TEACHERS EFFORT IN IMPROVING FINE MOTOR ABILITY THROUGHTHE APPLICATION OF CREATIVITY FOLDING ORIGAMI PAPER IN EARLY CHILDREN

Abstract

This research is motivated by the thought that improving children's fine motor skills is easy as happens in schools, many children are not able to clamp, hold properly. The teacher's efforts are to start the child. However, every child has a different character, and with various abilities, some are developing faster and some are slow to develop. This study aimed to determine: 1) The fine motor skills of the children of group A Kober Al Ikhlas, Tasikmalaya Regency, and 2) The teacher's efforts to improve the fine motor skills of children using origami folding paper media. The method used in this research is the Classroom Action research method, namely research conducted by the teacher in his class through self-reflection to improve teacher performance so that student learning outcomes increase. This is based on the main problem of this research, namely how to plan, process, and use folding paper media in improving children's fine motor skills. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that efforts to improve children's fine motor skills can be said to be sufficient, this is based on the number of respondents who help the difficulties experienced by children in improving fine motor skills such as folding, and clamping.