Development of Traditional Game Media for Social Skills of Early Childhood with Special Needs
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https://doi.org/10.29408/jhm.v11i3.32144Keywords:
early childhood, engklek, social skills, traditional gamesAbstract
Traditional games can be used as a learning program in schools, especially in building the character of early childhood because they bring many benefits from various aspects of early childhood development, ranging from character development, morals, multiple intelligences, cognitive, socio-emotional, physical-motor, and many more. This study is about the development of traditional game media, namely Engklek, in improving social skills for early childhood with special needs in inclusive schools; namely describing the development of traditional games for early childhood with special needs in inclusive schools, and its influence on social skills for early childhood with special needs in inclusive schools. The method used is Research and Development (R&D) using the Borg & Gall, 1983 model to develop and validate educational products consisting of ten steps in RA and KB Al-Jihad Malang, Indonesia. Research results: the development of Engklek accompanied by picture cards is needed for early childhood with special needs in inclusive schools. The influence of Engklek on the social skills of early childhood with special needs in inclusive schools is significant, the significance is 0.001 > 0.05.
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