Development of Mathematic Tower Games to Practice Ability to Recognize the Concept of Number Symbols In Early Childhood

Abstract

Abstract:This research and development to develope a Mathematic Tower game for early childhood that can stimulate cognitive aspects, especially in the introduction of the concept of the symbol of numbers in children aged 4-5 years.  This research was conducted in three kindergartens in Malang district. The type of research  used was the Research and Development of Borg and Gall which has been modified from ten research steps to seven research steps. The types of data used in this study are quantitave and qualitative data. Qualitative data were obtained from interviews, observations, and suggestions from experts. While quantitative data were obtained from validation scores and group test results. The validation results obtained by experts obtained an average of 92,39%. The small group trials have obtained results of 94,2% with the subjects of the trial as many as 10 children. Then in the large group trials the results were 94,23% with 71 subjects as the test subject. Based on these results the development of the Mathematic Tower game is said to be valid and can be used in learning especially for the introduction of the concept of number symbols.

Keywords: mathematic tower game, the concept of number symbols,early childhood