THE EFFECTIVENESS OF APPLICATION OF COOPERATION PLAY PUZZLE GROUP EDUCATIONAL GAMES ON CHILDREN IN THE TIME OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC TOWARDS INCREASING SOCIAL INTERACTIONTO CHILDREN IN KOTO TANGAH DISTRICT PADANG CITY

Abstract

Early childhood is a group of children who are in the process of growth and development that is unique, meaning that it has a pattern of growth and physical development of gross and fine motor coordination, intelligence (thinking power, creativity), social emotional, language and communication. Various potentials are developed in early childhood, social skills are one of the most important potentials to be developed in order to have good social skills from an early age. One of the ways to improve children's social skills is by applying the puzzle-assisted play method.This study aims to determine the increase in the social skills of children under five years old after carrying out Cooperative Play Puzzle Play Group Activity Therapy for toddlers in Koto Tangah District, Padang City.The data collection in this study was carried out by the observation method and the data collection instrument used was the observation sheet. After the data is collected then it is analyzed with the Normality test and the Wilcoxon test.The results showed that there was an increase in the social skills of children under five aged 4-5 years after the Cooperative Play Puzzle Play Group Activity Therapy in Koto Tangah District, Padang City. This can be seen from the increase in the average social ability of children from 9.00 to 15.60 the average difference is 6.6 or in other words there is no decrease or reduction from the Pre Ob value to the Post Ob value.It is hoped that this research can be used by parents of tchildren to improve their children's social skills through Puzzle games in pandemic covid 19.