Engklek Game and Its Benefits for Early Children’s Development

Abstract

This research aims to describe the engklek game and its benefits for early children's development. The applied research method is a qualitative methodology with human data and non-human data sources. The data was collected by the interview, observation, and document analysis. Meanwhile, the data analysis was done by using Mile and Huberman interactive analysis model through data reduction, display, and conclusion. The findings showed that the engklek game developed in Boyolali municipality had two types of the engklek game. They are an airplane engklek and a mountain engklek. The game could be played by both males and females with 2-5 persons. It is usually played in the morning or the afternoon in the yard. Engklek games could be used to stimulate the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and linguistic development of children. The physical skill consists of rough and fine motoric development, obesity reduction and leg muscle strengthening. The cognitive skill consists of geometry concept, calculation, estimation, problem-solving learning, and interpersonal quotient improvement. Social skill consists of socializing and honesty. The emotional skill consists of children's training to not be sloppy and stress reduction. Meanwhile, the linguistics skill consists of the word - sentence management skill and contextual language usage.