The Influence of Traditional Games on The Development of Children's Basic Motor Skills

摘要

The problem is the lack of early childhood games in the school learning, conventional learning games in learning activity. Because development of the modern games have negative affect to motor activity for young children, particularly their movement skills. As a result, many children can't jump with one feet and two feet, bring something through straight line, mention kind of traditional games in Indonesia, especially in Central Java Province. Many kind of traditional games in Indonesia, in this research used engklek game, because this is simple, used "gaco" and engklek area with square line. The aim of this study was to determine the increased development of basic motor skills in group A Pertiwi 49 Ngijo. Basic motor skills in engklek game include three motor aspect such us locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative movement. Type of research method used was quantitative research using experiment, pre-experimental models, namely one group pretest-posttest. Data basic motor skills before the study obtained by the initial observation for two week and data was collected by score in three aspect. The results showed that the development of basic motor skills of children who experienced a significant increase, amounting to -5.44. It can be seen from the results of three aspects on engklek game. Conclusion taken from the research is that traditional game in the learning activity in preschool. This activities can improved motor skills of children, one of them used traditional games because children can played traditional games with the other friend both at school and at home every time.