PENGARUH ALAT PERMAINAN EDUKATIF PETAK UMPET HURUF TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN KOGNITIF ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH DI PAUD THOLABAH KECAMATAN LEDOKOMBO KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Children need a special attention for their development optimalization. A child who is given a lot of stimulation would develope more rapidly than a child with less stimulation. One of stimulation that could be given was educative game tool stimulation. One of the educative game tool is petak umpet huruf. This study aims to analyze the effect of petak umpet huruf as an educative game tool on the preschool’s cognitive development at PAUD Tholabah Ledokombo, Jember. The study used preexperimental design with one group pretest and posttest approach. Sampel was 52 respondents, determined using purposive sampling with inclusion criteria. Data analysis used wilcoxcon signed rank test. The result shown that p value=0.000<α=0.05 so that Ho was rejected. The conclution was that there was a very significant effect of of petak umpet huruf as an educative game toy on the preschool’s cognitive development at PAUD Tholabah Ledokombo, Jember. The study suggested the famiies to give their children petak umpet huruf as one of cognitive development stimulation.