TRAINING ON MAKING EDUCATIONAL GAME TOOLS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS IN CIHANJAWAR VILLAGE

Abstract

This Student Creativity Program (PKM) aims to provide teachers with socialization and training on making APE (Educative Game Tools) to increase knowledge and skills in making APE for early childhood education. The introduction and training were carried out in two steps. The first step was a material presentation accompanied by questions and answers. The second step was the practice of making APE (Educative Game Tools)  . In this second step, the PKM team demonstrated how to make APE (Educative Game Tools)   innovations to develop early childhood motor, cognitive, and social abilities. Furthermore, the participants practiced APE-making according to what had been demonstrated by the PKM team and then adapt it to the PKM participants’ creativity and innovativeness. The results of this training revealed an increase in PKM participants’ knowledge about APE innovation and skill improvement to create APE. Data analysis was carried out by giving pre-tests and post-tests to 16 participants in Cihanjawar village involving PAUD teachers from three schools. Based on the evaluation results, APE-making training activities could increase early childhood education teachers’ knowledge and skills in making APE innovations for early childhood.