Learning Early Reading Skills Through Letter Board Games At Kb It Al Ikhwan Sidamulya

Abstract

Learning early reading skills through letter board games is a method used by teachers that is carried out in a well-thought-out manner that is carried out regularly in the process of developing early reading, namely knowledge in reading, recognizing letter symbols in early childhood. The purpose of this study was to describe the development of early childhood reading skills at KB IT Al Ikhwan Sidamulya, Kemranjen District, Banyumas Regency. The type of research used by researchers in this research is field researchwith a descriptive qualitative approach. Where the focus of research in this study is the media used for learning early childhood reading skills, with research subjects namely school principals, class teachers, and early childhood namely students in KB IT Al Ikhwan Sidamulya, and parents of participants educate. The methods used in collecting data in this study are observation methods, interview methods, and documentation. The results of this study explain that the letter board media is a two-dimensional media that can be installed and removed easily made of flannel attached to a plywood or board, then other pieces of flannel are made which are placed on the back of the image. This letter board can be folded to make it more practical. The letter board media makes it easy for pictures to be attached and presented and can be easily removed so that it can be used many times. This media can be used to paste letters, numbers, and pictures. Because the presentation is instantaneous, it can attract children's attention, and is more efficient. Children's early reading skills at KB IT Al Ikhwan Sidamulya are already good. Early childhood reading skills at KB IT Al Ikhwan Sidamulya develop in various ways according to the stimulation that children have received so far. This can be seen from how researchers pay attention to indicators of achievement of children's early reading skills, namely, children are able to say vowel and consonant symbols, children are able to say syllables or spell words, and children are able to connect syllables into simple words.