Effectiveness of Puppet Ice Stack Puzzle on Ability to Calculate in Habibi Kindergarten Pariaman

摘要

This study originated from the fact in Habibi Pariaman Kindergarten, that learning activities used to develop children's numeracy skills are still not varied. This can be seen in counting activities, teachers only use magazines as media. So that it has an impact on the numeracy ability of children who still cannot show the symbol of numbers, say or list the numbers, and say or recognize the concept of numbers with objects. The ice stalk puzzle puppet game is thought to be effective against the development of children's numeracy skills. The research aims to find out how effective the ice stalk puzzle game is for the numeracy ability of children in Habibi Pariaman Kindergarten. This study uses a quantitative approach in the form of quasi experiments. The results showed that the children in the experimental class who used ice stalk puzzle puppet games had a higher average of 92 when compared to children in the control class who used styerofoam puzzles namely 78. Based on the calculation of the t-test obtained Tcount is 8.957 greater from Ttable which is 2.048, this shows that there are significant differences between the two classes. Thus it can be concluded that the game of ice stalk puzzle puppets is very effective against numeracy skills at Habibi Pariaman Nursery School 2018/2019.