Abstract
A critical aspect of children's development is cognitive aspect. To accumulate this aspect can be done by applying a traditional game model at the kindergarten level. The purpose of this study is to explore the needs of teachers in developing traditional creative play models to improve the cognitive aspects of children. The method used in this study is a qualitative method using interviews and observations as research instruments. There are several essential points in the findings of this study, namely (1) the cognitive abilities of children who are still lacking, (2) the lack of teachers who use play media in the form traditional games, (3) the learning process is still impressed in teacher-centred learning or learning that is dominated by the role of the teacher in the classroom, (4) many teachers still use conventional methods (lectures & storytelling) so that only one-way responses occur, and (5) ) teachers need a game model for children that is interesting, fun, and not boring. These findings indicate the need for teachers to design traditional creative play models that can improve children's cognitive abilities.
Highlights
Cognitive development is one of the important aspects to be developed in early childhood
The interview was conducted by researchers on Monday, February 29, 2020, by asking the following questions: (1) How long have you been teaching kindergarten children? (2) What are your challenges and obstacles to teaching kindergarten children? (3) What method do you use in teaching kindergarten children? (4) Have you ever applied traditional play patterns in teaching? (5) Should a book be developed that reviews traditional game models that are modified to improve the cognitive aspects of children?
Researchers made observations on Wednesday, 28 February 2020, in Fathinah Kindergarten, and the results showed that children lack understanding about traditional games
Summary
Cognitive development is one of the important aspects to be developed in early childhood. Some of them are reading, writing, and arithmetic lessons. The phenomenon of parents sending their children to early childhood education programs generally hopes that when children enter elementary age, they are already proficient and clever in reading, writing and arithmetic. Learning in kindergarten is learning with play patterns. Play is an essential characteristic of children's behaviour and is a natural learning tool for them [1] [2]. Children learn various types of skills such as sharing expertise, understanding the perspectives of others, and patiently waiting to take turns [3]
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