PENGARUH STORYTELLING DENGAN FINGGER PUPPET TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN BAHASA ANAK PRASEKOLAH (PANDEMIC COVID 19) Studi Pra-Eksperimen Di RA Mambaul Huda Kec. Puri Kab. Mojokerto

Abstract

Story telling is a method that is quite effective in attracting the attention of children, when telling stories by using fingger puppet to children it will awaken their imagination and emotional. Children are never tired of stories, reading aloud gives them endless fun and gives special benefits to children who have limitations to play. The purpose of this study was to prove the stimulation of storytelling with puppet puppets on the language development of preschool children in RA Mambaul Huda Puri District, Mojokerto Regency. The research method used was pre experimental design with one group pre-post test design. The population of all RA Mambaul Huda students is Puri District of Mojokerto Kindergarten A and TK B as many as 50 students. The sampling technique used by this researcher is non probality sampling (total sampling) so that the sample at the time of the study was 50 respondents. The instrument used to assess child development was a questionnaire that adopted the RA Mambaul Huda report card, Puri District, Mojokerto Regency. Based on the results of the study showed there were 5 respondents (10.0%) with the category of Developing in Accordance with Expectations before treatment and after treatment increasing to 21 respondents (42.0%) with the Developing Conformance Expectation category. There is an influence of storytelling with puppet puppets on the language development of preschool children, giving storytelling therapy with puppet puppets if given regularly and routinely can train focus, build imagination and concentration on preschoolers. It is expected that parents and teachers can provide stimulation of story telling routinely so that the improvement of motor language in children can be maximized.