Development of Hand Puppet Media Based on Surroundings in Storytelling Learning of Children at Pembina State Kindergarten, Padang Hilir Subdistrict, Tebing Tinggi City

Abstract

This research deals with Development of Hand Puppet Media Based on Surroundings in Storytelling Learning of Children at Pembina State Kindergarten, Padang Hilir Subdistrict, Tebing Tinggi City. The purpose of this research is to develop surrounding -based learning media. This thinking underlies the selection of a development model that will make it easier for students to understand the lesson. The learning media products produced are in the form of surrounding -based learning media of the type of visual learning media, namely hand puppets. The research method in this study is a type of Research and Development research. The result shows that surrounding al-based hand puppet media for kindergarten (TK) was developed by researchers. The Surrounding -based hand puppet media for kindergarten (TK) was developed with an attractive appearance and this can motivate students to learn. The average score of assessment by media experts is 84.72% in the good category. The average score for assessment by material experts is 75% with a very good category.