Pengaruh Permainan Apple Picking Tree  terhadap Kemampuan Motorik Kasar Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun

The Effect of Apple Picking Tree Game on Gross Motor Ability of 5-6 Years Old Children

Latar belakang dari penelitian ini adalah kurangnya kemampuan motorik kasar anak pada aspek kekuatan dan keseimbangan karena kurangnya aktifitas gerak anak usia dini. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk  mengetahui apakah permainan “Apple Picking Tree” berpengaruh terhadap motorik kasar anak usia 5-6 tahun di TK PKK 1 Sumberejo Pasuruan. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian  Pre-experimental Design tipe one group pretest-posttest design. Subyek penelitian ini berjumlah 15 anak di TK PKK 1 Sumberejo Pandaan. Teknik pengumpulan data observasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji statistik data non-parametik yaitu uji wilcoxon dengan menggunakan aplikasi SPSS versi 22. Hasil uji reliabilitass dengan kesepakatan Cohen’s Kappa menunjukkan instrumen motorik kasar dikatan reliabel sebesar 0,68, menurut dasar pengambilan kepurusan dalam uji reliabilitas jika item instrumen adalah reliabel. Hasil analisis data uji wilcocson menunjukkan nilai Asymp.Sig. (2-tailed) sebesar 0,000 maka dapat disimpulkan hasil tersebut lebih kecil dari 0.05 yang artinya hipotesis diterima. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa ada perbedaan antara hasil pretest dan posttest dalam kegiatan permainan motorik kasar anak usia dini. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa permainan “Apple Picking Tree” berpengaruh terhadap kemampuan motorik kasar anak usia 5-6 tahun di TK PKK 1 Sumberejo Pasuruan. Meningkatnya kemampuan motorik kasar pada aspek keseimbangan dan kekuatan berjalan lancar berkat bantuan stimulus dari orang tua dan guru.

            Kata Kunci: kemampuan keseimbangan dan kekuatan, Apple Picking Tree

The background of this research is the lack of children's gross motor skills in terms of strength and balance due to the lack of early childhood movement activities. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the game "Apple Picking Tree" had an effect on the gross motor skills of children aged 5-6 years at PKK 1 Sumberejo Kindergarten, Pasuruan. This study uses a pre-experimental design research type one group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study amounted to 15 children in Kindergarten PKK 1 Sumberejo Pandaan. Observation data collection techniques. The data analysis technique used a statistical test of non-parametric data, namely the Wilcoxon test using the SPSS version 22 application. The results of the reliability test with the Cohen's Kappa agreement showed that the gross motor instrument was said to be reliable at 0.68, according to the basis of decision making in the reliability test if the instrument item was reliable. . The results of the Wilcocson test data analysis showed the value of Asymp.Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000, it can be concluded that the result is smaller than 0.05, which means that the hypothesis is accepted. This shows that there is a difference between the results of the pretest and posttest in gross motor game activities for early childhood. So it can be concluded that the game "Apple Picking Tree" affects the gross motor skills of children aged 5-6 years at PKK 1 Sumberejo Kindergarten, Pasuruan. The increase in gross motor skills in the aspects of balance and strength went smoothly thanks to the help of stimuli from parents and teachers.

Keywords: balance and strength ability, Apple Picking Tree