and the second is based on storyboards program, two of the development of the researcher. The results of the study showed that there are no statistically significant differences attributable to the effect of gender in terms, the results also showed that there were statistically significant differences due to the effect of the Group, the differences were in favor of the experimental group, and there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the effect of the interaction between group and gender, and the differences were in favor of the experimental group in terms. In light of the results, the study recommended to conduct further studies on the effectiveness of the use of a program based on image sequence in storyboards in the development of deductive reasoning for different age levels to determine the possibility of circulating the results of the study. It also recommended to include storyboards in kindergarten curricula and rehabilitation of kindergarten teachers to use storyboards and linked it to the development of deductive reasoning. (Published abstract)