Improving Interest in Counting Early Childhood Using Used Goods Media

Abstract

This study aims to describe the interest in arithmetic in early childhood using used media at
Tarbiyatul Ihsan Kindergarten in group A, Jember Regency. The results of his research show: 1)
learning media makers use used materials, namely used bottles, rooms, origami paper, colored
markers, scissors and glue. Used media is used in learning activities. 2) the use of used media can
increase the effectiveness of learning. Students are easier to count and happy by seeing the form of
used media with bottles. The results of the use of used media are more effective and innovative
because when the teacher uses used media in five meetings, some of the students can already
count; and 3) the teacher's obstacle when using used media during learning activities is that
sometimes there are still children chatting, playing alone, time is limited, and children still choose
the shapes and colors they like, even though the shapes and colors they ask for are not necessarily
what they want. want to count on that day. One solution is for the teacher to give directions to the
children and day by day the children understand used media to increase their interest in counting.
This study used classroom action research which consisted of two cycles, each cycle consisting of
four stages: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. This Classroom Action Research was
conducted at Tarbiyatul Ihsan Kindergarten in group A by playing the activity of saying the
numbers in the used bottles.