Abstract: The subject of the study is the connection between playing habits and sociometric status of elementary school students in the context of conflict prevention in children group. The author pays special attention to the comparative analysis of the results of sociometric research and results of elementary school children's playing habits research. In the article, the brief review of the results of sociometric status modern researches and the main characteristics of status groups is given. Special consideration is paid to the empirical research of elementary school children's playing habits.The methods of the study are Jacob L. Moreno's Sociometry in M. Bityanova's interpretation "Sociometric method in school practice", and a questionary, created by the author, aimed at detection of elementary school children's playing habits. The novelty of the study is due to the detection of the connection between sociometric status and playing habits for the selection of the most preferable role-playing games' plots, contributing to the development of sociometric status and conflict prevention in children group. Also, a necessity of the correction of the interpersonal relationship between elementary school children through the organization of non-competitive role-playing games, which creates an atmosphere of acceptance and reconciliation between conflicting children, is proved.