PENGARUH SENAM OTAK TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN ANAK USIA TODDLER DI PAUD AN NUR KELURAHAN TEGAL BESAR KECAMATAN KALIWATES KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Children are the future generation who will build the nation in the future. Development of the child should always be the primary concern ranging from birth. Toddler period is the period of children aged 12 to 36 months is a period of intensive exploration of the environment. Each child is unique because the child's development is different from each other which is influenced by internal and external factors. The purpose of this study was determine the effect of brain gym to development of children in toddler age at PAUD AN Nur Kaliwates Jember .The design of this study using an pre experimental design with 16 respondents. Data were collected by using a measuring instrument that is KPSP. The results of the Wilcoxon test showed statistical p value 0.014 and the degree of error ( α = 0.05 ), p value < 0.05. The analysis result is14 respondents (87.5%) were in the category of normal development and 2 respondents (12.5%) were in the dubious category of development after being done intervention. The conclusion is there are meaningful effects of brain gym to development of children in toddler age at PAUD AN Nur Kaliwates Sub-Distric, Jember.