Promoting Early Reading Skills of Childrean Aged 4-5 Years Using Loose Parts Media

Abstract

This research is motivated by children who have the will to read but are still weak in early reading skills. This may be due to a lack of stimulation to the child. The purpose of this study was to improve early reading skills using loose parts play in children aged 5-6 years. This study used 15 children aged 5-6 years as the subject. The object of research focused on improving the early reading skill by using loose parts play. Methods of collecting data used checklist observations, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the early reading skill of children aged 5-6 were 52.6% at the end of the first cycle while at the end of the second cycle the very well-developed children were 81.3%. This initial improvement in early reading skills can be seen from the child being able to name letters in loose parts play, able to read syllables from loose parts play, and able to read simple words from loose parts play. The conclusion obtained by using loose parts play was that children's early reading skills develop very well.