THE EFFECT OF PLAYING ORIGAMI ON CHILDREN'S FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT USING DENVER II AT AGE 3-5 YEARS AT TK SOLA FIDE SCHOOL MEDAN

Abstract

Playing origami is an activity of folding paper with fingers to train the development of hand and finger muscles and to train children's imagination. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of children's fine motor skills before and after playing origami in children aged 3-5 years at Sola Fide School Medan Kindergarten. The type and design of the research used was a quasi experiment (pseudo experiment) with a one group pretest-posttest research design. Data collection using the Denver II checklist sheet, which is a standardized instrument that can measure the ability of fine motoric development of children aged 0-6 years. The tools used are 8 cubes, pencils and drawing paper while the tools used for the origami play intervention are origami paper of various colors, scissors and glue or adhesive. The population in the study were children aged 3-5 years who were students at Sola Fide School Medan Kindergarten. The sample was taken with a total sampling technique of 19 children.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of playing origami in improving the fine motor skills of children aged 3-5 years at Sola Fide School Medan Kindergarten in 2021.

The results of the t-test statistical test showed that fine motor skills after the origami play intervention were 0.004 where the p value was <0.05 and increased by 2.42 times better after receiving the origami play intervention. It can be concluded that there is an effect of playing origami on the fine motor skills of children aged 3-5 years at Sola Fide School Medan Kindergarten. Researchers suggest that children aged 3-5 years do more origami play activities to improve children's fine motor skills.