PENGARUH “ BALANCING BALL ACTIVITIES” TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN SEIMBANG ANAK USIA 4-5 TAHUN

THE EFFECT OF "BALANCING BALL ACTIVITIES" ON THE BALANCED ABILITY OF 4-5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

Latar belakang Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah minimnya kemampuan pada aspek keseimbangan, kecepatan, dan kekuatan motorik kasar anak usia dini. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh permainan “Balancing Ball Activities” terhadap motorik kasar anak kelompok A di TK Al-Hijrah Gresik. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif Pre-Experimental Desaign dengan jenis penelitian One Group Pre-Test – Post-Test Desain. Hasil uji reliabilitas menunjukkan bahwa nilai Cohen’s Kappa sebesar 0,814 yakni diatas 0,8 diperoleh kategori reliabilitas tinggi maka, sebagaimana dasar pengambilan keputusan dalam uji reliablitas bahwa semua variabel pre-test adalah konsisten atau reliabel. Hasil uji wilcoxon memaparkan bahwa nilai Asymp.Sig. (2-tailed) yaitu bernilai 0,007 lebih < 0,05 maka hipotesis diterima. Hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan terdapat pengaruh permainan “Balancing Ball Activities “terhadap anak usia 4-5 tahun di TK Al-Hijrah Gresik.

The background of this research is the lack of ability in the aspects of balance, speed, and gross motoric strength of early childhood. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the game”Balancing Ball Activities” on the gross motoric skills of group A children at kindergarten Al-Hijrah Gresik. This research method with the type of research One GroupPre-Test – Post-Test Design.. The results of the reliability test showed that the Cohen’s Kappa value was 0.500 in the medium category, as the basis for decision maing in the reliability test that all pre-test variabels were consistent or reliable. The wilcoxon test results show that the Asymp.Sig.(2-tailed) value of one is 0,007 over 0,05, the hypothesis is accepted. So and concluded there is influence of the “Balancing Ball Activities” game for children aged 4-5 years at TK Al-Hijrah Gresik.